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Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by Unity_99
No one is ever to young to have turth shared with them. Never too young.
Few adults understand the full concept of politics and its history.
A 10 year old definitely does not.
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
reply to post by Furbs
I don't believe in "Textbook paranoia" ... because it came from a textbook. Who knows who wrote it. (Yeah, call me paranoid. I know it )
My step monster read the poem aloud to me over the phone, and true, I can't remember it word for word, but I know there was nothing else in it that the school system should have had a problem with, or I would've remembered it.
The poem was shorter than a Haiku. I remembered more than half of it. Do the math :/
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
reply to post by Annee
Is that right? And what exactly is it about me teaching my sister the truth about things that's comparable to teaching a much younger child to sing about homos in a church?
Truth?
Teaching to question is one thing.
Originally posted by flexy123
Good job on brain washing a little child.
Teach them to THINK FOR THEMSELVES rather than echoing yours (or anyone else's) "conspiracy theories". This is the more saddening since a little kid at such age hardly has any means to intellectually "find out" what's really true and what's just plain BS, which 90% of all the conspiracy theories sadly are.
So..what did you "find out" which you deem worthy to tell your sister as "truth" - or are you maybe also just echoing and re-iterating what you read or what someone else tells you? As it is so often the case, hardly EVERY someone "finds something out" - otherwise it would not be conspiracy "theories".
By the way, you are of course correct that Christmas/Easter etc. is stemming from pagan religions, but this hasn't really anything to do with conspiracy theories. The question here is rather whether you actually think it has a positive effect on a child to tell her Easter/Christmas "is evil"?
Edit: And yes i agree, nice analogy with the homo song. Brainwashing 4 year olds..shame on you. Let her think for HERSELF, maybe one day she will teach you something.
Originally posted by Annee
Teaching to question is one thing.
Originally posted by Furbs
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
reply to post by Furbs
I don't believe in "Textbook paranoia" ... because it came from a textbook. Who knows who wrote it. (Yeah, call me paranoid. I know it )
Thank you for proving my point. Anti-Intellectual on top of paranoia, a good mix.
My step monster read the poem aloud to me over the phone, and true, I can't remember it word for word, but I know there was nothing else in it that the school system should have had a problem with, or I would've remembered it.
The poem was shorter than a Haiku. I remembered more than half of it. Do the math :/
Excuse me if I do not take your word for it.. since your story keeps changing.
Originally posted by XxNightAngelusxX
reply to post by Furbs
I don't believe in "Textbook paranoia" ... because it came from a textbook. Who knows who wrote it. (Yeah, call me paranoid. I know it )
My step monster read the poem aloud to me over the phone, and true, I can't remember it word for word, but I know there was nothing else in it that the school system should have had a problem with, or I would've remembered it.
The poem was shorter than a Haiku. I remembered more than half of it. Do the math :/
Originally posted by SoymilkAlaska
it sounds like OP simply shares their opinion with their sister, and talks to her about things they "think might or might not be true"
My little sister, who is ten years old, has been learning about all conspiracies since about four years ago, when I started learning about them and teaching her, when I was about 14. So, she's been learning them since about age 6 or 7, roughly.
Originally posted by Unity_99
Originally posted by Kangaruex4Ewe
You have to stomp on that little flame of "difference" before the child grows up....
As far as "just repeating what she is told"? The school has her doing the same thing. Only with things that the government "DEEMS" appropriate. Therein lies the difference and to big brother it is a HUGE difference.
Anybody displaying free willed thinking in the public school system is going to find it continually hard to do so as time goes on. My daughter has 4 years left and I can only hope that we can make it that long without too many issues arising.
She should not have been suspended. But the school has the power to do what they want with little to no repercussions... Their ball field... their rules. It's just the way it is. Hopefully she will find a few teachers along the way that will not deem free thinking an act deserving of suspension.
edit on 6/9/2012 by Kangaruex4Ewe because: (no reason given)
Precisley, their version of truth tunneled into innocent heads. LIes and distortions.
The last part about their rules, well if its a private school otherwise it answers to the parents and public and is funded by them, so I would suggest they don't act like nazi's in the least. Or parents need to deal with them in no uncertain terms of toughness.
Originally posted by Domo1
reply to post by SoymilkAlaska
Now I want the cat to have a hat. Sigh.
You make good points, but I worry that indoctrinating a 10 year old (excuse me this started when she was 7) into the conspiracy fold is a horrible idea, and could lead to some very serious problems. Look at half of ATS. Nutter Butters. Grown ups that believe EVERYTHING except reality. There is a difference between teaching an open mind and turning some poor kid into a paranoid societal outcast. Let her find it on her own. Maybe gently nudge. Don't get the girl suspended by feeding her your theories knowing full well she doesn't know when it's appropriate to talk about them.