Metro.co.uk sources its story from a Redditor, and they’re famous for perpetrating hoaxes, so we admit we were a bit skeptical.
@RealLyndaCarter The story sounds like a Reddit poster made it up. Sounds like total BS.
— ONWARD CHRISTIAN LAETTNER! (@WrightBlan) August 26, 2015
However, the story of the school that suspended a second-grader for biting a Pop Tart into the shape of a gun (inspiring a state senator to propose the Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act) turned out to be true, as did the Boy Scouts’ ban on squirt guns and large water balloons (“Pointing a simulated firearm at another individual is not aligned with our Scout Oath nor Scout Law” said a spokesperson). So who knows?
TV’s “Wonder Woman,” Lynda Carter, points to a report that a school has deemed a Wonder Woman lunch box “too violent.”
Parents told their daughter's WW lunchbox is too "violent" for school! http://t.co/kYDOXo5ksJ
— Lynda Carter (@RealLyndaCarter) August 26, 2015
A letter from the school reportedly explains that the school’s dress code bans violent images in any form, and super heroes “certainly” fall into the category of characters who solve problems using violence.
@RealLyndaCarter @GraphicArtMaddy School systems are crazy.
— Chuck Baggett: paypal.me/ChuckBaggett (@ChuckBaggett) August 26, 2015
@RealLyndaCarter she's not doing anything violent in the images! Princess of peace, in fact! #wonderwoman #forall
— Erin Stein (@arbiteroftaste) August 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/AKGlass/status/636679595257806848
@RealLyndaCarter I had one in the 70's and I turned out just fine ? #wonderwomanwednesday
— Ann-Marie (@batgirl71) August 27, 2015
@RealLyndaCarter. Too violent….I'd be mad if it wasn't so laughable.
— Deborah Knowles (@DeborahKnowle20) August 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/Danmackeytweet/status/636689786648985600
@RealLyndaCarter I work in a school and use that same lunchbox. I also have Thorsday where my students wear superhero shirts. What a joke!
— Christy (Lando is in Ep IX!) (@Euridyses) August 26, 2015
https://twitter.com/BoozerKristin/status/636680618227580928
@RealLyndaCarter that's crazy! I'm a PreK teacher and I use the same lunchbox! Goes great with my WW coffee mug! My kids love it!
— Andrew Doyle (@thevoodude) August 26, 2015
@RealLyndaCarter Ridiculous….WONDER WOMAN violent? I grew up with Wonder Woman on TV…Maybe a removal of the Principle and others instead
— Douglas (@de2341) August 26, 2015
@RealLyndaCarter you have got to be kidding. Please say this is a joke
— louTAMUSAJAG (@palace41966_m) August 26, 2015
Seriously … someone debunk this story, please. (Although if it is true, feel free to send us that lunch box — we’ll put it to use.)
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