There was a big case in Ireland recently where a teacher was dismissed from his post (originally just suspended) for failing to agree to call a trans pupil by their chosen pronoun. At least, that's what he said, and he made it into a big thing on, anyone? Yeah, his religious right not to accept transgenderism. The school went repeatedly out of its way to explain to him that he was NOT dismissed for any religious or gender views he held, but for refusing to abide by the school's policy, and, almost immediately, returning to the school even though he had been told not to come near it while the case went ahead.
Even the judges lost their heads with him, as they again repeatedly tried to point out why he was on trial. He went to jail, refused to change his mind, challenged the authority of the court, demanded to be released, refused to abide by an undertaking that would have allowed him out of jail as long as he went nowhere near the school, kept going on and on and insisted on forcing his view that his religious and constitutional rights were being violated.
That's the kind of people we're dealing with in these times. I want to write the rules, I don't recognise yours, and I have no intention not only of not changing, but I will twist the issue into whatever argument suits my case, no matter how off base it is.
I think the ****er is still in jail. I hope they never let the bastard out.
I'll look for links: it was about three months ago it was in the Irish news.
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