YES … IT GOES THAT WAY, TOO
|| By FITSNEWS || This website has repeatedly railed against the indoctrination of students at government-run schools. Although typically the indoctrination we’re railing against involves the attempted deification of leftist leaders like U.S. president Barack Obama.
Hell, we know of several South Carolina government-run schools which teach children Spanish via the Reggaetron “Obama” remix.
Pure indoctrination …
In Texas, however, one government educracy is facing criticism for indoctrination of another sort. Specifically, it’s getting called out for misattributing quotes to famous leaders in an effort to push Christianity on its students …
A public school district in Eastern Texas is under fire amid allegations it made up quotes by famous figures in order to promote Christianity to its students, posting them to the walls of the four schools in the district. The Mount Vernon Independent School District is accused of misattributing quotes to George Washington and Ronald Reagan among others and faces demands to remove the false statements from its walls.
Yeah … that’s every bit as wrong …
The simple solution here? Stop the failed charade of government-run education. Period. Put parents in charge of the tax dollars they spend on education – so they can control how (or if) their children are indoctrinated.
Assuming this reform were coupled with tax breaks for companies (large and small) providing scholarships to low-income students – we’d be looking at the basis of a competitive, responsive, results-driven marketplace – not the increasingly costly, increasingly ineffective government monopoly we’re dealing with now.
Especially in dumb-as-dirt South Carolina.
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“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”– FITS or Nikki Haley (not sure which)
No, it was Brian Williams.
Had to be Obama.
“… ask what you can do TO your country” (Li’l Benito) … how’s that for more accuracy?
That’s it!
Now if this had happened in one of SCs worst in the nation private schools; like Christians R Us White Peoples School, it would be OK. Even if the taxpayers are footing the bill for the student to be there. Because, its ok to lie to kids about who said what as long as you are not in a school building constructed with public money.
I can’t remember ever meeting a black person named “Jack”.
You still haven’t but I’ve now met a racist name Jeebus. Intertubes are pretty cool huh.
Jeebus thinks it’s funny you accuse him of racism even though your diatribe includes reference to “Christians R Us White Peoples School”.
Logs and such. Peace out.
I admit, I intended that as an insult to all the white flight “Christian ” Academies we have all over this state, and whom the voucher crowd want me to help pay for.
So you not being racist, you would feel the same about Black Christian academies getting vouchers as well I would assume.
I would, indeed. i don’t believe in public funding of religious education.
Well then, if you don’t want to be labeled a “racist” might I suggest next time that you simply refer to Christian academies without reference to color.
I have to admit I have never ecountered a “Black Flight” Christian Academy. I’ll have to admit I find it difficult to consider a school created by people who did not want their kids associating with Black children a Christian school, even if they claim to be.
“I have to admit I have never ecountered(sic) a “Black Flight” Christian Academy.”
Well, you haven’t traveled SC enough then. There are definitely predominately black Christian oriented schools, like Benedict college for example.
“I’ll have to admit I find it difficult to consider a school created by people who did not want their kids associating with Black children a Christian school”
Huh, so you are racist.
Well, I won’t judge you for that, but I will point out that there is Christian school in SC that has a provable/documentable restriction on black people.
So this “white flight” you blather on about is dubious at best. Instead, it’s probably a loosely collated group that happen to make up the demographics of a certain area said school location with similar interests/commonalities.
Are you against freedom of association?
If so, let me suggest you take your case to Benedict college first and then work your way around the state complaining about the lack of racial diversity you are concerned with and see how you are received by both blacks and whites and different institutions.
edit: “there is NO Christian school in SC”
I am not black but I am a homo.
Jack, why exactly do you and Boz hate Christianity?You don’t don’t appear to be a Muslim like Obummer.
Did mommy run off with the preacher?
I don’t hate anyone. In fact I attend church regularly. I am not calling out Christians, I am calling out fake Christians.
You are in charge of judging which are genuine and which are fake? I guess you will real name is God.
You will know Christians by what they do, not what they say.
You will know fake Christians by what they do, not what they say.
