Francois wrote:
As I said, my intent was not to misrepresent what he said. I said it multiple times. I took his comment as a F U to the teachers, and thus indirectly telling them to kiss his ass.If my friend was talking to a bunch of young military recruits, and he said "Some of you are only here for the prestige and glory. You aren't here for the right reasons so you are a disgrace and mock us all." Do you also take that to mean he is calling ALL of the recruits or all service members a disgrace? Is that a big "fuck you" to the rest of them? Or is he specifically identifying a small select few?
I find it very difficult to follow your logic. He said "To them I say, unashamedly,..." And in the preceding sentence he identifies the "them" as those specific people who want to use this situation for political gain. I've no earthy idea how you take that comment to be a broad brush against the teachers and their union.