FL teacher who routinely tweets ‘OBAMA IS A P*SSY’ upset at exclusion from Obama event

[meegbear]

A social studies teacher at a Florida high school is claiming that his “right to free speech” was violated when school administrators barred him from a recent appearance of President Barack Obama.

Coral Reef Senior High teacher Randall Scott had said that he “would rather dine in Hell with Satan” than shake the president’s hand, and described himself as a “virulent anti-Communist and hater of Obamanism.”

Scott told his side of the story in a letter he posted on Instagram. “I’m a conservative Republican who uses social media to express my views,” he wrote. “At the last two faculty meetings our principal had strongly advised us not to post anything. As a citizen of this great country I chose to ignore her advise [sic] which now in retrospect seems more like a veiled threat.”

“The next day,” he continued, “I’m suddenly excluded from a presidential event.”

Miami-Dade County Public Schools spokesman John Schuster said in a statement that “the size and setup of the event venue did not permit all of the school’s staff and students to attend, and local administrators were required to decide who would attend to represent the school.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/12/fl-teacher-who-routinely-tweets-obama-is-a-pssy-upset-at-exclusion-from-obama-event/

Huh. Go figure.

[okaawhatever]

1. What about freedom of association d-bag? Maybe others didn't want to associate with you.

Of course, this is just excuse number 2,385,497,526 for victim outrage.

[uppityperson]

2. Hey teacher, you ignored advice, not advise.

You were advised and chose to ignore the advice.
http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/advice_advise.htm

And it was not a "veiled threat" but letting you know actions may have consequences.

Teachers should know better.

[joeglow3]

3. I'd assume it gets trickier when your employer is the government

[Berlum]

24. Another Republicon whiner collecting a government paycheck

It must suck to be such a hypocrite.

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. That bugs the living fuck out of me too.

I see it all the time, here on DU as well.

[geardaddy]

62. +1

I noticed that too.

[Spirochete]

4. Why would he want to go

to an Obama event in the first place? I sure wouldn't go to a Ted Nugent concert.

[jmowreader]

6. Probably to heckle

This could have been truly entertaining for our side. Obama would have had him dragged up to the stage and forced him to debate at the first "you lie," which you know the asshole wanted to do.

But seriously...If he's so anti government why does he work for it? Florida has no shortage of madrassas.

[Jamaal510]

78. Somebody asked

"But seriously...If he's so anti government why does he work for it?"

that question once on Yahoo Answers, and the reasoning that the RW commenters gave was to basically keep the government from doing too much.

[Tom Ripley]

95. So they wrap their laziness and malingering at work in an ideological excuse?

Typical, just typical.

[Blue_Tires]

11. He probably had this grand plan of being the next "Joe the Plumber"

[Spirochete]

12. That's about what I figure

He was set on causing trouble. And gets outraged because he's not invited. What a knob!

[deutsey]

27. That's what I was thinking

He thought this was his big moment of 15 minutes of FOX fame, I bet.

So now it's Plan B: I wuz censorated by the evil socialists!!11!!1

[Lunacee_2013]

33. That's what I thought, too.

He hates BHO so why would he want to dine with him? Didn't he say he'd rather dine in hell?

[MADem]

38. Annnnnd....as others have replied, he wants to be the center of attention!

I'm sure he's gotten the attention of those who find his language objectionable, too!

I live in a community where that kind of thing would be frowned upon; it would reflect poorly on the school, and all that...

[1StrongBlackMan]

46. Because ...

“(teacher guy said) he would rather dine in Hell with Satan” than shake the president’s hand,

Because the devil was busy?

[Lasher]

102. I have no doubt Satan has a table reserved in Hell just for him.

Party of the damned, table for one.

[Aristus]

5. Aw shit! "Violated my freedom of speech"...

Were you put in jail for tweeting that, you hamhock? Huh?

If not, then nobody violated your freedom of speech!. Jesus!

[MADem]

51. Gee, does this dumbass school or school adminstration have a facebook page?

Maybe we ought to exercise OUR freedom of speech and tell those idiots who employ this dumbkopf how we feel about this moron?

