Patriotism or Propaganda?
A school in Utah is apologizing for showing a video titled "I Pledge" at an elementary school assembly after an activist called it "propaganda."
The argument is that it only shows one side of a number of issues, and in that respect I can certainly understand the criticism. However, the video includes clips of various celebrities making generic pledges to make this country better, specifically by volunteering, helping to eradicate hunger and slavery and protecting the environment. Other than a clip of Anthony Kiedis pledging to help Barack Obama, there's very little that's inherently political or partisan.
But the fact that the president of the Utah Eagle Forum wou;d call this propaganda shows how some people are still turning some universal concerns into political wedge issues. It's propaganda to pledge to drive slower so you use less gas? Isn't that being fiscally responsible? It's partisan to volunteer your time to UNICEF? When did UNICEF become a liberal group? It's propaganda to raise awareness of autism?
After seeing the video, I decided this isn't a case of a video being one-sided. It's a case of our democratically elected president calling for action from Americans, and a group that opposes him ideologically and can't get on board with even the most vague pledges because they don't like the guy we elected. I'd like to know what he would have done if the kids had seen a video from George W Bush calling for increased military service. Is that right-wing propaganda?
But let me open it up to all of you. Watch the video and let's discuss whether it's partisan or whether it's the president asking Americans to get involved in public life.
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- News Source: United Press International | 2 months agoThe principal of an elementary school in Farmington, Utah, says she is sorry for showing students a video an activist dubbed "propaganda." The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday that Eagle Bay Elementary School Principal Ofelia Wade has apologized for...
- News Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune | 2 months agoHe said the PTA board chose the video and Wade did not see it before it was shown in the assembly. "It got to a point where she turned to her assistant and said, 'Oops, I wish I would have seen this before...He said Wade could see how some adults...
- Blog Source: thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.comA school principal has apologized for showing a video at an assembly that a politically conservative group leader is calling "radical, leftist propaganda." Children at Eagle Bay Elementary School in Farmington were shown a short video called "I ...
- Blog Source: voice-of-deseret.blogspot.comObama Worship: Utah Eagle Forum Objects To "I Pledge" Barack Obama Propaganda Video Shown To Eagle Bay Elementary School Students In Farmington, Utah · Eagle Forum Utah is upset over a Barack Obama propaganda video shown to students at ...
- Blog Source: www.diggersrealm.comOfelia G Wade, principal of Eagle Bay Elementary School in Utah, is apologizing - after the fact of course - for showing a severely pro-Obama and left wing cause video to an assembly of elementary school children. The video is...
- Blog Source: www.bloggingmps.comGayle Ruzicka, president of conservative Utah Eagle Forum, said the video was blatantly political. She said other offensive pledges included, "I pledge to be of service to Barack Obama," "I pledge allegiance to the funk, to the united ...
- Blog Source: blogs.sltrib.comFortunately, Utah Eagle Forum President Gayle Ruzicka is around to protect the innocent from such agiprop videos. "It's very inappropriate to show a radical, leftist propaganda piece that political to children. ...
- Blog Source: www.blogula-rasa.comA video shown to Utah elementary students urges them to pledge allegiance to the united funk of funkadelica. Typical wingnuttery ensues. Parents upset over 'leftist propaganda' video – Salt Lake Tribune ...
How dare that school try to raise awareness of problems facing the world and US? How dare it open up kids' eyes to the possiblity of helping people around them? It is our jobs as Americans to screw everyone to the top of the pecking order. It is our right as AMericans to not care about others. Where is the other side of the argument in the video. Where is the celebrity tell the kids to stab the person to the left of them? WHere is the celeb saying, "I pledge to be pist, all the time and at everyone, especially happy people"? Screw the old people with alzhiemer, eff those hippies in the hybrid cars and get the hell off the road if you're driving at the speed limit. How dare that person say he was going to represent the U.S. with dignity? What were they thinking when they showed a video to the kids, showing a multicultural group of celebs talking about doing good in the world. Are all of them even legal? Serve Obama, that's totally biased, where's the celeb that wants to assassinate him? Oh and kids, don't turm the lights off in your house, run up that electricity bill. While you're at it, open all the faucets in your home too. Waste it's your right and obligation. (This was all sarcasm, btw)
The republicans are a bunch of haters and morons, if they back this sort of thinking.
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