Philadelphia teenager Samantha Pawlucy’s parents are suing the teacher and school district after Pawlucy was mocked for wearing a pro-Mitt Romney T-shirt earlier this year. (Photo credit: Philadelphia Inquirer)
The parents of a Philadelphia high schooler who said her geometry teacher ordered her to remove her pro-Mitt Romney T-shirt are suing the teacher and the school district.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the suit claims the district ignored 16-year-old Samantha Pawlucy’s right to free speech and allowed other students to harass her, subjecting her “to emotional distress, simply because she exercised her First Amendment rights.”
Pawlucy’s story went viral after she wore a pink Romney-Ryan T-shirt to school and said her teacher, Lynette Gaymon, ordered her to remove it, saying Carroll High School is a “Democratic” school and that it was akin to wearing a Ku Klux Klan shirt.
Gaymon later wrote a public letter of apology to Pawlucy. Romney himself called the teen’s family and said he appreciated her courage.
According to the Inquirer, the suit claims the district’s “de facto prohibition” on pro-Romney T-shirts violated Pawlucy’s right to free speech and says Gaymon defamed the teen by implying she “was a racist and Ku Klux Klan sympathizer.”
Pawlucy’s parents are seeking unspecified damages and are asking a judge to enjoin the district “to make sure they don’t engage in that activity again,” family attorney Walter Zimolong said.
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2GodBeTheGlory
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:40amI find it disturbing that an “education professional” would attack a student for their political leanings. If a teacher did not agree with someones position then use it as a teachable moment in critical thinking and how to debate ones position. Due to this teachers actions and the way the school board handled the issue, I think all “educators” from the top to the actual teacher should be dismissed and barred from teaching or have any contact with any public education departments.
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Proverbs17-12NLT
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:54amAnd we wonder why there’s school shootings.
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Ray2447
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:14amMarxism is the religion of academia. Students are held hostage in taxpayer funded classrooms all across America, while vitriolic “race, class, and gender” propaganda is spewed from teachers’ pulpits (podiums) as shown in “Marxist Valley College” at Youtube. http://tinyurl.com/7ub3dv7 Tomorrow’s voters are losing their freedoms in America’s classrooms today.
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Ray2447
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:18amThis story “makes my day.” I’d love to see more of these vitriol-filled institutions of Marxism sued on a regular basis.
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YallComeBack
Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:11amI find it disturbing that an “education professional” would attack a student for their political leanings.
Answer- Philadelphia
TSA horror stories, gun horror stories, union thugs, the list goes on. I have no desire to go there.
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Wyerd_001
Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:30amI find it disturbing that the teacher is trying to rewrite history in teaching kids something completely devoid of fact….historically the KKK is DEMOCRAT, and that teacher needs to prove the racism of the Romney campaign (which can not happen, because it has never existed outside of insinuation of secret “dog whistles” and our “vise” president
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Frederick_Douglass_Republican
Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:37amThese same “educators” want to keep our youth Godless and free from the restrictions of morals with relativism. These “educators” play a large role in the creation of monsters who walk among us. These “educators” want us to be disarmed as these monsters roam among us.
This young lady has more courage and class than all her peers combined. I hope she can get out of that snake pit of a school she’s in so she can realize her true potential in a university such as Hillsdale.
First off; Home School.
If in doubt; Home School.
When push comes to shove (it has); Home School.
When all else fails (it has); Home school
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wayner4162
Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:37amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPtPN-pSuco
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IndyGuy
Dec. 22, 2012 at 12:43pm@2GodBeTheGlory…..May I refer you to this article…http://www.theblaze.com/stories/bill-ayers-the-left-must-utilize-its-absolute-access-to-americas-classrooms/
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pdw
Dec. 22, 2012 at 12:50pmIt is funny to me how these “loving libs” are so full of hate.
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The_Jerk
Dec. 22, 2012 at 1:14pmBetter rid yourself of the idea that teachers are altruistic and pure. If Madison, WI, or Chicago, IL, wasn’t enough to prove that fact, then you’re ineducable. Teachers are the problem.
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sharkee
Dec. 22, 2012 at 1:33pmPROVERB , I hate to say it but I see what you are saying…I wonder what ethnicity this educator was also? I mean it wouldn’t surprise me if she was a Caucasian.. Teacher needs to be reprimanded , and taught social etiquette, and tolerance.
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In the O.C.
