Propaganda

On Wednesday children with gather and use the technology you and I paid for in classrooms, gyms and cafeterias, to watch a nationally streamed broadcast.  In a live simulcast from the White House, Barack Obama will address your children and grandchildren directly, telling them to be good, work hard, trust the government, and support his socialist jobs bill.  In all seriousness, one doesn't know what he will say, and his comments may be quite harmless.  But the idea of national leaders addressing our children is not a new one, and it was used in a dangerous fashion years ago.

One of the most successful examples of the national government stepping into children's lives was revealed in Nazi Adolph Hitler, prior to and during World War II.  Hitler was more than happy to supplant parents, local teachers, and any other realm of leadership.  Statism was big in Germany, and Hitler was at the helm.  Parallels to the current administration are very clear, and Obama is employing an old trend to try and foist old socialist lies on a new generation.  Find out if your children or grandchildren will be in the class that participates in this nonsense.  Contact the school and opt out.  Listen to the speech yourself (link here to the White House streaming site) (and link here to an info sheet from the White House), and then discuss it with your child.  This keeps you in control, not the government.  The tactic is subtle, but then again that's the way propaganda works.

Comments

[greeleygirl]

Sorry, my grandkids are too smart to believe any of his crap.....

[Powerball]

Amen Dennis.
Amen

[Dennis]

Rick Jones,

You damn right it happens every day. One only has to have kids in school to know. To cut the head off of this monster is to shut down the DOE.

[Rick Jones]

I remember, a couple years back, when I told some strangers that I worried about today's kids being indoctrinated (I don't recall the specific topic of discussion, environment? history?, I don't recall) and the one woman in the group was shocked, repeating, "indoctrinated" as if it could not be a serious statement. And, yet, it happens everyday and always has in some form, for some purpose.

[Powerball]

Of course Obamanation will propagandize the children. He has lost all credibility with adults on the left and the right. And yes, just like you wrote Sam, this has been done throughout history.

When you can't argue the law, argue the facts.
When you can't argue the facts, argue the law.
This fool can do neither! He has self-neutered himself personally and politically.

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