[knight4444]

110. same old song

Why do the majority of over the top republicans who talk like randall scott always look like a extra in a WW2 hitler propaganda film?? lets keep it real, everybody and their mother knows that POS is a racist!

[geardaddy]

63. Bang on!

He's free to enjoy his life and continue tweeting to his little grinch-sized heart's content.

[Tom Ripley]

97. That man is too stupid to be teaching social studies.

[Tom Ripley]

99. I'm surprised that he doesn't have major issues with the name of his subject...

both the "social" and "studies" parts.

[struggle4progress]

7. "I'd rather dine in hell with Satan than meet Obama, but the bastards wouldn't let me meet him"

[Cha]

19. I know huh.. the stupid is overpowering with that one.

[struggle4progress]

21. Here's some of the stuff he's posted on Instagram

[Cha]

25. I've heard there were at least a couple of students

who objected to his rants in class. I'm wondering if any of the admins wish they could fire his ass?

He brings shame on their school.. this doesn't seem like it's going to end well. His brainwashed hate could implode him at this rate.

He needs mugs shots of bush-cheney up there to show who the real traitors are.

[leftynyc]

36. If my kid were in his class I would

DEMAND to transfer him/her to another class. If they wouldn't accommodate, I would sue the shit out of the school.

[MADem]

40. Needs to happen, IMO. Boot to the ass--his conduct reflects poorly on the school.

It's not "free speech"--it's the judgment of the administration in hiring a loony tune.

[deutsey]

28. I can't imagine why someone like him wouldn't be invited to see the President

[toby jo]

50. Phew! Imagine having to work with this dick every day.

Or learning that he's teaching your kids. Ouch.

[hatrack]

26. Oh, and lest we all forget, he's a teacher

He's allowed in rooms with impressionable teenagers for hours at a time.

[lpbk2713]

8. It's surprising enough to discover he's an adult.

But a teacher? A Social Studies teacher?

He says he's an anti-communist. Hey pal, there haven't been any real communists for decades.

Miami-Dade schools ought to recognize what an embarrassment this clown is and deal with it.

[RockaFowler]

9. This is what happens with Social Media

Look, I work for a TV station and I was told that I could no longer say that I work for the station on my Facebook page or stop posting political items. I took off that I work for the station. Simple!! Now I post what I want. I just don't say I work here. Whatever!

[okaawhatever]

10. Why is it this guy can tweet vile tweets, hold an opinion one would consider extreme, but a

female teacher who poses nude gets fired and he doesn't? Aren't both issues about character? What about this guys character?

[Vogon_Glory]

17. IOKALAYAAR, Of Course!

It's OK as long as you are a Republican, of course. Democrats and progressives don't even get a third as much leeway.

[MADem]

42. +1 nt

[Jenoch]

13. If course this teacher should be excluded

from the event with President Obama.

If a teacher had done this while Bush was president, then that teacher should have been excluded as well.

[baldguy]

29. If a teacher had done this while Bush was president, he'd have rated a visit rom the SS.

Not the mention the death threats from the wingnuts when it went public.

[Jenoch]

39. Since President Obama will be visiting

the Secret Service are certainly aware of this guy and his whereabouts qnd activities, on social media and otherwise.

Idiots like these are a dime a dozen.

[hughee99]

55. And some people here would be calling this a police state

because he wasn't allowed to attend the event.

[demwing]

75. You know that's not true

Why are you stirring up shit?

[hughee99]

81. I know that's not true?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1209101

[demwing]

87. Your "evidence" is a 9 year old link

written regarding actions of the Bush White House taken against Democrats?

How the hell does that have anything to do with the OP? Let me remind you of your quote:

"And some people here would be calling this a police state because he wasn't allowed to attend the event."

Your response is perhaps the most miserable fail I've seen on DU. You should be fucking embarrassed.

[hughee99]

89. Sorry, I don't have RECENT links where * is president, how can it NOT be an old link?

The OP was about someone who wasn't allowed to attend the president's event because of his personal opinions about the president. The old thread from the * years is about people who weren't allowed to attend a * event because of their personal opinions. And what did the thread start with? "Welcome to the police state, everyone!"

