Boy Who Taped Teacher on Hannity right now

[adigal]

Hannity is just slobbering over him, telling him that he has just silenced any teacher who has a point of view against the administration.

[ewagner]

1. I missed this...

any link to the story?

[Beaverhausen]

4. yeah- any more details?

[adigal]

12. A "liberal" called the show and congratulated the boy

Wow!! We must really be out of touch when even liberals think teachers should have no opinions. We must be part of the out-of-touch 66%ers who also cannot stand this president.

[jmowreader]

73. How do you know he's a liberal?

On a call-in radio program, you can call yourself just about anything and get away with it.

Just because someone calls fucking Hannity and says he's a liberal does not mean he really is one, m'kay?

[adigal]

7. The boy, Sean Allen, said his teacher "teached for about 6 years"

He is barely literate, this boy. He is being used by his father for 15 minutes of fame.

[adigal]

10. The Republican Youth boy also said, illiterately,

that he wants the teacher to have severe "reprimandations."

What an illiterate little Republican Youth.

[MADem]

15. Who is his deddy???? Bo Friken Deitl???? n/t

[kath]

43. "reprimandations" - wow, he talks like the Chimperor!

[Rocknrule]

51. "Herr Hannity, mein teschur hass spoke ill of the Fuhrer"

Ziss must not be allowed to happen in ze Homeland!

[AbbyR]

35. Gee, no wonder he likes Bush

He even talks like our dear prez.

[Toots]

56. Well he must not have "teached" very well

:shrug:

[no_hypocrisy]

Link

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3560566

[Beaverhausen]

13. Thank you!

That kid looks like a little neo-nazi, doesn't he?

[Iris]

23. You know what this teacher forgot to say?

He forgot to preface his rant with "Some people think" the way they do on Fox News!

[midnight]

60. This phrase would of covered all the bases.

I think I will start saying that to all the Republicans that I have to talk with.

[Iris]

64. yep. It's a good one.

And I think I even recall some of my teachers using it long ago.

My mom also used it when I asked her why people would want to have sex. Her reply - "Some people think it feels good."!!!!

[DS1]

2. and that's a good thing

GAWD I HATE THESE PEOPLE!

[adigal]

3. Will be on Hannity & Colmes tonight too

Gee, I wonder why the boy and his father did this?? 15 minutes of fame??

Hannity is so psyched - says that teachers will now think twice before putting out a point of view.

Just what we want - kids taught by teachers who are afraid to analyze situations.

[wtbymark]

14. my g/f is conflicted at the moment

she's an english teacher, but the social studies teaching position was just eliminated and they want her to do double duty. Now, she's a lefty, so lefty she likes her tin foil hat. She's actually fighting not to teach social studies because she recognizes that she couldn't keep silent and even in offering up the truth, she would be labeled as biased and fired. The woefully inept administrator(R) is bent on her teaching social studies. This is one of those RNC recruited school board member turned administrator that is absolutely wrecking havoc on one of the best schools in the state. she's bummed.

[adigal]

16. If she is tenured, she has less to worry about

This teacher, I cannot even imagine the hell he is going through right now. I would be tempted to call Hannity and ask him for a fair debate on the issues, with no right to cut the mic, and then let's see who is uninformed and stupid. Bring along the little Republican Youth Boy too, for good measure.

[liberalitch]

28. That's what I say..... I speak the truth, some students have problems...

...with it and have complained.
I am tenured and my standardized test scores are some of the best in the state, and I work with BAD kids who are supposed to be stupid (actually many are just black or mexican, but if they don't look and talk like you then they're stupid right?)

They would have to burn me out like a tic!

[Iris]

25. See my post #23 and also have her watch "Outfoxed"

to learn all the tricks of how to get your message through without looking like you have an opinion one way or the other.

[SmokingJacket]

41. If she's clever, she could do it.

She just has to present the facts, and let them speak for themselves.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

5. I predicted this at 9:30am in LBN...this will play 24/7 on Faux

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2141040&mesg_id=2141115

[stepnw1f]

6. They Are NAZIS

call them all what they are.

[htuttle]

8. Will he sing a rendition of 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me' for us?

[kath]

46. Heck, it looks like we're at the point where the kiddies will be singing

it every morning in school soon. :-(

Here are the lyrics so everyone can start practicin' up:

TOMORROW BELONGS TO ME

The sun on the meadow is summery warm.
The stag in the forest runs free.
But gather together to greet the storm.
Tomorrow belongs to me.

The branch of the linden is leafy and green,
The Rhine gives its gold to the sea.
But somewhere a glory awaits unseen.
Tomorrow belongs to me.

The babe in his cradle is closing his eyes
The blossom embraces the bee.
But soon, says a whisper;
“Arise, arise, Tomorrow belongs to me.”

Oh Fatherland, Fatherland,
Show us the sign
Your children have waited to see.
The morning will come
When the world is mine.
Tomorrow belongs to me!

