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Wasn't it TS who asked "When do we declare America dead?"
Well, I guess you can say she's on life support now.
This is NU-FVCKING-BELIEVABLE !!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:
Students Choose a Patriotic Theme For Dance…So Their School Cancels It Because It’s ‘Offensive’
A Massachusetts high school is having a serious debate over the theme of a scheduled dance.
According to WHDH, students at the school in Lexington said that the school administration canceled their ‘American pride’ dance because it may exclude other nationalities.
The ‘American pride’ theme received the most votes from the Lexington High School dance committee. Despite this, the administration is standing behind its decision, saying it’s are willing to tweak the theme in order for ‘everyone to be included.’
Assistant Superintendent Carol Pilarski defended the administration’s decision:
“Given the diverse demography of our community it was suggested by the advisers that the students come maybe national pride theme so they could represent their individual nationalities.”
Students, like Sneha Rao, expressed surprise:
“People consider America to be a melting pot, so the fact that it was even considered offensive is what people are a little surprised about.”
The town of Lexington is famous for being one of the birthplaces of the American Revolution. The Battle of Lexington and Concord, the first engagement between British troops and American colonists, took place there in 1775.
Link with video of actual MSM video attached .... http://www.ijreview.com/2015/03/277752-high-school-dance-theme-got-canceled-offensive/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic&utm_content=conservativedaily&utm_campaign=Culture
More Brain Dead Academics.......
This is America not Iran, Egypt or any other country.
What is wrong with the Academic community from west coast to the East Coast.....
Guess the administration went to Berkley....
Cross thread points..
The Reaper
03-23-2015, 20:38
If their countries of origin were just as good a place to live and be proud of as the U.S., why are they here, and not back at home?
Those men who put their lives on the line at Lexington and Concord and who fired the shots heard 'round the world must wonder what we have done with their legacy.
TR
Often times...people are just plain stupid.
This is one of those times.
Here is the link with the emails, phone number and extensions to the Lexington Public School staff directory.
http://lps.lexingtonma.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=959
Drop them a note or give them a call and let them know just how WE THE PEOPLE feel about their asinine decision.
American Pride & Other Nationalities
Do they have students who are not American citizens?
Or are they saying the Hyphen-Americans would feel left out of an American Party.
All I have to say about crap like this is *insert offensive cultural statement rife with profanity*
...that's just my opinion though.
Oh, and go fuck yourself Massachusetts, your entire state offends me. Using the term "New England" does not include those from old England. What if I prefer "new Scotland or new Germany? You non-inclusive hypocritical yankee fucks...
...that's why it took the Sox 80 years to win a pennant.
PedOncoDoc
03-24-2015, 07:19
All I have to say about crap like this is *insert offensive cultural statement rife with profanity*
...that's just my opinion though.
Oh, and go fuck yourself Massachusetts, your entire state offends me. Using the term "New England" does not include those from old England. What if I prefer "new Scotland or new Germany? You non-inclusive hypocritical yankee fucks...
...that's why it took the Sox 80 years to win a pennant.
I always appreciate your reserve when commenting on these subjects. :D
Hopefully the Superintendent also is refusing and state and/or federal funds so as to not offend those benefiting from our system who don't identify as American. Fucking morons....
At least the Prom-munism, a Communist-themed high school prom dance, was changed to just a prom. Though, it appears the backlash was from outside the school district.
School votes for communism-themed dance dubbed ‘prom-munism’
Seniors at a New Mexico high school have voted to hold a prom with a communism theme, which they’ve dubbed “prom-munism.”
Source (http://krqe.com/ap/school-votes-for-communism-themed-dance-dubbed-prom-munism/)
No more ‘prommunism’ for Albuquerque seniors
Seniors at an Albuquerque high school whose plans for an unusual prom theme sparked interest and criticism from around the country have landed on a new prom theme: Prom.
