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Fired for Tweets

A former history teacher at Huntington High School claims in a federal complaint that she was fired for using her personal Twitter account to tweet and retweet anti-Muslim comments, including calling President Obama a “Muslim douchebag” and calling Muslims “the enemy.”

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — A former history teacher at Huntington High School claims in a federal complaint that she was fired for using her personal Twitter account to tweet and retweet anti-Muslim comments, including calling President Obama a “Muslim douchebag” and calling Muslims “the enemy.”

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