Cenk Uygur
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Teacher Fired Over Anti-Bullying Video
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November 9, 2015
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4:53Now PlayingA middle school teacher in Kansas showed his students an anti-bullying video. The short film depicted a world where homosexuality was normal but heterosexuality was discriminated against. The community protested the video being shown and the teacher has been dismissed. Ana Kasparian (The Point) and John Iadarola (Think Tank) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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“Kansas middle-school teacher has submitted his resignation after parents complained that he shared an anti-bullying video with his students that is readily available on YouTube.
According to the Wichita Eagle, Tom Leahy, who has taught at Conway Springs Middle School since 1997, is currently on leave and is not expected to return after angry parents contacted the school over the video, which flips the script and shows straight students being bullied by gay students.
Saying he “upset too many people,” Leahy remarked that he was surprised at the overreaction by parents over the harmless video.
“I knew something was going to happen. I just didn’t know this would happen,” Leahy said.”
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