[htuttle]

9. dupe

network hiccup...disregard...

[lpbk2713]

11. "That's my boy!"

"Now let's talk about what Mommy and Daddy have to say."

[Beacho]

17. What's good for the goose

Let's go find us a bush cheerleader in a middle school and see if the same rules apply

[BlueEyedSon]

20. Or an idiot evolution-denier

[TheCowsCameHome]

18. Hannity says it's the duty of students to question their instructors.

Is this moran Hannity from another planet, or what?

If the kids are so damn smart, why are the in school in the first place?

[PA Democrat]

22. Yeah Sean, let's encourage the kiddies to inform on their parents as well

just like Big Brother did.

[adigal]

27. The boy is 16 and barely literate!!

He said the teacher had "teached" for 6 years, and that he wanted the teacher to have a severe "reprimandation." All he could do is tell on the teacher - he obviously has no interest in educating himself and refuting the teacher.

[TheCowsCameHome]

30. He doesn't need to be literate. He has a RW know-it-all father.

Plus a clown like Hannity to pump him up.

[liberalitch]

31. I WANT my students to question and challenge me....

I have several students who consider themselves republicans and they say they love my class because it's the only one in which they can stand up and yell back at the teacher.

[Ilsa]

37. Yeah, questions those liberal instructors but not the neocon

imperialistic murdering rulers like Bush.

[BlueEyedSon]

19. I think the teachers comments are protected by copyright and he should sue

[Initech]

21. Wow, this is an insane new level of fascism.

Really, Hannity's new theme song should be "Deutschland Uber Alles". :nuke:

[cali]

26. That's fascism

not facism, and this isn't it. This is harassment, and behavior calculated to land them on TV. Idiotic and annoying, goaded on by the Hannity types, but hardly akin to Naziism or fascism.

[Initech]

48. So you're saying it's not fascist to tape record someone you dont agree w/

And then show the tapes to school officials just because your politics dont coincide with the teacher's?

It's basically saying "dont fuck with the Bush administration or bad things will happen to you". Last guy to try something like that was Josef Stalin.

[FrannyD]

24. If you like this story read this in Harper's

Posted on Wednesday, March 1, 2006. From a vocabulary test given last fall by Bret Chenkin, a thirty-six-year-old English teacher at Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vermont, and obtained by the Bennington Banner. Originally from Harper's Magazine, February 2006.

http://www.harpers.org/NoBrainers.html

Very entertaining to say the least

[Swamp Rat]

29. SIEG HEIL!

[LittleClarkie]

32. Heard it on Rush today, some substitute guy saying

That this story was about what teachers in public schools are saying.

No, dude, this is about what a teacher, singular, said in a school, singular.

[TheCowsCameHome]

36. That was Roger Hedgecock, RW felon ex-mayor of San Diego.

Another RW criminal that sits behind the golden EIB microphone now and then.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

33. It's illegal to tape someone without their knowledge in MANY states

Hmmmm. Wonder what Colorado's law is regarding this issue. Now THAT would be a funny turn if the teacher could sue this little spy for taping him without his knowledge.

[NYC]

54. It seems to be legal.

http://www.pimall.com/nais/n.recordlaw.html

There are twelve states that require all party consent:
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Montana
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Washington

There are thirty-eight states that require one party consent:
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
District of Columbia
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

57. Almost a red state - blue state list. Funny.

Ah, I live in PA and am more accustomed to the all party consent.

[NYC]

58. New York has one party consent.

Doesn't make me happy, but keeps me careful. :)

[FreedomAngel82]

71. Tennessee has

a democratic governor and I believe the democrats control the state House.

[rniel]

34. Reminds me of that part in 1984

when the children idolized big brother and wanted to be spies and would rat out on their parents. Parents were afraid their own children would cause them to be taken away.

[adigal]

38. I bet you neither Sean Hannity, this boy or his RW father

have ever read "1984," or if they had, like an RW English teacher I know, they think it refers to liberals.

[jrw14125]

42. aer you kiddin? he probably carries it around as a guidebook at all times

[Idioteque]

39. Hannity didn't like it when the liberal students recorded their teacher...

...remember when those kids recorded their angry wingnut teacher yelling about the national anthem. Hannity sided with the teacher. It seems he's changed his mind.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

50. I hadn't heard that, so I Googled...

http://mediamatters.org/items/200503040003?show=1

"Radio Host" Bill Cunningham sounds like a major piece of work:

"HANNITY: Well, you know what's amazing? Look, probably it's better that a teacher doesn't have to yell like this in class, but I have no doubt this is a cumulative effort. That's why these kids are taping him. And has been pretty much setting this teacher up to act this way. They are purposefully provoking him and disrupting any opportunity that there might be in that classroom for anybody to learn anything.

And you know, but it's amazing that there is a backlash, Mr. Cunningham. And Bill, there -- parents are saying, "Good, good for this teacher. Finally, somebody is fighting back."

