mick silver
9th December 2015, 12:28 PM
School Principal Sorry About 'White Christian Men with Guns' Facebook PostWhoops. 12.9.2015
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A high school official in Maine has apologized (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/08/maine-school-official-apologizes-for-post-about-white-christian-men-with-guns/) for writing on Facebook that the only terrorists Americans should fear are "domestic white 'Christian' men with easy access to guns." The school's superintendent said the employee will not be fired.
Piet Lammert, vice principal of Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport, posted the controversial remarks on his Facebook page, one day after a white lone gunman shot and killed three people and wounded nine others at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic on Nov. 27.
"The only terrorists we need to fear are domestic white 'Christian' men with easy access to guns. Vote Bernie," Lammert wrote (http://libertyunyielding.com/2015/12/07/hs-vice-principal-posts-only-terrorists-we-need-to-fear-are-domestic-white-christian-men/).
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The post has been removed and Lammert posted an apology.
"I am writing to take responsibility and apologize for a post that I made on my private Facebook account yesterday. I mistakenly left my setting open to 'Public' and in doing so made a post that offended some members of our community and beyond."
"I deeply regret doing so, take full responsibility, and hope that those I offended will accept my apology," he said. "I would also ask that those who shared my post would share my apology as well so that it reaches those who I offended but don’t personally know."
A few days later, following the terror attack in San Bernardino, Lammert issued an second apology.
"With true humility, I write to apologize for the offensive statement that I recently posted on Facebook," Lammert wrote last Friday, two days after the terrorists attach on the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, killing 14 people and injuring 21 before they were killed in a battle with police.
"I did not intend this statement literally when I wrote it -- it was an exaggeration -- but soon after realized that it was unintentionally hurtful, offensive, and divisive at a time when more than ever we need compassion and understanding," Lammert said. "In short, I did not mean what I said and wish with all my heart that I could take it back. But I need to take responsibility for it nonetheless, because I wrote it.
"Had I simply written what I meant, the post would have reflected my urgent distress at the epidemic of mass violence in our country, which more recent events have proven to span all social groups," he continued. "Ironically, in my effort to point out that we run the risk of simplifying the problem by singling out a particular ethnic group, I did exactly that to the group to which I belong. It was careless and rash."
The superintendent of the school, Maria Libby, defended Lammert's character.
"He understands that he made a mistake and he has tried to take responsibility for that," Libby told FoxNews.com Tuesday -- though she added, "I don’t think that everyone in the community would say it’s resolved."
"I think that there are people in the community who are quite upset over the post and may not be happy unless that assistant principal is fired," she said.
News (http://www.truthrevolt.org/news)
Sarah Fisher (http://www.truthrevolt.org/author/sarah-fisher)
61 (http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/school-principal-sorry-about-white-christian-men-guns-facebook-post#disqus_thread)
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http://www.truthrevolt.org/sites/default/files/styles/content_full_width/public/field/image/articles/pietlammert2.jpg?itok=Y_OzDPor
A high school official in Maine has apologized (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/08/maine-school-official-apologizes-for-post-about-white-christian-men-with-guns/) for writing on Facebook that the only terrorists Americans should fear are "domestic white 'Christian' men with easy access to guns." The school's superintendent said the employee will not be fired.
Piet Lammert, vice principal of Camden Hills Regional High School in Rockport, posted the controversial remarks on his Facebook page, one day after a white lone gunman shot and killed three people and wounded nine others at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic on Nov. 27.
"The only terrorists we need to fear are domestic white 'Christian' men with easy access to guns. Vote Bernie," Lammert wrote (http://libertyunyielding.com/2015/12/07/hs-vice-principal-posts-only-terrorists-we-need-to-fear-are-domestic-white-christian-men/).
http://www.truthrevolt.org/sites/default/files/images/PietLammertFB%20post.jpg
The post has been removed and Lammert posted an apology.
"I am writing to take responsibility and apologize for a post that I made on my private Facebook account yesterday. I mistakenly left my setting open to 'Public' and in doing so made a post that offended some members of our community and beyond."
"I deeply regret doing so, take full responsibility, and hope that those I offended will accept my apology," he said. "I would also ask that those who shared my post would share my apology as well so that it reaches those who I offended but don’t personally know."
A few days later, following the terror attack in San Bernardino, Lammert issued an second apology.
"With true humility, I write to apologize for the offensive statement that I recently posted on Facebook," Lammert wrote last Friday, two days after the terrorists attach on the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, killing 14 people and injuring 21 before they were killed in a battle with police.
"I did not intend this statement literally when I wrote it -- it was an exaggeration -- but soon after realized that it was unintentionally hurtful, offensive, and divisive at a time when more than ever we need compassion and understanding," Lammert said. "In short, I did not mean what I said and wish with all my heart that I could take it back. But I need to take responsibility for it nonetheless, because I wrote it.
"Had I simply written what I meant, the post would have reflected my urgent distress at the epidemic of mass violence in our country, which more recent events have proven to span all social groups," he continued. "Ironically, in my effort to point out that we run the risk of simplifying the problem by singling out a particular ethnic group, I did exactly that to the group to which I belong. It was careless and rash."
The superintendent of the school, Maria Libby, defended Lammert's character.
"He understands that he made a mistake and he has tried to take responsibility for that," Libby told FoxNews.com Tuesday -- though she added, "I don’t think that everyone in the community would say it’s resolved."
"I think that there are people in the community who are quite upset over the post and may not be happy unless that assistant principal is fired," she said.