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Wed Jun 20, 2012, 09:10 PM

oberliner (22,115 posts)

78. Vacation of a lifetime pledged for bus monitor bullied in viral video

Karen Klein, a school bus monitor of Greece, N.Y., depicted being verbally bullied in a video gone viral, may have the last laugh.

By late Wednesday on the fund-raising site indiegogo.com, nearly 1,300 donors had pledged almost $25,000 in a campaign called “Lets Give Karen – The bus monitor – H Klein A Vacation.”

The fund-raising was set up through a reddit.com member, identified as Max Sidorov of Toronto, Canada.

An Indiegogo spokesperson told msnbc.com that the website was working to make sure Klein would get the money raised through its site.

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245 replies	Author	Time	Post
Students bully school bus monitor, post video on YouTube [View all]	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	OP
What is our children learning?	rocktivity	Jun 2012	#1
This is just unbelievable	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#2
One must wonder what kind of fathers or other authority figures these guys would grow up to be......	AverageJoe90	Jun 2012	#34
Hope people do harass the little shits. nt	raccoon	Jun 2012	#156
That ignoring bullies doesn't and has never worked.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#5
Whether she's qualified or not, I don't know ...	surrealAmerican	Jun 2012	#9
Then the bus company should be held responsible. As I said, and will again,	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#10
Blaming the victim.	former9thward	Jun 2012	#182
I don't think antagonizing them would work.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#14
So I'll ask again, would you respect her restraint if it was a student	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#19
I think I answered below	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#29
Something else I just thought of	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#43
these kids filmed themselves too, in another video on another day of this crap	KurtNYC	Jun 2012	#159
DRIVER! STOP THE BUS!	TheMadMonk	Jun 2012	#95
My thoughts as well. The kids involved	mzmolly	Jun 2012	#139
Jesus Christ...if that's your biggest concern...	joeybee12	Jun 2012	#48
That's more than a little fucked up Lionessa.	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#83
That kind of thing is a hell of a lot easier with some(or most?) people	JonLP24	Jun 2012	#97
Props for your empathy	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#116
For fuck's sake	justiceischeap	Jun 2012	#173
Why wouldn't they? How often do kids today suffer true consequences?	TheMadMonk	Jun 2012	#92
My daughter would have been washing that woman's windows, taking out her garbage, & mowing her lawn	Luminous Animal	Jun 2012	#229
They're learning to be republicans. n/t	Hotler	Jun 2012	#178
Wow. I wouldn't blame that woman if she had a small nostalgic yearning for the days of	MADem	Jun 2012	#3
I've worked with a lot of unruly kids in 33 years, but this shocked me.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#4
You know, if the whole "anti-bullying" thing is going to have any traction, these little shits need	MADem	Jun 2012	#6
I agree.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#16
+1	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#118
This was an adult, imagine how bad they are to other kids who don't fit in	bluestateguy	Jun 2012	#15
If she hit any of these kids, she'd lose her job in a heartbeat	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#18
Exactly -- they were baiting her	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#119
$347,425 now... I hope she gets a million and the kids get expelled. As someone else said,	freshwest	Jun 2012	#221
She should have called 911 and had a cop come to the bus.	MADem	Jun 2012	#140
i don't know if she knew they were filming her, but if she'd done what you suggest, it would	HiPointDem	Jun 2012	#171
Absolutely	XanaDUer	Jun 2012	#243
Kicked off the bus for good, and criminal charges	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#117
she isn't the one who started the fund-raiser. it was a guy in toronto. she doesn't want to press	HiPointDem	Jun 2012	#170
I meant having to work at a 15K job at 68	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#186
I know that -- why do you keep telling me this?	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#219
i don't think i posted that more than once. in fact, i know i didn't, not in this thread.	HiPointDem	Jun 2012	#236
Special ed kids are often the targets	mzmolly	Jun 2012	#142
They can definitely be charged with assault.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#148
Don't you think before f'ing hitting someone she should at least open her mouth and say something?	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#12
Don't YOU think you might try reading what I actually wrote before commenting?	MADem	Jun 2012	#21
Back peddlin' huh? Okay, I accept that.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#23
Not "back peddlin'" in the slightest. Learn to read before you embarrass yourself further. nt	MADem	Jun 2012	#27
You don't think punching a kid like that in the mouth would help?	Marr	Jun 2012	#61
My gosh. Are you still talking?	MightyOkie	Jun 2012	#98
Only because you misconstrue what I typed.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#227
something sure is stupid. your post.	dionysus	Jun 2012	#226
Sad truth is, corporal punishment is what makes a majority of bullies.	AverageJoe90	Jun 2012	#36
I don't disagree--I'm simply speaking about visceral, un-acted upon, inclinations in the moment.	MADem	Jun 2012	#40
