You do attract your fair share of freaks here too Vinny.

Anywhere at all.

You fucking moron. If it makes you feel better, keep rocking. Painting me as a partisan is probably the most hysterically idiotic comment of all..

Period.

So taking out the “they aren’t teaching it so they’re learning on their own” line, where are they getting the info from?

Mind you this is a yes or no question.

Just a thought.

Either way, however it’s worded, the end result should be that 100% of students think government should have no say in the press.

It isn’t.

That’s disturbing no matter how it’s phrased.

Our youth need to learn that America is great only so long as she is a beacon of freedom. However, children are rarely taught about the great aspects of America because teachers seem to be leary of brain-washing them. Instead, we get poorly educated children developing into ignorant adults who tow the party line (Left or Right, depending on your skin color, neighborhood, and a few other superficial factors) , rather than think for themselves.

Currently, with no media campaign promoting it, over a third of our youth would permit strong government censorship of news outlets. Dear God!!! With some encouragment, that number would surpass the half-way point faster than John Kerry could switch sides on the issue!

We’re screwed

-Bob

Second, I didn’t say anything about “alleged conservative teachers.” I’ll take out the parenthetical aside about “NO conservative teachers” so it makes more sense:

You think there’s some concerted conspiracy from “liberal educators” to shy away from teaching kids about freedom of speech, in order to ensure a future where they march lockstep with the government?

You seem to agree with this hypothesis, no? Don’t teach the kids about history so they won’t know about freedom of speech so the won’t question what their government tells them.

Does any of that sound even REMOTELY progressive to you? Don’t you think that those damn liberal teachers would have their students learning to question EVERYTHING? To NEVER blindly trust in their own government?

In Bob’s defense, poll after poll taken of College/University faculty show that over 80% of them identify themselves as democrats/progressives! I haven’t seen any polls of High School teachers, but I would bet that the results would be similar if not as extreme. Also your comment about alleged conservative teachers ensuring that kids march lockstep with the government, the article specifically stated that 36% of the students believe that newspapers should get “government approval” of stories before publishing. I doubt very much that those 36% are all being brainwashed by conservative teachers. Liberals/progressive college administrators are the ones who constantly try to ban “politically incorrect” speech on campus, as well as trying to ban conservative college newspapers. Today’s students are taught very little about the constitution, the federalist papers, and the bill of rights, teaching them these things would highlight the accomplishments of dead white men, which is a no-no in today’s academia.

I hate those goddamn liberals.

I hate those goddamn liberals.

In Bob’s defense, poll after poll taken of College/University faculty show that over 80% of them identify themselves as democrats/progressives! I haven’t seen any polls of High School teachers, but I would bet that the results would be similar if not as extreme. Also your comment about alleged conservative teachers ensuring that kids march lockstep with the government, the article specifically stated that 36% of the students believe that newspapers should get “government approval” of stories before publishing. I doubt very much that those 36% are all being brainwashed by conservative teachers. Liberals/progressive college administrators are the ones who constantly try to ban “politically incorrect” speech on campus, as well as trying to ban conservative college newspapers. Today’s students are taught very little about the constitution, the federalist papers, and the bill of rights, teaching them these things would highlight the accomplishments of dead white men, which is a no-no in today’s academia.