Political Speech by Public School Teachers
One place in which governments, and employers, can restrict speech is when the speaker is at work; no one reasonably holds that an employee could harm his employer through his at-work speech.
The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Having been incorporated by the Supreme Court to apply to state and municipal governments as well, it presents a high bar to governments to restrict speech. However, one place in which governments, and employers, can restrict speech is when the speaker is at work; no one reasonably holds that an employee could harm his employer through his at-work speech. We also have laws prohibiting government employees from political activities while working at their jobs.
Well, this story caught my eye:
Youssef Abdelwahab, a Spanish teacher and adviser to Central Bucks West's Muslim Student Association, has posted extensively on social media criticizing Israel.
It Needs To Stop!
This is the agenda of those who want to crush America. They’re killing our kids, destroying their minds and souls.
As a kid, I attended a public school in a small, rural town in the 1970s and early ‘80s. Even though it was a small public school, as I look back today, I can see we were — even then — being indoctrinated with a “globalist” agenda. It certainly wasn’t as blatant or nearly as aggressive as it is in today’s public schools, but it was there. The “climate change” cult was especially busy, telling us a global ice age would occur, likely before we graduated from high school. READ MORE…
Sowing The Wind, Part 3: Newspeak And DEI
Control of the language by which people communicate is critical to totalitarian control. Joseph Stalin famously said: “Let me control the dictionaries, and I will control the world.”
The term “Newspeak” originated in George Orwell’s seminal novel 1984, published in Britain in 1949. “Newspeak” is a controlled language of simplified grammar and small vocabulary, designed to limit critical thinking. It proscribes the individual’s ability to articulate and communicate abstract concepts, which are deemed “thoughtcrimes”. To quote Orwell: “Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two is four. If that is granted, all else follows.” But, in this Brave New World, to borrow the title of Aldous Huxley’s famous book, we’re told that “two plus two really equals five.” READ MORE…
Humans: The Masterclass in Dumbness
The next time someone tries to tell you that humans are just animals, kindly remind them that we've taken stupidity to a whole new level – and we're darn proud of it.
Folks, gather 'round and brace yourselves for a truth bomb: humans are not animals. In fact, to even suggest such a thing is an insult – not to us, but to our furry, feathered, and finned friends in the animal kingdom. Yes, you heard me right. We're not on the same level as animals; we've transcended it – straight into the realm of sheer stupidity.
Let's take a hilarious stroll through the Hall of Human Dumbness, shall we? READ MORE…
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