Posted on 07/03/2013 2:59:49 PM PDT by Kaslin
In the days following the Trayvon Martin incident, leftists were quick to spin it to their advantage: it was racially motivated, it was ALEC’s fault because that organization supposedly pushed “stand your ground” laws, it was proof that rampant white-on-black violence still exists.
The narrative pushed by the left was that Trayvon Martin was an innocent kid walking through a neighborhood and was targeted because of the color of his skin. One member of Congress even said he was “hunted down like a dog.”
Prominent Democrats such as former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and former Black Panther-turned-Congressman Bobby Rush donned hoodies in solidarity with Martin.
Was he “hunted down”? We didn’t know. That’s one of the details that they’re trying to figure out at the trial of George Zimmerman. One certainty is that this is a confusing legal situation, and the courts should be allowed to do their jobs and determine how justice can best be served.
But the Left was moving as quickly as it could to convict George Zimmerman in the court of public opinion, long before the case went to trial.
It was the opportune time for activist teachers to push their own political beliefs in the classroom under the guise of current affairs lesson plans.
One such lesson plan, posted on the internet by Hassan Adeeb, a teacher in Waldorf, Maryland, compared the killing of Martin to that of Emmett Till, a 14-year old African-American who was killed in 1955 because he allegedly flirted with a white girl.
Adeeb produced a lesson that had students considering information from Think Progress, a leftist group, as well as commentary from Ed Shultz, an obnoxious MSNBC gasbag.
“As many people have stated and what MSNBC television host and political commentator Ed Shultz acknowledged is that ‘the Trayvon Martin killing could be the Emmett Till moment of our time,’” Adeeb wrote.
Was it? Who knows? Regardless of the facts, activist teachers moved quickly to spin the narrative in their direction to score political points.
Adeeb told NPR in March 2012 that his “students are extremely curious about the Trayvon Martin case. Yesterday, many of them basically engaged in silent solidarity by wearing hoodies.”
That sounds more like an activist’s agenda than an educator’s agenda.
An educator would have students watching the court proceedings before drawing conclusions about the case. But what fun would that be? How could liberal teachers get any spin out of that?
Activist teachers are doing a disservice to students by indoctrinating them with their own biased view of the world. The Martin case could be an excellent civics lesson if teachers would simply let students watch the trial, ask their own questions and form their own opinions.
That’s what education is supposed to be about.
Liberalism and lies...it’s just the nature of the beast!
Thug kid sucker punches Hispanic dude. Gets shot.
Did they do toxicology on TM? Wondering if he was high at the time.
Oh, please.
It’s impossible to fire incompetent teachers today.
Unless of course maybe they have an American flag or cross hanging in their classroom. A picture of one of the founders or Reagan might do it.
Spewing dishonest leftist propaganda will probably just result in a raise and a promotion.
Supposedly Trayvon’s autopsy showed weed in his system, of course the media will never release that info, makes their perfect angel not so perfect
They did Toxicology on TM. He had traces, but wasn’t high.
Anyone with weed in his system certainly deserves to die a horrible death. Everyone knows that.
Activist teachers are doing a disservice to students by indoctrinating them with their own biased view of the world. The Martin case could be an excellent civics lesson if teachers would simply let students watch the trial, ask their own questions and form their own opinions.
Activist so-called "teachers" distrust students to learn from facts and logic, and therefore do their worst to indoctrinate them. Teaching and indoctrination are polar opposites.
Just a quick FYI,the local newspaper is doing a poll on the Zimmermann trial.So far the voting is 100 percent NOT guilty.See NorwalkReflector.com.Regards,Dean.
Might make an interesting story to post?
Isn’t Ed that dog shooting, wife beating, stupid, blow hard, fumble ball wanna’ be, ugly ass, pus-gutted, drunken, hickey on a hemorrhoid; (probably obowelmie’s) idiot?
Whats he know from nothing?
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