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Two High School Girls Punished For Posting Photos of Dark Makeup Covering Their Faces

Matthew McDonald

Two girls who allowed two boys to put dark makeup on their faces and then posted a photo of the results online are being punished by their high school in north central Connecticut.

"The two underclassman girls pictured had been at home playing 'make-up' with two boys, and the boys applied multiple colors to the girls' faces until they were completely covered. The girls thought this was funny, and shared their experience with friends online," said Andrew O'Brien, principal of Simsbsury High School, in a written statement to parents.

Uncle Catholics
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Uncle Catholics

Matthew McDonald

The Covington Catholic confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial is a story of high school kids enduring repeated abuse of their religious and political beliefs and then responding with school chants to drown out the abusers.

They did nothing wrong and not even much noteworthy.

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