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Colo. Teacher Sorry for Kicking Student (Because He Was Wearing a GOP Shirt)
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Posted on 10/30/2004 3:57:26 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

DURANGO, Colo. Oct 30, 2004 — A part-time college instructor has apologized for kicking a student because he was wearing a Republican shirt.

Fort Lewis College student Mark O'Donnell said he was showing people his College Republicans sweat shirt, which said "Work for us now … or work for us later," when Maria Spero kicked him in the leg at an off-campus restaurant.

Spero then said "she should have kicked me harder and higher," said O'Donnell. "To physically take that out on someone because you disagree with them, that is completely wrong."

Spero, a visiting instructor of modern languages, apologized to O'Donnell in a letter dated Oct. 29.

"I acted entirely inappropriately by kicking you, giving vent to a thoughtless knee-jerk political reaction that should never have happened," she wrote. "Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."

The college also formally apologized, said David Eppich, assistant to the school's president.

O'Donnell said the apology wasn't enough and he plans to file a complaint with the college.

The only phone number listed in Durango for the surname Spero was constantly busy Saturday.

Durango police did not immediately return a call seeking comment.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: assault; brownshirtsforkerry; civilwar2; civilwarii; collegerepublicans; commieteacher; hatecrime; teacher; tshirt; unamerica
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Modern languages? A linguist, just like Chumpski.
41 posted on 10/30/2004 4:27:52 PM PDT by Warlord
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To: secretagent

"About what? The college didn't kick him."

The college bears liability for what its staff does.


42 posted on 10/30/2004 4:29:49 PM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: LogicalMs
Any teacher who resorts to physical violence is unfit to teach.

That's not true. More pussification of America. I went to school when corporal punishment was allowed. Some of my best teachers could also whip ass at the hint of disrespect.

43 posted on 10/30/2004 4:30:10 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1 (Lock-n-load!)
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To: the invisib1e hand
No I understand your point. HOWEVER- I am the Mom of two little boys. I have seen plenty of times when a little girl hits trips, kicks, bites and lashes out at a little boy. 9 out of 10 times the Mom is proud of her independent, self- assured ,little girl and then complains when the little boy hits back. They love to say "boys should not hit girls". ( Which is true unless the girl has hit first.) I always say PEOPLE should not hit PEOPLE. I for one am sick of the double standard. Men don't have to agree with me. But I am making a stink about it whenever I can.BTW- I have told my sons to try never to hit a female or a small boy... but if they are hitting you and will not stop- you are allowed to make them stop.
44 posted on 10/30/2004 4:32:00 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (God bless the Swift Boat Vets!)
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To: Diva Betsy Ross; the invisib1e hand
It has gotten a lot worse than hitting and kicking. Here is where allowing girls to get away with violence against boys has gotten us.

So much for dealing with it.

45 posted on 10/30/2004 4:37:07 PM PDT by Balto_Boy
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

46 posted on 10/30/2004 4:37:12 PM PDT by mhking
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To: Sola Veritas
The college bears liability for what its staff does.

Surely that ends with the campus borders, unless the staff carries out college missions off campus.

47 posted on 10/30/2004 4:40:31 PM PDT by secretagent
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

I hope his lawsuit earns him millions.


48 posted on 10/30/2004 4:41:47 PM PDT by mlmr (The End is Near.)
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To: mhking

Doesn't Hank Hill say "if you disagree with me I'll kick your a$$"?


49 posted on 10/30/2004 4:42:59 PM PDT by Rightly Biased (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (don't be lazy look it up))
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To: RobbyS
Slap?I would have cold-cocked her, knocked her out cold with a couple of full force punches to the nose and mouth. Want to act like a man, I`ll treat you like man and if any man hit me, we would be throwin down right there and then.
50 posted on 10/30/2004 4:45:02 PM PDT by nomad
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To: Balto_Boy

Tragic.


51 posted on 10/30/2004 4:52:58 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (God bless the Swift Boat Vets!)
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To: nomad
Would you have been able to knock her out if she had kicked you to the groin? Would you have been able to stop it?

I don't want you to answer me. I want all men to answer themselves.

52 posted on 10/30/2004 4:54:25 PM PDT by Balto_Boy
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
"Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."

Oh, so if he wasn't a Fort Lewis student, her behavior would have been OK????

Fire the bitch. Teach her a lesson that she won't soon forget.

53 posted on 10/30/2004 4:56:17 PM PDT by jackbill
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Spero, a visiting instructor of modern languages, apologized to O'Donnell in a letter dated Oct. 29.

Chicken - $#!T lefty. Do it to his face.

54 posted on 10/30/2004 4:56:36 PM PDT by hattend (I'm on the Mark Steyn Ping List! I'm somebody!)
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To: Balto_Boy

it is never right for a man to strike or run roughshod over a woman. if a woman does it to a man outside of self defense, it is wrong as well. two wrongs don't make a right.


55 posted on 10/30/2004 4:58:22 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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To: Balto_Boy
>>At some point, men are going to have to start taking female violence against males seriously and start treating violent women as criminals.<<

Rest assured that many men already do but as long as American culture portrays men as evil and women as pure, don't expect much to change.

Muleteam1

56 posted on 10/30/2004 5:01:18 PM PDT by Muleteam1
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To: the invisib1e hand
it is never right for a man to strike or run roughshod over a woman.

Even in self defense aginst a woman who would kill you? If that is your choice, fine, as long as you remember it is YOUR choice, not the "system".

57 posted on 10/30/2004 5:01:23 PM PDT by Balto_Boy
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To: Muleteam1
Rest assured that many men already do but as long as American culture portrays men as evil and women as pure, don't expect much to change.

Men are willing participants in that portayal, when other men are involved. It will change when men decide to change it.

58 posted on 10/30/2004 5:03:17 PM PDT by Balto_Boy
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To: nomad

"Want to act like a man, I`ll treat you like man and if any man hit me, we would be throwin down right there and then."

I agree, but let's face it: men and women are not equal, have never been equal and will never be equal and this sort of incident proves it.

The "Lady" in question would have had him arrested, sued and won damages if he, the assult victim, had responded with one stiff defensive shot.

That is: the courts would have sided with her. The cops would have sided with her and the media would have sided with her.

Moreover SHE would not have seen the hypocrisy in the situation. This is because she understands at least on a subconcious level that men and woman are not interchangable.

Me...I would have popped her and damn the consequences, and I have never struck a woman in my life even though I have been slapped a few times. (The less said about those incidents the better)


59 posted on 10/30/2004 5:04:37 PM PDT by TalBlack
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Spero then said "she should have kicked me harder and higher," said O'Donnell.

Ah, yes, the party of diversity and tolerance.

"I acted entirely inappropriately by kicking you, giving vent to a thoughtless knee-jerk political reaction that should never have happened," she wrote. "Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."

Ah, soooooo, if the student was just someone hangin' around the place it would have been OK, eh? No matter that you're supposed to be an educator and be setting an example; no matter that the person has a different ideology than you have; no matter that it is a public place and people are guaranteed their say by a little thing called the ... ah ... what was that again? ... oh yeah, THE CONSTITUTION

What a POS ... I agree with the student, the apologies are not enough. Sic 'em!

60 posted on 10/30/2004 5:05:49 PM PDT by Boomer Geezer (Sgt. Wanda Dabbs, 22, of the 230th, called out, "That's my president, hooah!" and there were cheers.)
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