Teachers took wrong course on high school art vandalism
KAMLOOPS — Okay class, settle down now and let’s get on with our lesson on permissive vandalism and how the rule of law and common sense can be suspended for those promoting social justice.
As you may recall, last week we got to hear of a one-person show of insensitive narrow-mindedness. A selfish act, where under the name of Black Lives Matters, a student from a local high school defaced a painting. A painting that in this case featured the iconic car from the young teenage boy friendly-TV series of the early 80’s, Dukes of Hazzard. The car, known as the General Lee, featured the Confederate Flag and was the source of the vandal’s maleficence.
The actions of the student vandal bother me but not as much as the claim that both her social justice teacher and the vice-principal gave her permission to vandalize the painting. For people who speak of and teach social justice, the illegal destruction of someone else’s property as opposed to constructive dialogue seems counterproductive and totally contrary to their supposed beliefs.
Social justice is about the equality of all people and in particular, equality under law. It is not about destroying the private property of people you disagree with. And it is not about ignoring the rights of others in order to serve your own self-interests.