Authoritarian lawrence schools to obama dissenters: no job for you!

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http://kansasliberty.com/liberty-update-archive/2009/01jun/conservative-teacher-fired

well leave it to the little blue outpost in our lovely state to suppress free thinking and personal political opinions.  this should honestly be a national news story…imagine if the situation were reversed…the teachers union would probably strike (rather than leave this guy out to dry like they are in this case) and smelly protestors lined up around the block.    But alas it doesnt even make a ripple in local papers, just in online blogs and some local radio shows.

This man wasn’t even pushing conservatism in his classroom (God forbid they teach principles aligned with our country’s’ founding), he just committed the crime of not assimillating to what his fellow teachers/administrators all think—again, outside the classroom!  I mean i have certainly gotten into it with some people i work with at the railroad in the break rooms and such, but i’d never fear getting fired for expressing my views.  And this is a man with 20 years experience teaching!

It would be nice if someone came to his legal defense to get his job back, his constitutional rights have been violated here.  It would be difficult because in kansas, a teacher w/ less than 3 years teaching in this state (he transfered from arkansas) can be fired with zero cause or reason.  he had perfect evals and his students loved him.  this could only happen in lawrence.  only in non-tolerant, conformist, statist, authoritarian, dictatorial, ultra-left wing, hippie town lawrence.

**Update 6/27** dude got his job back…see comments that pat posted for article link.  glad to see the good guy win here.