I would take it with a grain of salt anyway. This sounds a lot like those stories where the pledge of allegiance and the flag are supposedly banned by evil liberal teachers.

She was then picked up by DHS and sent to the FEMA re-education camp. That filthy trollup will learn our ways!

Meh, I'll wait to get outraged by this in a Fw: fw: FW: Fw: Fw: fw: FW: email

vpb: I would take it with a grain of salt anyway. This sounds a lot like those stories where the pledge of allegiance and the flag are supposedly banned by evil liberal teachers.

Yeah, I'd only get offended in the slightest by this story if a kid were allowed to wear an Obama/Biden T-shirt. Which I bet they wouldn't be.

vpb: This sounds a lot like those stories where the pledge of allegiance and the flag are supposedly banned by evil liberal teachers.

Here, however, the principal made the teacher apologize, and there's an investigation ongoing. The kid has the right to wear the T-shirt; the teacher was in the wrong, and should get some remedial training on the bounds of student freedom of expression.

That said, the political right will have fun hyping this up as an infringement of student rights. For contrast, the reaction by the right wingers at the Blaze over the "Jesus is not a homophobe" T-shirt back in April.

This concerns me as much as the War on Christmas and Obamaphones.

abb3w: vpb: This sounds a lot like those stories where the pledge of allegiance and the flag are supposedly banned by evil liberal teachers.

Here, however, the principal made the teacher apologize, and there's an investigation ongoing. The kid has the right to wear the T-shirt; the teacher was in the wrong, and should get some remedial training on the bounds of student freedom of expression.

That said, the political right will have fun hyping this up as an infringement of student rights. For contrast, the reaction by the right wingers at the Blaze over the "Jesus is not a homophobe" T-shirt back in April.

so basically it's ok to wear pro-conservative tee shirts to class, but 'bong hits for jesus' ain't gonna happen...?

I have a very, very strong suspicion that we are not hearing the full story here.

the teacher asked me... 'Are your parents Republican?' I said, 'I don't know.'

So either, you as a high school kid are astute enough to have a preference for presidential candidates but not inquisitive enough to know which candidates your parents support

OR

Your parents bought you the shirt and told you to wear it to school and try to make a scene, and you really don't have any understanding of or interest in the issues or candidates.

From what I know of high school kids, I know which way I would bet.

Rumor has it on a site whose name I forgot from a certain poster that the kid was sent to Guantanamo. Disgusting. We used to send terrorists there. Now we send Republicans.

FloydA: I have a very, very strong suspicion that we are not hearing the full story here.

the teacher asked me... 'Are your parents Republican?' I said, 'I don't know.'

So either, you as a high school kid are astute enough to have a preference for presidential candidates but not inquisitive enough to know which candidates your parents support

OR

Your parents bought you the shirt and told you to wear it to school and try to make a scene, and you really don't have any understanding of or interest in the issues or candidates.

From what I know of high school kids, I know which way I would bet.

I'd go for option 3: she is an attention whore who used up the last of her "suicide attempt" excuses to get attention

Here's another article naming the teacher and reporting on some of the backlash she's gotten.

loveblondieo: Here's another article naming the teacher and reporting on some of the backlash she's gotten.

FTA: Sophomore Samantha Pawlucy said Gaymon called her out for wearing the shirt and told her it was analogous to the teacher, who is black, wearing a KKK shirt.

Jesus, a teacher said this?

cman: loveblondieo: Here's another article naming the teacher and reporting on some of the backlash she's gotten.

FTA: Sophomore Samantha Pawlucy said Gaymon called her out for wearing the shirt and told her it was analogous to the teacher, who is black, wearing a KKK shirt.

Jesus, a teacher said this?

Before anyone takes my comment the wrong way, I would like to point out that my context was about professionalism.

cman: loveblondieo: Here's another article naming the teacher and reporting on some of the backlash she's gotten.

FTA: Sophomore Samantha Pawlucy said Gaymon called her out for wearing the shirt and told her it was analogous to the teacher, who is black, wearing a KKK shirt.

Jesus, a teacher said this?


Maybe. We have the student's mother's accusation, but I'm not sure that's sufficient evidence. Given my experiences, I'm pretty skeptical of the student's claim, and far more skeptical of her mother's accusation. If the teacher said that, she was being stupid, but I'm not ready to convict just yet.

Here's some local news that didn't get up to the MSM. Guess it depends which news outline picks up the story, huh?

High school girl who supports GLBT equality gets lectured in class by ROTC instructor about sins of homosexuality.

Them Juggalos and their crazy fashion statements.

AirForceVet: Here's some local news that didn't get up to the MSM. Guess it depends which news outline picks up the story, huh?

High school girl who supports GLBT equality gets lectured in class by ROTC instructor about sins of homosexuality.

To be fair, this happened 7 months ago and they have been working in good faith to resolve the situation. This article, however, is current.`

tenpoundsofcheese: AirForceVet: Here's some local news that didn't get up to the MSM. Guess it depends which news outline picks up the story, huh?

High school girl who supports GLBT equality gets lectured in class by ROTC instructor about sins of homosexuality.

are you saying ABC news is not part of the MSM?
I didn't know that.

Apparently you don't know the difference between a multi-national news corporation and a local affiliate, either

You know, I have an opinion on this. But I'm pretty drunk right now and probably shouldn't say it.

