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CptSternn · 09-10-2009, 12:41 AM

The whole speech contreversy is quite absurd. As I mentioned earlier, every president since FDR has done this without all the drama surrounding it this time.

I do find this to be the a most ironic thing that will turn around and bite the right-wing in the arse later.

Think about it.

Half the schools in America BANNED the viewing of the President's speech. Outright banned it. They had teachers telling students, and I quote, it was 'evil' (NBC News did a big piece on it).

So you have teachers banning this speech, along with a boat load of right-wing parents, many who kept their kids HOME from school because their school was going to show this speech.

That right there makes it the most interesting thing kids have seen all year. I mean, shitloads of news coverage, protests, parents pulling kids out of school just to avoid having them hear a speech. Thats gotta be one life changing speech, one would think. God only knows what the kids are thinking, right?

So of course kids now want to hear it, and sooner or later they will find out the whole speech was about...staying in school and getting good grades. Wow, talk about a let down.

Then the question arises, why was the speech so bad? Kid will be thinking maybe the message wasn't important? I' m sure that won't be the case for all, but you can bet some kids will walk away thinking that school is somehow brainwashing them and authority figures like the President should be ignored, and messages like stay in school are not important.

And the right-wing have now unintentionally created a group of left-wing thinkers.

More importantly, once they figure out the whole controversy is much like the 'dont smoke pot because its evil' argument, you can bet a large chunk will be into experimenting in other taboos, since this like many other arguments you hear from adults when youre a child are bogus.

It seems this sort of behaviour will be quite counter-productive in the long run for the right-wing nuts who are trying to force their agenda on the children.

I mean, you can only tell a child not to do things so many times and tell them NOT to listen to people before they get curious and start opening their minds.

By implanting the seeds of insurrection against this President at such a young age you can bet they will take this with them through life, questioning all authority and their 'right' to ignore what authoritarian figures have to say.

09-10-2009, 12:41 AM	#45
CptSternn Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,587	The whole speech contreversy is quite absurd. As I mentioned earlier, every president since FDR has done this without all the drama surrounding it this time. I do find this to be the a most ironic thing that will turn around and bite the right-wing in the arse later. Think about it. Half the schools in America BANNED the viewing of the President's speech. Outright banned it. They had teachers telling students, and I quote, it was 'evil' (NBC News did a big piece on it). So you have teachers banning this speech, along with a boat load of right-wing parents, many who kept their kids HOME from school because their school was going to show this speech. That right there makes it the most interesting thing kids have seen all year. I mean, shitloads of news coverage, protests, parents pulling kids out of school just to avoid having them hear a speech. Thats gotta be one life changing speech, one would think. God only knows what the kids are thinking, right? So of course kids now want to hear it, and sooner or later they will find out the whole speech was about...staying in school and getting good grades. Wow, talk about a let down. Then the question arises, why was the speech so bad? Kid will be thinking maybe the message wasn't important? I' m sure that won't be the case for all, but you can bet some kids will walk away thinking that school is somehow brainwashing them and authority figures like the President should be ignored, and messages like stay in school are not important. And the right-wing have now unintentionally created a group of left-wing thinkers. More importantly, once they figure out the whole controversy is much like the 'dont smoke pot because its evil' argument, you can bet a large chunk will be into experimenting in other taboos, since this like many other arguments you hear from adults when youre a child are bogus. It seems this sort of behaviour will be quite counter-productive in the long run for the right-wing nuts who are trying to force their agenda on the children. I mean, you can only tell a child not to do things so many times and tell them NOT to listen to people before they get curious and start opening their minds. By implanting the seeds of insurrection against this President at such a young age you can bet they will take this with them through life, questioning all authority and their 'right' to ignore what authoritarian figures have to say.