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They did't share a tweet from hcpss , they shared a tweet from a parent that was complaining about their kid's libray; although, we don't know if the 'parent' staged the photo or if it is even an hcpss parent.

Was that picture actually taken at a Howard County school? I can't find anything indicating it is in the photo itself.

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People are free to make decisions for their own children and I respect their right to do that, even if I disagree with their decisions. But they don't have the right to make those choices for other peoples children.

People leaving those comments are despicable, I’m sorry she has to deal with that.

Well hopefully none of your coworkers receive death threats by people who had never heard of HCPSS until they saw the post on Libs of Tik Tok.

All good, it’s hard sometimes, I’ve done it plenty

“These are the books they’re giving your kids in school.”

It’s pretty clear that in the context of this tweet this Twitter account is attempting to spark outrage. It’s not simply re-tweeting a post. It is providing commentary designed to rile people up.

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I believe so, although I myself have never been so I can’t be 100% certain. If they do let other people attend I’m sure they wouldn’t be allowed to speak.

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Honest question, do you think gay/trans children magically go away or become straight because they are not allowed access to media that represents their life experience?

No, sorry. I misunderstood. I thought you were saying something different. My bad.

Its disingenuous to pretend that Libs of Tik Tok doesn't have an agenda with what they repost or that they don't know the consequences of it. I have no idea what the context of the original post was, but I know the context of the repost. I would venture to say that the majority of parents in the school district are fine with their child having Jacob's New Dress in the library, but that isn't going stop people who had never heard of Howard County before seeing the repost, from weighing in with hateful messages. It is clear that they nothing about Howard County or what the majority of parents value.

I'm a public librarian so I am aware of what the books in question are, as well as the scrutiny and review that the books have gone through by education professionals. I may or may not be okay to have my child reading certain things, but I don't have the right to make that decision for other parents.

Sigh. My wife runs an Instagram account for LGBT kids at her school, and recently has had comments on her posts from an account "ihate____fags", just leaving hate filled comments.

I'm sure she is excited for this.

The context of the repost was hey, look at this post from HCPSS and this book that highlighted. Again, if you don’t like people knowing about what’s being said then it probably shouldn’t have been put on the internet in the first place.

Like, if someone posts a video saying all members of a certain ethnic group are evil am I the asshole for reposting it saying “check out what this person said”?

I would love an example. I would read through it and decide

It really sounds like something Foxnews would hype for a day, no one would research it and it would just become some pseudo fact.

You seem pretty up on this. What is the book and you seem to know a passage I should look at. I hope to learn something here.

lol

I’m agreeing with you…not sure why you’re arguing with me…or am I misunderstanding?

Just out of curiosity, they don't happen to only allow people who are Howard County residents to only attend?

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Yes but did you see what kind of TikTok actually posted? They literally just shared a post from hcpss. If they didn’t want people seeing it they shouldn’t have posted it in the first place.

You haven’t, but you are running interference for the people who are, which is only marginally better.