Another victim.

cman: cman: loveblondieo: Here's another article naming the teacher and reporting on some of the backlash she's gotten.

FTA: Sophomore Samantha Pawlucy said Gaymon called her out for wearing the shirt and told her it was analogous to the teacher, who is black, wearing a KKK shirt.

Jesus, a teacher said this?

Before anyone takes my comment the wrong way, I would like to point out that my context was about professionalism.

Eh, I forgot about the Mormon stance on slavery. Still, pretty thin from my perspective

OtherLittleGuy: In other news, kids apparently still have 1st Amendment Privleges in school.

That is incorrect.

See comment below.

Weaver95: o basically it's ok to wear pro-conservative tee shirts to class, but 'bong hits for jesus' ain't gonna happen...?

Is this the same kid that was greenlit a few days ago, or a different kid?

I think the teacher was trying to say "You, as a female, should support people who do not want to oppress you. It would be similar to me, an African American, supporting the KKK."

/Not sure.
//DNRTFA.
///not a democrat FWIW

Mike_LowELL: Rumor has it on a site whose name I forgot from a certain poster that the kid was sent to Guantanamo. Disgusting. We used to send terrorists there. Now we send Republicans.

That's redundant.

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"If it was a joke between two adults, I can take a joke like that but (my daughter) didn't know how to take it. She doesn't understand, she actually thinks she did something wrong," her father, Richard Pawlucy, said.

If the kid doesn't understand the potential consequences of wearing such a shirt, perhaps she shouldn't wear it in the first place.

It's quite obvious that her parents put her up to it.

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Another victim.

Came for this.

tenpoundsofcheese: Lionel Mandrake: tenpoundsofcheese: AirForceVet: Here's some local news that didn't get up to the MSM. Guess it depends which news outline picks up the story, huh?

High school girl who supports GLBT equality gets lectured in class by ROTC instructor about sins of homosexuality.

are you saying ABC news is not part of the MSM?
I didn't know that.

Apparently you don't know the difference between a multi-national news corporation and a local affiliate, either

ABC news covered it.
They are main stream
They are media

get over it.
stop being so persecuted.

If you have an actual link to the article, on abc.com, I'd love to see it, but you were referring to the linked article from a local affiliate, so, yeah...

It's OK to admit you're wrong, sweetheart.

jake_lex: vpb: I would take it with a grain of salt anyway. This sounds a lot like those stories where the pledge of allegiance and the flag are supposedly banned by evil liberal teachers.

Yeah, I'd only get offended in the slightest by this story if a kid were allowed to wear an Obama/Biden T-shirt. Which I bet they wouldn't be.

Well, I strongly suspect that clothing with political slogans is banned. I know that it is at many schools.

I have several students that wear Romney/Ryan t-shirts to my classes. No one's had any issues or told me about conflicts with other faculty. One of my graders is a Ron Paul fan and one of my best students last spring was a big Santorum fan. If you can't get past the fact that your students might have political opinions of their own and separate that out, that's a mark against your professionalism whether at the secondary, primary or collegiate level.

tenpoundsofcheese: You are lying again.
I never said abc.com


Well, even if you can't admit it to yourself, I won't hold it against you.

Troll on, li'l buddy

Lorelle: If the kid doesn't understand the potential consequences of wearing such a shirt, perhaps she shouldn't wear it in the first place. It's quite obvious that her parents put her up to it.

I hope you're trolling. There should be no potential consequences for wearing "such a shirt" unless it defies an explicit universal dress code for everyone.



Wore this in the 1980's to Junior High school. No issues. Wore it once to my Civics's teacher's house with some friends. And there...I ran into some problems. But that's his house, after all.

Somacandra: I hope you're trolling. There should be no potential consequences for wearing "such a shirt" unless it defies an explicit universal dress code for everyone.

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Wore this in the 1980's to Junior High school. No issues. Wore it once to my Civics's teacher's house with some friends. And there...I ran into some problems. But that's his house, after all.

Nope. I didn't say that the kid should be prohibited from wearing her Romney shirt to school, but if you're going to wear something that bears controversial words or images, don't be surprised if some people react negatively. Crying to your mother, "WAAAAAH! My teacher didn't like my shirt!" is ridiculous.

Somacandra: I hope you're trolling. There should be no potential consequences for wearing "such a shirt" unless it defies an explicit universal dress code for everyone.

Which it obviously did.

When I was at the nude beach, I could rock out with my cock out. When I'm on the subway here in the city, very different rules apply.

When you're in junior high in the 80's wearing a shirt that was about events over 40 years old at that point, that's a very different situation than a girl in the 2012 wearing a political shirt from the current election cycle.

If you'd have worn your clever little shirt to school in 1949, I would expect your reception to be less warm at school, especially if your teacher was a vet.

cman: loveblondieo: Here's another article naming the teacher and reporting on some of the backlash she's gotten.

FTA: Sophomore Samantha Pawlucy said Gaymon called her out for wearing the shirt and told her it was analogous to the teacher, who is black, wearing a KKK shirt.

Jesus, a teacher said this?

Yes. Right wingers never lie or embellish. Ever.

Mike_LowELL: Rumor has it on a site whose name I forgot from a certain poster that the kid was sent to Guantanamo. Disgusting. We used to send terrorists there. Now we send Republicans.

If only....