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A Virginia teacher was fired for refusing to use a trans student’s pronouns.
Washington Post ^ | Oct. 1, 2019 | Teo Armus

Posted on 10/01/2019 12:34:47 PM PDT by Innovative

In the summer of 2018, a transgender student at West Point High School in West Point, Va., had transitioned, asking his French teacher to refer to him with masculine pronouns: he, him, his. But the instructor, Peter Vlaming, did not comply, he said in a lawsuit. Citing his religious beliefs, he promised to use only the student’s name and avoid pronouns entirely. Administrators eventually gave the teacher an ultimatum: Use the student’s correct pronouns, or face disciplinary action, he said.

Then, on Oct. 31, 2018, his second-year French students wore virtual-reality goggles and walked around the classroom. The transgender student seemed about to crash when the teacher told another student to help their classmate.

“Don’t let her hit the wall,” Vlaming shouted.

That was the last straw for the student, who withdrew from Vlaming’s class. But it was also the last straw for school officials, who suspended the teacher for insubordination, and from the school board, which later fired him, citing how Vlaming had repeatedly ignored orders from his bosses.

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TOPICS: Education; Society
KEYWORDS: antichristian; arth; gaynewsrooms; genderdysphoria; homofascism; homosexualagenda; nea; petervlaming; pinkjournalism; teacher; transgender; virginia
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To: Innovative

Note how the MSM always portrays this as due to “religious beliefs.”

Of course, no explanation has been given - but in fact, it has little to do with religion - and everything to do with basic biology, science, and common sense.


21 posted on 10/01/2019 12:51:43 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: grobdriver

Ironic that trans are the opposite of the gays who are happy to be out of the closet. Trans want to get in the closet but is it because they truly believe they are the opposite sex or because they want to deceive people? Several years ago a trans woman was murdered because he seduced a couple of guys at a bar who thought he was a she. When they discovered the error, they went crazy and beat him to death. I want no part of deceiving others and so I have already determined not to cooperate in calling a man a woman or vice versa. (But then I am a crotchety old woman and no longer in the workplace so the pressure is definitely different for me.)


22 posted on 10/01/2019 12:54:20 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: RightGeek

or dumbazz


23 posted on 10/01/2019 12:58:28 PM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: Innovative

He needs to get himself a job in a private or religious school and leave these idiots to themselves.


24 posted on 10/01/2019 1:00:16 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: Harpotoo

because shes a girl.


25 posted on 10/01/2019 1:11:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Innovative

Maybe “The Addams Family” was ahead of it’s time...

Didn’t they have “Cousin IT” in their cast?


26 posted on 10/01/2019 1:12:01 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Innovative

Gee, a case in which the teacher’s union didn’t intervene?


27 posted on 10/01/2019 1:13:06 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Innovative

My preferred pronoun for them is FAGGOT!


28 posted on 10/01/2019 1:14:31 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Innovative

He should have let her hit the wall. And then said he does not recognize the wall as a wall, and instead calls it “air”.

Kinda like how some people do not recognize a female as a female.


29 posted on 10/01/2019 1:14:46 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Innovative

When teaching architecture in Savannah , I stumbled on a solution for this. I addressed all students by their last names. No pronouns. No exceptions. It was, “What’s the answer Smith?” and “Where is your homework, Jones?” It worked like a charm.


30 posted on 10/01/2019 1:17:54 PM PDT by T. Rustin Noone (the angels wanna wear my red shoes......)
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To: The people have spoken

My guess is that he did have tenure based on the fact his license expires in 2021.


31 posted on 10/01/2019 1:21:11 PM PDT by SoftballMominVA (No konger in VA. Living the OBX life now!)
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To: Innovative

This idiocy is going to hit the SAT test, and I’m rather certain the College Board will cave.

As a teacher, I used to give kids nicknames and refer to them only as such. This one would be too easy...

“Good morning, HimHer!”


32 posted on 10/01/2019 1:22:17 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: DesertRhino

I like your strategy here.


33 posted on 10/01/2019 1:34:29 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: grobdriver

Do many girls want to be men?


34 posted on 10/01/2019 1:34:35 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: Innovative

I’m glad the teacher stood up to the insanity in spite of it costing his job. I’m sure a local private school will hire him. We all have to stand together condemning this transgender nonsense.


35 posted on 10/01/2019 1:41:24 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Innovative

I dunno, why not just use the pronouns? If its school policy, then do so.


36 posted on 10/01/2019 1:41:49 PM PDT by Paradox (Don't call them mainstream, there is nothing mainstream about the MSM.)
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To: max americana

>> So the teacher should have said “dont let that freak hit the wall”? <<

No, the teacher should have remained silent and let Fate resolve this leftist created dilemma.


37 posted on 10/01/2019 1:48:22 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: Vendome

Takes ages to fire someone who sexually molests a student, but refuse to use the crazy kid’s preferred pronouns, and you’re fired.


38 posted on 10/01/2019 2:02:04 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: RightGeek

Using sh*thead would seem to work in all situations


Shithead is a very common Indian name. Of course it is pronounce Shith heed, but it is spelled Shithead.


39 posted on 10/01/2019 2:04:00 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: Osage Orange

Do many girls want to be men?


Just the Bull Dykes


40 posted on 10/01/2019 2:05:07 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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