Obama cracks down on "zero tolerance" fascism

Be still my beating heart, we finally have a President who wants to lower the boom on schools that impose right-wing "zero tolerance" policies!

While previous regimes in the White House have championed school uniforms and other far-right tyranny, President Obama isn't quite as patient with this oppression. The Obama administration is asking school officials nationwide to curb "zero tolerance" fascism and stop bringing in police to arrest students for minor infractions of school rules.

One of few things I disagree with in this story is Attorney General Eric Holder's statement that "zero tolerance" is "well-intentioned." Um, no. It isn't. "Zero tolerance" was designed largely to keep victims of school harassment from fighting back. It was put in place by very, very evil school officials who aimed to do very, very evil things to America's youth. Let's face it: There's evil out there, and it's our job to tell it like it is.

It's a mystery why it took presidential action to rein in "zero tolerance" when you'd think a few lawsuits would have been sufficient. I guess our right-wing schools have everyone cowed so much that they're afraid to sue - for fear of retaliation by school officials.

(Source: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/zero-tolerance-school-policy-reform)