True.	AverageJoe90	Jun 2012	#160
I think the outcry has been fantastic--those kids are going to wish they never pulled this "stunt"	MADem	Jun 2012	#162
i doubt those kids -- from a white, middle-class suburban district -- get a lot of corporal punish-	HiPointDem	Jun 2012	#172
My dad would have blistered my ass, something like this, unthinkable.	Puzzledtraveller	Jun 2012	#176
At least some of the parents were shocked and angry at their kids	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#185
That could be true, especially since it IS New York.......	AverageJoe90	Jun 2012	#202
I just can't watch that	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#7
Every time I get a chance to think good things are going to happen...	Initech	Jun 2012	#8
how sad that is to watch - she tries to do the right thing in volunteering - and what does she get	DrDan	Jun 2012	#11
Does it say somewhere she is a volunteer?	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#20
you may be right - ours are volunteers. . . .but, regardless . . . .	DrDan	Jun 2012	#28
Yes. It doesn't really matter.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#35
She showed remarkable restraint	bluestateguy	Jun 2012	#13
Really?? You think she should slap and her restraint is remarkable?	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#17
If they had been bullying another student, she would have had more choices as to what to do	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#22
Again with the physical. No wonder our kids are so f'ed up.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#26
Her options are pretty limited.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#32
I agree the whole thing stinks of poor mgmt at least one level up from her position.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#39
Sounds like poor parenting	tinymontgomery	Jun 2012	#47
100% -- this isn't the school's fault	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#125
Actually, it stinks of overly indulged little brats not being taught an ounce of respect for others	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#85
+1. A ridiculous amount of victim blaming.	EOTE	Jun 2012	#135
+2	AngryOldDem	Jun 2012	#151
This message was self-deleted by its author	tinymontgomery	Jun 2012	#199
so miss perfect, what would the proper verbal responses be?	Scout	Jun 2012	#67
It's MRS. Perfect to you, sir. LOL. Anyway...	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#196
This message was self-deleted by its author	HangOnKids	Jun 2012	#231
No I'm just being a snark.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#232
This message was self-deleted by its author	HangOnKids	Jun 2012	#233
You ask a question I answer. Why does that bother you?	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#234
Honest question: you have stated before you hit your children	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#123
Corporal punishment is for me, not thee! NT	EOTE	Jun 2012	#136
Good catch. Yes, when necessary, I have used physical force on my children.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#141
You stated in this thread hitting kids is why they are so "effed" up	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#145
OIC, It should read, "physical first", I have no problem with it after	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#154
Yes, thank you, your lack of a heart has already been duly noted	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#194
So not striking someone unless other options are exhausted is heartless?	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#195
No, your repeated contempt for the woman crying	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#197
I have contempt for the mgmt that put her in a position she can't handle.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#198
It's quite apparent that you lack empathy	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#200
Empathy cannot be taught, try as you might. I'm sorry my PTSD symptoms bother you however	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#201
I wouldn't rely on your dysfunction as an accurate diagnoser of social problems if I were you	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#203
Right, so when you lack empathy it's not a problem. Got it.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#204
Oh, are you crying for empathy now?	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#205
Nope just noticing the hypocrisy.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#206
No hypocrisy here Lionessa	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#207
I have done nothing cruel, but of course you need to exaggerate to excuse your BS.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#208
Your attitude towards the woman is cruel	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#209
It lacks empathy or sympathy, but it isn't cruel. You throw that word around so carelessly as to	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#211
Yes, you have Lionessa	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#213
Well then we disagree on many points, too many to continue.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#215
One thing I can assure that I'm not gong to lose any sleep over	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#216
Now why would I want you to lose sleep?	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#217
I have PTSD and a lack of empathy is not an issue.	FedUpWithIt All	Jun 2012	#238
+ + + + + + +	FedUpWithIt All	Jun 2012	#237
As for the "catch"	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#155
