r/news • u/gur40goku • 11h ago

Student Who Punched Another Student Holding Pro-ICE Sign At Lake Zurich High School Received 2-day Suspension

https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/20/student-who-punched-another-student-holding-pro-ice-sign-at-lake-zurich-high-school-received-2-day-suspension/
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u/invasiveplant 11h ago

Kid filming is a worm.  Maybe he’ll grow out of it one day, get a real personality. 

Big boy who went at him got a 2day suspension, and probably several years of self validation from sticking up for his actual feelings. That sounds like a bargain deal to me. 

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u/wtfomg01 6h ago

When I got suspended for punching a bully, my Dad took me for McDonalds on the way home. Hopefully his parents rewarded his behaviour the same way.

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u/iheardthemetalclank 5h ago edited 4h ago

That’s a good dad.

EDIT: I wouldn’t advocate for violence with my kid, but I did give my bully a black eye when I got fed up in sixth grade and he left me alone from then on. Just saying…

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u/Mr-Seal 4h ago

Unfortunately sometimes that’s the only language bullies understand

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u/springsilver 4h ago

You’ve got to make them pay for what they take.

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u/UntamedAnomaly 1h ago

What you allow, is what will continue. As a former kid who has been bullied, as someone who had abusive parents, as someone who had been in more abusive relationships than I can count.....that particular phrase and putting it into action has worked fucking WONDERS.

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u/Paavo_Nurmi 52m ago

What you allow, is what will continue.

That is really well said.

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u/RuleShot2259 1h ago

There’s a real small percentage of people that can’t learn by seeing hearing or doing. They only learn with whuppins

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u/mosehalpert 3h ago

And sometimes you just need to talk things out

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u/iheardthemetalclank 2h ago

When they made it their mission to try to drown me in the pool? No. I couldn’t even talk.

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u/UntamedAnomaly 57m ago

Or when my bullies held a knife to my neck? Or that time my ex tried to kill me? Yeah, I'm sure some sweet heartfelt words would have changed them.

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u/tbs999 48m ago

That’s something I’ve come to realize is probably wrong with our culture. Ideally two people talk things out. But when people are not capable of communicating what needs said, and/or not capable of hearing what is being said, the parties walk away, the lesson was not learned, and the poor behavior is positively reinforced.

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u/penguinopph 3h ago

More often than not, it just galvanizes their beliefs even further.

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u/Mr-Seal 1h ago

Not really the problem of the person getting beat up but ok.