So, religious-based morality is a no-no. But secular agenda-based morality, yes, with both feet. Meanwhile, we continue to fail to teach children to read.
1. Why do schools need to teach "love thy neighbor," when God and Ten Commandments aren't allowed to be mentioned?
2. What's Nile Rodgers' take of the merchandising?
"Love Thy Neighbor" isn't exclusive to any religion and is not necessarily a religious concept anyway.
I'm guessing SpongeBob is "ready"
I'm more worried about my kids reading and writing and doing math than them learning tolerance and diversity. Besides, we don't have to teach it, because we live it.
This sounds more evil than the time the Animaniacs met Barney. . .
I miss Roadrunner.
I guess the rumors about Spongebob and the Starfish being more than just friends had some basis in truth, then.
I undertand Dora, but what's the deal with Clifford.
How about teaching our kids to be themselves, take inintiative, confidence to take a stand even if the majority disagrees. "Unity" and "cooperation" are phoney leftist codewords for "conformity" and "following the herd". But of course, look who's running the system.
My question is, "Who is going to do the voice of Clifford?"
John Ritter used to play that role.
I think teaching all this diversity and "love the animals" and "share everything" is nice to teach little kids.
It lays the groundwork for what you have to teach them later - that liberals have bastardized and corrupted such obvious and sweet sentiments into tools to try to spread the evils of socialism and government solutions to every problem.
Children should not be racist or intentionally destroy the environment or be cruel to animals. And when they grow up, they should fight socialism/liberalism everyday. The left doesn't own those issues, despite their belief that they do.
So, religious-based morality is a no-no. But secular agenda-based morality, yes, with both feet. Meanwhile, we continue to fail to teach children to read.
"...to promote tolerance and diversity of thought."
Tolerance of what exactly? All people or all actions of people, or all ideas of people?
Diversity? Read diversity of color and economic status except if you're rich, but not diversity of political or religious thought.
How about valuing honesty, integrity, hard work, personal achievement, generosity, compassion, love for God (gasp!) and others, The Golden Rule, Honor thy Father and mother, don't steal....
Yes, certainly "cooperation and unity" are far more important for the creation of a socialist/communist society than those silly values I listed.
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I'm all for it.....as long as they keep those ^%&$#@*&^!! Teletubbies out of it...
That flushing sound you hear is your tax dollars and childrens school time being wasted while teachers mess with this tripe.
I'm assuming that, if used in public schools, he will be known as contraceptive sponge Bob.
It's a little known fact that Bob (aka "Sponge Bob") was originally a contraceptive sponge. When these products were discontinued (ibid: Seinfeld episode "Spongeworthy") he had to find work elsewhere. Interestingly enough, Squarepants is his actual family name.
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I think most respondents here are missing something. "Diversity," as aimed at public education, is about homosexual activist propaganda aimed at the kids.
It is very likely that they're going to turn SpongeBob and Barney into homosexualists.