Sorry you thought you were going to call me out and it turned out I was able to back up my assertion, you're the one who should be embarrassed. Feel free to follow up with a "Yes but it was different then because (insert some difference that's irrelevant to the actual point here)", or you could just continue on with your attempt to bully me, but since your argument itself is a loser, I don't think you'll have much luck with either.

[demwing]

91. Bullshit

You got caught stirring up shit and could only scrape up the most pathetic example of a bullshit excuse for your bullshit post.

[hughee99]

92. And yet I was correct. I said in a similar circumstance under *, some would call this

a police state. Then I posted proof that it ACTUALLY happened. Sorry if you don't like the fact that it's true, but despite your efforts to dismiss it as shit stirring, bullshit, and pathetic, you've done nothing to show my statement is, in any way, UNTRUE.

[demwing]

93. puhleease

Different decade, much different administration, completely different circumstances.

FAIL.

[hughee99]

94. Exactly. Different administration.

People wouldn't say this about a Democratic administration. They did say it about a repuke one. That's my point.

As far as "different decade" goes, that is exactly what I was referring to when I suggested you insert some difference that's irrelevant to the actual point.

It's funny, because I suggested a few posts ago that you could either try to go with a "it was different then because" post OR you could just attempt to bully me but neither was going to do much to my argument. Then you followed it up with an attempt to bully me and then a "it was different then because..." post. If you had listened to me before, you could have saved yourself some time.

[demwing]

96. I did listen to you, I just didn't believe your bullshit

still don't

[progressivebydesign]

70. he would have been tossed in jail if it was Bush.

and they would have held him until the event was over and Bush left town. Remember that guy who said he couldn't stand George Bush, while at a health club? Someone there reported him, and he was hauled in by the SS. The same for the young guy who had a parody poster of Bush, and someone who came to his door reported him, and he was visited by the SS. This guy would have not fared well had he been such a rage-filled democrat instead during the era of Bush.

[geomon666]

15. Oh geez, Coral Reef High is just up the road from me.

I should've known filth like this was in that school.

[flvegan]

16. Excluded by the Secret Service, it seems.

At least according to his internet rant.

Honestly, I've got a bit of faith in Obama that if miscreant idiots like this "teacher" want to show up and shout about how they don't know much about anything, and our Prez can laugh it off as it should be, then so be it. Derail morons whining about how they were wronged while also pointing out just how stupid they are. Win win. We should never stifle the posting of random shitwits of the Republican ilk on the interwebs. Because entertaining.

Sadly, the problem is bigger than this. Randall Scott seems to be what one might call a teacher. An educator of the youth. Dine with Satan? Hey chilly, Charlie Manson probably finds you quite amusing...but in a good way.

Fucking moron. Amateur.

[struggle4progress]

20. I think the school actually got to make the final call on this one

[Cha]

18. IOW.. you've made your stink known... doesn't mean

we have to smell it, stupid.

[WinkyDink]

22. He also tweets: "PUTIN IS THE MAN." So this "Social Studies" teacher (OMG) parrots FOX.

https://twitter.com/rscottmsgt

[davidpdx]

82. Damn you shouldn't have posted that

Now I'm going to sent him a nasty tweet. I love doing that.

[alcibiades_mystery]

30. This know-nothing motherfucker is teaching social studies to high school students

[notadmblnd]

31. Maybe he'd feel better if someone invited him to a satanic event?

You know, eat and shake hands with the devil.

[Iggo]

32. Yeah, they had a choice who to bring...

...and they decided not to bring the asshole.

Go figure.

[secondwind]

34. that there's a whole lot of hatred for one person! this guy needs to speak to someone

[Paladin]

35. I hope the Secret Service tags this nut case for future reference.

And if my child were being subjected to this fuckwit's "teaching," I'd be on the phone with the school's administration this morning, demanding some radical changes.

[progressivebydesign]

71. I work with schools all over the Country...

and dealing with the Florida schools and administrations, is an absolute freakin' nightmare. The teachers are super nice, the District people are totally paranoid and militaristic. Every other State seems to have the nicest administrations.. but I dread having to deal with most of the Florida schools.

[Paladin]

72. Easy to believe.

I have lots of old friends who are teachers and school administrators, here in Texas. Not a single one of them exhibits the sort of drooling right-wing hatred that this guy does. The state school board is a different matter, of course.

