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MERCENARY IN FIRST CLASS THAT
MAKES YOU MORE SCARED.
>> I'D RATHER NOT BRING UP BILL
O'REILLY RIGHT NOW.
FROM CON-AIR TO CON KIDS.
HIS SUPPORT OF NICK GAVE HIM A
FIT.
A 15-YEAR-OLD KID SAID HE WAS
BULLIED IN SCHOOL BY TEACHERS --
YES, ADULTS -- BECAUSE HE'S A
REPUBLICAN.
HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS TEA PARTY
SPEECHES.
OVER THREE YEARS, TEACHERS
SCOLDED HIM FOR HIS OPINIONS.
HERE HE IS DESCRIBING THE
HARASSMENT HE FACED.
>> SHE WENT DOWN AND WENT UP AND
WENT DOWN.
NOT ONLY CAN I SAY IT --
>> I APOLOGIZE, THAT WAS THE
WRONG TAPE.
CAN WE SEE THE MEGAN KELLY
INTERVIEW?
S THE WORST THING, AGAIN, WAS
WITH MY ENGLISH TEACHER.
HE HAD A DAY IN CLASS EARLY THIS
YEAR WHERE HE DECIDED TO TELL ME
THAT SMALL BUSINESS WORKERS AND
OWNERS TAKE OFF FRIDAYS AND
SUMMERS.
HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE WORKED
HARDER THAN MY DAD.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO STABILIZE HIS
FAMILY WORKING FOR THE TEACHERS,
SO HE HAD TO WORK IN THE SUMMER
PAINTING HOUSES.
>> HE'S MORE TUCKER CARLSON THAN
TUCKER CARLSON.
THE YOUNG MAN ALSO TALKED ABOUT
THE EFFECT THIS HAD ON OTHER
STUDENTS.
>> WHAT WORRIES ME IS THE OTHER
STUDENTS.
THE OTHER STUDENTS HAVE TO SIT
THROUGH THESE CLASSES AND HEAR
THESE TEACHERS HAVE THESE VIEWS
ABOUT SCOTT WALKER AND MITT
ROMNEY, BUT THEY ALSO SEE
ANOTHER STUDENT GETTING HARASSED
OR BULLIED AND THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
AS A STUDENT, IT IS SCARY TO
STAND UP TO A TEACHER.
>> TUCKER, BY THE WAY, WE'RE
JOKING ABOUT THIS.
BUT REALLY, HE IS A MODERN
VERSION OF THE REBEL.
WHAT HE'S DOING IS MORE
NONCONFORMIST THAN A GOTH OR A
BIKER AND HE'S IN A WAR ZONE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT HIM AGAINST
STUDENTS BECAUSE STUDENTS DON'T
CARE.
WHAT HE'S DEALING WITH, AND I
KNOW THIS PERSONALLY BECAUSE I
HAVE A NIECE AND A NEPHEW IN
HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE IN JUNIOR
COLLEGE, THAT DEAL WITH THIS ALL
THE TIME.
IT'S THE TEACHERS DOING IT, IT'S
NOT THE STUDENTS.
>> I HAVE THREE TEENAGERS.
I SEE THIS KIND OF THING ALL THE
TIME.
>> YOU HAVE KIDS, TOO.
AND THREE OF THEM ARE TEENAGERS.
NO, I MEAN, THIS KID HAS SOME
HUEVOS.
I'M DEFINITELY IMPRESSED.
IF THERE IS AN ARGUMENT AGAINST
TENURE, IT BEGINS HERE.
APPARENTLY THE TEACHER SWORE AT
HIM, ATTACKED HIM FOR HIS VIEWS.
>> DID YOU LOOK LIKE THAT WHEN
YOU WERE YOUNGER?
>> YEAH, WELL, I'VE ALWAYS HAD
SHAGGY HAIR, JUST BECAUSE THE
LADIES LIKE IT.
>> HE'S LUCKY IF HE GROWS UP TO
LOOK LIKE YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE A
BOYISH DEMEANOR THAT SEEMS TO
SURVIVE.
>> I'VE HAD A TON OF WORK DONE.
A TON.
I'M NOT KIDDING.
IT'S EXPENSIVE.
>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
>> DIANE, HE'S CLEARLY OUTSPOKEN
ABOUT HIS VIEWS, SO SHOULD HE
EXPECT FRICTION BECAUSE OF THAT?
>> NO.
IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER HE'S
INITIATING THESE CONVERSATIONS
OR NOT.
I THINK THE PROBLEM IS TEACHERS
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AT LEAST MY
EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
TALK ABOUT POLITICS EVEN IN
CLASSES WHERE IT HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH POLITICS AT ALL.
YOU'RE IN ENGLISH CLASS AND
THEY'RE SOMEHOW TALKING ABOUT
OBAMA, OR IN MY CASE, CLINTON.
