Romney=KKK

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http://m.nbcphiladelphia.com/nbcphilly/pm_108054/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=Q1itPwJc&rwthr=0

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A Philadelphia high schooler says she was humiliated after her teacher told her to lose her Gov. Mitt Romney T-shirt comparing it to “wearing a KKK shirt.”

Samantha Pawlucy, a 16-year-old sophomore at Charles Carroll High School in the Port Richmond section of the city, says she wore a pink Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan T-shirt last Friday during the school's dress down day.

No one made an issue of Samantha’s political T-shirt until she got to geometry class.

"The teacher told me to get out of the classroom, I said no," Samantha said.

"She told me to take off my shirt and said that she has another one if I need one. And then the teacher asked me… 'are your parents Republican?' I said, 'I don't know.' She said that's like her wearing a KKK shirt."

Samantha was so embarrassed by the public criticism in front of her classmates that she told her parents she didn’t want to return to school.

"I didn't know what to think, I didn't think it was right at all."

They requested a meeting with the principal and the teacher. The teacher apologized to Samantha and her parents saying that the statement was meant as a joke.

"It was funny to her but I was really embarrassed," Samantha said.

"If it was a joke between two adults, I can take a joke like that but (Sam) didn't know how to take it, she doesn’t understand, she actually thinks she did something wrong," father Richard Pawlucy said.

"I can just picture her sitting there feeling ashamed for just wearing a T-shirt," said her mother Christine Pawlucy. "That someone could spin that and throw it back on a 16-year-old child and make her feel so terrible."

A spokesperson for the Philadelphia School District tells NBC10 the teacher was transferred to another classroom as the district investigates the incident.

[Cobraman]

I don't think kids should wear any political shirts to school. They are too young to make their own informed opinion anyways. she obviously has no idea

are your parents Republican?' I said, 'I don't know.

It just creates unnecessary conflict. I guess that doesn't really directly respond to the situation, but just my .02

[Geor!]

Statement made as a joke my ass. More like your ass is on fire and you're making a shitty excuse.

[ceyko]

I don't think kids should wear any political shirts to school. They are too young to make their own informed opinion anyways. she obviously has no idea

are your parents Republican?' I said, 'I don't know.

It just creates unnecessary conflict. I guess that doesn't really directly respond to the situation, but just my .02

I'm torn on this one. On one hand, kids are little jack asses and need to be controlled a little bit. On the other hand they need that little bit of freedom.

I guess I'll side with you in this case. Mainly because I feel you're correct and they really don't have their own opinion. Even that one intelligent little girl (can't remember name, does youtube videos), I agree with her and her patriotism, but she has no real life experience quite yet.

[Geor!]

I don't think kids should wear any political shirts to school. They are too young to make their own informed opinion anyways. she obviously has no idea

are your parents Republican?' I said, 'I don't know.

It just creates unnecessary conflict. I guess that doesn't really directly respond to the situation, but just my .02

Are you going to vote this year?

[Cobraman]

Are you going to vote this year?

Probably, yeah. Not that big of a priority yet. Still young and malleable, want to make an informed decision. this year I'll probably just vote to say I did it.

[EW]

I don't think kids should wear any political shirts to school. They are too young to make their own informed opinion anyways. she obviously has no idea

are your parents Republican?' I said, 'I don't know.

It just creates unnecessary conflict. I guess that doesn't really directly respond to the situation, but just my .02

Make no mistake, if she had worn a BHO shirt, there would have been no problem and the teacher would have praised her.

[Cobraman]

I don't think kids should wear any political shirts to school. They are too young to make their own informed opinion anyways. she obviously has no idea

are your parents Republican?' I said, 'I don't know.

It just creates unnecessary conflict. I guess that doesn't really directly respond to the situation, but just my .02

Make no mistake, if she had worn a BHO shirt, there would have been no problem and the teacher would have praised her.

I don't doubt it. Obviously if you aren't for one side, you are for the other. lol

[Geor!]

Probably, yeah. Not that big of a priority yet. Still young and malleable, want to make an informed decision. this year I'll probably just vote to say I did it.

I think you're too young.

[Unicorn Jeff]

Make no mistake, if she had worn a BHO shirt, there would have been no problem and the teacher would have praised her.

x2, Even though she really shouldn't be wearing that... That teacher can go jump off a fucking cliff. Comparing Romney to the KKK? Are you fucking KIDDING ME?

[GeorgeG.]

How is deciding to wear a Romney tshit vs. a Obama tshirt not an opinion? She may not know every little detail about what a politician stands for but if she agrees with just one issue from any given politcal candidate, then she's free to form her own opinion....she just can't vote.

[CWO]

so was the teacher...uh... "of color"?

[Cobraman]

Probably, yeah. Not that big of a priority yet. Still young and malleable, want to make an informed decision. this year I'll probably just vote to say I did it.

I think you're too young.

Do you guys not read?? haha.

[Geor!]

Do you guys not read?? haha.

I read just fine. Do you not know what an opinion is?

haha.