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Students Asked To Debate If Trump Is A Fascist
CBS Boston ^ | Jan. 10, 2019 | Tashanea Whitlow

Posted on 01/12/2019 8:52:55 AM PST by rickmichaels

Haverhill High School is under fire after assigning history students a controversial homework project asking if President Trump has characteristics of a fascist.

“I support the President,” said parent Dave Prescott. “I support a lot of the things he does. And for them to talk about fascism, in regards to the president, I just think this isn’t what I’m sending my kids to school for.”

In a letter to parents, Haverhill High School Principal Glenn Burns said, “We missed the mark.”

On Thursday, parents expressed mixed emotions to WBZ about that homework assignment.

“If you want to bring up an issue, don’t bring politics into it,” said Prescott.

Parent Bill Galvin thought the assignment provided his child with critical thinking skills. “Absolutely not. But in the same token, having opinions is part of America,” Galvin said.

Meanwhile, teachers and students at Haverhill High School are looking forward to returning to their normal routine.

A statement from Principal Burns reads in a part: “We will continue to provide our scholars opportunities to debate and engage in controversial topics because this is at the heart of how positive change and innovation happens. We will take better notice of the development and delivery of lessons to make sure that the outcomes of the assignment are not skewed by the prompts of the lesson.”


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1 posted on 01/12/2019 8:52:55 AM PST by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

This means they have to allow someone to argue that he’s not a fascist.

I didn’t think they’d do that.


2 posted on 01/12/2019 8:55:15 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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To: rickmichaels
Did they debate the legitimacy of Obama’s presidency?It would be a great opportunity to discuss the issue of "natural born citizen."
3 posted on 01/12/2019 8:57:13 AM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: rickmichaels

How about adding a topic about Obama too.


4 posted on 01/12/2019 8:57:44 AM PST by libh8er
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To: rickmichaels

Did the school ever have students debate whether President Obama was a follower and advocate of Marxism?


5 posted on 01/12/2019 8:58:38 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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A question they would never dare to ask:

Is Barack Hussein Obama a Muslim and/or Marxist?

6 posted on 01/12/2019 8:59:04 AM PST by rickmichaels (I shouldn't have to press 1 for English)
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To: rickmichaels

Exactly. How about if the assignment was ‘Does Barack Hussein Obama have the characteristics of a Fascist’? How would the ‘supportive’ parents react??


7 posted on 01/12/2019 9:01:24 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: rickmichaels
To me, the central idea of "fascism" is to view society as an organic whole in which all aspects of life are under the coordination and control of a strong central government, which requires all subsidiary institutions - corporations, schools, churches, labor unions, and families - to actively cooperate with, and be instruments of, top-down governmental objectives.

Every individual is treated as a creature of the state, and all allegiance is to the state, and all rights emanate from the state. Those who do not cooperate will be harassed or legislated out of existence. That exactly describes the philosophy of the Democrat Party.
8 posted on 01/12/2019 9:02:58 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: rickmichaels

End public education.


9 posted on 01/12/2019 9:03:18 AM PST by onedoug
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To: rickmichaels

That’s kind of sick and funny at the same time. It’s the establishment Republicans that are Fascist. They only like government running things if it is done through business entities where the owners and leaders make obscene profits. President Trump is of the ilk that would have the government not involved at all in things that aren’t Constitutional.


10 posted on 01/12/2019 9:04:59 AM PST by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: rickmichaels

In my opinion, a better critical thinking exercise would have been to describe how the Trump administration both does and does not appear to be Fascist (using the dictionary definition of fascist). Require facts to support both sides.

Should be used in similar context for other political models such as Marxist, republic, democracy, etc.


11 posted on 01/12/2019 9:05:09 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: rickmichaels

http://www.pewforum.org/2010/08/18/growing-number-of-americans-say-obama-is-a-muslim/

Even democrats never believed Barack Hussein’s claims that he was Christian.


12 posted on 01/12/2019 9:05:22 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: rickmichaels

Please contact your child’s teacher asking them to debate whether Obama was our first gay President or Michelle our first male first lady!!


13 posted on 01/12/2019 9:08:55 AM PST by Demanwideplan
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To: rickmichaels

The question should be whether Haverhill High School is a commie schithole led by hopefully-soon-ex-Principal Glenn “Bolshevik” Burns.


14 posted on 01/12/2019 9:11:49 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: rickmichaels

High schoolers don’t even know about the collectivist tenets of fascism being diametrically opposite to free capitalism.


15 posted on 01/12/2019 9:14:57 AM PST by struggle
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To: libh8er

In rebuttal, I would compare and contrast Trump with Obama.


16 posted on 01/12/2019 9:15:16 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: onedoug

The did in the 60’s the flower children killed it.


17 posted on 01/12/2019 9:18:08 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

The Democrats embody fascism but they don’t embrace the name, only the philosophy.


18 posted on 01/12/2019 9:21:59 AM PST by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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To: Vaduz

I would have my kid answer in one word, “No”


19 posted on 01/12/2019 9:22:17 AM PST by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: SaxxonWoods

I think this is an excellent debate topic for a high school civics class. President Trump is being called every name in the book, except for communist or Marxist. For some reason, they are not calling him those. This forces students to research and define fascism, and then to research and define the Trump presidency. If this debate is done in a scholarly fashion with an honest moderator, this could be the best inoculation these young people could get against the rabid TDS they will encounter in college!


20 posted on 01/12/2019 9:26:56 AM PST by erkelly
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