This reads more like a full moon episode of the Twilight Zone rather than a School Board Mtg, but perhaps I am being overly generous in my appraisal. School Board Trustees frequently develop an unrealistic sense of their of their own self importance and become authoritarian despots in their dealings with members of the public. Russian Philosopher, Mikhail Bakunin captured it best when he said, "he who is given power will inevitably become an oppressor and exploiter of society". Intransigent people are next to impossible to deal with. They are driven by the fear of the opinions of others and are reluctant to leave the safety provided by the herd. Mark Twain put it humorously in another way when he said, "no amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot."
Wow. Kudos to you. We sure have regressed from the multicultural nation PET (yes, he had some good ideas) envisioned to one that is really segregated in thought, word, ideas, and action by race. it's discouraging and disappointing.
Thanks for the link to the Charlie Cheon video. I hadn't heard of this young man before today. Glad to see his video has more than 3.4 million views. (If you have yet to watch it, I might suggest turning the sound down and just reading the titling, because I found the audio was poorly sync'd).
I was just reading a comment thread on FB about reaction to Jully Black's changing the anthem ("Our home on native land"). One commenter -- a white woman -- agrees with others that it was just like land acknowledgements (in that it doesn't change anything), and is reluctant to celebrate it [Jully's wording change] "given the nature of the rest of the anthem." She finishes by saying, "And should I, a Settler, even have an opinion on this?" (This was a serious comment, NOT tongue-in-cheek.)
I presume the "correct" answer to this question is "Of course not! How dare we YTs have an opinion on our national anthem?!"
This reads more like a full moon episode of the Twilight Zone rather than a School Board Mtg, but perhaps I am being overly generous in my appraisal. School Board Trustees frequently develop an unrealistic sense of their of their own self importance and become authoritarian despots in their dealings with members of the public. Russian Philosopher, Mikhail Bakunin captured it best when he said, "he who is given power will inevitably become an oppressor and exploiter of society". Intransigent people are next to impossible to deal with. They are driven by the fear of the opinions of others and are reluctant to leave the safety provided by the herd. Mark Twain put it humorously in another way when he said, "no amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot."
Wow. Kudos to you. We sure have regressed from the multicultural nation PET (yes, he had some good ideas) envisioned to one that is really segregated in thought, word, ideas, and action by race. it's discouraging and disappointing.
Thanks for the link to the Charlie Cheon video. I hadn't heard of this young man before today. Glad to see his video has more than 3.4 million views. (If you have yet to watch it, I might suggest turning the sound down and just reading the titling, because I found the audio was poorly sync'd).
I was just reading a comment thread on FB about reaction to Jully Black's changing the anthem ("Our home on native land"). One commenter -- a white woman -- agrees with others that it was just like land acknowledgements (in that it doesn't change anything), and is reluctant to celebrate it [Jully's wording change] "given the nature of the rest of the anthem." She finishes by saying, "And should I, a Settler, even have an opinion on this?" (This was a serious comment, NOT tongue-in-cheek.)
I presume the "correct" answer to this question is "Of course not! How dare we YTs have an opinion on our national anthem?!"
Woke insanity must be opposed.