Fredericksburg.com - Boycotting Obama's school speech: Is 'ignorance' 'strength'?

search local
Follow us on Twitter Find us on Facebook

Get a printer-friendly version of this page. E-mail this story to a friend.
Make a post about this story on FredTalk.

Recently, President Obama delivered a televised speech to school students about the importance of education.
Jacquelyn Martin/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Visit the Photo Place

Boycotting Obama's school speech: Is 'ignorance' 'strength'?
Boycotting Obama's school speech: Is 'ignorance' 'strength'?
Date published: 9/24/2009

Recently, the president spoke to the youth in our country. While not political in nature, the speech was boycotted before the president's words were even uttered.

Not only were they ignored, but they were ignored by the use of lies, disrespect, and prejudice.

Children are malleable and moldable; they make decisions based on what they hear, read, and see. An education instills multiple perspectives so that people can make their own decisions.

In order to assist our youth, it is important to give them truthful information. It is one thing to disagree with politics; it is quite another to abuse a reputation out of false information.

As adults and responsible citizens, it is our duty to stay informed. Fox News, MSNBC, and other extreme TV programs are sources of entertainment, not news. News is fact, not editorial.

George Orwell wrote a magnificent book titled "1984." This piece of literature is a cautionary tale against Big Brother and other forms of oppression. Big Brother's mantra is "War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength."

What can ignorance achieve? Is it responsible for "news sources" to tell us to stay ill-informed? Who are we warning our children about, and who is Big Brother?

Censorship and its darkness should never be tolerated in such a free society.

Melissa Bates

Spotsylvania



Date published: 9/24/2009



Most recent reader comments:

Viewing 5 out of 26 comments. (Sorted in reverse order, with most recent post at the top.)

Display comments on this page. | Sort:

PLEASE READ: These reader comments are not moderated. Each user is solely responsible for any message (s)he posts here. The Free Lance-Star does not endorse the views expressed within these comments. All users who post to this Web site must agree to the terms of the FredTalk User Agreement. We rely on our readers to police themselves, and report any content that violates our User Agreement. In accordance with our User Agreement, we reserve the right to remove any post at any time for any reason, and will restrict access of registered users who repeatedly violate our terms. Any reader can report inappropriate content by clicking the "Report this post to admins" link at the bottom of each comment. You need not be registered to report a post.

Why do you look at guys who are hung, Mandrake? (posted by Chiswald , Sep. 26, 2009 3:08 pm)    0 likes
If you witness an execution, you might see someone hanged!

hehe last time I looked (posted by Mandrake , Sep. 26, 2009 1:36 pm)    0 likes
the guys who molded young minds according to official government policy were hung at Nuremberg. And that was only a small part of their job, unlike you Professor Chiswald who do that as a full time job..but what the heck, the "fairness doctrine" is only applied by the winners and if losers do it then they are pitiful crybabies.. Write a song for the children in New Jersey Professor..oh I forgot..they already have one. OH OH Obama is great, a gift from above...halleluja halleluja

Spoooooky Mandrake....Oh so SCAAAAARY! (posted by Chiswald , Sep. 25, 2009 9:58 pm)    0 likes
Eek! Perpetrators!

School is not a place for molding young minds (posted by Mandrake , Sep. 25, 2009 4:53 pm)    0 likes
to view the world through the prevailing prism selected by politicians. Party affiliation of the perpetrator is irrelevant. There should be no songs praising Obama, Bush or anyone else in grade school or any grade until the empty little brains have the ability to reason and come to rational conclusions.

Think About it (posted by raymaelynn57 , Sep. 25, 2009 3:53 pm)    0 likes
The dems trashed Bush Senior. Here is a man who devoted his entire life to public services "ACTUALLY SERVED' in the military and got elected as president and vice president. Some idiots dissed his speach to school kids. You would think ignorant aholes would have learned from that and not do the same thing to Obama. America is full of ignorance. If you think that is an unpatriotic statement, I don't care, ignorance abounds in this nation.

What do you think?
Enter your FredTalk username and password to post a comment on this story. If you are registered on FredTalk or another part of this site, use that login here. Otherwise, you can just REGISTER here... .

Posting guidelines

1. Be respectful. No personal attacks.
2. Please avoid offensive, vulgar, abusive, hateful or defamatory language.
3. Agree to read & follow THE RULES.
4. Use the "report to admins" link for posts which violate the rules. 5. Keep it on-topic. Posts which contribute nothing of value to the conversation will be deleted.

Username:
Password:

Post title:


Please keep it brief (Limit is 512 characters). Please note, attempts to circumvent this limit by making
multiple posts back-to-back (ex: 'continued', 'part1, 2', etc) will be deleted.

Please make sure CAPS LOCK is off. Posts in ALL CAPS will be deleted.)


By checking this box, you agree to the terms of the FredTalk User agreement.









The Free Lance-Star fredericksburg.com 93.3 WFLS Print Innovators Classic Rock 96.9 99.3 The Vibe wntx radio