Since the measuring standard is Jesus, who has passed or will pass the test? Since you are the apparent measurer you need to take the beam out of your own eye first and cast the first stone.
BINGO! That is how we figured out Obama is a ‘closet’ Muslim!
I bet you do. What mosque do you attend?
pogo is the king of the fake Christians.
Will, they do the same kind of shit in private “Christian” schools. And also in the curricula used by a great many “Christian” home-schooling parents. So you are not going to stop political indoctrination through education with vouchers, or by ending the public school system. The Kochs and their ilk will still find a way to use Jesus to push their agenda.
And you damned well know it.
No one’s using me champ.
“all of US pay for it through taxes”….WAHAWAHAWAHAHAWAHAHAHAHA
LMAOLMAOLMAOLMAOLMAOLMAOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!
I was about to say the same thing, Boz.
Public school isn’t going anywhere, but in the cases above, particularly Christian schools, the parents choose how their children are indoctrinated and what flavor. Homeschooling is the same way. I homeschool, but I do not use a religious based curricula. So in the cases mentioned above – the parents do get to choose whether their children are indoctrinated or not.
that’s reassuring…
Do you have children 9″? Do you personally like someone’s views pushed on you or your children (if you have them)? What is wrong with choice?
So many people want to make decisions for others. Push their personal agenda, without permission or right, on others.
I choose freewill. It is a choice.
Boys,
Come on, Jesus is the only political agenda being pushed in school and it’s only the Koch’s and their ilk doing it?!? You need to come with me on one of my high school visits. The current public school curriculum is filled with intentional political and societal biases (mostly liberal), some driven by the administration and board and some driven by the third class students who graduate from most universities with degrees in education.
Where did I say “Jesus it the only political agenda being pushed in school and it’s only the Kochs and their ilk doing it?”
I was merely pointing out that taking government control of education away would never keep powerful forces from using religion for their own political ends. The willful ignorance of the masses makes them like sponges for all grades of snake oil from political hucksters and their propaganda. Nothing speeds up the absorption like mixing it with some form of religion. And don’t forget, hard-core atheist is like a fundamentalist cult in its own way.
Right, left, doesn’t matter. Stoke ’em up with Christ or Antichrist, Islam or Islamaphobia, Theism or A-Theism, etc. — and you can program great masses of them, any damned way you want.
Maybe I don’t understand what this sentence means? “..No matter what we do, or how we vote, the Kochs and their ilk will still always find a way to use Jesus to push their agenda in the schools, just as their bought and paid for preachers do at the pulpits.
Obviously I’m a “boomer” and well remember the days of daily school prayer (Lord’s Shepherd – Protestant version) in elementary school. Being the only Catholic in my elementary school I’d make the sign of the cross before the prayer and did not say the last part because back then we didn’t include that part
I wish I had a dollar for every time someone would ask me ‘why are you making that sign and why don’t you say the last part”? And from time to time some kid would say “My Daddy/Preacher said you Catholics are going to hell for worshiping statues” then we’d get in a school yard fight (if it was a guy) and usually I ended up getting a paddling for kicking the kid’s ass – I don’t ever recall losing.
Later on when I played varsity football I’d make the sign of the cross before the “prayer” and would routinely get a ration of shit from someone on the sidelines if it was an away game.
I NEVER,EVER compromised my faith but I sure learned some valuable life lessons from those days.
As far as I’m concerned keep overt organized religion (from ANY domination or religion from public schools) and banners like the one in the picture have no place in a public school. Private religious schools of any faith – go full steam
And as everyone knows, as long as there is calculus and organic chemistry there will be prayer in schools………………..
We said the Lord’s Prayer before every game/meet I ever played in high school (baseball, cross country, swimming and a season or two of football – I was way to skinny for varsity football).
I know we had a couple of Catholic kids and two Jews who could “…knock the cover off a baseball…”. I’d bow my head and close my eyes and generally say a silent prayer of my own. I never paid any attention to what anyone else did, never cared – always thought that was between them and the Lord.
