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Colo. Teacher Sorry for Kicking Student (Because He Was Wearing a GOP Shirt)
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Posted on 10/30/2004 3:57:26 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

DURANGO, Colo. Oct 30, 2004 — A part-time college instructor has apologized for kicking a student because he was wearing a Republican shirt.

Fort Lewis College student Mark O'Donnell said he was showing people his College Republicans sweat shirt, which said "Work for us now … or work for us later," when Maria Spero kicked him in the leg at an off-campus restaurant.

Spero then said "she should have kicked me harder and higher," said O'Donnell. "To physically take that out on someone because you disagree with them, that is completely wrong."

Spero, a visiting instructor of modern languages, apologized to O'Donnell in a letter dated Oct. 29.

"I acted entirely inappropriately by kicking you, giving vent to a thoughtless knee-jerk political reaction that should never have happened," she wrote. "Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."

The college also formally apologized, said David Eppich, assistant to the school's president.

O'Donnell said the apology wasn't enough and he plans to file a complaint with the college.

The only phone number listed in Durango for the surname Spero was constantly busy Saturday.

Durango police did not immediately return a call seeking comment.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: assault; brownshirtsforkerry; civilwar2; civilwarii; collegerepublicans; commieteacher; hatecrime; teacher; tshirt; unamerica
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To: flashbunny

I would have knocked her out on the spot if she had kicked me. Everyone has a right to defend ones self.


21 posted on 10/30/2004 4:10:50 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: pissant

She felt safe in guessing that he would not slap her silly.


22 posted on 10/30/2004 4:11:12 PM PDT by RobbyS (JMJ)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Liberal Meltdown #503,826


23 posted on 10/30/2004 4:11:28 PM PDT by Peltast (Somebody make the world stop, I want to get off.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

what could we expect from the 'peace and tolerance' party. It's become so apparent that the demonrats are the epitome of hypocrisy. They are the party of terrorism and intolerance.


24 posted on 10/30/2004 4:11:31 PM PDT by SeaBiscuit (America is under siege by a Left Media Coup d'Etat)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Where can I get one of those shirts? I'd like to get one for my nephew.


25 posted on 10/30/2004 4:11:45 PM PDT by SoDak
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

I hope FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) will take the case to court... Just so it will be exposed more...


26 posted on 10/30/2004 4:11:55 PM PDT by paudio (CLINTON BOMBED BELGRADE WITHOUT EVEN BOTHER TO GO TO THE UN...)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Hate Crime??


27 posted on 10/30/2004 4:13:10 PM PDT by cincinnati65 (Just up the road a piece.......)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
I don't even wonder anymore

people like her ARE nuts, and there are WAY to many of them

written apology my butt, book her Dano and let her spent a night or more with fellow Democratic voters
28 posted on 10/30/2004 4:13:48 PM PDT by Wild_Bill_8881 (If ya can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with BS)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
," she wrote. "Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."

HUH????

Ummm .. didn't your mother teach you manners??

You don't kick ANYONE

29 posted on 10/30/2004 4:14:55 PM PDT by Mo1 (This Sept 10th attitude is no way to protect our country)
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To: buffyt

If people would note, there are constantly instances of women slapping, hitting, kicking and doing other negative things to men on television and in the movies. This is supposed to be funny or worse yet the appropriate thing to do.

It's no wonder this woman felt empowered to do what she did.

I mentioned to a coworker that a friend of mine had been assaulted by a woman years ago and she thought it was hilarious. This negative mindset has been instilled in women by the major media outlets.

Ask yourself if it would be appropriate for the media to show men doing these things to women, in a setting that wasn't trying to demonize the male, and you'll begin to realize the point I'm trying to make here.

It's wrong for women or men to use physical means unless defending someone from physical harm.


30 posted on 10/30/2004 4:15:06 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservatives)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
O'Donnell said the apology wasn't enough and he plans to file a complaint with the college.

About what? The college didn't kick him.

31 posted on 10/30/2004 4:18:30 PM PDT by secretagent
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To: auggy
She will probably get promoted with a pay raise.

Not necessarily. Few things will get your rear called on the carpet in academics like physically assaulting a student. Shows a lack of control and the parents tend not to like it.

And while individual profs may be idiotic libs and think this is kind of activity is funny, the administration knows this type of publicity can reduce future applications and alumni donations and won't look kindly at it.

The prof should be fired or at least severely reprimanded. I hope the kid sues.

32 posted on 10/30/2004 4:19:03 PM PDT by radiohead (Burn in hell, Kerry.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
O'Donnell said the apology wasn't enough and he plans to file a complaint with the college.

File a complaint with the college? File a complaint with the college? Why isn't he pressing charges for assault and battery?

33 posted on 10/30/2004 4:20:01 PM PDT by Scothia (If you pray for rain, prepare to deal with some mud.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
There is another twist to this. Why is it ok for a woman to kick a man.... if this were a male teacher kicking a female student we would have Nacny Pelosi and Hillary marching and demanding someone got fired.

We would have shows on Oprah.

34 posted on 10/30/2004 4:21:55 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross (God bless the Swift Boat Vets!)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
"Before the incident, I did not know you and that you are a Fort Lewis student."

If I lose my 'teaching' position, I might actually have to work and be productive. Damn you and your right-wing consequences!
35 posted on 10/30/2004 4:22:57 PM PDT by kenth (Hollow plan from the Hollow Man...)
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To: DoughtyOne
Agreed, but part of the problem is that MEN don't take it seriously. That is, until it happens to them. Then they are subjected to the same redicule they inflicted on others.

At some point, men are going to have to start taking female violence against males seriously and start treating violent women as criminals. Until then, as long as men allow women to get away with this, women with violent tendencies will continue to assault men.

36 posted on 10/30/2004 4:23:24 PM PDT by Balto_Boy
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

Our side really needs to start kicking back and not standing there wide-eyed.

I walk around Las Vegas just looking for a fight, sometimes. ;-)


37 posted on 10/30/2004 4:23:50 PM PDT by HitmanLV (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: Dont Mention the War

I would have punched her lights out. Then again, I am a bit of a 'bruiser' for a 5'8, 190lbs Italian guy who always wears black and leathers, who looks like an extra from the Sopranos. :-)


38 posted on 10/30/2004 4:25:01 PM PDT by HitmanLV (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: Diva Betsy Ross

men just deal with it. that's what men do.


39 posted on 10/30/2004 4:25:07 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

I would file an assault and battery complaint. Then I would file a lawsuit claiming my civil rights were violated - they were actually. That would get some attention.


40 posted on 10/30/2004 4:26:05 PM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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