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"I think we can't afford another president like Obama, whether he's black or white."
Never the less, the knee jerk reponse by hyper-sensitive liberals acting on behalf of political correctness made the wrong decision in firing the man for exercising his first amendment rights even if he did say "we don't need another black president."
Sounds to me like the teacher added the last five words, expressly to point
out that he was NOT basing his conclusion on the President's skin color.
And now he's getting bashed for making a comment based on the President's skin color.
Someone was looking awfully hard for anything he could find to be offended by.
Someone was NOT looking for racist remarks. He was looking for remarks he could PRETEND were racist.
Someone was trying to lie to people and fool them into thinking a remark was racist, when it clearly wasn't.
When this unknown person isn't actively trying to lie to people and fool them... I wonder how much time he spends otherwise, decrying how divisive politics is nowadays?
Unless there is way more to the story than we are hearing, even if the student quoted him correctly, firing him over this is not justified. However, as I have told every single student teacher that waltzed through my classroom, teachers do not have freedom of speech in a classroom of other people's children.
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"I think we can't afford another president like Obama, whether he's black or white."
Never the less, the knee jerk reponse by hyper-sensitive liberals acting on behalf of political correctness made the wrong decision in firing the man for exercising his first amendment rights even if he did say "we don't need another black president."
Recognize that it's hard to know here. You are taking the honesty of one man's word against another. How can you possibly know who is telling the truth? You can't. You're just projecting your own feelings of enmity against Obama by siding with the teacher, but you have no idea what happened.
Ohio Teacher Fired For Telling Student "We Don't Need Another Black President"
Having taught HS science for more than 20 years and seeing similar incidents over that time, here's my take:
1. The school board ruled unanimously to terminate this teacher. Board members are elected officials. Probably not all of them in this community are left wingers. Call it a hunch.
2. The guy has a long track record of similar incidents over a period of years.
This latest incident just served as "the straw that broke the camel's back." He's probably been on thin ice for some time now and hasn't changed his behavior.
But don't let the reality of the situation prevent you Moderator cut: personal attack right wingers from getting your blood pressure pumped up, imagining a liberal conspiracy to single this guy out for special treatment.
I can't answer that. But given that they can have first-hand access to both individuals, it is possible that they may be privy to a lot more information, both about this particular case and other pertinent facts, than any of us.
Also, note generally that first amendment rights do not protect a teacher or other individual from consequences of certain statements in private establishments.
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Ohio Teacher Fired For Telling Student "We Don't Need Another Black President"
