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'Teacher of the Year' kneels during anthem at college football championship attended by Trump
ABC "News" ^ | January 16, 2020 | By Ella Torres

Posted on 01/16/2020 1:09:49 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

During a ceremony honoring the 2019 "Teachers of the Year," one in particular stood out.

The honoree from Minnesota, Kelly Holstine, chose to kneel during the national anthem at the NCAA football championship game on Monday, where the ceremony took place, "to stand up for marginalized and oppressed people," according to a tweet she wrote, which included a photograph of her kneeling.

"Like many before, I respectfully kneeled during Nat’l Anthem because, 'No one is free until we are all free,'" she wrote, referencing former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and citing a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Holstine, an English and language arts teacher at Tokata Learning Center in Shakopee, has been outspoken about her activism before.

She lead a TED Talk in October 2019 titled "Educators must be more than allies."

In her speech, she advocated for teachers to be willing to leave their comfort zones and "stand up for all of the human beings who are being marginalized or oppressed."

"Allies are wonderful and we need them, but it is not enough for educators to just be allies," she said. "We need them to be advocates too."

In April 2019, she was also one of two "Teachers of the Year" who skipped the White House ceremony, according to The Hill.

"The words and practices and policies of this administration have been filled with a lot of hate toward the LGBTQ community, so I didn't feel comfortable in that environment," Holstine told The Hill.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: anthem; education; homosexualagenda; jackwagon; minnesota; socialism; socialjustice; sports; woke
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To: rktman

We’ll be waiting a very long time for anything specific from liberals...


41 posted on 01/16/2020 1:41:14 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If she wants teachers to “stand up for all of the human beings who are being marginalized or oppressed” then why is she kneeling?


42 posted on 01/16/2020 1:42:12 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: caww

Love the Travis Bickle look. Screams sane and grounded.


43 posted on 01/16/2020 1:42:13 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: txnativegop

I’m a baby boomer. Senior class. Born after end of WWII (Nov 45).


44 posted on 01/16/2020 1:42:46 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: jmaroneps37

Bitch.

We Normies are under attack, example no. 1,642.


45 posted on 01/16/2020 1:42:54 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: cableguymn

Pete Hegseth and a friend of his since grade school were on “Fox & Friends” yesterday morning at a diner in Wyoming, Minnesota, about 30 miles north of St. Paul. The crowd there was overwhelmingly pro-Trump. Already in 2016 that county (Chisago Co.) voted 61% for Trump and I expect it will be a higher percentage this year.


46 posted on 01/16/2020 1:42:55 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“The words and practices and policies of this administration have been filled with a lot of hate toward the LGBTQ community”

I filled a bucket with hate once and lo & behold when I looked in it was empty.


47 posted on 01/16/2020 1:44:44 PM PST by mistfree (Virginia Freeper)
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Meanwhile... Boom! Trumps hits 3 more with bases loaded!


48 posted on 01/16/2020 1:45:31 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Jim Robinson

it isn’t just in the states, it is world wide. I personally blame it on the fact that the Left latched on to Dr. Benj. Spock’s 1946 disaster of a book and children were raised in accordance with the advice of a 24 year old doctoral candidate who was not married and had no children.


49 posted on 01/16/2020 1:47:13 PM PST by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual and political hemlock)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just ANOTHER ugly Lesbian who is an attention whore.

Go be the teacher of the year in Iraq, Iran, or Afghanistan and I’ll be more impressed baldy.


50 posted on 01/16/2020 1:48:59 PM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Her classroom complete with comforters and blankies for a 'safe place' to learn for those who don't 'feel' like they fit in public schooling.


51 posted on 01/16/2020 1:49:14 PM PST by caww
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who exactly is “marginalized and oppressed”? Every citizen of the U.S. enjoys the same rights as all the other citizens.


52 posted on 01/16/2020 1:49:32 PM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She looks normal /s


53 posted on 01/16/2020 1:49:54 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

yet another anti-American, leftist, misfit, nitwit “educator”. Being in her classroom is child abuse. Loser. Degenerate.


54 posted on 01/16/2020 1:52:45 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

INDOCTRINATOR of the year.


55 posted on 01/16/2020 1:55:04 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: caww

I spotted the next Fortune 500 CEO under the purple comforter!


56 posted on 01/16/2020 1:58:39 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: All

Proof our educational system has been taken over by Khrushchev disciples.


57 posted on 01/16/2020 1:59:53 PM PST by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She lead a TED Talk in October 2019 titled “Educators must be more than allies.”
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Hmmmm ... “She lead a TED Talk in October 2019.”

SHE LEAD? I wonder if the ABC News writer of this article had “Teacher of the Year” Holstein teach her grammar.


58 posted on 01/16/2020 2:01:52 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: myerson

The words and practices and policies of this administration have been filled with a lot of hate toward the LGBTQ community....

Your answer is in the above statement from the article.


59 posted on 01/16/2020 2:02:15 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet
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To: Jim Robinson

Exactly, JimRob!


60 posted on 01/16/2020 2:13:08 PM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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