Intimidation?

Created 10/8/2021. Saved.

Does a school board or District official intimidate members of the public when it tells them that a board member is intimidated by them? Is that a prelude to arrest?

What will most members of the public do? They'll hunker down. They'll pull their heads into their shells. They'll quiet down. They'll be afraid. They'll go away. They'll stop asking questions about racist programs in the schools. They'll stop asking about Critical Race Theory and gender-identity curricula and sex education in kindergarten. They'll stop emailing. They'll stop posting on Facebook. They'll stop writing blogposts.

On September 28 Supt. Davis told me that one board member had told him she felt intimidated by me.

I emailed him for more information about that, because I certainly have done nothing to cause that board member (or any board member) to feel intimidated by me.

His reply?

"Mr. Philpott, 

"Thank you for your email. I am not a liberty to share my personal conversation with you.  

"Warmest Regards,"

I'm planning the next steps now. "personal conversation"? He didn't have any problem addressing me in the R2i2 lobby, in front of another member of the public, a deputy and an R2 security office and "sharing his personal conversation" on September 28. He even mentioned the board member's name!

What is "personal" about a board member's complaint to him about intimidation? That's official business! That's not "personal" conversation.

And I say that complaint never happened. If it did, it was a false complaint. Are someone's feelings hurt by opposing viewpoints? That is not a cause of intimidation.

As I have found myself saying more often lately, "I was born at night, but not last night."

And what's with the "Warmest Regards"? It's just a meaningless boilerplate closing.