Posted on 09/20/2005 12:20:00 PM PDT by Lindykim
On April 27th of this year, the heavy hand of Bolshevism clamped down upon David Parker, a Lexington, MA. citizen and father of a six year old son. David was arrested on trumped up charges, handcuffed like a dangerous felon, and led off to jail. His heinous crime? Parker is guilty of being a morally principled man with the courage to request that he and his wife be given advance notification when issues of sexual unnaturalness and perversion (transgenderism, sodomy, and same-sex headed relationships) were going to be discussed in his son's classroom. Said Parker, "certain authorities insist that I agree that my children must be taught that gay relationships and transgender transformation are acceptable and normal. When I firmly, albeit patiently, objected and then finally insisted to be notified when and how my own children were to be exposed to these issues, I was arrested and hauled off to jail." Freedom of conscience has been made a hate-crime in Massachusetts.
Among the communist goals listed on the Congressional Record—Current Communist Goals (pp. A34-A35, Jan. 10, 1963) are these: 17) Get control of the schools…use as transmission belts for socialism, 25) Break down cultural standards of morality, 26) Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as 'normal, natural, healthy."
These goals are affirmed by the Communist Textbook of Psychopolitics. It is written, "Degradation and conquest are companions. In order to be conquered a nation must be degraded. By attacking the character and morals…by bringing about contamination of youth, a general degraded feeling (will facilitate) command of the population."
Lexington Bolshevik commissars are actualizing invidiously evil stratagems devised to effectuate moral decay and collapse within America. In their capacity as school board officials and as teachers, they are spreading propaganda designed to "destroy the home." By "creating continuous juvenile delinquency, forcing upon the state all manner of practices to divorce the child from it (the family) will in the end create the chaos necessary to Communism. Creating a greed for drugs, sexual misbehavior and uncontrolled freedom (will) bring about our alignment." (Communist Textbook of Psychopolitics)
David Parker, a morally principled man, devoted father, and courageous dissident of their evil devices has been stamped: "Enemy of the State."
In a speech before his supporters, Parker stated, "I stand before you banned from attending my son's first day of school…banned from voting, teacher-parent conferences and school committee meetings. The Lexington school administration demands that I ask permission for these rights. What free U.S. citizen must ask for permission to vote, or to be in the presence of his son? The school administration…is attempting to put themselves in the role as parents."
Facing off against Parker and his supporters was a malevolence-fueled rabble gathered together to spit and spew venom. Among the venomous hissing snakes were commissars Helen Cohen, Chairman of the Lexington School Committee; Tom Griffiths, a School Committee member; and Jeanne Kreiger, member of the Lexington Board of Selectmen. Also in attendance were three Marxist 'liberation theology' preachers: Rabbi Howard Jaffe of Temple Isaiah, Rev. Judy Brain, Pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church, and Rev. Bill Clark, Senior Pastor of the First Unitarian Parish in Lexington. (Article8.org)
Of the venom-spewing rabble, one witness commented, "You could see the look in their eyes, even the kids. It was eerie. They really can't stand us, as if we're polluting their town just by being here." (Article8.org)
In speaking of commissars, Balint Vazsonyi (America's Thirty Years War) observed that, "commissars of 'social justice' demand conformity in our most private thoughts, our innermost sentiments. Conformity—not only to their failed theories, but to their every whim."
"In the predawn light of April 19 (1775), the beating drums and peeling bells summoned between thirty and fifty militiamen to the town green of Lexington. As they lined up in battle formation the distant sound of marching feet and shouted orders alerted them of the Redcoats approach. The British troops approached…rapidly in platoons…a general officer on horseback at their head. The officer came up to within about two rods of the centre of the company…swung his sword, and said, "Lay down your arms, you damned rebels, or you are all dead men. Fire!" Thus began the "confrontation that would launch a nation." (EyeWitnessToHistory.com)
David Parker has been ordered to 'lay down his arms' and surrender. But he, a valiant modern-day Paul Revere, not only cried out the alarm, but courageously fired the first volley, so to speak, when he bravely vowed:
"Let the call go forth from Lexington, across Massachusetts, and throughout the United States to the world - Parents stand your ground!
Don't return their hate and intolerance when fired upon.
But if they mean to have a war over parental rights, Battling for the hearts and minds of our children,
Then let it begin here!
And with regard to the Lexington School administration banning a father's will and presence from all schools,
I—shall—return!
No powers or principalities on this earth or beyond shall separate the Father from his Son!"
David Parker has sounded the battle cry. Now it's time for all good men to unite and join the fight, for as Edmund Burke cautioned, "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
Copyright Linda Kimball 2005
About the writer: Linda Kimball is a writer and author of numerous published articles and essays on politics, culture, and worldview.
Dah it is called an editorial not a report, let me see if I can excplain the diffeerence to you.
A report is suppose to be a factual unbiased report on a story.
An editorial, on the other hand, is a story with an editors spin or emotions tied into it.
What Linda did is an Editorial.
And you Alter Kater are either not reading, not understanding or simply out to insult and agitate. None of which are particularly good traits.
Thought you'd be interested in this.
