Phoenix school official turns heads with online political rant
A Valley school board official has turned heads online this week after she went on a profanity-laced political rant against a teacher online.
Kim Fisher. (Facebook Photo)
(Facebook Photo)
PHOENIX — A Valley school board official has turned heads online this week after she went on a profanity-laced political rant against a teacher online.
Aude Odeh, an English teacher at Barry Goldwater High School located near Interstate 17 and the Loop 101, said he was engaged in a Twitter conversation with another teacher and Deer Valley Unified School District Board President Kim Fisher when she insulted him multiple times.
Screengrabs posted by Odeh (WARNING: LINK CONTAINS OBSCENE LANGUAGE) showed the trio were arguing about President Donald Trump’s proposed travel ban when Odeh said, “All he is doing is banning Muslim majority countries. Period.”
Fisher responded with: “Because you say so? [Expletive].”
Odeh, a Palestinian-American who is Muslim, continued to wrangle with Fisher on Twitter, sending her links to other information.
“I send you information, you call it bs (sic) without any evidence of your own,” he wrote. “I back up my own information with a source and you call is bs (sic) again.”
Fisher responded with: “You are an anti-American Trump hating troll no matter what you say it’s b*******.”
Fisher has since made her account private, but further screengrabs showed she defended her position.
“I am who I am,” she wrote. “Honest and open. I will not create a fake account. That is deceptive. I invite anyone to meet with me and discuss issues.”
She also stated her tweets were not sent as part of her job, but as a private citizen who served the school district.
“The comment about a national political item is not as a DVUSD person nor does it represent any DVUSD set opinions,” Fisher wrote, adding that there was “no bullying or harassment from me.”
Odeh started a petition on change.org to inform district officials about the conversation. He said he did not object to her political leanings, but her unprofessionalism.
“Never once, in my political discourses online have I ever lowered myself to name calling, but it only took Ms. Fisher a few conversations to resort to name calling,” he wrote.
“What image does this send our students and the community that the President (sic) of our school board thinks this type of rhetoric is acceptable towards anyone, let alone an educator?”
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Is Guantanamo Bay closed...was it closed on Obama's first day?...can you keep your plan, your doctor...PERIOD? Are there more black men in America in jail and prison than enrolled in college?....all lies by your idol Obama...Let's not get started on the Clintons lies...Liberal's first family. At least Trump is trying to deliver on his promises....TPP, Paris accord, immigration, health care, tax reform...no he hasn't gotten it all done in his first 3 months...but he's moving forward with it as he said he would...more than you can say Obummer did in 8 years
A Muslim who speaks out about any other religion is treated in the press as a poor victim. The butthurt Muslims need to grow a pair, quit whining and try to peacefully coexist with the rest if the world. I am 100% behind Fisher. Day after day we are bombarded by threats against all religions but Islam. We have Muslims murdering innocent people all over the globe. Political correctness and worrying about hurting feelings are ridiculous and have no place in our society. I am disgusted with the religion of Islam, it's practitioners, it's left wing defenders and the brain dead morons who support the likes of the Arab Spring and the Muslim Brotherhood. Fair warning: don't even think about messing with me, my family or those I care about.
I don't like you. I don't want you in my country. I don't respect you and idont have to like you. These are my beliefs and convictions. I have a right to voice them. If you are offended, tough. You offend me every day.
Which if you think about it Melete if you know that they (terrorists) know it too - if you get the drift, So what's the harm of a breather and a little extra vetting space to protect us and yes Melete, even them?
I am at a loss how this has become an all muslim ban in anybodies mind. Perhaps you've got a memo or something some haven't received?
Odd too, nobody in the offended "peaceful muslim" world seems to want to step up say: Heck send them here, we'll take 'em, send us your poor downtrodden etc ... what do they know we don't know?