Source (http://krqe.com/2015/03/10/no-more-prom-munism-for-albuquerque-seniors/)
Javadrinker
03-24-2015, 08:32
It is Commachusetts, you know home to Kerry, the Kennedys, Barney, Liz Warren, morphed from the days that WE all know from the Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord and the shots heard around the world ... those brave men and women have turned over in their graves at their state and its representatives.
Well now, looks as if the school administration caved in and "listened to the students" and the original patriotic themed dance is back on.
:lifter
In spirit of Revolutionary War, students win right to hold “American Pride” dance
Patriotic teenagers in the birthplace of the American Revolution held their ground and fought back attempts by school administrators to cancel an “American Pride” dance on April 10 and replace it with a more inclusive event.
Students at Lexington High School in Massachusetts said the administration had canceled their plans for a red, white and blue dance because it excluded other nationalities. Instead, the administration suggested a more inclusive “National Pride” dance.
“It was suggested by the advisors that the students come in – maybe (a) National Pride theme so that they could represent their individual nationalities,” Asst. Supt. Carol Pilarski told television station WHDH. “Maybe it should be more inclusive and it should be ‘National Pride.’”
Word of the administration’s objections to an American-themed dance spread across town like the shot heard round the world.
“(It’s) a lot of hypersensitivity to being politically correct,” one student told the television station.
“People consider America to be a melting pot,” said another student. “So the fact that it was even considered offensive is what people are a little surprised about.”
Principal Laura Lasa told me the April 10th dance had never been canceled. They merely wanted to “dialogue” with students about inclusivity.
“We were in a conversation with the kids about how the theme would be presented so that we could make sure that it was inclusive to all students,” Lasa said. “they took that as being told they could not.”
In other words, the grownups in the room tried to talk the kids out of paying homage to the red, white and blue.
“We want to make sure kids do not feel they can’t go to a dance because of whatever the theme is,” she said.
Over the weekend, Lasa said administrators listened carefully to the feedback they received and on Monday, March 23 they decided to let the kids stick with the “American Pride” theme.
“We’re supporting that student decision,” the principal told me.
Notice how she phrased that – the “student” decision?
“We’re going forward with supporting their theme of American Pride,” she added.
Again, notice the emphasis on “their” theme? It’s not the school’s theme. It’s the students’ theme. Heaven forbid the administrators be caught trying to promote American patriotism.
“We’re being mindful of the fact that we want kids to have pride in America, and also the fact we have students from all over the world that move to Lexington,” she said.
First it was the Red Coats – and now the good people of Lexington have to fight off an invading horde of un-American educators.
Where’s Paul Revere when you need him – riding through the countryside shouting “The liberals are coming. The liberals are coming.”
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/03/23/in-spirit-revolutionary-war-students-win-right-to-hold-american-pride-dance/
Well now, looks as if the school administration caved in and "listened to the students" and the original patriotic themed dance is back on.
:lifter
Which is why I think it is better to give the stakeholders of an academic institutions the opportunity to work things out for themselves. By attempting to elevate a local issue to a national stage, some Americans have undermined the students' ability to solve their own problems. They will never know if their victory was because of what they did or if it was because of the public outrage.
It is fashionable in many circles on both sides of the aisle to complain about kids being "entitled" and yet it is okay to take away their opportunities to fail and to succeed.
My $0.02.
Which is why I think it is better to give the stakeholders of an academic institutions the opportunity to work things out for themselves. By attempting to elevate a local issue to a national stage, some Americans have undermined the students' ability to solve their own problems. They will never know if their victory was because of what they did or if it was because of the public outrage.
It is fashionable in many circles on both sides of the aisle to complain about kids being "entitled" and yet it is okay to take away their opportunities to fail and to succeed.
My $0.02.
Or, maybe, "elevating the local issue to a national stage" is what actually prompted them to take action.
Just my opinion but leaving children to "work things out on their own" when dealing with adults like Assistant Superintendent Carol Pilarski is what allowed the Pied Piper of Hamlin to march off with a town full of children.
The only difference between liberal academia and the Pied Piper is the way they are dressed...
