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Behind the Aegis

(54,926 posts)
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 03:38 PM Feb 2022

(Jewish Group) Parent arrested after saying he would 'burn' down his son's Jewish day school...

Parent arrested after saying he would ‘burn’ down his son’s Jewish day school over mask policy

A parent of a child at an Orthodox Jewish day school in North Miami Beach was arrested after saying he wanted to “burn this school to the f***ing ground” in a group chat for parents opposed to the school’s mask policy, according to CBS Miami.

Mark Polyakov’s son was a student at Scheck Hillel Community School, which requires students to wear masks indoors and outdoors.

Polyakov reportedly wrote several messages in a parent group chat of about 70 parents called “No more masks hillel” on Feb. 8 in which he said he wanted to burn the school down.

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Throughout the pandemic, many Orthodox Jews from the Northeast have moved to South Florida, thanks in part to the state’s more lax approach to COVID-19 restrictions.

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What a fucking idiot! I hope they follow through on the charges.
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(Jewish Group) Parent arrested after saying he would 'burn' down his son's Jewish day school... (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 OP
I hope they follow through also. brer cat Feb 2022 #1
This wasn't a hate crime, this was RW stupidity. Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 #3
Hmmm...school burns down: kid out of school ret5hd Feb 2022 #2
I don't care what religion, creed, sexual preference, political thoughts, etc., one may have, SWBTATTReg Feb 2022 #4

brer cat

(26,495 posts)
1. I hope they follow through also.
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 03:42 PM
Feb 2022

If we don't start charging and punishing people for these purely hate crimes, they will continue to escalate.

Behind the Aegis

(54,926 posts)
3. This wasn't a hate crime, this was RW stupidity.
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 03:46 PM
Feb 2022

RW stupidity or not, that is why I want him held accountable, because if not, then what happens when it is a real threat from a hate group?!

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)
2. Hmmm...school burns down: kid out of school
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 03:43 PM
Feb 2022

OR

remove kid from school: kid out of school


Which of these sounds saner asshole???

SWBTATTReg

(24,332 posts)
4. I don't care what religion, creed, sexual preference, political thoughts, etc., one may have,
Wed Feb 16, 2022, 04:04 PM
Feb 2022

threatening people w/ bodily harm or to burn down structures because of one's personal belief goes beyond the pale.

It's really a big disappointment to me, in that I respected orthodoxy a little more than the usual radical side of various religions, in that I thought they were perhaps more educated than the general population, so thus, their opinions, their statements carried a little more weight. That is, more prepared to take on life's challenges. I know that one person's extreme viewpoints shouldn't tip the pot too much , but such views I think aren't made in a vacuum.

Burn down everything? Reminds of what some other thuggish groups are known to think.

I guess this person's viewpoint makes it abundantly clear now that not everyone has a full and abundant share of brains when the good folks upstairs passed them all out. NO, people such as this are not as smart, as graceful, as educated, as open-minded, etc. to allow others in this great country of ours to have their different opinions, and instead, threatened to burn down something, such as a school, etc. Why don't you go out and shoot the school's elders, or the other parents, etc. while you're at it?

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