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1 HappyWarrior  Wed, May 23, 2012 1:49:25pm

Getting sick and tired of right wing jerks attacking teachers.

2 EiMitch  Wed, May 23, 2012 7:11:35pm

Radical public school teachers? What, because they protested education spending cuts? This is stupid. I fail to imagine any context in which complaining about cuts to one’s work budget can honestly be considered a “radical” act. By definition, defending the status quo is not radical.

Its like wingnuts are required to never read a dictionary, ever.

3 122 Year Old Obama  Wed, May 23, 2012 11:36:39pm

re: #2 EiMitch

Radical public school teachers? What, because they protested education spending cuts? This is stupid. I fail to imagine any context in which complaining about cuts to one’s work budget can honestly be considered a “radical” act. By definition, defending the status quo is not radical.

Its like wingnuts are required to never read a dictionary, ever.

They “read” exactly one book.

4 wheat-dogghazi  Thu, May 24, 2012 2:49:18am

I pity the poor woman listed as the person to contact about “non-radical” teachers. They put her email addy at the bottom, so her school mailbox is probably chockablock with wingnut diatribes now.

5 alpuz  Thu, May 24, 2012 5:29:58am

This guy(these guys) has been on this from day one. Well worth the read.

[Link: cognidissidence.blogspot.com…]

6 dragonfire1981  Thu, May 24, 2012 12:06:02pm

re: #2 EiMitch

Radical public school teachers? What, because they protested education spending cuts? This is stupid. I fail to imagine any context in which complaining about cuts to one’s work budget can honestly be considered a “radical” act. By definition, defending the status quo is not radical.

Its like wingnuts are required to never read a dictionary, ever.

Radical = Not wingnuts.

By these people’s definition, I’m a Marxist Radical. *rolls eyes*

7 Amory Blaine  Thu, May 24, 2012 6:44:17pm

Makes me sick to live here.

8 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 24, 2012 8:49:19pm

What the article neglects to point out is that cutting teacher’s salaries was the only real alternative to major layoffs. And a good bit of the lost income is really just overtime rules that were made sane and less favorable to the union (I have heard often, and seen myself, the kind of nutty overtime rules some unions push). So it does not effect my thinking one bit.

9 Interesting Times  Thu, May 24, 2012 8:58:36pm

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

So it does not effect my thinking one bit.

McCarthyesque harassment and intimidation campaigns don’t “effect your thinking one bit”? Good to know.

10 Dark_Falcon  Thu, May 24, 2012 9:01:42pm

re: #9 Interesting Times

McCarthyesque harassment and intimidation campaigns don’t “effect your thinking one bit”? Good to know.

No, the articles descriptions of the effect of Walker’s reforms doesn’t change my way of thinking. That was what I was commenting on

11 RadicalModerate  Fri, May 25, 2012 5:10:36am

Teachers’ unions are bad, so tactics to abuse and intimidate them are perfectly fine!

12 Locker  Fri, May 25, 2012 9:06:40am

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

What the article neglects to point out is that cutting teacher’s salaries was the only real alternative to major layoffs. And a good bit of the lost income is really just overtime rules that were made sane and less favorable to the union (I have heard often, and seen myself, the kind of nutty overtime rules some unions push). So it does not effect my thinking one bit.

What nutty overtime rules have you heard of often AND seen yourself?

I also take exception to the comment that the ONLY place to find money happens to be from unionized teachers salaries. Especially since union busting was one of his primary goals.

13 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, May 25, 2012 12:23:45pm

YOONITED NATIONS ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT LARGHAAJKAKJSAGLF

14 Michael McBacon  Fri, May 25, 2012 2:36:50pm

An anonymous group of Scott Walker supporters… James O’Keefe cloned himself?

15 wheat-dogghazi  Fri, May 25, 2012 7:14:41pm

re: #13 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]

YOONITED NATIONS ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT LARGHAAJKAKJSAGLF

I’ve heard this refrain about the International Baccalaureate program, which many school districts have joined to add more challenging courses to their curricula. Are there many IB schools in Wisconsin? Or are the wingnuts doing their usual guilt-by-association shtick?


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