Somehow I'm less bothered by the stupid things that random people on the internet say than I am by reading the actual article. The news stories are purposely written in such a way to make people feel legitimately outraged and upset...that's one reason I don't read the news much, it's like they purposely write it to be triggering so that people will feel emotionally involved with what they're reading.

One person makes an interesting point, though: that the course of action to punish this teacher is likely to be standing her in front of the parents and administrators, who will say what they don't like about her and then vote on whether or not she should be allowed to stay in school. I'm pondering how I feel about her punishment being so similar to the action we've identified as abusive and unacceptable, and will probably touch on this in my post.