Student fights for the right to be 'right' -SFGate

[Rose Siding]

Tim Bueler, like many cocksure 17-year-olds, is strident in expressing his political beliefs.

And to him, the Republican Party leans too far to the left.

That was the spark that launched his Conservative Club at Rancho Cotate High School in the Sonoma County town of Rohnert Park and ignited two months of rhetorical ugliness on campus. It also put him on the conservative talk show circuit, including an appearance Thursday on Fox television's "The O'Reilly Factor."

It all started on Dec. 3, when Bueler posted a flyer announcing a new "Conservative Hot Line" for the 1,800 students at his high school. It encouraged students to call the hot line to report "un-American comments expressed by your liberal teachers."

"Let's take a stand against the liberal traitors who call themselves teachers," the flyer urged.

Two days later, an anonymous teacher drafted a response proposing a "Liberal Hot Line," which parodied the tone of Bueler's missive.

"Let's take a stand against the neo-conservative wing-nuts who call themselves Americans," the flyer declared.

Things could have stopped there, but backing off, apparently, isn't in Bueler's nature. So, a week later, he fired off another newsletter.

"Liberals," it pronounced, "welcome every Muhammad, Jamul and Jose who wishes to leave his Third World state and come to America -- mostly illegally -- to rip off our health care system, balkanize our language and destroy our political system."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/31/MNGTG4MBG31.DTL

holey moley

[Seldona]

1. And his thoughts on Bush's immigration policies?

Seems to me this young dittohead better check with party headquarters before spewing his nonsense.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

2. So when is he going to shave his head and start carrying around swastikas?

After all, these sound EXACTLY like the kind of things neo-Nazis say...

It amazes me that the US has gone so far right, that such sentiments don't push this kid onto the fringe but propel him into the mainstream talk show circuit. Truly astonishing.

Of course the typical hypocrisy of the right rears its ugly head when Savage claims that liberals are trying to "stifle his voice", even though this all started with this kid trying to stifle liberal voices!

Remember what happened to the kid who wore an anti-Bush shirt to school? Compare the school's reaction to that, with the reaction to this kids rhetoric, and tell me, who is stifling who?

[Sterling]

4. His latest statemet was clearly racist.

Expulsion is in order. It seems like he might be home schooled anyway.

[shanti]

6. there are definitely pockets of

"aryan" or white supremacist groups in this area of northern california. the rural areas appeal to them.

[Chico Man]

5. His head is already shaved (nt)

[Faygo Kid]

3. He makes a good BushBot

If Bush, Cheney, et al, are to implement their neo-con dreams, they will need their Brownshirts. Tim Bueler will no doubt be on the front lines on their behalf.

[Moderator]

7. Duplicate

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