Dec. 22, 2012 at 1:35pmThere’s one rule for teachers who vote Democrat/Progressive. There are entirely different rules for any teachers (who are willing to identify themselves as) who vote Republican. That’s a fact. There’s a price to pay, and it ain’t pretty, nor is it “fair.” But when you’re on the Left, that means never having to say you’re sorry because YOUR fight is “righteous”. YOUR fight is “pure.” YOUR fight is better than anyone else’s. YOU are “perfect.” YOU are “insightful.” And YOU are probably just as fat as the Communist and United States-hater, Michael Moore. But I digress.
As for the young lady whose story this is about, I applaud her for starting early in her life to stand up for what SHE believes in, and at the same time has the guts to take it to the mat (or, in this case, the Court), to make HER point. Good for her. Slap that “teacher” down. So glad to know that the color of HER skin didn’t play a part in this………..
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NeoFan
Dec. 22, 2012 at 2:07pmWhy is it that Americans seem to be completely blind to the evil that is all government schools?
I live in Utah one of the most conservative states in so many ways and yet when it comes to the government schools the people here ignore the socialist, green, anti-capitalist, anti-constitution, anti-American indoctrination their kids get there. Government schools are a relic of the past and with computer programs and the Internet your kids are not receiving the best education they can get. Why hold them back? Homeschool your kids and get them out of the corrupt government system. Two hours a day is all it takes to surpass what they get in a day form a government school that is not propaganda.
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VanceUppercut
Dec. 22, 2012 at 2:40pmWow, sometimes you blazers surprise me. I expected to find most of you attacking this girl, calling her ugly, or calling her a slut, and bemoaning the “indoctrination” of the young, but…oh, okay, I took a second look and realized she was wearing a Romney shirt, not an Obama shirt. I understand now. Please, go on with your “moral” outrage.
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imhunderdog
Dec. 22, 2012 at 3:17pmI believe it is time we fought fire with fire.
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Michelle44
Dec. 22, 2012 at 3:20pmI don’t find this surprising at all,, alot, if not most teachers are democrat, and are lefty thinkers,, the ones who are not, are quiet. They the conservitive teachers don’t want to be harrassed,, ,,Most professors have communist beliefs.. They hate America, they should move, leave the Americans who love this country alone,, they should go and change someother country,,,
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Chuck Stein
Dec. 22, 2012 at 3:45pm@ Neofan
Re: Utah public schools. High School, Alpine School District. My daughter (now in her 2nd year of college on National Merit Scholarship) gets an assignment first semester of senior year: Make a poster of a current issue. Her poster (along with those of classmates) is displayed in a school hallway. My daughter’s poster had a drawing of a bride and a groom with the caption: Marriage — One Man and One Woman.
My daughter’s teacher told my wife the following. He was approached by a student who was troubled by may daughter’s poster. That student said that the poster couldn’t be up on the wall because of “separation of church and state.” The teacher told this concerned young lady that he saw no problem with the poster and that all of the posters would stay on the wall. The teacher walked away, then turned around and saw the Brownshirt in Training tear down and walk away with my daughter’s poster! He told my wife that he was going to deal with the matter, but we didn’t hear of any discipline. Also, my daughter is very non-confrontational, so she would have been loathe to do anything about it herself.
Yup — Utah County. Congressman Jason Chaffetz’s district.
BTW, this being Utah, maybe my daughter’s high school classmate was pro-polygamy and had a problem with the numerosity of “One Man and One Woman” rather than the genders. Yeah. Sure.
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SocialistSlayer
Dec. 22, 2012 at 4:13pmThe Commie-Crats are upset because this little girl is going to take their hard earn Tax Dollars from them that they worked hard to steal from the American people !
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Keatonc33
Dec. 22, 2012 at 4:25pmShe doesn’t have a case though. ya this is wrong. but schools can enact whatever dress code they want! I had to take off my joe’s crab shack t-shirt in high school because it said “i got crabs from joe’s crab shack” But i didn’t sue. one because it’s a waste of money. and two because no such case would hold any water in court. Arn’t we all so tired of these entitlement seeking moochers!
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Keatonc33
Dec. 22, 2012 at 4:25pmRay… that is the worst definition of marxism I have ever heard!
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proudinfidel54
Dec. 22, 2012 at 5:20pmThe teachers in our schools are pretty discouraging, however, I want to share something that happened to my 6th grade daughter that gives us a little hope. She came home from school (in Louisiana) and told me they were studying The 10 Commandments in Social Studies, I like to fell over.
