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RUSH: This is – looks like Lillia, I never heard that name, Lillia in Palm Beach.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, sir. Hi.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thank you for taking my call.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You bet.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I am a high school senior this year, and I have been bullied for the past three years by liberal teachers because I\u2019m conservative.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n

CALLER: And, you know, I\u2019ve had issues this past year with a teacher who had a Che Guevara flag hanging in her classroom and, you know, now I\u2019m editor of the school newspaper, and I was wondering if I would be able to ask you a few questions and run an article about it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, you want to interview me right now for an article for the school paper?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Absolutely. In fact, I\u2019ll tell you what. Let me take a brief obscene profit time-out right now so we\u2019ll have a little bit more time for this when we come back, okay?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay, thank you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And I\u2019m not even going to cheat and ask you in advance what the questions are.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n

RUSH: All right? See, this is great. Way to go, Snerdley, this is a perfect Open Line Friday call. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, now back to Lillia in Palm Beach, editor of her school paper. She wants to ask me four questions for an interview in the paper. Welcome back, Lillia. What\u2019s the first question?<\/p>\n

CALLER: How do you feel about First Amendment rights for students in a public classroom?<\/p>\n

RUSH: How do I feel about First Amendment rights for students in a public classroom? <\/p>\n

CALLER: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, now, this is interesting. The First Amendment says that the ‘government\u2019 cannot do anything to abridge your speech. It doesn\u2019t say that your teacher can\u2019t. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It doesn\u2019t say that your boss can\u2019t. There are many instances in a workforce or in a classroom or any other place where you can\u2019t say certain things if you want to remain either an employee or a student. Could you be a little bit more specific? Is your teacher denying somebody or you or your classmates an opportunity to say what you really think?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I have been singled out by teachers. You know, I quit Latin after two years because my teacher would call me out in the middle of class. She told me to not listen to my parents because their conservative views are wrong. So that and the censorship with the newspaper, too. We run into that a lot.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, these are good life lessons for you. You\u2019re gonna run into people that want to censor you throughout your life. Political correctness is all about censorship. There are a lot of people who simply don\u2019t want to hear what they don\u2019t agree with, or they don\u2019t want to hear things that will challenge the little cocoon in which they live that has their little worldview. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I would try to rise above this. I know it\u2019s infuriating, and I know that it\u2019s gotta be very offensive to boot, to have a teacher tell you to forget what your parents are telling you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But there are certain things that you can do at the moment, and certain things that you can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n

RUSH: This, I think, is a teachable moment for you because these kinds of things are going to happen to you as you continue to study. In fact, as a conservative and the more outspoken you are, the more there will be attempts to shut you up or to intimidate you or what have you. Learn to deal with it now and do not fall prey to it. Do not let them shake your faith in what you believe. Do not let this teacher shatter what you know to be right. You have to deal with her because right now she is the person of authority in that classroom. You can test it. You never know. This teacher might be testing you. She might be wondering how far she can push you before you\u2019ll rebel against her. She may be trying to get you to do that. These are things I don\u2019t know; I\u2019m not in the classroom with you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But you have to respect the authority and the circumstances that you\u2019re in. I had a similar circumstance to you in a math class junior high. I just had a personality conflict with the teacher. I just couldn\u2019t handle it. I was close to flunking out, and I would call every night the head of the department, another teacher whose class I wished I was in, and she would tell me how to solve the problems. She said, ‘The important thing here is for you to learn the math. If this teacher is not helping you to learn the math, I\u2019ll do it.\u2019<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: The important thing for you here is to learn. This is a great learning opportunity for you here. Don\u2019t let it shatter your belief in yourself. What\u2019s the next question?<\/p>\n

CALLER: How do you feel about First Amendment rights for teachers?<\/p>\n

RUSH: The First… (laughing)<\/p>\n

CALLER: (giggles)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, the third question is how do I feel about First Amendment rights for who else? What\u2019s the third question?<\/p>\n

CALLER: The third question is: How can we push back against the liberal monolith?<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s what I do. <\/p>\n

CALLER: (giggles)<\/p>\n

RUSH: What\u2019s the fourth question?<\/p>\n

CALLER: So many kids think that being liberal is cool and hip and whatever. What can we do to combat that?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. Let me try to combine questions two, three, and four.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n

RUSH: First Amendment rights of the teacher. She runs the classroom. She has whatever First Amendment rights that she wants. She can run that classroom however she wishes. When you get to college, you\u2019re gonna run into some college professors who will be merciless to you. If you become a lawyer you\u2019re going to have a judge, have a series of judges and you can\u2019t do anything about it. You have to do what they say. They run the courtroom. It\u2019s part of life. Now, what can you do about kids who think that being liberal is cool? What can you do to combat it? Laugh at them. Mock them. Make fun of them. <\/p>\n

CALLER: (chuckles)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Ridicule is the single greatest rapier. Ridicule is the single best way to embarrass somebody and get other people laughing at them. Whatever you do, do not be defensive. Don\u2019t let them set the agenda. Don\u2019t let them let you always be reacting or responding to what they do. Be on offense. Be assertive. Be confident. If they say something you disagree with, laugh at them, tell \u2019em you feel sorry for them. <\/p>\n

CALLER: (chuckles)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Tell \u2019em when they figure it out better you\u2019ll be happy to talk to them but you don\u2019t have time for him right now. Snerdley, would you get her number? We\u2019re going to call you next week when we have more time. I\u2019m out of time now, Lillia, but I want to talk to you further about this. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay!<\/p>\n

RUSH: These are great questions you\u2019ve got and I would like to have a little bit more time with you, okay?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That would be wonderful.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wonderful. We\u2019ll do that next week.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, just one thing before we get outta here: If I\u2019m Lillia\u2019s parents and she comes home and says the teacher is telling her not to listen to me and her mother, I go to the school. I mean, that is intolerable. I go to the school and I get that rectified. But we\u2019ll talk to her more next week about this, because this all goes back to being in the big clique, not being in the big clique. How do you survive? She\u2019s in the right place at the right time and I\u2019m going to tell her that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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