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Timberlane Regional Highschool Teacher Praised Death of Charlie Kirk
- Chris Thompson
- Sep 11
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 12
PLAISTOW— A Timberlane Regional High School English teacher is facing backlash after a social media post in which he said he was "glad" about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Ed Tinney, who is listed in Timberlane High School’s staff directory as an English teacher, wrote in a Facebook post that circulated Thursday that America has never been a "civil society" and ended the message by saying, “And, yeah, I’m glad he’s dead.”
The post also criticized what Tinney described as systemic discrimination in America, citing poverty, race, gender, and sexuality. “Citizens are killed every day because they’re poor, they’re Black, they’re homeless,” Tinney wrote, before noting he had been fired in a past job “for being gay.”
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His remarks drew immediate reaction online, with some commenters supporting his perspective and others condemning it as inappropriate for a teacher.
A request for comment was sent to Timberlane Regional High School regarding Tinney’s employment status.
The comments come amid heightened political tensions following Kirk’s assassination earlier this week. Conservatives have argued that incidents of political violence disproportionately target figures on the right, pointing to recent attacks on Republican leaders.
I hope he wasn’t fired considering he was using his right to free speech, which Charlie Kirk actually advocated for. You can’t pick and choose who gets free speech and who doesn’t. If Charlie had a right to his views that you all loved so much than this man has a right to voice his views as well. Hypocrites saying otherwise are ridiculous.
His new pronouns are un/em/ployed
Ed Tinney was not fired from STA for being gay, this is a fact and he is spreading misinformation. He was fired for pushing the use of pronouns in a Christian school. His vitriol knows no limits and I am glad his hate speech is no longer associated with STA or Timberlane. Shame on your hateful rhetoric!
Fire him. Don't want him teaching my kid
Fire him. It's time to make leftist have consequences for their actions. It's time to feel what conservatives have had to deal with for the past 10 years and feel afraid to speak their facist socialist beliefs for fear of repercussions.