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Red Meat
Dec. 22, 2012 at 5:27pm…is suing
In Philly? Good luck with that.
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Bluebonnet
Dec. 22, 2012 at 6:06pmOh, sure, if it was porn or dirty words, it would be ok. It’s no wonder I’m totally against these asinine public school teachers, especially those belonging to UNIONS.
Any kid could have worn the opposition and NOT a word would be said. Home school your children or send them to a Christian/Catholic school and keep them away from these horrible people who are more simple minded than a teacher should be.
Hope you win something big or at least bring SHAME to these horrid schools and teachers.
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turkey13
Dec. 22, 2012 at 7:05pmThis girl is wasting somebodys money. She is only 16 years old so the first ammendment doesn’t apply to her. Even if she had a chance with Roberts going over to the two lissies’s side that Obama put in, the vote would go against her.
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SendTheMeteors
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:34pmClearly this teacher screwed up. Even more to the point, teachers who feel like they are threatened by a student’s beliefs, and use their position of authority and age to mock a student should probably be given the opportunity to pursue another career (in other words, fired).
But I’d disagree with Michelle44 who says, that most teachers are “communists” and “hate America” and so on. That’s just silly to start with. People become teachers because “they hate America?” Please.
There’s a grain of truth there though. Given that teachers don’t choose that field because of the high pay, most become teachers because they love kids and have an altruistic desire to help train the next generation. Those motivations are different from the Ayn Rand “every man for himself and f everybody else” Republican philosophy. So naturally there are probably more Democrats among their ranks than Republicans.
Are more University professors and educated people more liberal than conservative? That’s probably true and it’s not “indoctrination” as much as the undereducated would like to believe that’s the case. No, more likely it’s because education broadens your horizons, exposes you to ideas that foreign to those who live in the bubble of the town they grew up in. There’s a big world out there, both historical in terms of history and literature, and in the present. Understanding that world has an effect on people’s opinions.
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2GodBeTheGlory
Dec. 23, 2012 at 12:48am@SendTheMeteors
I would have to disagree with you about “broaden ones horizons” comment as I have been over seas, been to many countries, seen many cultures, and many beliefs, however, I do not look at their lives and ways of living as better or worse than mine, just different. It is not my belief to judge or cast stones at how other people in their country live. I do find that most of those that are “educated” lack wisdom and understanding, and thus become bigoted and self righteous in the same way that “republicans” are. I do not hold allegiance to any party and to cast stones into another camp just to show how “educated” or “less educated” someone or group is does not help ones position. Understand that knowledge without wisdom is worthless. Yes, it is my belief that a person can be wise without an “education” as in my case, they are not hindered by someones skewed viewpoint telling them how they should think instead of allowing true critical thinking. As an example, many laws that have “unintended consequences” made by many “educated” and “bright” people that failed to have any wisdom at all and thus fail.
As far as the history part, that is true, however, I can show you how each and every country has falling for the same reason. Those that believe that we, the human race, have become better, smarted, and wiser, I would absolutely disagree. Before you attempt to respond to that I have one word that brings fourth lots of ammo to any argument ..
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2GodBeTheGlory
Dec. 23, 2012 at 12:53amcontracts
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Chuck Stein
Dec. 23, 2012 at 1:45am@ 2godbetheglory:
“Those that believe that we, the human race, have become better, smarted, and wiser, I would absolutely disagree.”
Would you agree that societies do not become more intolerant — they merely change the objects of intolerance?
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Justus39
Dec. 23, 2012 at 8:07amLike the election system they have been taken over by Liberals and are covered by unions. Liberals are kicking this country’s **** through manipulating the system.
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2GodBeTheGlory
Dec. 23, 2012 at 10:52am@Chuck Stein
Although I can see your point, I would have to disagree. Yes there are variations, however, my read of history shows that intolerance and bigotry about others or others countries are fairly the same. Now do not get me wrong, I use the bible to show me how I live my life, however, I do not judge others souls. This is not to mean that I do not judge others actions and how those actions infringe on others. For instance, if a couple, either man w/female or man w/man, is having some kind of public sex, then I think that it is wrong to have that display in front of children. So we have to use some kind of guide and morals to provide for a free and safe environment and do date no one who as actual read and understood the bible can state that the bible is not such a guide.
