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If you didn't understand why Betsy DeVos and conservatives want to destroy public schools, I'm sure you do now, after watching the Parkland kids speak. - LOLGOPTime. It is past time.
Our future speaks.
The next generation.
spooky3
(34,496 posts)sheshe2
(83,953 posts)These children ran circles around the GOP and the NRA. No wonder they are terrified of them.
Ohiogal
(32,118 posts)SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)IronLionZion
(45,563 posts)agents of the deep state paid for with Soros money and propped up by liberals. Freeper kids aren't nearly that smart, thus the proof.
NBachers
(17,149 posts)they have my respect.
rurallib
(62,465 posts)They were well prepared.
Great point sheshe2!
peggysue2
(10,844 posts)It was because of how articulate these kids were right after the massacre, right after escaping with their own lives that caught everyone's attention. They all have a presence, a mindfulness unusual for their age. They spoke clearly and with passion. They continue to do so.
The right-wingers and NRA are trying every trick to rattle, scorn and humiliate. It hasn't worked and it won't. This group is becoming the voice of an entire generation right on the cusp of full adulthood. Their impact has been profound in the now and I believe will continue to be so in the future.
We can all be proud of these kids.
As for DeVos? She could only dream to speak as well. The woman can't even give a straight 'yes' or 'no' answer.
I vote for the kids!
slumcamper
(1,606 posts)question, question, question--is especially antithetical to the so-called "faith-based" model of learning espoused by Betsy's evangelical fans.
They are all too eager to siphon resources from our public schools and brainwash kids at the public's expense.
Gotta create sheeples to fill the boxes beneath their steeples.
Lonestarblue
(10,106 posts)Several of these kids were in Advanced Placement classes, which teach kids to think and to defend their ideas with facts and valid arguments. The Parkland kids are obviously bright, but they have also benefitted from dedicated teachers and good classromm experiences. Every child in this country deserves the same quality of schools, teachers, and opportunity. Betsy DeVos be damned!
Cha
(297,799 posts)Thanks she
The children.
Hey Cha...thanks.
malaise
(269,219 posts)Parkland is what public education should be for all Americans
That is why the GOP hates it...intelligence is not a word they understand or accept.They love their morans.
Cary
(11,746 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)She asked Emma Gonzalez about the personal attacks. Emma responded that she just makes it into a joke. In other words, they laugh at the personal attacks.
If you haven't seen it I recommend it. Rachel goes all fan girl on them at the end. It's very nice to see.
Sorry! No YouTube. Here's the vid on the MS/NBC site:
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/students-press-for-change-on-guns-ahead-of-march-for-our-lives-1191833667877
Matthew28
(1,798 posts)Want to create mindless drones that won't say crap when they watch their brothers and sisters get slaughtered. Republicans want to produce these drones to push the destruction of this country.
A Florida district secretary who accused two survivors of the Parkland school shooting of being crisis actors has been fired.
GOP Rep. Shawn Harrison tweeted on Tuesday that his aide, Benjamin Kelly, had been let go following the disparaging comments about students who escaped last week's massacre alive.
'Tonight Mr Kelly was terminated from his position as my District Secretary. I am appalled at and strongly denounce his comments about the Parkland students,' he wrote. 'I am again sorry for any pain this has caused the grieving families of this tragedy.
Congressional aide Benjamin Kelly sent this email to a Tampa Bay Times reporter on Tuesday about shooting survivors David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez. He was fired for it later
https://kenh789.com/news/article-5416035/Fla-reps-aide-fired-calling-shooting-survivors-actors.n.html
raven mad
(4,940 posts)Anyone practicing tugging on their forlock or kneeling and saying "As you wish"?
Nah, me neither.