Candy Hair

Jolly Rancher girl gets mocked, and mommy is pissin-n-moanin':

It began with a 7-year-old asking her mother to tie colorful Jolly Rancher candies to the ends of her braids, copying a hairstyle she had admired in a magazine, for school picture day.

But the girl's mother said a teacher posted pictures of the second-grader on Facebook, then led online friends in mocking the hairdo. Now Chicago Public Schools said it's investigating.

The Overton Elementary School principal "said this was a good teacher, but this was a case of poor judgment," said CPS spokeswoman Monique Bond. "It will warrant disciplinary action."

Lucinda Williams said that after she complained to the principal, the teacher apologized and told her she had taken down the page.

But, "what bothers me is that (the teacher) still hasn't apologized to my baby," she said. "No child should have to go to school to be bullied by their teacher."

So... it's the teacher's fault that you sent your kid out in public looking like a retarded carny? I think not.

Actions have consequences. If you set yourself (or your child) up for obvious public ridicule, you have forfeited your right to indignation by your very actions.

I've had it up to my eyebrows with people whining about being offended by the words of others. For another example, look at the comments a couple of posts down. Free speech means just that: free and unobstructed, without censorship or adulteration. If you're offended, that's your problem. It does not give you the right to stifle the opinions of others, no matter how fast your eyes may spin around in your head. Because censorship is not a slippery slope, it's a cliff.

Sticks and stones, people... sticks and stones.