Tucker Carlson on Schools Banning Best Friends

originally posted by: odzeandennz
it goes from one psych's opinion, then for the sake of partisanship, slowly goes to "society, swj, libs, dems, and the left '

.. why cant the discussion be about psychology instead of attacks for party affiliations...

originally posted by: ChaoticOrder
Tucker recently just did an interview with a psychotherapist who was trying to promote the idea that kids having best friends is "exclusionary" and may cause some kids to feel left out, so the best way to deal with this is to ban best friends and encourage kids to have a large group of friends. Tucker makes some very good points to counter her insane arguments, pointing out that marriage could also be considered highly exclusionary but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing.

Even the psychotherapist admits that kids who have best friends grow up to be more mentally stable and have lower levels of anxiety than those who don't. Yet she still tries to claim this is the best thing to do because it will protect kids from feeling left out. Although this is a recent interview from Tucker, this is not at all a new issue and I actually recall seeing a thread on this subject back in 2012 when we learned that some schools in the UK had already implemented the rule banning kids from having best friends.

This really cuts down to the core reason why I oppose thin skinned SJW's who think we need to protect everyone from feeling any negative emotions. As if we can achieve utopia if we just start being super fake and nice to each other. They actually seem to think that encouraging "pack" or "herd" behavior in children is a good thing, they want to strip them of all individuality and rob them of the chance to form meaningful relationships. Kids often need a close friends that they can trust and confide in, and they will choose best friends whether teachers want them to or not.

Some socialists seem to have absolutely no respect for individuality or personal liberty, they think we should all just hold hands and sing songs in order to solve the worlds problems, if we just come together as one united group and all do our part everything will work smoothly. It's like organized religion in a way, they encourage a group mentality and suppress individual out-of-the-box thinking because they desire conformity. It's highly ironic really, because they claim to be so progressive but cannot see how they are encouraging oppressive systems of government which have no respect for individuals.

The greatest achievers in history are almost always abnormal and quirky people who don't quite fit into the mold of normal society, by encouraging kids to operate with a socialist group mentality we will have less out-of-the-box thinkers and more of the same old thing. That's why communism, an extreme form of socialism, typically produces towns and cities where all the buildings look the same, there is no individuality or human spirit in those systems. Everyone behaves the same, looks the same, thinks the same way, has the same fake smile, has the same pitiful level of wealth, etc.

At the core of it that's probably what annoys me most about these far left socialists, they deny reality at the most fundamental level because they are too mentally weak to handle it, and they try to build up a reality where we no longer have to deal with the harsh truths of our mortal existence. But it's not healthy, it is a lie and when you finally do get smacked in the face by reality the shock will be very extreme if you tried to live your life inside of a safe space. The second episode of the new season of Black Mirror does a great job of showing how being overprotective of children can backfire terribly.

originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: ChaoticOrder

How do you ban best friends?

Im unable to envision how that works