# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)

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**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/5657 "2025-10-02T19:01:15Z")

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> [@Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-1/931945/7849):
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> When this story first broke, I predicted that the school district would hear, either directly or via the media, from Dolly herself. To the best of my knowledge, that hasn’t happened.
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> [Hearing set on Waukesha teacher who criticized 'Rainbowland' ban](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2023/07/03/hearing-set-on-waukesha-teacher-who-criticized-rainbowland-ban/70303330007/)
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> ETA, now that I see the preview, I should explain. The teacher was relieved of her duties after criticizing the school for banning a Dolly Parton song…almost certainly for no reason other than that the title has the word Rainbow in it.

Update on this case. As it turns out, you don’t have Freedom Of Speech when that speech bothers someone else.

> **[Federal judge dismisses Melissa Tempel's lawsuit against the Waukesha School...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2025/10/02/federal-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-the-waukesha-school-district/86474684007/)**
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> Melissa Tempel claimed her firing was in retaliation for comments she made on Twitter.

> In her Sept. 29 ruling dismissing the lawsuit, Judge Nancy Joseph wrote that although Tempel was speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern, because her tweet disrupted the district’s operations, its interests took precedence in this case.

> Joseph said she ruled that, in this case, balance favors the Waukesha School District in its operations over Tempel’s interest in expression

The disruptions the judge is referring to are:

> -district staff receiving vulgar phone calls, voicemails and emails  
> -the necessity for additional police presence at Heyer Elementary for one week after spring break and two days at the district’s office  
> -multiple emails from staff and parents concerned about school safety  
> disharmony among Heyer Elementary staff members.

This seems like bullshit to me since these disruptions weren’t about the song, they were about the teacher tweeting that the song was removed. IMO, had the school left the song in the program, none of this disruptions would’ve happened.

It’s like asking someone to leave the library because they’re yelling and screaming and making a scene after you kicked them in the shin.

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