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RandySF

(87,924 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:02 AM Yesterday

Anti-Zionist stickers given to kids 'an innocent mistake,' Michigan mom says

The mother of two Birmingham Public Schools elementary students says her family has faced harassment and doxxing due what she calls "an innocent mistake" in which stickers with inappropriate messages were distributed to elementary students during a multicultural night event.

During the April 28 event at Beverly Elementary School, children were given stickers with different messages, including at least one that included an image of a gun and another that said &quot expletive) Zionism," Birmingham Public School previously said in a statement.

Laila Balboul said she and another mother provided the stickers, which they had purchased from Amazon. They had no idea the stickers included the inappropriate imagery and messages, she said.

"It was an innocent mistake that could have happened to anybody," Balbous said.




https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2026/06/23/birmingham-mom-has-been-harassed-doxxed-over-inappropriate-stickers-she-said/90669722007/

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Anti-Zionist stickers given to kids 'an innocent mistake,' Michigan mom says (Original Post) RandySF Yesterday OP
While scrolling through this page for something else... They couldn't -have looked- at them first?... electric_blue68 8 hrs ago #1
That's why I call BS. RandySF 8 hrs ago #4
Got it. electric_blue68 8 hrs ago #6
Raise your hand if you believe these weirdos Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #2
They should Watch and figure out what they're Cha 8 hrs ago #3
Their "mistake" in their minds is getting caught... PCIntern 8 hrs ago #5
Just a couple of weeks ago I had a reply sarisataka 7 hrs ago #7
I don't see anything wrong with anti-zionist stickers, do you? hookaleft 7 hrs ago #8
I "...see something wrong", with this.. Cha 7 hrs ago #9
Do you know what Zionism is? Mossfern 4 hrs ago #10
Yes, I do. yardwork 4 hrs ago #12
I didn't see that hookaleft 3 hrs ago #14
Stickers with guns veer into terrorism. RandySF 4 hrs ago #13
K&R betsuni 4 hrs ago #11

electric_blue68

(27,924 posts)
1. While scrolling through this page for something else... They couldn't -have looked- at them first?...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:34 PM
8 hrs ago

Don't you sort of monitor things you plan to hand out to kids?

Sympthsical

(11,286 posts)
2. Raise your hand if you believe these weirdos
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:38 PM
8 hrs ago

Because I don't.

The kind of person who would have stickers like this is exactly the kind who would think nothing of passing them along to kids to proselytize.

Cha

(321,559 posts)
3. They should Watch and figure out what they're
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:45 PM
8 hrs ago

handing out to kids.

It wouldn't ".. happen to anyone", who bothered to check them out first.

PCIntern

(28,801 posts)
5. Their "mistake" in their minds is getting caught...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 09:03 PM
8 hrs ago

I’m really getting sick of this shit. So tired of this after 70+ years of my life.

Yeah…it’s always a big frigging accident. Funny, nobody ever “accidentally” orders Magen David Tee shirts.

“Gee, I thought that (swastika) thing was from the Native Americans. I had no idea that the Nazis used it”

I actually heard that come out of someone’s mouth years ago.

sarisataka

(22,994 posts)
7. Just a couple of weeks ago I had a reply
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 09:36 PM
7 hrs ago

that said they would think the same of a person wearing a swastika the same as if they wore an Ankh; the meanings of the two symbols had no difference

Cha

(321,559 posts)
9. I "...see something wrong", with this..
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 09:57 PM
7 hrs ago
During the April 28 event at Beverly Elementary School, children were given stickers with different messages, including at least one that included an image of a gun and another that said " expletive) Zionism,"

yardwork

(69,954 posts)
12. Yes, I do.
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 12:50 AM
4 hrs ago

I think it's unacceptable to hand out stickers to elementary school children that say "Fuck Zionism."

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