I don’t like any of them, or any of their agendas. I want other choices
Jesus was a communist.
Conventional wisdom says he was a carpenter but there is no real Biblical evidence of that either…
His economic objective was for people to share common resources – from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
His Dad’s government required everyone to leave 10% of his total income to the poor – both those who were members of the state, and those who were strangers. The citizens of the state were required to house and feed the stranger.
In his parables, he used the example that everyone he hired was given the same amount, regardless of the amount of time they worked, and it was referred to as a “good” conscience.
He also referred to the pathway for the rich to enter heaven was to give ALL they had to the poor, and follow his teachings.
Finally, he referred to HIMSELF – in his afterlife glory – as THE POOR, THE JAILED, and THE SICK…. he judged ALL NATIONS, saying “whatever you did FOR THEM, you do FOR ME”
You want children in SC to be as dumb as their parents ?
Just check the date. 6 days into August and Folks ain’t paid the mortgage yet. Got to crank up his worn out voucher scam diatribe to pay that mortgage so Ms. Folks will get off his ass. Hell, he has another mouth to feed on the way and educate. He needs us to pay those bills also.
Christians have saved more people than you, Obama, Stalin and Hitler have killed, or let die.
The ignorant are always easily fooled. It’s why the evil target the stupid like FITSNews. Stalin persecuted Christians like you. And Hitler hated the Jews.
So far the US has not been stupid enough to hate Christians like you hate them. Maybe you should move to Russia or Tehran. You’d fit in better there.
GT, you would be the most like Stalin if you had any control over ourveducation system. Now, go suck on something.
Quotes Most likely to be seen at RNC headquarters
“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” Karl Marx
Ha, good one! One of my favorite Jefferson quotes.
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.”
–Mark Twain
That’s the problem with internet quotes, you never really know who said it.
–Abraham Lincoln
“Don’t Try”-Charles Bukowski
Four schools in Texas an Fits and Boz are in a lather.
How about PBS glorifying the Black Panthers in a new film?
A group that killed more of it’s own members than the PIGS did.
A group that killed more police than the police killed Panthers.
A group that torchered its own members with boiling water.
A group that mistreated women and promoted their second class status.
A group that abused children and took no responsibility for their own children.
PBS “Whitewashes all negative traces of the Panthers and portrays the police and FBI always in a negative light as if the Panthers were not a legitimate threat.
This link is not from a conservative site either.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/25/whitewashing-the-black-panthers.html
You seem to be in a lather yourself.
It is my strong belief – shouldn’t be in a public school. Put it in private, homeshool or churches, but not public schools.
I think the Black Panthers has been talked to death, are you suggesting we should have a KKK film? I’m guessing there are already several out there.
Other than “Birth of a Nation” Curtis 1915, I’d challenge you to find one documentary, not produced by the KKK, that portrays the Kluxers in any positive or even sympathetic manner. I’ve made my loathing for Kluxers clear but the Black Panther Party (new and old) are equally vile.
Republicans are more vile.
I did note the “other” but in all honesty, I typically don’t watch tv that is toxic. I won’t be rushing to watch the Black Panther movie I read about on this site. My contention is this — people have a right to produce whatever movie they want, as long as it is on a “private” dime. People have the right to display any religious memo’s on a “private” dime. Private means that as a taxpayer, I am not paying for something that goes against my beliefs, nor is anyone else. If someone chooses to go to a Black Panther or even a KKK movie, as long as the government isn’t funding it – I could care less.
My issue with religion in schools, has been the same for years and years. I grew up with prayer in school as well as the pledge of allegiance. It was fine FOR the time. Times are changing and what many people fail to understand, if we allow religious symbols in public schools, the we also must embrace Muslim religion and Sharia Law. It will come to that.
I personally prefer to keep religion out of school, unless it is private or homeschool. For those who argue otherwise, it will be the religious bane and possibly a religious war. We don’t want that.
Truth is, no one would pay attention to movies like this, but they are spread by people like BT on social media for reasons I have yet to understand. Perpetuating the hate?
Let it breathe….