CUNNINGHAM: You know, Sean, how messed up is America today, when patriotism is criticized, and miscreants are applauded.

And I hope the students in New Jersey, the former home of Governor McGreevey, who had his own difficulties -- I might add that Jersey, of course, is a blue state. We don't have these kind of problems in Ohio --"

[RandiFan1290]

40. Heckuva

[DanCa]

44. This guy exploitted a woman on her death bed.

How can you guys watch or listen to this slime?

[AngryAmish]

45. The kid should be expelled

What a oiece of human weaste. Every employer should know this kid and make sure he never hired for anything, because the kid is a rat.

[Blue Diadem]

47. Kid sure is making the rounds..saw him earlier today

claiming he was fearful of attending school. Yeah..I bet. He's too busy trying to make a name for himself..he'd already been on a radio show before appearing on TV..at it was around noon EST when I saw him. He claims his Dad is repig and his Mom is dem..not sure I believe it.

I heard some of the tape..the teacher did make some comparisons to Hitler but he also told the kids he wasn't calling *asshat in chief*(<--my words) Hitler. He just wanted the kids to think about what is going on with globalization and America's quest for being the leader and spreading freedom and our American ways around the world.

[Rocknrule]

49. How long now before the Bush Youth is reporting dissenting parents?

I suddenly have an image of Ann Coulter marching through San Francisco chanting "Es ist Zeit für sauberen" followed by listeners like this kid repeating back, "Wir müssen die libruen ausrotten" like Cartman in last night's South Park.

[AlCzervik]

52. hey 100 students walked over the teachers suspension.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=1679439

[VespertineIconoclast]

59. I'm glad those students walked out.

I would have done the same thing.... But, of course, we're really not going to hear this story in the MSM.

This whole issue is about sycophantic people trying to get some sort of "reward" for tattling on someone who is speaking against *. This is what this nation has regressed to....

-VI

[MisterP]

66. Blowout!

on an aside, the Brown Berets chased the Minute Men outta Chicago just a few months ago (after AHNULD invited them over--"Hea ah sam braun shöts tu vea."

[DanCa]

53. Will he enlist though when he's done lurnin' his letters?

That's the million dollar question.

[johnnydrama]

55. that's so cute

How cute, Republican youth learning how to secretly tape people so young.

[adigal]

68. He'll just lurn his let'rs from his Pa,

and then the two of them will go lib'rul huntin'

Hehehe.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

61. Others Here Agree The Teacher Was Wrong Correct?

I missed the original thread if there was one, but I would hope that most would agree that in a classroom setting like that what the teacher did was definitely inappropriate (regardless of our agreement to the viewpoint) and he should've been reprimanded for it. If someone on the right ranted in such a way we would be so up in arms it ain't even funny LOL. Shame the kid can use the teacher's error for a spotlight now though.

Regardless of the teacher crossing the line, Fuck Hannity anyway.

[midnight]

62. I disagree.

Teachers who show comparisons for their students between the past and the present are teaching. What Hitler did was similar to what Bush said in his State of the Union and is doing.

[NashVegas]

65. There's More to It

The teacher was ranting at the kids. That's not teaching, that's not sharing opinions, that's shoving them down kids throats.

[adigal]

69. The teacher teaches geography

and the kid was baiting him, pushing him to go off.

The teacher also said that he was not pushing his opinions on anyone, if they were even opinions.

Did you listen to it on Hannity, where he totally took it out of context and just played certain parts??

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

70. I Must Admit, I Haven't Heard It At All And Will Look For The Audio.

I probably did assume too quickly but from what I read in the article on its face I don't agree with the teacher at all, since if the tide was turned we would be here screaming our heads off and I hate hypocrisy.

But, since I only read the context of the article, I will reserve further statements of judgement until I've heard the words for myself to make a more accurate conclusion with less risk of ignorant assumption. :)

[adigal]

72. Sean Hannity just interviewed the Republican Youth on

Hannity and colmes. He again congratulated the kid, saying that because of what he did, left wing teachers will be very afraid to speak about politics in front of their class.

Sean Hannity hates freedom of speech.

[Ksec]

63. The teacher was absolutely correct

Handjob and his little disciple love that this teachers freedom of speech was assaulted. Typical Nazis.

[ryan_cats]

67. My idiot RW brother sent me a link to the audio

My idiot RW brother sent me a link to the audio. I listened to the whole thing and to me, it sounded like he was trying to present all sides. You can hear the little punk say part way through that he's recording it, that's why he was so brave asking questions.

I wish I had a teacher like that.

[Blue_Tires]

74. the one consolation

is that for the rest of his life, no one is gonna want to have a conversation around the lil' snitch without first frisking him for a wire

[bleedingheart]

75. actually who would want to hire the little snitch...???

even the Bush family doesn't like snitches...the hag that revealed Monica Lewinsky to the world was not kept on board when Bush came into office.