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BIG MOUTH GOT HIM IN TROUBLE!!
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. -
As President Barack Obama was speaking at Coral Reef Senior High School last Friday, social studies teacher Randall Scott said he was left sitting alone in his classroom.
Scott said school administrators told him last week that he was "banned" from hearing the president's speech.
He claims the reason is because of his politics. He's an outspoken conservative who makes no effort to hide his views on social media and in the classroom.
The teacher regularly uses his Instagram and Twitter accounts to voice his opposition to the Obama administration. Scott said he fosters open political discussion in his advanced-placement American history classes.
"I believe if I share my views with students and they share their views with me then it's a learning process for both of us," Scott said.
But in the past week, two students have asked to leave Scott's class as a result of things he's said.
Prior to Obama's visit, Scott ignored a school administration request to tone down his social media postings.
http://www.local10.com/news/teacher-says-he-was-banned-from-attending-obamas-speech/24905158
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I'm pretty sure the conversation went:
Admins: "Mr. Scott, regardless of your personal politics we need your explicit assurance that you will not try to make a horse's ass of yourself and pull some attention-whoring public spectacle of embarrassment for your 15 seconds of Fox News fame..."
Scott: (whatever answer he gave, the admins weren't convinced)
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,414 posts)that led them to believe that he might, as you suggest, pull some kind of stunt that would embarrass the school. I'm not a big fan of school administrators or employers poring over people's social media account but since they obviously can (and do), they may have had good reason to suspect there might be a problem with him attending. Or maybe they just hate him because he's a conservative and is just another example of how conservatives are persecuted and "silenced" by President Obama and his Chicago thugocracy. I'm sure he will be on Fox News or another right-wing program to tell his side of the story at some point in the near future.
And just so that there is no confusion whatsoever about my last part..........
JHB
(37,160 posts)I suspect the administrators were in full "we don't want anyone making a scene" mode.
elleng
(130,964 posts)and NOT the Obama administration or Dem party, as repugs did with W and darth events.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)elleng
(130,964 posts)Holding beliefs, thinking certain ways is not, imo, 'dingable.' Indicating/demonstrating interest in disrupting IS.
struggle4progress
(118,293 posts)elleng
(130,964 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)"I believe if I share my views with students and they share their views with me then it's a learning process for both of us," Scott said.
I bet he tells these kids all of Faux's lies as truth. And he tells the ones with facts, they are wrong, and possibly fails them, or scrutinize them more.
JHB
(37,160 posts)Randall Scott ?@rscottmsgt ·23 hrs
I will be on channel 10 WPLG Miami at 6 PM tonight if you want to watch my interview @ the road to ruin http://instagram.com/p/lX9mrmk4V4/
Randall Scott ?@rscottmsgt ·Feb 25
Apparently Clarence Thomas is smarter the president onumbnuts @ In my I hate Obama mood http://instagram.com/p/k3Hxa8E4ST/
Randall Scott ?@rscottmsgt ·Feb 25
Every illegal alien is a democratic voter. Albeit illegal to get your voter base this way. Fuck Obama http://instagram.com/p/k3G5clk4RF/
Randall Scott ?@rscottmsgt ·Feb 11
Obama the Greater Usurper is a constitutional terrorist and commie bastard. @ COMMUNISM IS FUN http://instagram.com/p/kTDkQLE4cz/
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Cha
(297,287 posts)Gothmog
(145,300 posts)This guy is an idiot and the school was smart to exclude him
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)were "reviewed by the Secret Service". Which obviously means that the guy said something that could have been construed as a threat to the President. Something that in no way shape or form belongs in a classroom. And could be why he was "banned" from the speech.
Fucking Conservatives, all they did was fucking whine about "Respecting the office" when Bush was President...
"Because of the sensitivity surrounding the allegations regarding remarks that were made -- remarks that were reviewed by Miami-Dade schools police and the U.S. Secret Service -- the matter is currently under review," Miami-Dade County Public Schools spokesman John Schuster said. "The size and setup of the event venue did not permit all of the school's staff and students to attend, and local administrators were required to decide who would attend to represent the school."
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)'Zactly
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)Kinda reminds me of when I was sent to the Principal for not saluting the flag in 8th grade by my Social Studies teacher. Vietnam War and all that. Wearing bellbottoms even. So glad kids know what time it is in Florida where surely it's easier to keep a low profile.
Cha
(297,287 posts)But, with teachers like that what chance to the susceptible kids have? Hopefully randall scott's raining attention down on his all important self will bring more justified scrutiny.
struggle4progress
(118,293 posts)as the "bogus POTUS." Other messages have a little more attitude. One recent Instagram upload is a CNN image of Russian tanks in the Ukraine, accompanied by the caption "Almost makes me want to be Russian. I guess their leaders have balls." He follows with his favorite saying: "Obama is a PUSSY" ... He sat in his classroom alone. Later, he wrote a letter to Marco Rubio and "every cool person at Fox News" asking for help. "This to me appears as a puerile attempt to discredit or embarrass me, quite possibly by school administrators, the Secret Service, or the President," the letter reads ...
Coral Reef Senior High Teacher Banned From Obama Speech for Social Media Posts
By Allie Conti Tue., Mar. 11 2014 at 8:30 AM
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)in Florida! He's probably going places lol
Berlum
(7,044 posts)There ain't hardly any Republicon 'conservatives" at all. That term is a black-ops mind-f*ck occultist RepubliWanker propaganda ploy -- and that's about all.
they were afraid the poor thang would go off the deep end
I applaud all efforts to shut these assholes up.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Cha
(297,287 posts)JHB
(37,160 posts)2 weeks ago · OBAMA IS A PUSSY
Every illegal alien is a democratic voter. Albeit illegal to get your voter base this way. Fuck Obama and his nullification theories. If we are to be a commie country I want a real man like Putin. Not some Kenyan pussy with wookie for a wife
Cha
(297,287 posts)HubertHeaver
(2,522 posts)I swear, if you don't keep your wits about you while listening to him, his drivel will rot your brain.
Or at the very least, destroy your ability to think.
Gothmog
(145,300 posts)Is this apology sufficient?
Cha
(297,287 posts)"We're so sorry you have such a brainwashed ignorant mouth.. and we're even more sorry for the poor students who are subjected to your idiotic blatherings."
Gothmog
(145,300 posts)We encourage you to seek medical attention
Obamacare may help you.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Surely someone of his intellect and merit ought to be out there making good in the free market?
Geeze, I almost never talk to my students about politics at all. I can't imagine being allowed to use the classroom as a daily soap-box for that kind of thing. Poor kids.
Cha
(297,287 posts)monmouth3
(3,871 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)I thought unions there came pre-busted, but I don't know.
monmouth3
(3,871 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)FL has very weak tenure laws, but this guy is a 15 year veteran. His supervisor sounds kind of lame, they announced the teacher couldn't attend the speech while the teacher was in front of his class. Not very professional. If they've been hand-waving his evals and letting kids suffer his personality in his class for 15 years, they have only themselves to blame.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid