Al Levie

UPDATE: "Wisconsin Activist Teacher’s Paul Ryan Snub Explained," by Kyle Olson.
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Once again, a Leftist Wisconsin teacher behaves disgracefully.

Al Levie joins the ranks of Wisconsin public employees to thoroughly embarrass himself.

Who is this latest embarrassment?

[Al] Levie is a social studies teacher at Horlick High School and is on the state executive board of Voces de la Frontera and the Racine chapter of the NAACP. He is an advisor to the student youth group Youth Empowered in the Struggle.

More:

[Al Levie] works as a community organizer and teacher/program director for the Wisconsin Correctional Service.

Given Levie's radical Leftist resume, I suppose it should come as no surprise that he would behave so boorishly in public.

However, Levie acting in such a divisive, offensive manner at a Martin Luther King Jr. event is really taking his activism to an extreme that should make his fellow Leftists cringe. (The operative word is "should.")

From The Blaze, via Charlie Sykes:

A Wisconsin teacher refused to accept an award from Rep. Paul Ryan during a ceremony last week, saying he couldn’t do so “in good conscience” because of the Republican congressman’s politics.

Al Levie, a high school social studies teacher in Racine, Wis., was one of three recipients of a Martin Luther King Jr. humanitarian award during a celebration honoring the late civil rights leader. Ryan, who represents the district, was on hand to present congressional recognitions to each award winner, the Kenosha News reported:

After Ryan spoke, Levie criticized the congressman’s policies before being walked off the stage. Levie had earlier stated that he would like to see collective bargaining restored in Wisconsin, fair immigration reform and a fair tax system among other suggestions.

In a video of the ceremony, Ryan is seen stepping from behind the podium to hand the award to Levie, who backs away and instead turns to speak to the audience. His words aren’t audible, but according to the video’s captions he said, “I can’t in good conscience accept this award, as a humanitarian, Paul Ryan stands for everything I don’t believe in.”

“Oh come on,” one person is heard saying.

“For the kids!” someone else adds.

...“I would not accept the award from Paul Ryan because Paul Ryan is a lackey for the 1 percent,” he said. “Paul Ryan had no business at a Martin Luther King event, it’s totally hypocritical. On the one hand he votes to slash health care, while on the other hand, King dedicated his life and he died for it, for people to have adequate healthcare, to have adequate jobs.”

“King made it very clear that he was on the side of working people,” he continued. “Ryan on the other hand, he has absolutely no affinity for the working class and for him to come to an event where somebody of King’s stature was honored is wrong.”

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Clearly, Levie doesn't deserve the award.

To publicly display such inexplicable hate for Paul Ryan shows that Levie is no humanitarian and should not have been selected as an honoree.

Obviously, Paul Ryan was invited to the event. He was a guest. Organizers wanted him to be there. When Ryan attempted to present a Congressional Certificate of Recognition to Levie, he snubbed Ryan in an awkward and selfish fashion.

The disrespectful Levie shamelessly put his politics before decency.

Dr. King didn't do that. That was not the approach he took. He appealed to the goodness in others by acting with integrity. Levie showed he lacks the sort of integrity Dr. King possessed.

Wisconsin taxpayer employee Levie embodies the antithesis to Dr. King.

Levie is a terrible role model. It was a mistake to honor a dishonorable man like him.