Curious to know what war the dingbat is talking about

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And then he yelled "This is MAGA Country!" and threw bleach on him....

again, even when you dont fail, you fail. 🤣

How do you put someone on the Financial Services Committee who doesn't understand Econ 101?

Not sure which thread this belongs.

19 minutes ago, RPeeteRules said:

Not sure which thread this belongs.

I heard about this incident and something tells me we're not exactly getting an objective account of what happened.

53 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

I heard about this incident and something tells me we're not exactly getting an objective account of what happened.

That’s partly why I didn’t know where to post it. The part I didn’t get is why he decided to read it since he’s a Spanish teacher and the book was an English class assignment. I do think if he didn’t say the N word, his contract would have been renewed.

7 minutes ago, RPeeteRules said:

That’s partly why I didn’t know where to post it. The part I didn’t get is why he decided to read it since he’s a Spanish teacher and the book was an English class assignment. I do think if he didn’t say the N word, his contract would have been renewed.

He tries to frame it as a non-partisan free speech issue but people found other tweets from him that make it seem like he's got some sort of agenda. One tweet was supposedly advocating for people to read a book called "The Big Lie of the Civil War" that tries to make the case that it wasn't about slavery at all. In a vacuum, the n-word thing makes it seem like he was just a victim of circumstance, but his social media posts seem to paint a different picture.

4 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

He tries to frame it as a non-partisan free speech issue but people found other tweets from him that make it seem like he's got some sort of agenda. One tweet was supposedly advocating for people to read a book called "The Big Lie of the Civil War" that tries to make the case that it wasn't about slavery at all. In a vacuum, the n-word thing makes it seem like he was just a victim of circumstance, but his social media posts seem to paint a different picture.

Do you think he would still be teaching there had the incident in class didn’t happen? He may have an agenda, but I don’t think that is why his contract wasn’t renewed. I do wonder if his tweets were something he brought up and discussed in class.

1 minute ago, It Hurts said:

Who’s mad that it came back up? People were right to be mad it went down. It’s close to where it was when Trump took office, but its tough to act like its a win when its still down overall.

4 minutes ago, RPeeteRules said:

Do you think he would still be teaching there had the incident in class didn’t happen? He may have an agenda, but I don’t think that is why his contract wasn’t renewed. I do wonder if his tweets were something he brought up and discussed in class.

Not sure, I don't know the rules in whatever district he's in nor am I as willing to take at face value his account of the aftermath that followed. For all we know, they may have offered some sort of compromise if he were to have issued an apology or agreed to not do it again. Needless to say, there's apparently a pattern of behavior here that's not immediately apparent if you just read his thread alone.

To be clear, I think any rule that states you can't say the word ever, even when reading directly from a book, is a very stupid rule. Context is of course important and there are ways a careful and experienced teacher can discuss the topic with nuance that might require saying the word. But a teacher who complains about "woke agenda" and reads books that claim the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery probably isn't the best option for that, especially when he's a Spanish teacher, not a history teacher.

On 6/27/2025 at 3:07 PM, iladelphxx said:

How do you put someone on the Financial Services Committee who doesn't understand Econ 101?

The question about supply-driven and demand-driven seems par for the course nowadays. But what was that nonsense she was balling on about after that? I really have no idea what that word salad was supposed to actually mean.

As opposed to the rapist and convicted felon that was elected to oversee the entire country and immediately attempted to tank the economy and run up deficits.

There goes the liberal slush fund

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