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Collectivist Wonders, “Should I Sacrifice My Child For the Greater Good?”
All American Blogger ^ | 3-10-10 | Duane Lester

Posted on 03/10/2010 12:24:55 PM PST by Bodhi1

Here's one of those peeks inside the mind of a true believer, a follower of Marx, whether they realize it or not. Even though this parent feels she is doing what is best for his child, she wonders if she shouldn't sacrifice her child's education for the greater good.

Not my words...hers:

My family lives on the west side of Los Angeles. I face the same choice as many urban families: Will the kids attend public or private schools? Should one minimize opportunities for one's own child in service to the greater good?

In our desire to protect our children physically and academically, we send them to very expensive schools that are inherently segregated ethnically and economically. We, being white, educated, and comparatively affluent, are the agenda-setters in society. The agenda does not include fierce protection of the public school system we value in general terms but abandon in our own specific cases.

And so we've let down our future fellow citizens by turning our backs on them. And we've certainly let the government off the hook yet again, by individually shouldering the burden of quality education for our own children and letting the public schools crumble. Advice?

The collectivist laments providing the best for her child at the expense of the "greater good." This is a great example of left wing thinking.

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TOPICS: Education; Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: collectivism; governmenteducation; liberalfascism; liberalprogressivism; publicschools; socialism

1 posted on 03/10/2010 12:24:55 PM PST by Bodhi1
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To: Bodhi1
Just where do you think Clinton and Obama send their children to school?
2 posted on 03/10/2010 12:26:40 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Bodhi1

The collectivist has already gone wrong — they were supposed to sacrifice their child to Moloch prior to the birth.


3 posted on 03/10/2010 12:28:25 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (We're all heading toward red revolution - we just disagree on which type of Red we want.)
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To: Bodhi1
Incredible.

What self-absorbed, craven, pathetic excuse for parent would not want to provide the very best that they could of ANYTHING for their children?

4 posted on 03/10/2010 12:28:38 PM PST by wbill
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To: Bodhi1

Advice:

Let a family with values and a moral compass adopt your children.


5 posted on 03/10/2010 12:29:14 PM PST by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption.)
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To: Bodhi1

Libtard child sacrifice.


6 posted on 03/10/2010 12:30:38 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Bodhi1

Hey dumbass, you only have one legacy, its your children. Do for them and they will do for you. If you can afford private school do it. If not, supplant their public education with homeschool. If the school system is dysfunctional and dangerous - move. How stupid some people are. You only get so many children. They are your most precious gift and responsibility.


7 posted on 03/10/2010 12:32:39 PM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: Bodhi1
Who are we to judge her stupidity? In a free world, if she wants her child to starve, it's her call. However, she'd better not expect any help from those of us who believe in working for a living.

Can you imagine an immigrant Irish, or Italian or German or Swede or Norwegian or Russian Jewish mother of a century ago, fresh out of Ellis Island, saying this? I can't.

Per the movie "Airplane," I say, let 'em crash!

8 posted on 03/10/2010 12:33:15 PM PST by jonascord (We've got the Constitution to protect us. Why should we worry?)
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To: Bodhi1
Typical of collectivists...above all else they are elitists...people who believe they are above and better than the lowly commoners. They believe they are anointed and privileged...that they are simply on a higher plane than the rest of us, hence they are entitled to determine how we live.

Very sociopathic.

9 posted on 03/10/2010 12:35:40 PM PST by rottndog (WOOF!!!)
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To: wbill

My Dad.


10 posted on 03/10/2010 12:38:34 PM PST by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: Niuhuru
Sorry for your situation.

But I still stand by my statement. As a parent, I will always do the level best that I can for my kids. And to sacrifice them the altar of some political ideology (like the author of this piece) is a concept so vile that I just can't comprehend it.

11 posted on 03/10/2010 12:45:05 PM PST by wbill
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To: wbill

Thanks for your kindness.


12 posted on 03/10/2010 12:48:07 PM PST by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: jonascord
In a free world, if she wants her child to starve, it's her call.

Not it isn't. Letting your child starve is murder.

13 posted on 03/10/2010 12:53:36 PM PST by Misterioso (To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. -- Ayn Rand)
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To: jonascord
I had the tv on the other day when I noticed the station had a msg on the bottom of the screen. I could not believe what I was reading. It seems that parents let their baby starve while they were “taking care” of a virtual child. They should be put under the jail.
14 posted on 03/10/2010 1:05:41 PM PST by MamaB (If you see someone without a smile, give them yours.)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw

Let this unworthy child bearer sacrifice her child. Then when the child grows up, the child can sue the child bearer for not being educated.


15 posted on 03/10/2010 1:09:30 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: Bodhi1

Oh don’t worry. She’s just calling for everyone to tell her that it’s too soon for that kind of equality and the best thing she can do is send her children to the very best schools so that they in the future can help usher in the New World Order. Someone has to be in charge, you know. She just wants the other libs to reassure her that her rampant hypocrisy is “really okay.”


16 posted on 03/10/2010 1:16:48 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (I miss having a First LADY.)
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To: Bodhi1

Pathetic. I really deep down pity these people. They are so lost in self-hatred and loathing. The shame is the children will end up suffering because of them.


17 posted on 03/10/2010 1:30:06 PM PST by vpintheak (How can love of God, Family and Country make me an extremist?)
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To: 2banana

IIRC when asked about this the toons cited security reasons. One can make that spin if one is the President. Not sure if it goes much further down the line below maybe Cabinet level.


18 posted on 03/10/2010 1:38:11 PM PST by xp38
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To: vpintheak

Yes, exactly.

You know, I have an interesting perspective on this. I had to fight to be freed from the apartheid that is the ‘special needs’ programs.

So for me, staying in public schools was showing the system that they were wrong. Now, I would not want to inflict what I went through on my children. I would rather teach them myself then send them away. Strange.


19 posted on 03/10/2010 10:36:53 PM PST by BenKenobi (And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.)
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