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Independent4233
Dec. 23, 2012 at 1:00pmSurprise, surprise. The teacher in question is black.
http://www.google.com/search?q=lynette+gaymon+photo&hl=en&tbo=u&qscrl=1&rlz=1T4ACEW_enUS397US391&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=SEbXUKeTN4m49gSS04CYBw&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=692
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2GodBeTheGlory
Dec. 23, 2012 at 2:05pm@Independent4233
As God loves all of his children, I do not discriminate by someones color, where they live, or how they live. It is the content of the persons morals and how that person treats others that matters. The particular teacher in question offends me by what she says and responds to someone that does not agree with her way of thinking. The situation is egregious to me and by what the response has been by her and her bosses is quite reviling in disrespecting the community and the trust in the education “professionals”. It is also telling by the populations response at how far we have dropped in our own morals.
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Becks_Art_Obama_In_PeePee
Dec. 24, 2012 at 2:29am“The parents of a Philadelphia high schooler who said her geometry teacher ordered her to remove her pro-Mitt Romney T-shirt are suing the teacher and the school district. … her teacher, Lynette Gaymon, ordered her to remove it, saying Carroll High School is a “Democratic” school and that it was akin to wearing a Ku Klux Klan shirt.”
This is MATHEMATICAL PROOF that the GEOMETRY Liberal teacher is a BLOCK HEAD. That is why she (and why are these PROBLEMATIC teachers always stupid bitches?) cannot EQUATE the DIFFERENCE of Barack “ObamaCare” Obama from Mitt “RomneyCare” Romney to be very small AMOUNT.
Go to the front of the class and put on your DUNCE cap. “F-”
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Akela-6
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:32amAnd this, my peeps, is ‘zactly WHY we don’t want to arm teachers.
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OldSurfRat
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:46amNot a fair comment
Although I do not have any love for teachers unions. It was teachers that gave their life for children a week ago.
Plus if you let someone as stupid as”Lynette Gaymon” have a weapon she would more than likely put a cap in her own racist a$$ while eating her cheetos.
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muddpuddle
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:54amexactly!
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RJJinGadsden
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:33amOLDSURFRAT, I hear and understand both you and AKELA-6. This teacher along with so many others are not psychologically equipped to be trusted with a firearm around students. Her disdain and outspoken attitude for something so mundane as a political difference tells me that she is not equipped to get along with others as it is. We expect the police on the street to be fair with the public and not hold a political attitude against anybody and use their positions against them. We should expect that from all of our public servants to include teachers. Just my opinion. As for communities to seek educators to carry in these forbidden zones, known as super soft targets, they should first seek volunteers, and in particular those who already own weapons, and have an existing CCP. For those who volunteer, adopt the same or similar selection process as the local police department. ie: psychological, physical fitness, and weapons knowledge, and shooting ability. Once chosen this person or persons can do weapons qualifications with the police department on the police range with a minimum of additional cost. Also, selected educators can be offered an incentive addition to their income. In communities where there are already assigned police officers, their knowledge that assistance is within grasp will be a great morale booster. Basically, my suggestion is that communities should use common sense and not overspend
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OldSurfRat
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:57amRJJ
Fair and great point.
We just need to be honest if we are ever going to get anything done. We can not expect the police to be everywhere for every situation. I would rather see your idea implemented but I hate to see teachers as a whole considered activists or not capable of protect their students and their own life. I know of quite a few teachers that are conservative ex-military.
The acts of the teachers that gave their life’s shielding those children are no less heroic than a soldiers acts on the field or the cop on the street.
However you do have a good idea.
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Keatonc33
Dec. 22, 2012 at 4:27pmOldsurfrat! GREAT COMMENT! go figure
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RIGHTWINGHATEMACHINE
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:24amWearing a Romney shirt is equivalent to supporting the KKK like wearing a Beck shirt is equivalent to supporting a doomsday cult. Both are accurate assessments.
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OldSurfRat
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:34amWe have her name “Lynette Gaymon”
Lets not forget “Lynette Gaymon”
Everyone all together now “Lynette Gaymon”
Now remember “Lynette Gaymon”
What was that? “Lynette Gaymon”
Thanks for the space on yor thread
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monitor
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:38amWhere obama logos is like wearing Brown shirts and nazi paraphernalia. Your comments are Goebbelish propaganda.
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RIGHTWINGHATEMACHINE
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:42ammonitor,
A typical comment from a typical extreme right wing biased ideologue.