SO I THINK IT'S INAPPROPRIATE
FOR TEACHERS TO TALK ABOUT
POLITICS WHERE IT DOESN'T
BELONG.
AND I THINK PARENTS AND STUDENTS
SHOULD BE MORE VOCAL ABOUT IT.
I'M GLAD THIS KID IS SPEAKING
OUT AND I WISH THEY WOULD DO THE
SAME.
THEY'RE LEARNING TO DO IT AT AN
EARLY AGE, SO THIS KID IS
GETTING A HEAD START.
>> BROOKE?
>> THEY'RE LEARNING TO DEBATE.
>> I HAVE A THEORY, BROOKE, THAT
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR A REPUBLICAN
KID OR A CONSERVATIVE TO BE A
VICTIM OF BULLYING BECAUSE THEY
ARE EXEMPT FROM THAT.
IF YOU BULLY A GOTH OR IF YOU
BULLY A LIBERAL, BUT YOU CAN'T
BULLY A REPUBLICAN BECAUSE
PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE MEAN,
ANYWAY, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT, THAT'
HYPOCRISY.
I APPLAUD THIS YOUNG MAN FOR
WHAT HE'S DOING RAISING
AWARENESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND
HOW CONCERNED HE IS ABOUT THE
WELFARE OF OTHER STUDENTS.
A STUDY AT HARVARD IS COMING OUT
WITH A STUDY THAT 70% OF
STUDENTS IN LAW SCHOOL ARE LEFT
BEING HARASSED FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WE'RE SEEING VIOLATIONS OF THESE
STUDENTS' CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER
TITLE 6.
THAT IS WHY MY NEXT BOOK COMING
OUT IS ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR
RIGHTS ON CAMPUS.
IT'S CALLED THE STUDENTS' GUIDE
TO HARASSMENT ON CAMPUS.
WATCH OUT FOR IT, IT'S COMING
OUT.
>> BILL, LET'S TALK ABOUT LITTLE
TUCKER FOR A MOMENT.
LITTLE TUCKER, DO YOU THINK
CELEBRITIES WHO DO THOSE "IT
GETS BETTER" THINGS WILL EVER DO
"IT GETS BETTER" FOR LITTLE
TUCKER?
>> NO.
IF YOU'RE AN OUTSPOKEN ADULT,
MAYBE YOU HAVE SOME GUTS.
IF YOU'RE AN OUTSPOKEN KID,
YOU'RE A BRAT.
THAT TELLS ME HE WASN'T JUST
SITTING IN THE CLASS WITH A
FLAG, HE WAS INSTIGATING, AND HE
WAS INSTIGATING WITH BASEBALL
CARDS.
IF YOU DON'T THINK THIS KID IS A
JERK, I HAVE TWO WORDS FOR YOU:
JONATHAN CROHN.
>> TOUCHE, THAT WAS WOUNDING.
I DIED A LITTLE BIT INSIDE.
>> MY KID WHO IS OPINIONATED
ABOUT ANYTHING --
>> BILL, LET ME MAKE A
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THAT.
JONATHAN CROHN WENT OUT AND
SPOKE.
THIS GUY IS TALKING ABOUT BEING
IN A CLASSROOM WHERE LIBERAL
TEACHERS ALWAYS BOTHER YOU.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF HE HAD BEEN
TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE, HE
WOULD BE BELOVED.
>> OH, OF COURSE, IF HE WERE
LEADING THE TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
RALLY OR TALKING ABOUT AIDS
AWARENESS OR THE TRANSGENDER
MOVEMENT, THIS KID WOULD BE --
>> BUT ONLY WITH HIS TEACHERS.
THIS KID IS 15.
NOBODY LIKES SOMEONE WHO IS THAT
POLITICAL AT THAT AGE.
>> I THINK HE'S ACTING UP
AGAINST TEACHERS.
I KNOW -- AGAIN, I DO HAVE A
NIECE AND NEPHEW.
I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP.
THEY DO TELL ME STORIES AND IT'S
LIKE STORIES THAT ARE OFTEN
ENDING WITH, GREG, GET OUT OF MY
BEDROOM.
BUT, ANYWAY, THE STORIES ARE
THEIR TEACHERS TALK ABOUT GLOBAL
WARMING AS IF IT'S FACT AND TALK
ABOUT BARACK OBAMA AND THEY TALK
ABOUT HOW MITT ROMNEY IS A JOKE
DURING THE ELECTION.
IT'S LIKE THIS KID MAYBE HAD
ENOUGH.
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A BREAK.
SCINTILLATING CONVERSATION, BY
THE WAY.
>>> IS IT TIME TO GET A NEW
HOBBY?
BUT FIRST, SHOULD OUR MILITARY
SAY SEE YA WHEN IT COMES TO
NORTH KOREA.