I was in the middle of writing this post, when I saw
this, and I thought Dug beat me to it. But since he was referring to something
slightly different (and even more ridiculous), I figured I'd go ahead and post this anyway...
As some of you know, the Farmington community is
up in arms over this "leftist, liberal political video" being shown to school kids without their parents permission:
8 comments:
amen brother. be the change.
This has to be less about the content. I hear about most of these things in church on a weekly basis (set aside Deuce and stem cells) and more about who is delivering it.
These likely are the same people who say "Obamination" and compare Obama to Hitler. Direct quotes, btw.
I struggle with all the celebrity because I really don't think great entertainers are of the stature of the presidency. I actually think it dilutes his message. Chili pepper dude kissing his pipes for instance.
My poor 8 year old has already had fun with this. He asked who I voted for and when I said Obama he took it rather personally given the kinds of things that were being said about Obama at Alpine elementary.
BTW, good luck at point 2 point. I really wanted to ride it, but I am still waiting on the thumb.
You makes some good points, I am afraid my (future) kids might follow some of these bad paths and try to end hunger, love more or even scarier volunteering. What happened to being patriotic and supporting our president. I didn’t like President Bush and thought he did a bad job but I still tried to respect him.
The hysteria around President Obama is kind of scary right now. I can’t believe how much he has been hated from the get go. I think the problem is that he is black and unfortunately in America there is still a lot of racism, I think that “whitey (republicans)” think that you can’t trust a black person no matter what.
The first half of the video is full of great pledges that we can all agree are wonderful pledges like be a good mom, be responsible, fight hunger, help the elderly, more service, etc. Then after it lulls you into nodding "yes, yes, that's a great idea and that too is a great idea" the video gets weird with things like "I pledge to flush only after a deuce and not a single" and "I pledge to be a SERVANT to Barrack Obama" (what's up with that?). I have a better idea to save water, why doesn't he go in a recyclable 2 liter bottle for a few days and then when it's full and the time is right, simply pour it in with the deuce (and of course recycle the empty 2 liter).
At the end it's a bit creapy like a bunch of zombies in unison saying their pledge to Obama and "all humanity."
I'm all about taking personal responsibility, serving our country more and pledging to God and country to do better, but pledging allegiance/servitude to Barrack is a bit much to stomach.
bjchild - thanks for the comment. I have to agree about the chant at the end. But I have noticed that for most, chants are only weird when you are not participating in them, or don't agree with what is being said. Shoot, I listened in on a "chant" that happens every Sunday in my church's youth group ("Young Women", if you're familiar with the term), and thought, "man, this is a bit weird, I bet people of other faiths would be totally creeped out by this." My point is, what is weird to me and you doesn't mean that it's necessarily "wrong" or deserving of censorship.
I don't have any problem if you don't agree with every "pledge" in the video. I just don't understand the fear that people have of being exposed to opinions they disagree with.
I disagree that the creators of this video were trying to "lull" anyone into anything. I doubt they said, "hey, we're going to trick people into supporting Obama and stem cell research without them even knowing it!" when they made this video.
If anything, the video seems like a good opportunity to sit down with your kids and talk, rather than getting paranoid and demanding that the principal who showed the video be fired, as some have done.
It seems a non-issue to me as well. Just what is so offensive? Events like this provide opportunities for me to talk with my kids, os the uproar seems misplaced to me.
It's a nice message, but I find it hard to take celebrities serious. If I were the principal I wouldn't show it in school, not because it's "liberal" but because it's not that educational.
If I only flush after a deuce, where's my cat going to get a drink?
Aaron - I agree that it's silly to get worked up about limiting exposure to this video to kids because it has a liberal slant to it. In fact I think it's really important for people to not shelter their kids from differing viewpoints. I had a history teacher once who had the polar opposite views on almost every issue and she certainly wasn't afraid to share them with the class. It was actually one of the best classes I had because it allowed for healthy debate and discussion.
My earlier comment was more just expressing my personal distaste for some of the video's content. I'd love to see "right wingers" come up with a video of their pledges. I'd probably disagree with half of their pledges too.
As for me, I'm going to pledge to ride my bike to work more than one day a week. It would be cool to get one of those snow bikes with the beefy tires and ride during the winter.
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/rocky-mountain-bicycle-show-part-1-22914
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