Sorry, but not so. I googled him in and found other stories which added the part about him refusing to leave and challenging the school. My sense is he wanted to get arrested, which is fine, but probably not the way to go with issues like this.
And I don't disagree with his goals, but he apparently got what he sought, publicity through an arrest. The left does it all the time.
Really? Thanks for clearing that one up, Aristotle. Calling people "Communists," "Fascists," or "Nazis" is simply not an effective debating point. It makes you sound shrill and silly, and justs draws attention to itself. Grow up.
What Linda did is an Editorial.
Yes. One in which she (1) fails to adequately let us know what exactly it is she's commenting on, (2) one in which she comes across as unreliable, uninformative and potentially unsound.
Attempting? They already have the children 10 hours/day. Universal compulsory schooling was a socialist (Prussian) institution from its inception.
Parents are a child's primary educators, not schools. The State can only justly overide natural parental rights if the parents are grossly neglecting their parental duties.
Linda get's over 800 individual unique hits a week on Christian-news-in-maine.com alone. So, where are you published again?
Jake
How does that concept fit in with the discussion and my comment?
The article still stinks. A newspaper with a circulation of 800 would be a joke --- maybe the problem is your lack of editorial standards. Actual standards might result in a appreciable audience.
I'm published in at least as many places as this Linda fellow. Vanity websites are not publishing houses, a whopping 800 hits to the contrary notwithstanding.
What your brain refuses to recognize, Macv, is that there is no politely reasonable way to deal with people who are determined to use the power of the state to indoctrinate your children. You have to confront them head on because they just keep pushing and pushing and pushing.
Cultural left activists have been steadily infiltrating school boards. The only way to stop these people is to fight back loudly and publicly.
I agree. And at the same time pulling one's own kids out of the meat grinder. If humanly possible.
I've often wondered why those on both the extremes resort to personal attacks when they suspect anyone disagrees with them.
You have to confront them head on because they just keep pushing and pushing and pushing.
You will not find any post of mine that disagrees with the motives of Parker. But a reading the first paragraph of the original post clearly paints a picture that did not exist. I merely stated that his actions were essentially no different from those used by activists on the left. He was trying to get publicity by getting arrested, plain and simple. I do not know how much effort he made trying to get the school board to notify him when objectionable (to him) subjects were being taught, or whether he has considered other options such as private schools or home schooling.
My brain may not recognize everything, sir, but it does recognize duplicity whether on the left or the right.
You can only fight activist tactics by using them yourself. Tell me, what exactly is wrong about using mobilization ? It works. Do you think politics is a tea party ? What is wrong about loudly calling attention to injustice to force a confrontation ? What is wrong about being willing to go to jail to call attention to injustice ? What is wrong about being a martyr for the faith ? His actions were heroic and commendable.
You can only fight confrontation with confrontation of your own. If you try to be politely reasonable and diplomatic with these people you will be walked over ever time. Obviously Parker is dealing with a school board controlled by sodomite activists and sympathizers. Home schooling is to essentially run and concede his tax dollars and the public sphere to them. Your Caspar Milquetoast whine about "getting the school board (i.e. gay activists) to notify him" is ridiculous.
This is war. Our enemies are not politely reasonable. Neither should we be.
And by the way, what exactly is "extreme" about directly fighting and confronting militant deviance ?
I'm not saying you have to follow Marquess of Queensbury rules whenever you confront liberals, I'm saying yelling "Bolshevik" only makes you look like a nut.
Heck, both you and Mr. Parker can launch all the revolutions you want. You can use any tactic you want. My point is simply that the article posted didn't say any of the things you are saying. It was duplicitous. It simply made Parker sound like any reasonable citizen walking into school and requesting something, only to be attacked by the police, loosed by a ravenous Bolshevik school board:
His heinous crime? Parker is guilty of being a morally principled man with the courage to request that he and his wife be given advance notification when issues of sexual unnaturalness and perversion (transgenderism, sodomy, and same-sex headed relationships) were going to be discussed in his son's classroom
This is why you some times have to look to the hated MSM to at least get the story of what really happened.
Once again, you fail to see the point.
Parker was a reasonable man who made a reasonable request, one which the school board had no intention of complying with. He asked them to respect his right to teach his children Bible values and not try to indoctrinate them with sodomite values. He wasn't asking them to teach his children Bible values. Just not to actively undermine them.
He confronted the hidden agenda of the school board which was to undermine Bible values wherever and whenever possible. He had made a request which they had no intention of complying with. Direct confrontation is a wonderful way of exposing the hidden, conspiratorial agendas of cultural leftists who hate Christianity.
No, I've already seen enough from your posts alone to know he was anything but a reasonable man. I've not seen anything of his actual written or oral requests to the school board, nor as I mentioned earlier, have I seen anything resembling a desire on his part for another solution. As you have pointed out repeatedly, he wanted a confrontation, and that's what he got.
I wonder if he had the best interests of his child in mind, or was simply reinforcing his own religious biases and agenda? My point though continues to be that the article simply did not tell the truth about his motivations or actions, not to assign judgment as the right or wrong about him.
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