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therealconservative
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:42amYou mean the KKK, that’s was started by the Dem’s.
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RickMik
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:45amYour unabashed support for our first amendment right of speech is greatly appreciated. This is what we have come to expect from many of our fellow countrymen on the Left; how sad.
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Baerlin
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:46amLiberals are brainless idiots and have lost their right to express their comments in public long ago. They make no coherent arguments. See the current rage against gun ownership. We, as a nation, kill over 3,300 babies daily through abortion and they see no wrong. Give me one good reason to listen to a liberal today
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bbhouston
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:55amHey there Hate machine…..you’re showing your bigotry. ‘Hate machine’ fits your handle. It’s just too bad the Democrats are allowed to spew their hate and bigotry. It really creates a divided country and a sense of entitlement for minorities. And that my friend doesn’t serve anyone……
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LIBSALWAYSLIE
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:56amRIGHTWINGHATEFILLEDIDIOT, You are a pathetic jerk. You couldn’t be more of an idiot if you tried. Pathetic progressives like you NEVER tell the truth. Romney is a good and decent man, and that is a fact. Do you think any students were disciplined for wearing an obama shirt?? Your inability to see the truth is amazing.
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RickMik
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:57amOne good reason to listen to a liberal is that eventually the mask comes off and the truly totalitarian evil becomes evident. One cannot deal with any threat to our liberty that is not fully known.
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Proverbs17-12NLT
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:58amdemocrats are the smartest stupid people you will ever meet.
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LIBSALWAYSLIE
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:02amRIGHTWING, why is it that you have NO ABILITY to see the difference between good and evil. Know this, you are on the side of evil, and you’re too arrogant to realize it.
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Ray2447
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:22amBullying leftist wackos should be sued unceasingly. The propaganda of the “race (white), class (Patriarchy), and gender (male)” war is being regularly spewed from leftist teacher’s podiums in taxpayer-funded classrooms all across America as shown in “Marxist Valley College” at Youtube. http://tinyurl.com/7ub3dv7 The vitriolic indoctrination of these Marxist-feminist, hate-mongering bigots should be looked at more closely in connection with these shootings, IMO. Go to Amazon.com some time and type “race, class, and gender” in the search field of the book section and just watch what comes up. Many of those books are used in classrooms to vilify and witch-hunt males, especially white ones, who Marxist-feminist professors allege to be privileged by “Patriarchy.”
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dissentnow
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:23am@Rightwing
and wearing an Obama shirt means that you support endless wars, endless drone strikes on civilians ( mostly women and children ), indefinite detention of American citizens, the patriot act, the endless war on federal whistle-blowers, running guns into the Mexican drug cartels, and endless wars on medicinal marijuana. Congrats, you war-mongering fascist!
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COFemale
Dec. 22, 2012 at 12:30pmAccuracy is not in your vocabulary. Your only argument is to call us cult like and racist. That is used by mentally challenged brainless idiots who can not win a debate or general conversation. It shows just how impudent you really are in politics, history, and general everyday topics.
As a matter of accurate history, the DEMOCRATS were the members of the KKK and segregationist. Instead of reading or listening to your clueless friends, try reading an actual untainted history book. Senator Robert Byrd, Democrat was the Grand Master of the KKK. He never changed his outlook on blacks, he just changed his methods.
Notice you are the one with “hate” in your avi. Take a good long look in the mirror. You’d be the shooter at Columbine, Virginia Tech, or the shooter at Sandy Hook. Your hate would drive you too such actions.
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PrzLesu
Dec. 22, 2012 at 1:19pmYou still hanging out here bozo? Sell your trite BS elsewhere
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4BlueStars
Dec. 22, 2012 at 2:02pmYeah, we see where the hate is coming from — DOPE!
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4BlueStars
Dec. 22, 2012 at 2:04pmMONITOR — Hear! Hear!
What is truly frightening is how they don’t even see it.
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trojans231
Dec. 22, 2012 at 4:57pmYou wouldn’t be able to guess how much I giggled at the fact you connect Republicans to the KKK. While the KKK is semi-supportive of the national GOP, especially in presidential elections (the last two recently and obviously), why is it that these so called extremely racist states have statistically more Democratic governors than Republicans?
Mississippi: 55 Democrats 5 Republicans.
Alabama: 55 Democrats 6 Republicans.
Pick me, pick me, I know why!