I wouldn't even waste your time in conversation there if I were you.	MADem	Jun 2012	#144
You're right, MD	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#147
This additional information makes any vicious and obtuse "cry baby" remarks even more callous.	MADem	Jun 2012	#166
I bet they did, too	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#184
You need to read what other people write, and stop making assumptions about what they mean.	MADem	Jun 2012	#24
Are you fucking serious?	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#25
You missed the point of everything I said	bluestateguy	Jun 2012	#30
Happened to me, too--totally.	MADem	Jun 2012	#41
And what happens when the same little bullies do this to someone who is not a bus monitor	sabrina 1	Jun 2012	#84
+1,000	Scootaloo	Jun 2012	#102
Excellent post, sabrina	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#113
Well said. nt	oldhippie	Jun 2012	#124
Exactly -- they wanted her to cuss and hit them	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#126
+1,000 -- if you go to the OP link, there's a Facebook link at the right to a support page. nt	MADem	Jun 2012	#164
Thank you so much for this response!	qanda	Jun 2012	#133
Exactly so, sabrina	suffragette	Jun 2012	#168
What a nice story!	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#189
It was a powerful and positive action and I'm glad I was there to see it	suffragette	Jun 2012	#192
+1	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#193
That's a beautiful story, Suffragette.	sabrina 1	Jun 2012	#223
It was beautiful to see.	suffragette	Jun 2012	#228
Yes, two of the fathers have now apologized, and two of the kids have	sabrina 1	Jun 2012	#235
Brava!	FloridaJudy	Jun 2012	#179
How much you wanna bet they were "filming" her to tape her reaction	XanaDUer	Jun 2012	#244
Your heartlessness has been duly noted.	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#104
What do you keep blaming the woman, you know, the VICTIM?	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#120
She should have laid down the law.	backscatter712	Jun 2012	#210
Hence the bus company's fault for misplacing, lack of training, perhaps more, and why the OUTRAGE	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#214
not only blamed, I am 100% certain lawsuits would have been filed	DrDan	Jun 2012	#42
Disgusting.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jun 2012	#45
I am assuming this reply was for Lionessa	bluestateguy	Jun 2012	#53
Simply fucking awful.	AverageJoe90	Jun 2012	#31
Don't forget about peer pressure, especially at this age.	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#33
Sad, but unfortunately very true. nt	AverageJoe90	Jun 2012	#161
+1. i joined some other kids in taunting a teacher when i was in middle-school. i didn't have	HiPointDem	Jun 2012	#175
Freaky little shits	cabot	Jun 2012	#37
According to this story Klein had 20 years experience	kiva	Jun 2012	#38
My take on it is the same as yours	Tsiyu	Jun 2012	#54
"Sounds to me like the kids planned this so they could have a video to post."	MADem	Jun 2012	#149
SEND HER ON A VACATION!!	complain jane	Jun 2012	#44
The things you read on a "progressive" board these days.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jun 2012	#46
WTF are you talking about?	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#49
I'm not going to spell anything out for you.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jun 2012	#52
You're the one asserting that "progressives" here are cold hearted	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#59
Given that this is the only discussion forum I've been to where someone has attacked the poor woman	WildEyedLiberal	Jun 2012	#70
Then they should have cited an instance as opposed to painting the whole site as heartless.	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#72
Lionessa' posts in this thread	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#127
Yes. I saw them after the fact. I am in ERROR.	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#163
Check out the other thread about this	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#212
which thread - there are several it seems	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#222
This one	smokey nj	Jun 2012	#225
Wow! You are not kidding!	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#230
?	complain jane	Jun 2012	#87
This	Tsiyu	Jun 2012	#60
Yes, that is an unnecessarily harsh response.	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#64
It's obvious to me who the poster is referring to.	savalez	Jun 2012	#107
Read through the thread - you'll figure it out...	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#121
Oh I know. I said it was obvious to me.	savalez	Jun 2012	#224
What?	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#57
FYI... (Jury Results)	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jun 2012	#69
Feel better?	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#73
I owe you an apology!	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#106
Why are you ascribing the conduct of one to everyone here? Hardly "progressive" if you ask me.	MADem	Jun 2012	#134
These worthless piles of excrement	unreadierLizard	Jun 2012	#50
And THAT is how most bullies are made.	ieoeja	Jun 2012	#132
hitting causes that shit.	laundry_queen	Jun 2012	#169
So what?	unreadierLizard	Jun 2012	#174
That's not what I said and you fucking well know it	laundry_queen	Jun 2012	#183
+1	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#190
These students and their parents need to be named and shamed	Blue_Tires	Jun 2012	#51
