Posted on 03/21/2018 8:00:01 AM PDT by Enlightened1
A Southern California teacher who was recorded bashing the U.S. military in a profane classroom rant was fired Tuesday evening.
Board of Education President Aurora Villon said the El Rancho Unified School District reached a unanimous decision to fire Gregory Salcido, a history teacher at El Rancho High School and elected Pico Rivera city councilman, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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A Southern California teacher who was recorded bashing the U.S. military in a profane classroom rant was fired Tuesday evening.
Board of Education President Aurora Villon said the El Rancho Unified School District reached a unanimous decision to fire Gregory Salcido, a history teacher at El Rancho High School and elected Pico Rivera city councilman, the Los Angeles Times reported.
His comments do not reflect what we stand for, who we are, Villon said, adding that the classroom should never be a place where students feel that they are picked at, bullied, intimidated."
Salcido faced a severe backlash after a student secretly recorded him asking his government class why they would want to serve in the military, calling those who serve dumbs‑‑‑s.
Think about the people who you know who are over there. Your freaking stupid Uncle Louie or whatever. Theyre dumbs‑‑‑s, Salcido can be heard saying in the Jan. 25 tirade.
Theyre not like high-level thinkers, theyre not academic people, theyre not intellectual people. Theyre the lowest of our low.
Villon said thousands of emails flooded the school board, as veterans and relatives of military personnel from all over the world voiced their disgust with Salcidos comments.
Salcido apologized at a City Council meeting in February, the paper reported, and attempted to clarify that his comments had nothing to do with their moral character.
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This recorded rant happened a while back. They’re finally doing something about it.
Good!
>>the classroom should never be a place where students feel that they are picked at, bullied, intimidated.”<<
Unless they are conservative.
This firing is an aberration. A pleasant one, but an aberration.
The sonovabitch is also a member of the City Council, isn’t he?
yes and may have been mayor once
I like the way they try to backtrack on their statements.
“They’re not academics” said the teacher. The soldier is willing to give his life. This teacher is willing to give a terrorist a history lesson.
Plus, he’s wrong. I’d be willing to bet that any soldier who is smart enough not to be recorded saying things that will get him fired is smarter than this idiot.
Very good news and the icing on the cake is it was a unanimous decision by the school board.
That pretty much summarizes the dim party's view of all red staters.
"Let me explain. What I meant when I used that phrase 'lowest of the low', it was a highest of the high metaphor intellectuals like me use, and therefore I was really saying they themselves were the highest of the high. Please don't fire me. Please don't recall me from the city council. Waaaaaah!"
Sounds like this POS douchebag needs to meet up with a couple of former grunts in an alley and have the same conversation...
He needs his ass kicked at least once a day.
And I guess the main question is - is he “from here”....
1) They acted only after being shamed into it.
2) Some of them probably agree but are afraid to say so.
3) Salcido undoubtedly made similar remarks many times before to various groups of students, many of whom probably believed him.
4) Many other people in positions of authority or responsibility espouse the same views.
Yaaaay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not to mention every officer is a college graduate and many enlisted have degrees. Plus, the military operates research organizations that dwarf any University.
Almost everybody in Pico Rivera is Mexican American, and a more than a few of them are veterans. Salcido made a lot of enemies in that community.
Maybe some sympathetic Dem congressman will give this guy a job to preserve his retirement and benefits.
The curse of Leftist professors: cell phone videos
They had no choice but to fire that sorry screw worm.
But I’m really glad some of these American hating leftist continue to stick their political heads out.
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