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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SB1467, American Taliban's latest assault on teachers

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SB1467, American Taliban's latest assault on teachers:

SB1467, American Taliban's latest assault on teachers

If SB1467 becomes law in Arizona, the state's public school teachers could be fired for engaging in “speech or conduct that would violate the standards adopted by the federal communications commission concerning obscenity, indecency and profanity if that speech or conduct were broadcast on television or radio.”

Because the language in the bill doesn’t distinguish between public speech or conduct and just plain old speech