Ann Coulter: It's the winter solstice, Charlie Brown!

TownHall.com ^ | Thursday, September 25, 2003 | by Ann Coulter

[11Bush]

Sorry Race, but I could care less if this piece of filth ever gets to heaven. And by the way, I did not call for her demise, just a butt whippin.

[sangoo]

My wife's against the idea. Says children need to be learning and socializing among their peers...on one level, I tend to agree.

Our teenagers have been homeschooled from the beginning and they have no problem with socialization. Our homeschool group is made up of over 150 families and the activities are endless. Additionally, band, church groups and Boy Scouts add to the mix. Do you really want you children getting their greatest influence from NEA teachers and children whose parents have values not remotely close to yours? We don't have to deprogram every evening.

[TomServo]

bump...

[Belial]

With all due respect to Limbaugh and Ms. Coulter - I like them both - I don't see this as persecution. IMHO persecution implies harm and suffering, and I don't see it here.

Could it be??? Ann Coulter exaggerates???

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the heads up!

[demkicker]

Evening bump.

I suggest ALL FREEPERS who read this send the link to everyone in their email addy books. We ALL need to spread the word!

[Robert A Cook PE]

"Socializing" justifies the hundreds of billions spent a year on government schools??

It's a nice buzz word for getting your child indoctrinated in socialism....by union indoctrinated dumocrats ... along with the "social influence" of of hundreds of immoral, unethical, 13-year old punks with the education of an 8=year old and the morals of a chimpazee............

[Alamo-Girl]

Indeed. Bump!

[MrConfettiMan]

Our homeschool group is made up of over 150 families and the activities are endless.

Interesting. I had no idea there were groups like this. Then again, I haven't looked into homeschooling that much yet.

[MrConfettiMan]

It's a nice buzz word for getting your child indoctrinated in socialism....by union indoctrinated dumocrats ... along with the "social influence" of of hundreds of immoral, unethical, 13-year old punks with the education of an 8=year old and the morals of a chimpazee............

Your point is well taken, but don't you think it's also a little extreme. I mean, I know plenty of children that have gone to public schools and turned out just fine thanks to the influence of their parents. Wouldn't you agree? I'm not trying to say my wife and I have the power to overcome the school systems, just that not all children turn into little immoral, unethical, communist punks just because they attend public schools. :)

[Robert A Cook PE]

Rant aknowledged. 8<)

"This is an opinion, this is only an opinion. The opinion you have just heard is only slightly exaggerated.

Had this been a real 100% fact valid 100% of the time, the government would have told you where to go."

[shaggy eel]

ping

[Mr. Silverback]

I LOVED this column!

[Mr. Silverback]

I mean when people start questioning whether the left is doing more damage to this country than Al-Qaida, maybe it`s time to ante up in the "free speech" dept.

See also Useful Idiots by Mona Charen. Whether through mere stupidity or careful intent, the leaders of the liberal movement have been damaging this nation in every area for decades. At best, they are busy desperately looking for a mote in our country's eye while her enemies are trying to beat her to death with a 2 X 4.

[hocndoc]

Thanks for reminding me. After I read this column in my local paper, I wanted to look up some of the incidents that Ann mentions. I would like to know the full story of Lynn Lucas school, for instance.

[Mr. Silverback]

Christians are being sold as slaves, wrongfully imprisoned, and executed in other parts of the world; that is persecution. The U.S. isn't there, at least not yet.

My wife has this answer for you: Don't do anything about this, and it will be.

I have this answer for you: "People ask me when I go to churches to speak, 'When do you think persecution will come to America?' Lately, my response has been, 'Ask Cassie Bernall's parents if we have persecution in America yet.'"--Tom White, President of Voice of the Martyrs and a victim of torturous persecution at the hands of Castro's regime.

Don't let your good instinct (to refuse whining) blind you. If Christians cannot share their ideas in the public square or must pretend they're not Christians when they enter certain buildings, that is persecution, plain and simple. The fact that our brothers and sisters are suffering worse elsewhere doesn't change that a bit.

[Tribune7]

Great one. Bump

[Mr. Silverback]

My wife's against the idea. Says children need to be learning and socializing among their peers...on one level, I tend to agree.

Bob Cook and Sangoo made good points. Here are mine:

One successful homeschooler (12 kids!) wrote that when you're finished raising your children, you want them to act like adults, not kids. Interacting with adults more than usual is not going to make them grow up to be childish or screwed up, and "socializing" with a bunch of kids who can't spell "socializing" if you spot them the "s-o-c" is not going to help you toward that goal. Let's also remember that the vast, vast majority of time after kindergarten is not spent socializing, it's spent sitting in a room with 35 other kids listening to a union employee talk, and not interacting with the other children at all, under penalty of punishment. Granted, that's much like schools have always been, even back when they were effective, but notice the lack of "socialization."

Second, studies show the average public school kid has two extracurricular activities per week with their peers, the average homeschooler has five.

Third, my kids are homeschooled, and they get along famously with just about every kid they meet. Homeschooling will not desocialize your kids, that is a convenient myth that the NEA uses to keep the pipeline full of future democrat voters.

[Lancey Howard]

Thanks for posting another masterpiece by my hero, Ann Coulter.

She is right - - the country is shot to Hell. The Democrats have won.

My only criticism of her fine piece is the lack of NAMES. I want to see, in bold print, the NAMES of every last scumbag teacher, "administrator", and school board member mentioned in these stories. I want to see the full NAMES of these Democrat scumbags.

[Mr. Silverback]

Could it be??? Ann Coulter exaggerates???

Hmmmm...a person named after one of the Devil's aliases denies clear, documented examples of Christian persecution...Hmmmmmmm.

Why don't you try doing some research? You will find that this sort of thing is often how heavy-hitting persecution starts in many countries. For example, for the first six months or so, the Communists pretended to allow religious freedom in Romania, then they started putting pastors in jail. Let me give you a contemporary example: you can be as Christian as you want in Egypt, as long as you never mention it at school, or try to convert a Muslim. Sounds like about one step further than "Don't bring your Bible to school" and "Don't sing Christmas carols, but here, pretend to be a Muslim for a week."