[Moral Compass]

37. A molder of young minds?

If I was a parent that had a child that was in this "teachers" class I would be conferencing with school administration about his qualifications to teach a core subject such as social studies. Social studies is one of those courses that offers ample opportunity for plenty of teacher sourced editorial opinion. I can imagine the impact this supposedly mature adult is having on his impressionable young victims (err students).

He shouldn't just be excluded from a campus event, but from the campus.

[William769]

41. kick & recommended.

[amuse bouche]

43. His tweets are typical teabag BS

"A weed smoking Kenyan is your president. And he is in charge of your health care."

Scary that he teaches children

Looking further down his timeline, one sees he's in love with Putin. No surprise

"What a loser. The guy on right pretending to be the leader of the free world @ PUTIN IS THE MAN http://instagram.com/p/lLqJoqE4fh/"

[MrScorpio]

44. I love the smell of right wing victimhood in the morning... Let's play a song

I'm rubbing my thumb and forefinger together.

[davidpdx]

84. Let me guess

My heart bleeds for you? lol I had a girlfriend back in college that would say that.

[hughee99]

45. I wonder what the reaction would have been if someone had been excluded from a Bush

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event for something similar?

[Puzzledtraveller]

52. outrage of epic scale

[Stratosgc]

57. Bush had the Secret Service exclude folks regularly.

If you drove to a venuye where the Shrub was speaking and you had Democrat pumper stickers on your car you were excluded.

[hughee99]

58. Yes. If I recall, that outraged some DUers when it happened, too.

[JI7]

61. find an incident where there was a similar case , Bush excluded people

for not just being a different party but just differing from him in any way.

this guy isn't disagreeing on policy or anything like that. he is just a jackass .

[hughee99]

67. Did * have a long history of excluding repukes simply for differing with him

in any way?

Yes, this guy is a jackass. My point is if he were a jackass opposed to * when he was president, some people here would be crying foul.

A good rule of thumb, if some event occurs and you're not sure whose side to take until you find out what their political leanings are, you might want to take a second look at your own values.

[JI7]

68. no, most would not care for not allowing someone who uses insults like that guy

to attend an event.

[pangaia]

47. "Obamanism"

Maybe I have been asleep, but I haven't heard this one before.

Could it be the new haters' meme?

[onethatcares]

48. I wonder

how he feels about the Dixie Chix

[jsr]

49. What's Obamanism?

LOL

[Wounded Bear]

53. I got to fight for my right...

to be an asshole.

[RKP5637]

54. Good! He's a security risk, and with SYG, who knows WTF swirls around in his deranged

delusional mind and fringe mental state.

[Stratosgc]

56. Pres Shrub had SS block people from public events if the had Democratic bumper stickers

Former Pres Shrub had the Secret Service block potential attendees from public events where he was speaking by turning them away in the parking lot if their cars had Democratic bumper stickers. The explanation was that they were a security risk.

[Gothmog]

59. Bush was really diligent about screening audiences

This idiot should not complain

[The Wizard]

60. The criteria for teachers in the Sunshine State

must be nonexistent. That this dolt teaches children is a scandal all to itself.

[markpkessinger]

65. Right?

I mean, maybe things really have changed that much since I was a high school student in the '70s, but back then, calling someone a p*ss7 wasn't something that was tolerated even from students, let alone teachers (that is not to say students never said such things -- of course they did but if I teacher heard you say it, you would be sent to the principal's office). There was just a level of professional decorum expected of teachers, and with very rare exception, they avoided injecting their personal political views into classroom discussions.

[Tsiyu]

64. I'm just sure that if one of Scott's students

posted facebook screeds about how Scott was an ignorant, teabagging asshole teacher who adores a Communist ( Putin ) that Scott would be the first one to invite that student to his birthday party....NOT.

I just have to laugh at those idjits who love them some Putin but then turn around and claim Obama is the commie they must fear.

You can't even make UP that level of STUUUUUUUUUPID.

[Heather MC]

66. If the President didn't come to FL and Haul his ignorant azz

To the nearest hole and toss him in it. His freedom to be a dumbass is still intact

[progressivebydesign]

69. "Conservative republican" Really? Is that what it looks like now??

