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The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Fired for Speaking at a School Board Meeting

The Michele Tafoya Podcast

Salem Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary, Society & Culture

2.4590 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Meet Janet Roberson, a realtor who was fired by real estate company Compass for the crime of speaking out — politely, calmly, and professionally — about sex education in her kids’ school district.

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0:00.0

Welcome to another episode of the Michelle Tofoya podcast. I'm a big freedom of speech absolutist, really.

0:09.1

People ought to be able to say whatever they want, no matter how unpopular it is.

0:13.9

That is the bedrock of a free society, being able to say whatever you want, wherever you want, whenever you want. Now, there's that thing about

0:22.3

yelling fire in a crowded theater, et cetera. Yeah, that's, we know. That's not really part of the deal,

0:28.5

although I don't know that it's illegal. Anyway, our guest today is a mom who went to exercise her

0:35.6

freedom of speech at a school board meeting.

0:42.5

Now, what happened to her next can either scare you or it can inspire you.

0:45.5

And my hope is that it inspires you.

0:47.4

Janet Robertson is next.

0:50.7

Welcome to the Michelle Tofoya podcast.

1:00.1

So gender ideology has become this big thing in American schools.

1:04.4

Ideology is not a science.

1:13.6

So while kids are failing in reading and math and science and civics, they're learning all about the multitudes of genders that are available to them in this non-binary society we find ourselves in.

1:20.0

Well, some parents are pushing back, including Janet Robertson. She lives in Benicia,

1:24.9

California, which is in the northern part of the state, and she decided to speak to her school board about how she disagrees with this ideology being

1:34.4

brought into lower schools, elementary schools, middle schools, even to a certain extent in high

1:40.3

school, where certain things are being discussed now that a lot of parents are uncomfortable

1:45.2

with. She spoke professionally, eloquently. She even got the notice of Elon Musk, which will

1:52.5

show you a little bit later. But Janet Robertson is going to tell her story. And I hope it inspires

1:58.4

more parents to rally around people like Janet or even rally around people you disagree with because that's what the First Amendment is all about.

2:08.3

You'll want to hear her story. She's really a remarkable person. She is going to join us in a matter of moments.

2:13.9

First, that dark spot on your face or the liver spots on your hands, your neck, your chest,

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