They already have (assuming the info is accurate), on Pastebin.	-..__...	Jun 2012	#58
I chose not to post them because these are kids	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#65
Abusing the overweight? That happens HERE all the time	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#55
This video is a lot worse than anything I've seen here	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#56
I have no doubt about that, but still	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#62
Yes it does and it's allowed 'cause, you know,	Le Taz Hot	Jun 2012	#122
I guess everyone has got to hate someone	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#128
Well, you have to be from the	Le Taz Hot	Jun 2012	#138
I could not watch the entire video.	RebelOne	Jun 2012	#63
I could only watch a few seconds of it myself.	smokey nj	Jun 2012	#71
I can't even watch. I feel horrible for the lady and sick for the kids.	morningfog	Jun 2012	#66
horrible	Liberal_in_LA	Jun 2012	#68
Ugh. it seems like too many kids are like sharks.	Odin2005	Jun 2012	#74
Nah. Sharks are a vital part of the food chain and have been for	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#220
Like I said, poster children for abortion.	FLAprogressive	Jun 2012	#75
one more reason to stay in the Asia/Pacific region - Children NEVER behave that way here	Douglas Carpenter	Jun 2012	#76
Fat hate in action.	Lyric	Jun 2012	#77
Me too.	complain jane	Jun 2012	#88
Vacation of a lifetime pledged for bus monitor bullied in viral video	oberliner	Jun 2012	#78
OMG when I looked earlier today, they had raised $16,000	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#86
$83,847	demmiblue	Jun 2012	#90
That's going to be one hell of a vacation	oberliner	Jun 2012	#91
According to indiegogo, $15,506.	demmiblue	Jun 2012	#93
And then some. Almost $500k. May reach a million since it has 29 days left.	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#241
I wonder if she will donate some of that money	oberliner	Jun 2012	#242
I can't find her page now but my friend just told me it was up to $200K!!	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#150
Almost $500,000 now.	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#240
Pycopathic behavior! They have the makings of future republican politicians.	Proles	Jun 2012	#79
Here's what I wish could happen the next time these evil little shits get on the school bus:	Brigid	Jun 2012	#80
That doesn't work anymore	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jun 2012	#81
If I could dream up a punishment	Blue_Tires	Jun 2012	#110
You assume that these kids love and respect their grandparents.	Nye Bevan	Jun 2012	#146
I made it about 3 minutes into this video and had to stop	Downtown Hound	Jun 2012	#82
Me too. It mad eme so sad.	Lisa0825	Jun 2012	#89
Potato stick arms sitting behind her...Lord help us when that sort is a bully.	flvegan	Jun 2012	#94
.	Go Vols	Jun 2012	#96
Since when did "Lord of the Flies" become non-fiction?	Canuckistanian	Jun 2012	#99
It never was non-fiction. Art just imitated real life.	Zalatix	Jun 2012	#101
that poor, dear woman.	Whisp	Jun 2012	#100
For anyone who wants to stop school choice	exboyfil	Jun 2012	#103
teachers face the same thing; they have no real authority and the kids know it.	StarryNight	Jun 2012	#105
If she had yelled or even hit one of them, especially when on touched oher on the back	mfcorey1	Jun 2012	#108
What could possibly turn 14 year olds into such sick, demented little fucks?	BlueStater	Jun 2012	#109
I think a lot of people would be shocked	laundry_queen	Jun 2012	#188
One thing that really got me...	kirby	Jun 2012	#111
"All kids aren't bad"	kiva	Jun 2012	#112
That is wonderdul! Almost ten years of her salary!	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#130
I don't know about the taxes,	kiva	Jun 2012	#218
"....the fund is now up to $140,000." I hope she retires!	mzmolly	Jun 2012	#143
Those little effing creeps	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#114
Teens ought to come with shock collars.	4th law of robotics	Jun 2012	#115
A case for homeschooling,	mzmolly	Jun 2012	#129
What's the point of having a school bus monitor?	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jun 2012	#131
What a bunch of fucking little monsters!	HappyMe	Jun 2012	#137
Around the end of the vid the kids were threating to stab the monitor, WTF is up with that?!!?!?	uponit7771	Jun 2012	#152
That's a criminal offense, is what it is--an opening to involve the police and charge the little	MADem	Jun 2012	#153
Mob mentality plus the certainty of not facing any real punishment	4th law of robotics	Jun 2012	#157
Just trying to rile her	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#158
i think they hadn't gotten the response they hoped for so they were upping the ante.	HiPointDem	Jun 2012	#177
They need a psych eval and some weekends in Juvie for that	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#191
Update	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#165
Someday, when these kids are grown up and serving time for their first felony as an adult,	TheManInTheMac	Jun 2012	#167
The little pricks are dumb enough to record their nastiness and post it on the Internet	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#180
Oh, I don't know about that	XanaDUer	Jun 2012	#245
I watched that clip and thought that these young people could very well be posting on DU	Skidmore	Jun 2012	#181
Well, in all fairness, I've never seen anyone threaten to stab anyone here on DU	proud2BlibKansan	Jun 2012	#187
I commend her for her restraint. I am also very sad for the kids who have to endure this	FedUpWithIt All	Jun 2012	#239

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