Teachers in Walker's Ads face Criticism, and then Whine about it!!!

Love the headline:

Union Radicals Harass Teacher Who Dared to Support Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

Poor conservative bullies, the heat in the political kitchen is getting to be too much for one charter school teacher. Keep in mind; since Scott Walker became governor, public teachers in this state have been bullied, vilified, threatened and trashed in the media for standing up for their rights in the workplace and in the classroom. And that doesn't even include losing their collective bargaining rights.

But turnabout is fair play; a conservative charter school teacher and Walker drone, spouting the governors talking points, is whining about how horrible her life is now that she’s taken a stand. Maybe she thought conservatives were exempt from criticism. Get a load of the crap from Breitbart’s Big Government propagandist online tabloid:

Apparently there’s no room for free thought or disagreement within the Wisconsin Education Association Council … not terribly surprising for a group that has to force its members to join. Still, it’s troubling to hear that Kristi LaCroix, the courageous public school teacher who had the guts to film a television ad supporting Gov. Scott Walker’s reforms, is being harassed by union zealots to the point where she wants to change careers. LaCroix recently posted the following on her Facebook page, according a news story from WISN 1130:

“Going through and deleting my daily amount of hate mail that is sent to my work email. I have now been assured, by one of the emails (all of which I forward to my Principal) that there is an online movement called ‘Fire Kristi‘ where they are going to email, post and talk to everyone (telling) millions of stories to ruin my reputation, career and life.“Kind of hard to keep my head up with stuff like this. I have said for a couple of years that I really need to leave teaching. I think that it is time for me to move on.”

That’s a very important point. Kristi admits she’s been thinking of getting out of teaching for a couple of years. Many of the reader comments ignore that fact, and have created a narrative Walker opponents are forcing her out. Point two: Recent research has found charter and private school have a higher turnover rate than public schools. But there’s so much more:

Here’s a sample of an email that’s been sent to LaCroix: “On Facebook there are lots of people willing to join the Fire Kristi movement. You are alone in a wilderness. Your financial help from the likes of the Koch brothers will dry up once your liabilities outweigh your assets, which will be very soon. Your best bet is to start a job search soon. Enjoy your isolation.”

Ouch, tough stuff? Cry me alligator tears. The article goes on to compare the political debate to “bullying.” All the phony outrage:

The disgusting people attacking LaCroix and Rajnicek are probably the same folks who threatened business owners who refused to put anti-Walker signs in their windows, or who terrorized the Catholic elementary school in Milwaukee where Walker read to children earlier this year.

“Probably the same folks?” Like Fox News says, “some people say…” Now for a little conservative projection:

If Big Labor is known for anything, it’s lowering itself to whatever disgusting level is necessary to get what it wants. In the world of collective bargaining and group think, the end always justified the means, regardless of how nasty the tactics might be. Consider the following from her Facebook page:

“I have sat by for my 14 years and have been saddened by the amount of non-learning that is allowed to take place in our school. The unions are destroying public education and it makes me sick … “I just don’t fit in the education system. I would like to actively search for a new job where I can still work with kids and not have to work for public education. I just want a classroom, students and to be left alone to teach.”

Funny, Republicans have done everything they can to not leave the teachers alone. How ironic.