Via Slog:

A public high school principal in Memphis, Tennessee, outed a pair of gay male students—to their teachers, classmates, and parents—after she found out that they were a couple. The principal also called the mother of one of the boys to tell her that she, “didn’t like gay people and wouldn’t tolerate homosexuality at her school,” and posted the names of the boys on a publicly posted list of known students couples in order to prevent public displays of affection, “hetero and homo.”

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In Tuesday’s letter to the Memphis City Schools Board of Commissioners, the ACLU points out that the principal ordered the boys not to even walk or study together at school.

Emails of the school board and principal:

Principal:
Daphne Beasley
BeasleyD@mcsk12.net

The Board of Commisioners:
hartt@mcsk12.net
jonesmartaviusd@mcsk12.net
williamsf@mcsk12.net
whalumkennetht@mcsk12.net
gatewoods@mcsk12.net
MallottBettyJ@mcsk12.net
robinsonp@mcsk12.net
warrenj@mcsk12.net
webbsharona@mcsk12.net

Superintendent:
superintendentward@mcsk12.net

My response that I emailed them:

What you did to those two gay students of yours is absolutely shameful. I am appalled at the lack of compassion, empathy, and judgment that went into such a flagrant violation of the relationship between the student and the school. By outing the students, you intended them to be subjected to harassment, hoped for them to be shamed, and misused your authority. What you succeeded in doing is contributing to the long and storied history of oppression that GLBT people face in our society and others–and I am proud of those kids for standing up to you instead of internalizing what you did, which decades of young GLBT people have done. I am proud of them because they’re not letting you lead to depression or suicide. I am proud of them because they have taken what you thought would shame them and turned it into something that is shameful for you.

I am horrified that you hold such an advanced position in educating our youth.

(just a sidenote: that list in general strikes me as strange and overly, um, zealous on the part of administrators.)

God, I hate Ron Paul so much.

He’s going to be at Northrup this evening. Because, you know, all this federal funding of educational institutions is bad…so let’s hold a campaign rally in a building that exists because of this money.

He should hold his rallies on private property only. No parks, no public spaces, no public buildings. Yeah, that might make his campaign a little harder — but isn’t it worth it to adhere to your values?

/dripping, vicious sarcasm

I mean. Really. It never makes sense to me when people veer politically towards someone who is so anathema to their best interests. But, sure, who needs education? Not the students showing up for RP rallies, I guess.

All you need to scare Chris Matthews is, apparently, a vagina. You know how I mentioned how Matthews pinched Senator Clinton’s cheek? Well, get ready for a list of things he’s said about Clinton over time. It’s frightening. From Daily Kos via Jezebel.

To get an idea of the type of language Matthews regularly uses when covering Clinton, take a look at this sampling:

• “I hate her. I hate her. All that she stands for.”
• “She Devil”
• “Anti-male”
• “She’s going to tell us what to do.”
• “[L]et’s talk about the troops …Will they take the orders?”
• “[L]ike a strip-teaser saying she’s flattered by the all the attention”
• On Sen. Clinton’s endorsers: “castratos in the eunuch chorus”
• “Is she a convincing mom?”
• “[S]he’s clapping, like she’s Chinese. I know the Chinese clap at each other, but what is she clapping at? I mean, it’s like one of these wind-up things.”
• “[S]he was giving a campaign barn-burner speech, which is harder to give for a woman; it can grate on some men when they listen to it — fingernails on a blackboard, perhaps.”
• “[T]he reason she’s a U.S. senator, the reason she’s a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around.”

Let me say—that list? Is edited. There’s more on Daily Kos where that came from. Plus Matthews’s not-misogynistic-at-all ruminations on Michelle Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and more.

I don’t even know what to say except: REALLY?! I know you’ve got air time to fill, but REALLY?!

Thank you, Chris Matthews, for proving yet again that blatant, overt sexism is alive and well–and not just on right wing websites or talk radio. CNN MSNBC. You’re awesome. Truly.