Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Sixth-Graders: Brainwashed or Brainwashing?
I'm feeling kind of proud of my neighborhood today. (First heard about this story on the Mike Malloy show.) There's a bit of a hubbub because a local sixth-grade class, as part of a social studies assignment, wrote letters to a 20-year-old American soldier stationed in South Korea, and soon to be deployed to Iraq.
Well, it seems that the youngsters were not interested in toeing the politically correct line:
The soldier's response to the letters is as sad as it is loathsome. This strikes me as mind-bogglingly depressing:
But then there's this:
Oh, it would "mess up your head"? Pussy. Liar.
No doubt these same parents marched through the neighborhood crying out to all the children that Santa Claus isn't real. Asshole.
It boggles your mind that children could think. Stupid asshole.
posted by Blicero : 2/23/2005 12:44:00 AM
Well, it seems that the youngsters were not interested in toeing the politically correct line:
Filled with political diatribes, the letters — excerpts of which were printed in yesterday's Post — predicted GIs would die by the tens of thousands, accused soldiers of killing Iraqi civilians and bashed President Bush.
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In an accompanying letter to Jacobs, Kunhardt had written that the students "come from a variety of backgrounds and political beliefs, but unanimously support the bravery and sacrifice of American soldiers around the world."
"Support" was not the word that came to Jacobs' mind when he read the letters.
One girl wrote that she believes Jacobs is "being forced to kill innocent people" and challenged him to name an Iraqi terrorist, concluding, "I know I can't."
Another girl wrote, "I strongly feel this war is pointless," while a classmate predicted that because Bush was re-elected, "only 50 or 100 [soldiers] will survive."
A boy accused soldiers of "destroying holy places like mosques."
The soldier's response to the letters is as sad as it is loathsome. This strikes me as mind-bogglingly depressing:
Uplifting letters from children are dear to soldiers, Jacobs said. He looks at a batch he got from a Girl Scout troop from his hometown of Middletown, N.J., whenever he feels lonely.
But then there's this:
"If I were in Iraq and read that the youth of our nation doesn't want me to be there and doesn't believe in what I'm doing, it would mess up my head," Jacobs said.
Oh, it would "mess up your head"? Pussy. Liar.
"I want to think these letters were coached by the teacher or the parents of these children," Jacobs said in an interview from Camp Casey, Korea.
No doubt these same parents marched through the neighborhood crying out to all the children that Santa Claus isn't real. Asshole.
"It boggles my mind that children could think this stuff."
It boggles your mind that children could think. Stupid asshole.
posted by Blicero : 2/23/2005 12:44:00 AM