Because the Democrats are still the party of racism.
Recently, these states have started electing Republicans. Guess why.
Because organized racism is dying. Racism itself is dying. The Democrats won’t tell you that though. They’ll keep telling the Afr. Amer. community that it’s the Republicans that are racist. (which is pandering to the Afr. Amer. community to play a race card, hypocrites.)
Affirmative action? Racist. Getting minorities, especially African Americans, hooked on welfare? Racist.
I don’t know though, Lyndon B. Johnson, the Democratic hero of civil rights said it best:
“I’ll have those ******* voting Democratic for the next 200 years.”
All the hope and change your party offers, is just done to get votes. That’s not caring for people, that’s called manipulation based on greed.
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perry1980
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:15amfight on young lady fight on
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Red Meat
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:24amThis just gives me another reason to despise public school teachers.
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Bad Kitty
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:15amWell I was in a public high school, it was fine, learned quite a bit. Most likely because I lived in a right to work state :P
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helena
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:11amGood for you! Philadelphia School District is a disgrace. They should be torn down and start over. What a waste of a city. Nothing but a black hole.
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Proverbs17-12NLT
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:57amIs that last sentence Racists?
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Living In NYC
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:08amTypical ingnorant, uninformed union zombie teaching our children useless information instead of doing their job. In any other line of work Lynette Gaymon would be fired!
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mrunner
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:57amI hope she finds a way to sue the teacher personally- not just the school district. If only the district pays- they will settle out of court with taxpayer dollars and keep it hush. If the teacher is sued personally as well- the other teachers may actually take notice! Communist teachers, blah!
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eddie333
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:21amTeachers do carry insurance policies to protect in cases of liability, so perhaps there is a way they could sue the teacher personally.
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Deuteronomy22
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:07amAnd what would her damages be? Mental anguish? The photo she posed for would be a great exhibit of how she’s enjoying her notoriety.
That being said, the teacher is at twit for the KKK remark but if the shirt was causing a distraction she was well within acceptable practices to have her put on a jacket or change her shirt. Free speech has long been limited in schools while class is in session.
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Centurian
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:55amDeuteronomy22:
A distraction? How can her shirt be a distraction? Only when a person is stopping and purposely reading what it says on the front can it POSSIBLY be a distraction.
Secondly, only if a person were in a hostile anti-republican environment could this shirt be a distraction.
Lastly, since the teacher claimed it to be a distraction, then the student, by the logic you have proposed, must be in an anti-republican environment. And if this is correct, then she should sue. No student should be in such an environment.
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Fitzzz
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:54amBravo
School is where teachers are supposed to teach lessons
but here we have a student who is about to teach a lesson in justice, and being FAIR
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:50amIt’s a shame that this girl and her family have to take this issue to the court system, but I hope they get some sort of satisfaction.
I think it’s time for the Democrat (leftist run) education system itself get an education (re-education) of the origins of the KKK and which Party played it’s politics until the Ron Paul brigade of racists brought it into the Republican Party like a noose around our necks… much to the left’s satisfaction (took the heat off of them).
The right has finally gotten rid of the racists (or have we?) with Ron Paul leaving Republican Party Politics. It would have gone a long way with most Americans if Romney had gotten some cajones, nixed his personal nicities with Ron Paul and explained to the American people that we were kicking the nasty racist politics of the Paul, Rothbard, Rockwell and Mises Institute Liberal-tarians back where it belongs… to the Dem Party and their plantation where it started.
This teacher may have been a Romney supporter after that bold proclamation. Doubt it, but ya’ never know…
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Swalker
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:01amSo happy to see the fall, the end of this party, easy to see the reason for its failings. Alinsky has captured the Progressive side of the R and now they are glued to the Progressive side of the D. All for one and one for all.
God save us….
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Trail_Jumper
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:30amHi Time,
You mentioned the mises institute in your post above. As far as I know they are a institute that deals with economics, not race. Why did you include them? And what is the Rockwell institute?
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:51amHi TRAIL. Lew Rockwell is the “supposed” Ron Paul Newsletter “Ghostwriter… Ron Paul’s old Chief of Staff, business partner and all around racist.
Rockwell IS the Mises Institute btw.
Ron Paul over the years has stated he didn’t write or even pay attention to what was going on in the Newsletters (and this guy wanted to manage a country… meh) and mainly left it up to Rockwell to “manage” the $$ makers for his Congessional runs.