...most of modern academia is obviously using a pipe when they deal with Americas youth
Public opinion obviously carried more weight with the administrators than the opinion of their students. The students were not undermined by outside interference, they were bolstered by it.
Public opinion obviously carried more weight with the administrators than the opinion of their students. The students were not undermined by outside interference, they were bolstered by it.If your eloquently phrased interpretation is accurate, then what is the difference between bowing to public opinion and bowing to "political correctness"? Is one term used when the preferred outcome is achieved and the other when it isn't?
Old Dog New Trick
03-24-2015, 14:52
I fear that all this "inclusivity" in identifying with all things not Red, White and Blue, is going to make our National Flag - Black.
Oh wait that all inclusive color is currently beings used by another group. Sh!t. :rolleyes:
Just a thought but political correctness is generally seen as deliberately modified behavior to avoid the possibility of offending someone. Bowing to public opinion can include a wide range of different reasons to capitulate. If Chick-Fil-a decides to start selling sandwiches on Sunday it could be said that they bowed to public opinion. I like chicken sandwiches but not enough to harangue the Chick-Fil-A folks.
Not watching Willy Wonka or The Wizard of Oz because they exploit the poor oppressed height challenged Oompa Loompa's and ridicules the residents of Oz that are forced to live without hearts, brains, or courage is bowing to political correctness.
Respectfully, I would submit that suggesting "bowing to public opinion" and "bowing to political correctness" are interchangeable terms under the circumstances is somewhat of a straw man argument.
The students from Lexington High School in Massachusetts desired to have an "American Pride" themed prom.
The last time I checked this is still America, we still have a national Anthem, a Pledge of Allegiance, and a National Flag. The idea that High School kids decided Sua sponte to have an American themed prom is commendable in my opinion.
...mileage may vary, but I think its good to see young people show a little national pride every now and then. These kids aren't talking about some wild jingoistic sacrifice to the god of American Xenophobia.
They wanted to have a fucking red white and blue prom theme. Hooray for them
Enter the PC wary proxy conscience us of these young people in the form of Assistant Superintendent Carol Pilarski and her ridiculous sounding comment that other students might be offended by an "American pride" themed dance because it may exclude other nationalities.
...here are some other red, white, and blue national flags:
Australia
Cambodia
Chile
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Faroe Islands
France
Haiti
Iceland
North Korea
Laos
Liberia
Luxembourg
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Puerto Rico
Russia
Samoa
Schleswig-Holstein
Serbia
Sint Maarten
Slovakia
Slovenia
Taiwan
Thailand
United Kingdom
...how much more goddamned inclusive does Assistant Superintendent Pilarski's think these kids need to be before they have met the high water mark of prom tolerance? Even King Jung Un could show up in a red white and blue tux and display his national pride.
Don't get me wrong, I would say that a tempered amount of political correctness is ok and maybe even just another way of demonstrating good manners...
Telling a "your mama is so fat" joke in a public setting around strangers in a loud boisterous voice isn't just busting the rules of "PC"; it also qualifies as rude and disrespectful behavior.
-Trying to hide your enjoyment of a comedian that tells fat jokes because you are afraid that people might accuse you of being anti-fat is bowing to PC
-Owning a comedy club and booking that same comedian because your patrons want to see him tell fat jokes is bowing to public opinion
In the business world bowing to public opinion is more commonly known as serving your customers. Like it or not, the school works for the kids NOT the other way around.
...just my opinion
miclo18d
03-24-2015, 18:15
And such a good opinion it is, sir! Bravo, bravo! Well said!
Which is why I think it is better to give the stakeholders of an academic institutions the opportunity to work things out for themselves. By attempting to elevate a local issue to a national stage, some Americans have undermined the students' ability to solve their own problems. They will never know if their victory was because of what they did or if it was because of the public outrage.
It is fashionable in many circles on both sides of the aisle to complain about kids being "entitled" and yet it is okay to take away their opportunities to fail and to succeed.
Having BTDT - I agree.
Richard
I always appreciate your reserve when commenting on these subjects. :D
ROTFLMAO :lifter