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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTeacher Who Made A "Sniper Rifle" Facebook Comment About Greta Thunberg Has Resigned
An Iowa high school teacher who made a threatening Facebook comment about teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg's rally in Iowa City last week resigned on Friday, the school district said. Matt Baish, a chemistry teacher at West High School in Waterloo, had been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the school district. He wrote on Facebook that he would not be attending 16-year-old Thunberg's rally in Iowa City because he didn't "have [his] sniper rifle."
Baish made the comment in response to a Facebook post from Mason Severson, a former student of his. Severson shared a news story about Thunberg's climate strike rally in Iowa City, writing, "Who's all going?" In his now-deleted Facebook comment, Baish wrote, "Dont have my sniper rifle."
His comment sparked outrage from several community members and parents. They pointed out that the teacher was threatening violence against someone who is the same age as some of his students.
Thunberg has been frequently attacked by right-wing personalities, including President Trump, after she accused world leaders of failing her generation in a powerful and damning speech at the UN Climate Action Summit. A Fox News guest called Thunberg "a mentally ill Swedish child," a comment for which the network later apologized.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/teacher-resign-greta-thunberg-sniper-rifle-facebook-comment
Stallion
(6,476 posts)...but in a good way
llmart
(15,540 posts)teenaged girl.
She has more courage in her little finger than they do in a roomful of them.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)on social media and are then surprised when they get in trouble. In the old days (20 years ago) this asshat would have made a comment like that to like-minded friends over a beer and the whole world wouldn't have found out that he's a knuckle-dragging misogynist douche; apparently some people still think posting a dickish comment on social media is the same as mouthing off in a bar. But at least now we can identify the assholes because they've made it so easy.
alterfurz
(2,474 posts)...you'd think she was a 14-year old girl." -- @MiddleAgeRiot
ornotna
(10,803 posts)Blinded by the darkness.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)When I was teaching the unit on climate change, a student said to me, "Mr R____ doesn't believe in climate change.
To which I replied, "that's why he teaches Social Studies"
RandiFan1290
(6,237 posts)and he accidentally posted his wife's true feelings....
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)Coward, needs a rifle to go after a 16 year old girl.