It was also Rothbard and Rockwell’s idea to hit up anti-Semites for donations for his (Paul’s) Congressional and POTUS runs by soliciting the subscribers of an old rag called “The Spotlight.” Ron Paul Knew that also…. and ignored it. It was all about the “Money Bombs” with Paul and he didn’t care where he got the $$ from obviously.
The 3 stooges… Rothbard, Rockwell and Paul.
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circleDwagons
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:53amTime. Romney lost because he is a prog and was too cozy with obama. If Paul had run against o. He would have highlighted his failures. The progs are the racists. We Liberty lovers Are Not. Furthermore Paul is a Christian!!, We are All equal in God’s eyes… there is no jew or gentile… only sinners.
Faith, Hope, and Liberty
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Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:04amAnd I add…
In the ’90s, Paul was captivated by the influence of Murray Rothbard and Lew Rockwell, who were trying to promote a “paleolibertarian” movement that would bring together Libertarians with American Southern traditionalists tracing their roots back to John C. Calhoun and the defenders of American slavery.
All the evidence suggests that the bigoted and racist Newsletters were written by Lew Rockwell (Founder of the Mises Institute). Ron Paul says he did not write them. But because of his long friendship with Rockwell, he could not bring himself to publicly identify Rockwell as the author and repudiate what Rockwell wrote.
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Swalker
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:13amMy God I hope you enjoy your “New America” Done with this progressive shill of a site. You guys are drones for the new world and you deserve it.
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Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:19amCIRCLED…. ughhhhhh. Your dog couldn’t hunt, let alone manage a country. Back to the Lib-tarian Party with you all. Back I say….
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Hobbs57
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:23amSorry Circlethewagons, but you are just plain wrong about Romney. If he was a progressive, I suspect he would have done much better win the elections. Results indicated he did extremely well with Independents in the swing states, and by all accounts should have won the election. What you should be concerned about,, is the fact that every indication was pointing torwards Romney winning, then he loses by 3 % of the vote. Romney didn’t attack Obama the way many would have liked because he is not that kind of person. Call him what you will but you can’t begin to understand who Romney is unless you were a Mormon and could then realize this is a man who could not be bought nor was in this race for any other reason than he feels it is his inherent duty to serve his fellowman. Unfortunately, it was also this asset of character that didn’t allow him to speak of the 100′s if not 1,000′s of kind acts he had done for his fellow man. Mormons are raised to believe this is just something you are supposed to do and never supposed to talk about or it ruins the whole purpose of doing what they had done. Back to the the “afraid” part, is how was it Obama was able to still win ?? It Obama was successful in getting his base to come out and vote, as it appears he was, where were the other 6-7 million votes he had in 2008 ? They voted for Romney is what happened. Romney succeeded in winning the votes of the Dems like my Mom who voted for Obama last election, it was bigot’s Rep. that didn’t
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Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:56amAlways remember what Robert Bork said of Liberal-tarian economists and wanna’be economists like Ron Paul…
“I have heard economists say that, as economists, they do no deal with questions of morality. Quite right. But nobody is just an economist. Economists are also fathers and mothers, husbands or wives, voters citizens, members of communities. In these latter roles, they cannot avoid questions of morality.”
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Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:48amOkay SKYWALKER. May the “force” be with you… whatever force that is?
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circleDwagons
Dec. 22, 2012 at 2:36pmHobbs. Romney supports a Progressive tax system, gun control and govenment run medicine.
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wolverine
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:50amAll these cities on the east coast act like third world countries
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progressiveslayer
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:49amThe girl should’ve worn a shirt with Romney Ryan on the front and Obama Biden on the back,the union tool teachers head would’ve exploded. I like stories with happy endings.
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Mannamomof4
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:46amRather than money or an apology, I would demand a curriculum change. Maybe use the one David Barton’s group is working on. Of course, they would need to hire a Constitutional Conservative, at whatever salary they requested, to teach it.
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Cape_Lookout_RW_Extremist
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:41amDirty Little Secret…Most blacks are very racist and somehow get away with branding others as the racist. Decent conservative blacks are also unfairly labeled as sell outs and uncle toms if they have a successful life or business generating income in a profitable manner.
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mayancalendar2012
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:40am…paging RG3!
