ProPublicaMay 20, 2023

He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.” He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened.
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Eric Jensen, a parent in #NorthCarolina, had
grievances to air about #library
books “trying to convert kids to gay,” and about mask and vaccine mandates. So he joined an activist group and headed to a #SchoolBoard meeting.

#Schools #Arrests #Parents #Students
https://www.propublica.org/article/winston-salem-nc-school-board-arrests?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.” He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened.

Eric Jensen, a parent in North Carolina, had grievances to air about library books “trying to convert kids to gay,” and about mask and vaccine mandates. So he joined an activist group and headed to a school board meeting.

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@ProPublica But y'know, he does have one valid point & too bad more people don't get it, since people like him do - - “You gotta start from the bottom and work yourself up,” Jensen said, not long after he reluctantly opened his front door last November. “I mean, you can’t just go to your governors and try to make a difference. So you start at the bottom, and the bottom is school boards.”
May 20, 2023 at 2:01pmWeb