More of this story has come out. The kid who taped his teacher did not take the tape to the principal or any school authority… no, he took it (with the guidance of his parents) to a local conservative talk radio station where they put him on the air and played only the Hitler comment.
It turns out that after giving that statement, he asked the kids to challenge it.
This was really a case of “out of context”. While I think he would have been better off to compare Bush’s rhetoric to fascist rhetoric than Hitler, I think he’s been railroaded by a school that was blindsided and could do little else since this all came out through this talk station.
For the record, the kid never complained to anybody about his teacher, and no students had complained about this teacher. Now they’re screwing with his career because some petulant brat wanted to be a mini-Rush Limbaugh.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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