Clearly the teacher had no control of the classroom. She had lost moral authority and respect, probably long before the taped incident. Who was the adult, and who were the children.
A speaker gets demoted several steps in anybody’s mind when he/she uses profanity. The Bible indicates a person will be held accountable for every word out of their mouths.
I often tell clients to answer questions in 10 words or less and then be silent. Even if there is air to fill.
I do, however, recall that the tone and demeanor of the young man's voice was calm and reasoned while that of the teaher was unhinged and shrill.
I am also tired of requiring our side to be calm, polite and reasoned while the enemy is allowed to be unhinged, uncouth and shrill. Yeah, it would be nice if we could always do so. Of course, it is best that we always try. Certainly, if we all had the command and mastery of words and ridicule as, say, a Mark Steyn, it might even be possible.
But sometimes, when fighting bullies, you have to hit back and you can't always aim it above the belt.
It bothered me. It also bothered me how out of control the class room sounded. The kid was a lot more coherent than the sad excuse for a teacher, but he should not have ventured into profanity. The rest of the class room should not have sounded like hoodlums.
Not exactly. It wasn't unanimous; in fact, the school defended her until the public outcry became too much to ignore.
It seems to me that in the last year or two freerepublic has mostly ceased caring about cussing.
Other conservative sites like Breitbarts have columnists that use extraordinarily crude language in the most casual manner, as though they aren’t professional writers, but are in a bar and well buzzed.