I was Brainwashed!

[Lakeview Bulldog]

I have just recently completed my highschool education. Over all the years that I attended a public school I have been taught many things. Little did I know was that I was having liberal and socialist beliefs shoved down my throat. Not until about my junior year did I realize what had been done to me. I was taught that homosexuality is not only natural, but that I should accecpt it and respect homosexuals for their courage in coming out. I was taught that it is wrong to display the ten commandments in public for fear of hurting someone's feelings. Like them seeing the Ten Commandments is really going to degrade their life. After all, how many of us have gotten in trouble by following these guidlines? Have you ever been to jail for not killing someone? Have you ever been beaten up for not sleeping with another person's husband or wife? I was taught that we should blindly follow the government. I was taught not to question authority. The children in Nazi Germany were taught not to question authority too, look where that got them. I was taught that the white settlers were wrong for taking the indian's land. I was taught that guns are evil and that guns cause crime. People, guns casue crime like flies cause garbage. I was taught that parts of the US Constitution are obsolete, mainly the second amendment and parts that protect personal liberties. All of these beliefs that were forced down my throat by liberal-socialist teachers are complete leftist propaganda. But years of this type of brainwashing cannot be erased overnight. As part of my therapy to rid my unconscience of this communist nonsense I will be posting essays and inviting discussion. For anyone that believes that they too have been brainwashed in liberal schools I would like to form a group on how to align yourself to a more conservative view and spot liberal ideas, trends and actions that are destroying America. For any who disagree I will be willing to listen to your views. I will not childlishly attack you. I may call you a socialist or an enemy within America's borders. In turn you can call me a conservative, a radical, or a bigot. I expect those types of names from those who have, like me, been victimized and brainwashed. However, unlike me you have not realized what has happened to you. My goal is to point out liberalism and shed the light of truth and democracy on liberals and their radical socialist beliefs. Let the debates begin.

[teufelhunden]

I hear ya. Luckily, I was able to come home to parents who gave me the ability to get the information I needed to make my own decisions.

[vf-xx]

Wow. I never realized that they actually did that in HS. Then again I was always taught to think for myself soooo......

go you!!!

[Koosh]

This sounds like a spam email...

[JoshK]

I am lucky to live in a mostly conservative area, so i have pretty conservative teachers...even if that wasnt true i would say SCREW YOU GUYS, IM GOING HOME!(i know its not the right thing to do)...there are some stupid libs at my school though (mostly kids not knowing the facts)

[Lakeview Bulldog]

Its not so much that I was not taught to think for myself. If you ask them, teachers will tell you that they strive to teach of their students to think for themselves. The problem is they are teaching children a flawed system of logic. If you were to use the system of logic that was taught you would come to only liberal conclusions. So you think that you came to these conclusions yourself, but really you have been manipulated to come to only the conclusions that they want you to have. If a student were to actually come to an idependent conclusion they would be labeled as close-minded by both the student and their peers.

VF-XX: They teach these philosophies in all public schools to a greater or lesser extent.

teufelhunden: How many parents actually take the time to do that for their children?

TheFlamingKoosh: I'm glad you were able to have such a mature and meaningful response to these serious issues facing our country.

[CaptaiN_JacK]

Yea, it's not like political beliefs are opinions or anything. Ignorance is strength! Big Brother 04!

[BobTheCow]

Guys... chill. An opinion's an opinion. I think it's funny how your personal view automatically makes everybody else wrong. No, on second thought I don't, I feel sorry for you. You're contradicting yourself in your own statement. If "keeping an open mind" is really what you're going for here, you'd have an open mind to everything... not just an open mind to whatever goes against the things you've already been taught. Keeping an open mind to anything that happens to be conservative isn't keeping an open mind, it's thinking consertatively. Not saying that's wrong or right, but it IS an opinion, and opinions vary!! Conservative views aren't CORRECT, neither are liberal views. Between the two we can find a balance, a common middle ground.

Sorry for the rant, but I'd like to squash any blind ignorance before it errupts.

**edit** I type too slowly.

[Gitaroo Man]

Nothing wrong with what he said...but i feel like there was so stupid stereotyping in there that wasn't needed

[JoshK]

CJ...you sig confuses me

[steveo356]

Well teachers dotn actualy know what tehre teachin for the most part

they just get text books and tell you what is written so they teach you the biases that are hel in that text.

if you truly want to take things as they are and formulate your own ideas you would have to do that first hand. There a very few completely unpartial people, so its up to u to decide whats right our wrong and what was unjustifilably(that even a word?) tabooed in your public setting by this crappy thing i call "politicaly correct"

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

Yes, alot of teachers instill their political beliefs on their pupils. Of course it is going to happen a decent history course will be objective.

However I for one am about 3 to 3 as far as conservitive vs liberal teachers. One being a former state representative Vincent Persico, and another being a pupil of Mr. Persico's who shared the same beliefs.

This year my history teacher is liberal, but has not really pushed anything on us besides a problem with the no child left behind act testing procedures. My econ teacher is conservative who doesn't attempt to instill his values much, although we just had a "lecture" on abortion, and he does it slightly more so than my history teacher this year.

Since when do liberal preach blindly following the government, out of all the things many call stupid that is not one of them.

Homosexuality an arguement with no answer, don't want to get into that.

Ten commandments display them all you want, on federal property though. Kind of iffy but really I couldn't care less.

Gun control, guns don't kill people, people kill people yada yada yada. But my problem with the assault weapons ban being lifted is what we are doing is making it easier for criminals to obtain more dangerous weapons. What good can come from someone owning an AK-47, over a normal handgun? None in my opinion.

Colombus = very bad man

Back to writing about the great John Marshall

the most influential man in American Law.

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

CJ...you sig confuses me

Read 1984 by Orwell

[BobTheCow]

Well teachers dotn actualy know what tehre teachin for the most part

they just get text books and tell you what is written so they teach you the biases that are hel in that text.

That's a pretty blanket statement... I'll agree that teachers like that exist, sure. There are bums that leak through the cracks in every profession. And although they may be more prevalent in teaching positions, since there seems to be a shortage of teachers as a whole, I don't think you can possibly say "most teachers don't actually know what they're doing." I'm taking AP US/VA Government this year, and my teacher is the leader/sponsor of the Young Conservatives club. I'd consider myself somewhat liberal-leaning, but I've never had any problems with the way he conducts class. He's a smart guy, knows and ENJOYS what he teaches, and keeps things running smooth and unbiased. We learn, and form our own opinions. The beauty of education.

[justjoshin590]

for me it hasnt been specifially liberal or conservative shoved down my throat, its mainly been republic vs democrat, i have even had a teacher call the entire class stupid children, because we did not believe what bush has said, i think this goes well beyond party lines and more into.. well i dont know, but what you said about children in nazi germany being tought not to question authority has something to do with it, we as a generation are being tought not to question the governmeant, or authority of any type, why? i dont know, but it is happening