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Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Big Boobs

Charles Oliver | 1.30.2013 7:00 AM

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Tammie Jackson says students at Missouri's Central Middle School have been bullying her daughter Gabrielle because of her large breasts. She says that when she complained about the bullying one official told her that her daughter should get breast reduction surgery.

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   12 years ago

    We need to nip this kind of thing in the bud. What sort of boobs do we have working in public education anyway? They need to be more sensitive. Hopefully reason will keep us abreast of new facts as they develop.

  2. AlmightyJB   12 years ago

    Breast reduction? That dude needs to be shot. We don't need people like that in our society.

    1. Ted S.   12 years ago

      I figured the official in question was female.

      1. invisible furry hand   12 years ago

        or more of an ass man

        1. Heroic Mulatto   12 years ago

          THEY GO TOGETHER!

          1. geneparmesano   12 years ago

            Awesome. Thank you.

  3. Fatty Bolger   12 years ago

    This is why I support the immediate passage of the No Boob Left Behind Act. Call your Congressperson, today.

  4. LTC(ret) John   12 years ago

    "Jackson says all she wants is resolution to an issue she says can affect kids for the rest of their lives"

    Is that all? Oh, OK.

  5. Night Elf Mohawk   12 years ago

    At least the official didn't say something found in the Bible.

    1. Heroic Mulatto   12 years ago

      That's because the Bible is solidly pro-breast.

  6. Ted S.   12 years ago

    Somehow, I doubt what the boys are doing is bullying.

  7. $park?   12 years ago

    If she can just wait two years she'll start getting better comments about her giant breasts.

    1. RBS   12 years ago

      True. Isn't middle school supposed to suck for pretty much everyone except those kids who peak in middle school?

  8. Rich   12 years ago

    The lady on the phone said they could transfer my daughter and said her boobs were so large she will always get teased. And the only suggestion she had for me is to have my daughter get a breast reduction

    Let the lawsuits begin ....

    1. Heroic Mulatto   12 years ago

      And why not? Are they going to tell the Asian kid getting teased to get plastic surgery for his eyelids? Are they going to recommend the albino kid to dye his hair and get a tan? If that school's classroom management is so dysfunctional that they can't control their kids and create an atmosphere conducive to learning, then the school's administration is incompetent.

      1. Rich   12 years ago

        Therefore, they will always get teased.

    2. Night Elf Mohawk   12 years ago

      Hostile education environment, imo.

    3. Drake   12 years ago

      "always get teased"?

      How about always be popular unless she gets fat?

      1. Heroic Mulatto   12 years ago

        She can't help it if she goes to a school filled with little sarcasmics.

        1. sarcasmic   12 years ago

          I tease the chubby chasers, not the chubbies.

  9. Lord Humungus   12 years ago

    you know who else had large boobs?

    1. Heroic Mulatto   12 years ago

      Soleil Moon Frye?

      1. EDG reppin' LBC   12 years ago

        Chunky Boobster?

    2. Rich   12 years ago

      Norma Stitz?

      1. Fladnag the Yarg   12 years ago

        That's scary!

    3. Jordan   12 years ago

      Hitomi Tanaka? (google image search extremely NSFW)

  10. Bean Counter   12 years ago

    Me, but I've joined a gym and gone on a diet.

    1. anarch   12 years ago

      Be careful.

  11. KPres   12 years ago

    Can you imagine the reaction if we had a private education system and this kind of thing happened? That's the double standard between things that are nationalized, and things they want nationalized (see health care)

  12. Finrod   12 years ago

    Seems to me the biggest boobs here are the school officials.

  13. wingnutx   12 years ago

    Get her some Judy Bloom books and she'll be OK in a couple of years.

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