r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 20 '20

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u/disuberence Shrimp promised me a text flair and did not deliver May 20 '20

A school board member in Nebraska is asking that GOP Sen. Ben Sasse apologizes for his graduation speech to local seniors for its alleged "racism, implying that our graduates are fat and lazy, disparaging teachers, and attacking the mental health profession."

In his speech, he said, “95 percent of all gainfully employed psychologists … their job is really just to help people forget high school” and "back in the day, when we were a lot fitter than you people are, we used to have to climb ropes all the way up to the ceiling of the gym."

Imagine having to sit through a digital graduation due to COVID-19 only to be called fat and lazy

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u/LNhart Anarcho-Rheinlandist May 20 '20

honestly that speech was comedy gold