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Teacher Who Called Military 'Lowest Of The Low' Is Fired
Fox News ^ | 03/21/18 | Benjamin Brown

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. They’re dumbs‑‑‑s,” Salcido can be heard saying in the Jan. 25 tirade.

“They’re not like high-level thinkers, they’re not academic people, they’re not intellectual people. They’re 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 Salcido’s 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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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: auroravillon; california; fired; gregorysalcido; teacher
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A.M.F. scumbag!
1 posted on 03/21/2018 8:00:01 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

This recorded rant happened a while back. They’re finally doing something about it.


2 posted on 03/21/2018 8:02:16 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: Enlightened1

Good!


3 posted on 03/21/2018 8:02:57 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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>>“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.


4 posted on 03/21/2018 8:04:23 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (robert mueller is an unguided missile)
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To: Enlightened1

The sonovabitch is also a member of the City Council, isn’t he?


5 posted on 03/21/2018 8:05:18 AM PDT by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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yes and may have been mayor once


6 posted on 03/21/2018 8:06:33 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: Enlightened1

I like the way they try to backtrack on their statements.


7 posted on 03/21/2018 8:07:22 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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Related...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3641309/posts


8 posted on 03/21/2018 8:09:11 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA/KAG!!!)
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“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.


9 posted on 03/21/2018 8:09:11 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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Very good news and the icing on the cake is it was a unanimous decision by the school board.


10 posted on 03/21/2018 8:09:18 AM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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They’re not like high-level thinkers, they’re not academic people, they’re not intellectual people. They’re the lowest of our low

That pretty much summarizes the dim party's view of all red staters.

11 posted on 03/21/2018 8:14:29 AM PDT by pfflier
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"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!"

12 posted on 03/21/2018 8:20:30 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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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”....


13 posted on 03/21/2018 8:23:23 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: jazusamo

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.


14 posted on 03/21/2018 8:23:30 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Enlightened1

Yaaaay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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15 posted on 03/21/2018 8:24:44 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Terry Mross

Not to mention every officer is a college graduate and many enlisted have degrees. Plus, the military operates research organizations that dwarf any University.


16 posted on 03/21/2018 8:27:43 AM PDT by CodeToad (Dr. Spock was an idiot!.)
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To: Enlightened1

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.


17 posted on 03/21/2018 8:37:27 AM PDT by forgotten man
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Maybe some sympathetic Dem congressman will give this guy a job to preserve his retirement and benefits.


18 posted on 03/21/2018 8:38:10 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: Enlightened1

The curse of Leftist professors: cell phone videos


19 posted on 03/21/2018 8:40:40 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Enlightened1

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.


20 posted on 03/21/2018 8:43:01 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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