No. he's a ranting, frothing, zealot. Good luck GOP if that is the face of "conservative republicans." The lunatic fringe is now your MAINSTREAM.

Judging from the things that he's posted, the School Board should tread carefully with him. If you have a high school social studies teacher posting things like that, with an obvious disrespect for civics, and a torrid passion for automatic weapons... it may not end well. Reminds me of some of those stories we've seen of city council members, or city employees, that burst into meetings violently because they believe that they're being persecuted.

ETA- Not to mention the fact that the fucktwit probably couldn't pass the security screening for the event. Makes you wonder how many illegal weapons that dude is stockpiling... way to call attention to yourself.
.

[A Simple Game]

73. Of course he should be allowed to attend. Don't they still have those

free speech zones? You know, the ones that were set up blocks away from the main event and were usually completely fenced in.

[Lasher]

100. You beat me to it, I was about to mention Bush's free speech zones.

This guy is a hypocrite.

[muntrv]

74. Well, Randall Scott, it takes one to know one.

[Gin]

76. Hes another Joe the plumber lookin for his 15 min of fame.....and cash donations

[Pinkflamingo]

77. Randall Scott is a Piss* P*ssy

[SunSeeker]

79. If he hates socialism so much, why is he working at a public school?

[rpannier]

80. The Constitution guarantees him the right to be present when the President visits?

I will have to re-read my copy of the Constitution again
And the guy is a social studies teacher???? WTF???

To Mr Scott,
Enjoy your lunch with satan

[mrmpa]

83. As a former Social Studies Teacher............

I'm pissed this guy is in the classroom. Never once did I allow my personal and political views to be known by my students. I'm sure they figured out I was a liberal but I never let them know. I taught them the facts and allowed them to learn.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

85. "Freedom of speech" does not mean

You get to say whatever you want without consequences. One would think that a social studies teacher would know that.

[africanadian]

86. This guy is a teacher

America, you're in deep shit.

[DinahMoeHum]

88. "I'm a conservative Republican" = "I'm a flaming asshole"

[taotzu]

90. He should be Happy ?

It amazes me that he would be upset about not being in attendance at a function with a man that he despises with his entire being. I would think that he would be okay with not having to attend so he could go out and protest the event with those like minded as himself. I would like to hear what the student body has to say about a self-absorbed teacher whose opinions they have to listen to on a daily basis ? If he thinks the President is such a "PUSSY" then he should be okay not attending this event.

[oldandhappy]

98. and this person is teaching our children??

argh!

[libodem]

101. Somebody needs one of Cenk's

Giant elbows from the sky into his neck.

[TeamPooka]

103. What a fucking idiot.

[TeamPooka]

104. He doesn't realize you don't have a right to sit in an audience? Check the Constitution.

[SirRevolutionary]

105. "I'd rather dine in hell with Satan than meet Obama"

But you had your 8 yrs to attend an appearance when Cheney was was in FL. He who hesitates is lost.

[complain jane]

106. Maybe it's because he's a fucking mental patient

I can't believe this guy teaches kids. How is this even possible?

[Oldtimeralso]

107. Maybe This NJ needs one of these

A "Free Speech Zone" as the use was greatly expanded during GWB's reign.

I was forced to stand in a fenced in (topped with barbed wire) paved parking lot on a 90+ degree day and not allowed to bring in even an water! Even though in a past administration I had a top-level Secret Service clearance.

[YOHABLO]

108. He should be fire! No teacher should set such an example to students ..>

You can disagree with a president on principles etc.. but you should not make it vocal to your students. As a teacher .. one should show respect for the office. But then this is FL ... and I am sure his point of view is mirrored with many of the student's parents.

[Hestia]

109. Do you think now that he has been outed - posts to him in particular on nat'l stage - that he'll

lose his paycheck from that group who pays people to post on the 'net tubes under the 101st Armchair Brigade banner? [attempt at joke] I don't know the name of the program but they pay trolls to post - you know, like on DU. Is there an official name? Something catchy and easy to remember that will roll into a meme that we can all use when we see that behavior on all website discussions ...why hasn't this been done yet? I'm not that clever...

Anyway - will he lose those dimes now that he has really been outed?