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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Sat Oct 12, 2019, 09:56 AM Oct 2019

Teacher Who Made A "Sniper Rifle" Facebook Comment About Greta Thunberg Has Resigned

An Iowa high school teacher who made a threatening Facebook comment about teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg's rally in Iowa City last week resigned on Friday, the school district said. Matt Baish, a chemistry teacher at West High School in Waterloo, had been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the school district. He wrote on Facebook that he would not be attending 16-year-old Thunberg's rally in Iowa City because he didn't "have [his] sniper rifle."

Baish made the comment in response to a Facebook post from Mason Severson, a former student of his. Severson shared a news story about Thunberg's climate strike rally in Iowa City, writing, "Who's all going?" In his now-deleted Facebook comment, Baish wrote, "Dont have my sniper rifle."

His comment sparked outrage from several community members and parents. They pointed out that the teacher was threatening violence against someone who is the same age as some of his students.

Thunberg has been frequently attacked by right-wing personalities, including President Trump, after she accused world leaders of failing her generation in a powerful and damning speech at the UN Climate Action Summit. A Fox News guest called Thunberg "a mentally ill Swedish child," a comment for which the network later apologized.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/teacher-resign-greta-thunberg-sniper-rifle-facebook-comment

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Teacher Who Made A "Sniper Rifle" Facebook Comment About Greta Thunberg Has Resigned (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2019 OP

Trump is Bad for your Resume... Stallion Oct 2019 #1

It's amazing to me how many of these male "snowflakes" are so damned intimidated by a tiny, llmart Oct 2019 #2

Another thing that's amazing is how many people post their antisocial thoughts The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #4

"The way Republicans are going after a 16-year old girl... alterfurz Oct 2019 #6

A science teacher who doesn't believe in science ornotna Oct 2019 #3

I retired from teaching 8th grade science 4 years ago world wide wally Oct 2019 #5

He said his finger slipped RandiFan1290 Oct 2019 #7

Such hatefilled criminal murderous would be felons, they are. Mc Mike Oct 2019 #8

Stallion

(6,476 posts)

1. Trump is Bad for your Resume...

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 10:08 AM

Oct 2019

...but in a good way

llmart

(15,540 posts)

2. It's amazing to me how many of these male "snowflakes" are so damned intimidated by a tiny,

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 10:13 AM

Oct 2019

teenaged girl.

She has more courage in her little finger than they do in a roomful of them.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

4. Another thing that's amazing is how many people post their antisocial thoughts

Reply to llmart (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 10:27 AM

Oct 2019

on social media and are then surprised when they get in trouble. In the old days (20 years ago) this asshat would have made a comment like that to like-minded friends over a beer and the whole world wouldn't have found out that he's a knuckle-dragging misogynist douche; apparently some people still think posting a dickish comment on social media is the same as mouthing off in a bar. But at least now we can identify the assholes because they've made it so easy.

alterfurz

(2,474 posts)

6. "The way Republicans are going after a 16-year old girl...

Reply to llmart (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 10:53 AM

Oct 2019

...you'd think she was a 14-year old girl." -- @MiddleAgeRiot

ornotna

(10,803 posts)

3. A science teacher who doesn't believe in science

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 10:14 AM

Oct 2019

Blinded by the darkness.

world wide wally

(21,744 posts)

5. I retired from teaching 8th grade science 4 years ago

Reply to ornotna (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 10:35 AM

Oct 2019

When I was teaching the unit on climate change, a student said to me, "Mr R____ doesn't believe in climate change.
To which I replied, "that's why he teaches Social Studies"

RandiFan1290

(6,237 posts)

7. He said his finger slipped

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2019, 08:24 AM

Oct 2019

and he accidentally posted his wife's true feelings....

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)

8. Such hatefilled criminal murderous would be felons, they are.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2019, 08:29 AM

Oct 2019

Coward, needs a rifle to go after a 16 year old girl.

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