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Post by freecharlie on Jul 4, 2020 16:01:53 GMT
I know there is another thread on his speech, but this just pisses me off to no end.
I happen to love my country. I feel like I am very patriotic, more so than some of my left leading friends would like.
I stand for the national anthem, say the pledge every school morning, am respectful on memorial day and veterans day, tear up at our national monuments, fly the flag at my house. I respect our laws and work to make our country better. I believe people can have differing opinions and still love our country.
Now I'm not saying if you don't do any of those things, you aren't patriotic. I think it can be different things for different people.
But my examples are often what is thought of as displays of patriotism. They are things that conservative personalities get hung up on.
And to basically accuse me, my profession, of teaching my students to hate this country??? What the fuck does he know!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2020 16:05:11 GMT
What the fuck does he know! Nothing. |
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Post by Merge on Jul 4, 2020 16:07:16 GMT
Guess all the time I’ve spent teaching the national anthem, America, and a buttload if American folk tunes is because I hate this country.
But hey, if it gets all the Trumpers to pull their kids out of public schools, good riddance.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 4, 2020 16:17:33 GMT
Guess all the time I’ve spent teaching the national anthem, America, and a buttload if American folk tunes is because I hate this country. But hey, if it gets all the Trumpers to pull their kids out of public schools, good riddance. can you imagine the lack of education they would receive In my small town, the 7th grade social studies/science teacher had my son convinced that evolution was a hoax. I went through the roof. He also had to teach evolution (but as i said really showed the "other side") and there were parents pissed that he was teaching them humans came from monkeys, not God and that was unacceptable |
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Post by ashley on Jul 4, 2020 16:22:36 GMT
I think that’s code for “teaching students to think and not uphold traditional ideas that suppress minorities, and probably women too, and propagate systemic racism”.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 4, 2020 16:53:29 GMT
I will repeat what I said on the other thread. HE is projecting what HE has done and will continue to do while he is in office! His values, interests and goals, NOT ours! He is the hater of the United States of America, just look at his heros from the confederacy to Putin, Xi, MSB, all dictators and autocrats!
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Post by purplebee on Jul 4, 2020 19:19:53 GMT
He is infuriating. We say the Pledge, including “under God” every morning at the Primary School where I work, and have for the 20 years that I’ve worked there. We honor veterans, have a large American flag displayed in our lunchroom, and NEVER have I ever heard one word disparaging the USA from a teacher.
But the memes and statements from the “patriots” will be flooding FB this week.
If anything, his regime has made me think twice about any personal displays of flag/red white and blue/patriotic shirts in fear that I might be thought of as a trump supporter!
I despise him with every fiber of my being....
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 4, 2020 19:25:25 GMT
He is infuriating. We say the Pledge, including “under God” every morning at the Primary School where I work, and have for the 20 years that I’ve worked there. We honor veterans, have a large American flag displayed in our lunchroom, and NEVER have I ever heard one word disparaging the USA from a teacher. But the memes and statements from the “patriots” will be flooding FB this week. If anything, his regime has made me think twice about any personal displays of flag/red white and blue/patriotic shirts in fear that I might be thought of as a trump supporter! I despise him with every fiber of my being.... our flag is flown. I still love my country. I just hate this administration and I am hoping it is changed soon |
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Post by sleepingbooty on Jul 4, 2020 19:36:14 GMT
Patriotism does not give the current, past or future governments of a country a free pass. Patriotism isn't blind following. Patriotism is working to make your country better than it has been and is. It's shaping the course of where it's going without negating where it has been.
You can come from a country where horrors have happened and still love it dearly. That doesn't annul those horrors nor does it lessen the impact they've had. It is only through objective analysis of said horrors that you can work to collectively heal from them as a stronger, happier, more united country.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 7, 2020 18:44:25 GMT
Trump’s pushing for schools to reopen. In fact, they must reopen...
Is that so I can push my liberal agenda and teach students to hate America?
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Post by auntkelly on Jul 7, 2020 19:08:06 GMT
I know there is another thread on his speech, but this just pisses me off to no end. I happen to love my country. I feel like I am very patriotic, more so than some of my left leading friends would like. I stand for the national anthem, say the pledge every school morning, am respectful on memorial day and veterans day, tear up at our national monuments, fly the flag at my house. I respect our laws and work to make our country better. I believe people can have differing opinions and still love our country. Now I'm not saying if you don't do any of those things, you aren't patriotic. I think it can be different things for different people. But my examples are often what is thought of as displays of patriotism. They are things that conservative personalities get hung up on. And to basically accuse me, my profession, of teaching my students to hate this country??? What the fuck does he know! I think you have every right to be angry. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jul 7, 2020 21:31:26 GMT
The Daily had a podcast today that talked about this speech. I started it but couldn’t even finish because I was getting so mad about it. He is just such a horrible person.
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