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WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO OUR CHILDREN IS A CRIME
Powerline ^ | December 26,2021 | BY JOHN HINDERAKER

Posted on 12/26/2021 7:00:10 PM PST by Hojczyk

I have said this many times, but it bears repeating: the shutdown policies that have devastated the lives of our children and young people were not just a blunder, but a crime. Jan Crawford of CBS put it well this morning on Face the Nation:

“They will be paying for our generation’s decisions the rest of their lives”: @JanCBS explains why she thinks 2021's biggest underreported story was the devastating impact of COVID policies on children pic.twitter.com/AUU1f6AFNi

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 26, 2021

Heck, the point is so obvious that even the New York Times might be catching on:

High schoolers across the U.S. have reported some of the most alarming mental health declines, evidenced by depression and suicide attempts. Adolescents have failed classes critical to their futures at higher rates than in previous years. https://t.co/qAHy2ab728

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 25, 2021

In my opinion, the various governments’ responses to the covid epidemic represented the worst failure of public policy in the U.S. since (at least) the Vietnam War. And a number of other countries did even worse.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: bloggers; children; covid; education; lockdown; powerlineblog; shutdown; unions; yesweknowitsablog
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1 posted on 12/26/2021 7:00:10 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Florida schools in Sarasota only did virtual learning for two months...


2 posted on 12/26/2021 7:02:00 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

One silver lining is that many parents finally realized what their children were being taught.

Also, those who mocked online “University of Phoenix” now have to admit they’ve paid a hell of a lot more for the same thing.


3 posted on 12/26/2021 7:03:03 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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One silver lining is that many parents finally realized what their children were being taught.

Indeed.

4 posted on 12/26/2021 7:04:34 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: Hojczyk

Parents making kids wear masks are child abusers.


5 posted on 12/26/2021 7:07:20 PM PST by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR)
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To: kearnyirish2

Thee are those who have taken action:

https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/13/how-rural-colorado-parents-created-a-no-politics-public-school-in-just-one-year/


6 posted on 12/26/2021 7:07:35 PM PST by redlegplanner ( No Representation without Taxation)
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To: redlegplanner

Nice; thanks for sharing!


7 posted on 12/26/2021 7:10:58 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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8 posted on 12/26/2021 7:13:09 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Hojczyk

I have to say that Jan Crawford (CBS) did a great job of encapsulating the issue.


9 posted on 12/26/2021 7:18:16 PM PST by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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To: Hojczyk

It’s time to indict everyone in a “teacher’s union” for child abuse and molestation of children. Until the bastards in the “teacher’s unions” came along, children KNEW what gender they were. They didn’t need pedophile ***holes to help them figure it out.


10 posted on 12/26/2021 7:18:32 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: cyclotic

Agreed but totalitarian government threatens private schools with fines or even closures. It really is a case of the slow boiling of the frog.

In Virginia, we voted in a republican governor who has stated he will lift the school mask mamdate. However, he only won by 60K+ votes. 1.6 million democrat taliban party voters still demanded the use of government to continue abusing children.

Democrat taliban party voters are 100% to blame for government enforced child abuse.


11 posted on 12/26/2021 7:20:23 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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I work in psychiatry, seeing young kids and teens all day. Wholeheartedly agree. Also just gotta love the parents who decide to up and divorce in the middle of it all, further scarring and damaging their kids. I just want to clobber these dolts.

It’s seriously affected their teachers as well, and still does.


12 posted on 12/26/2021 7:24:31 PM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: redlegplanner

Great article - recommended reading for all interested in quality schools.


13 posted on 12/26/2021 7:35:33 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: Hojczyk

Who cares about the children? Frail 90 year old grandmas are the foundation of the future of society!


14 posted on 12/26/2021 7:40:32 PM PST by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joacn Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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To: redlegplanner; george76

That is such a great story. Thank you for posting that article about the rural CO private school.

God bless these proactive parents and community members…putting their time, experience and other investments to work, for these kids.

Unlike the left…who lie and claim “it’s for the children”, when it obviously is not.


15 posted on 12/26/2021 7:52:55 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Lakeside Granny

Ping.


16 posted on 12/26/2021 7:53:22 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Hojczyk
its all about the old farts staying safe...sacrifice a generation or two of the world's future so 85 yro's can keep going to the casino and all you can eat buffets..../s/

disclaimer...I am 68...

never in the history of the world have the older generations been so little caring about their children's or grandchildren's future....

we used to want a legacy for our children...

17 posted on 12/26/2021 7:55:29 PM PST by cherry
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fine

but in reality

the people in power have done this, mostly boomers, who ironically were the most anti-establishment generation when THEY were younger

and its not just to kids

they’ve destroyed the elderly, taken them zway from their families by murdering them with lethal policies and deadly shots

they’ve taken away moms and dads from their families

they have taken away friends from so many people

there must be a nuremburg ii and massive judgment against these murderers


18 posted on 12/26/2021 8:00:47 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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In my town, the Karen’s screamed louder and got their way - shut everything down was their only answer. The Town big mouths still won’t let things get back to normal. Face Masks for the kids, social distancing, threats of lock downs, etc.


19 posted on 12/26/2021 8:16:10 PM PST by EC Washington
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It’s too bad I never had children.

If I had they would have the advantage of my genetics, good looks, I.Q. and a competitive field that is intellectually and spiritually malnourished.

No contest...


20 posted on 12/26/2021 8:17:04 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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