1. Lawyer-blogger John Hindermaker is furious and depressed over the incident, writing in part,
“So a teaching intern expressed support, not for criminals, but for law enforcement. And it got her dismissed from her position. Supporting the rule of law isn’t just optional in this district, it is prohibited…”
He then submitted this apocalyptic reaction:
“So the “values” of the school district explicitly include lawbreaking, and supporting lawbreakers. How did we get to this pass? And what is the path forward? Honestly, I think it is hard to see how those of us who support the rule of law can continue to share a country with those who do not–a group that now numbers close to half of our population. What possible basis for a common citizenship is there, between us and them? I don’t think there is one.”
2. Isn’t this a Bizarro World ethics situation? From the E.A glossary: “The term Bizarro World is used on the blog to describe cultures with unethical ethical norms, often with the lesson that in a Bizarro World culture, normal ethics often don’t work, and may be futile.” Surely the intern had to know what state she was in and the delusions as well as personal interests common in her community. If she feels strongly about enforcing laws, then she’s in the wrong state. What did she expect to happen? Her comment could be read by her students as, “I want your parents to be deported.”
3. So long ago that I don’t have the energy to look for it, when social media was just beginning its mischief, I supported a school’s decision to fire a teacher whose social media post was sent to her employers by a whistle-blowing, anonymous Facebook “friend.” She had written, as I recall dimly, that she was at her wits’ end dealing with parents and their “stupid children” and that it was hard not to hate them, or words to that effect. In the ensuing litigation, which the teacher lost, the court took the position that the school had reason to question her ability to treat all the students equally and fairly if she hated them and their parents, and that students would have just cause not to trust in the beneficence of a teacher who had expressed animus towards their families.
4. Where is FIRE in this matter?
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#3 she never said she hated them. To contrary she demonstrated her ability to rise above the reasons to hate them.
Yes it’s unethical to fire her. But nothing can be done about it and if it could, it wouldn’t help her situation.
I imagine many people were trapped in similar situations when other times Democrat dominated areas engaged in mass secessionist and insurrectionist actions.
This is actually why the Department of Justice was formed. Their mission was to provide justice to people denied justice because the local government was dominated by Democrats.
Important history lesson.
Still barring a massive lawsuit that pays her well, there will be no local remedy. It will take too long to convince a rebel community they must collectively change their hearts and minds in order to be part of civilized society again.
The district will have a hard time justifying the firing. I imagine an attorney (if she can find one willing to take the case) would easily find political postings of the opposite political leanings from numerous teachers at the school that weren’t punished. If your school allows students to wear Planned Parenthood t-shirts, gay pride t-shirts, etc, you can’t disallow a student from wearing a “MAGA” t-shirt. The schools are supposed to be public schools and support all students, not just the ones the administration likes.
2. This seems too close to Rationalization #36: Victim Blindness, or “They/He/She/ You should have seen it coming.”
3. I do think there’s a difference between supporting the enforcement of laws which may not affect how the teacher interacts with students and publicly calling some of her students stupid which most certainly affects how she interacts with them.
My vote is that it is not ethical to suspend or fire her over public support of law enforcement. Her comments do not reflect on her ability to do her job unobjectively. This is pure thoughtcrime aimed at conservatives/Republicans/noncompliant Democrats that people, such as my Trump-Deranged sister, claim has never happened and is only the practice of the current administration toward liberals/progressives.
Here’s a story that has struck me: Surprise council demands answers about ICE warehouse
DHS has acquired a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona with the intention of using it as a detention facility. The Surprise city council is all up in arms, as are Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, Arizona’s two senators. What an upside-down world we live in where U.S. senators are making every effort to obstruct the federal government from enforcing U.S. law within their state. Surprise is on the (north) west side of Phoenix, which probably has the largest concentration of illegals of anywhere in the metropolitan area. It is also ground zero for massive fulfillment facilities that are nowhere near any residential areas.
Of course, during the Obama administration, Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio was enjoined by the District Court from attempting to round up illegals on the theory immigration enforcement was strictly within the purview of the federal government. Clearly, the Obama administration was simply intent on preventing immigration laws from being enforced.
Her surname is Jimenez? Is she being punished for going off the reservation?
There is a big distinction between this teacher and the one fired because she called her students and their parents stupid. This teacher stated support for I.C.E. and federal enforcement of immigration laws. That position has no impact on whether she can teach her students as required by the curriculum and the school’s mandates. The latter teacher posted something that clearly puts her objectivity and fairness into question. That has a direct impact on her qualifications as a teacher and has an impact on the school. Firing the latter was justifiedl; firing the former may not be, assuming there is no contractual provision that controls the teacher’s off-campus behavior (this is not a Naked Teacher’s Assistant rule).
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