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MoreEveryDay
Dec. 23, 2012 at 3:04amThe truth is that most blacks don’t understand what the word “racist” means! It’s a bit hard to wrap one’s head around, but they actually believe that things like homework, being held accountable, being punished for raping or murdering people, etc., are all examples of “racism”! Yes, they really are that stupid, no exaggeration. Here is a link that is making the rounds today: White Ivy Leauge Liberal on Why I Hate Black People: http://i.imgur.com/hnOAg.png
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rEt_fiELdoP
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:34amDoes this REALLY surprise anyone? Incredible story if the young lady wins in court and the issue or order was that the Union to which she belonged had to pay her fine…. Better yet, if she went to the Union to ask for help and they wouldn’t support her when she got fired as a teacher in the school district…. Now that be a funny one.
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Quiata
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:29amGOOD. I hope she wins. The bully leftists only respect what they fear.
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Obamazombies
Dec. 22, 2012 at 10:15amWell, knowin that I might be a liberal judge, I doubt it.
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Oldphoto678
Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:09amSo, that means you and your ilk will never be respected.
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65Mustang
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:24amSo the teacher is a black, card-carrying union member…why am I not surprised. While suing the district also include the efen union. I hope the young lady and her family wins the lawsuit and demands an apology from the black, card-carrying union member. Not a racist, just stating the facts, sue me.
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dadsrootbeer
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:20amGlad to see someone going after schools who have been brainwashing the children for years to anything other than progressive democrats and their entitlement society is evil. That is why the 47 percenters (the percentage of people who don’t pay taxes) are running the country the right now heading us down the path of Greece.
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RJJinGadsden
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:27amWith schools in Philadelphia being like that, what kind of courts will this family step into? Their attorney should already be working on his appeal before the original case starts.
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jcldwl
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:31amGood for this family. Stand up for your rights. Might want to consider change of venue if they can get it considering the location.
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redfish52
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:50amHopefully they will make enough off the lawsuit to move to a nice Southern Town…
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mapgirl10
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:17amSo how did the president get an unanimous count in Philly?
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develdog84
Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:19amTwo words VOTE FRAUD! If they took the list of people that showed up to vote, and tried to find them today, many oh them would not be found, and others would be surprised to find out they had voted .
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MoreEveryDay
Dec. 23, 2012 at 3:35amChicago politics, East coast style, homies! Ya hurd?! My boy Barack be done won dat lection and now white devil be all hatin on hims swag sho nuff. Yall had same chance to steel it as we dids but was to stupid to win! And now white dudes sayin dey didnt win. Yall is Raciss™!!! Philly a chocolate city now!!!
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momrules
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:15amFree speech for conservatives is almost over in America. The liberal/communists can and do say what they please when they please and where they please.I guess lawsuits are the only recourse for us until the war breaks out.
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RJJinGadsden
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:24amMOM, here is a bit of a follow up when she tried to return to that school after a week.
http://anodtothegods.com/?p=2726
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momrules
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:49amThanks for the link RJJ. Nothing in that article is surprising to me. That so called teacher put that girl’s safety at risk but the union with their very deep pockets will protect her. Samantha was brave to wear that shirt. The teacher was/is a coward that has her skin color and the union to keep her safe.
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bikerr
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:14amAnd let the fight begin. Ding…ding….ding.!
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scrapadapolis
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:11amWell If I were Romney I would have walked that girl right to school.and asked the democrat teachers if he could sit in classes with her to see how well our kids are being taught.
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RJJinGadsden
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:07amDamn people! When are you going ot understand that it is not FREE SPEECH if it disagrees with the LEFT!
Furthermore, since when did the classroom change to become like the Old Bailey Court System?
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RJJinGadsden
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:14amHere is the teacher:
http://anodtothegods.com/?p=2726
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RIGHT_WHERE_IT_HURTS
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:03amThe teacher just wanted her to take her shirt off.
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SocialistSlayer
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:02amI hope she wins Millions against these Communist Teachers !
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bikerr
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:16amNot really,It us the taxpayers who would pay.Maybe make the school and the teacher attend some kind of class and learn about real freedom.
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Trail_Jumper
Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:25amBikerr,
These people never learn. They are political zombies that think they can do anything. If you earn a large settlement from the state (tax payers) it does send a message. And considering that the area is heavily socialist (democrat) the people that are paying are the very ones that need to be targeted financially.
Oh, one more thing – Merry Christmas to you and your family. :)
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PAUL GULLO
Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:00amNot in the city of brotherly love, I”m so suprised.
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