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Teachers Face Investigations for Anti-Obama Messages
FoxNews.com ^ | Nov. 13, 2012 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 11/14/2012 8:24:23 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Two public school teachers are facing investigations for posting messages that some perceived as critical of President Obama on social networking sites.

In Rock Hill, SC, a middle school teacher was placed on leave after she posted a message on her personal Facebook page about President Obama and food stamps.

“Congrats Obama,” she allegedly wrote. “As one of my students sang down the hallway, ‘We get to keep our food stamps’ … which I pay for because they can’t budget their money … and really, neither can you.”

A school spokesperson said they had received several calls complaining about the eighth grade math teacher at Rawlinson Road Middle School. The teacher has apologized.

A school official told Fox News that the complaints originated from pro-Obama supporters outside the school.

“People outside the school system that saw her posting and some of them said they were offended by it,” spokesperson Elaine Baker said. “She used poor judgment according to our social media policy. Teachers are kept to higher standards.”

Baker said teachers and school employees should “watch what they post on Facebook to be careful.”

(Excerpt) Read more at radio.foxnews.com ...


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KEYWORDS: arth; bho44; education; leftismoncampus; sc2012; teachers; welfarestate
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1 posted on 11/14/2012 8:24:28 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The Rise of the Third Reich.


2 posted on 11/14/2012 8:28:28 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (We need Comprehensive Election Reform, NOW!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Heaven forbid that a teacher have an opposing opinion. Guess teachers will just have to post anonymously.


4 posted on 11/14/2012 8:29:56 PM PST by madison10
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They will be in prison right next to all the teachers who incorporated anti-Bush material into their curriculum! May they rot in jail!!!! lol


5 posted on 11/14/2012 8:30:05 PM PST by DBrow
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They need to get their mind right.


6 posted on 11/14/2012 8:30:52 PM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Teachers are kept to higher standards.”

What a laugh. The Teacher's Union is all over this. It would be really nice if teacher's were held to higher teaching standards.

7 posted on 11/14/2012 8:33:05 PM PST by immadashell
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To: Free ThinkerNY; All

And...linked at the bottom of that news piece, I found this...

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/fourth-graders-ordered-to-write-letters-to-obama.html


8 posted on 11/14/2012 8:35:14 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma (PRAY for this country like your life depends on it......because it DOES!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Funny, a Philly Poll had a mural of Bambi and that was OK.


9 posted on 11/14/2012 8:35:51 PM PST by mortal19440
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They will surely be fired while the teachers in Maine who teach middle school kids about homosexual sex and Saran wrap keep theirs. Heck, they’ll probably be promoted.


10 posted on 11/14/2012 8:37:21 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

When did bad mouthing an American hating President, on a social networking site, become the purview of the employer?


11 posted on 11/14/2012 8:38:02 PM PST by G Larry (Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Thought Crime not to support Dear Leader. But urging 11 year olds to have sex is “sex-ed”.

Publik skoolz need to be abolished.


12 posted on 11/14/2012 8:39:05 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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My mom is a teacher; I’ve read comments from her colleagues on Facebook. They are endlessly political. Moreover, I’ve read mail from the union. They literally come out and explicitly tell her how to vote.


13 posted on 11/14/2012 8:40:36 PM PST by Tublecane
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“teachers are held to higher standards”..???

Like bussing kids to Obama rallies... singing songs about how wonderful Obama is and stuff like that??


14 posted on 11/14/2012 8:40:47 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

However, had these teachers boasted about their latest sexual escapades with underage students after school, nobody would say anything probably.


15 posted on 11/14/2012 8:41:45 PM PST by MichaelCorleone ('We the People' can and will take this country back...starting today.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
‘We get to keep our food stamps’ … which I pay for because they can’t budget their money … and really, neither can you.”

The truth hurts

16 posted on 11/14/2012 8:46:14 PM PST by PGR88
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I’m curious, unless those who reported her were her friends, how did they see what she posted on her Facebook?

And, IMO, it’s her right to post what she wants, as long as she’s not hurting anyone or inciting violence, etc. Posting ones opinions would fall under, oh, I don’t know, THE FIRST AMENDMENT!!!

F those stupid parents. I know if my sons teacher posted anti-Romney stuff, I wouldn’t care. I would just be more mindful of what was being taught in the classroom (or have him moved to a diff teacher if I knew opinions were being indoctrinated into the lesson plans). Stupid people and their “offended” PC bullcrap. Get over it!!!

And good on these teachers for speaking out against “The One”. F him too!!!


17 posted on 11/14/2012 8:50:56 PM PST by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Never post your stuff on Facebook if you friend students and or parents. It is a recipe for disaster.


18 posted on 11/14/2012 8:54:47 PM PST by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The Left of America would be first in line to support the Salem Witch Movement as long as the “witches” were Republicans.


19 posted on 11/14/2012 8:56:55 PM PST by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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ESAD, you #ing Nazis.


20 posted on 11/14/2012 8:59:17 PM PST by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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