|
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend Bookmark this thread |
This topic is archived. |
Home » Discuss » General Discussion |
ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:21 PM Original message |
Parents of homeschooled student try to get book about poor getting raw deal removed from schools |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bettie (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Someone needs to learn to read less literally |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. At 16, this kid can't tolerate a difference of opinion and that's sad. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. he's using this book as a way to get out of school. I cannot believe |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. I love it when fundies get all twisted up over such nonsense. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. For right now they have |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. Pretty misleading title- the boy became a "homeschooler" only |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. For the love of god, don't tell them about the hallucinogenic mushrooms. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. I blame Ehrenreich for this. It's unprofessional and not central to the premise of the book to... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. have you read the book? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I've browsed it. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. she's a bit snarky, but there is a lot of food for |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The thing is that the snark can be used as a legitimate means to discourage people from reading... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I guess that because I view Jesus as a very different |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Calling someone a "wine guzzling vagrant" is denigrating. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. no, it's wouldn't be the same |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. How was Thomas Jefferson not a slave raper? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. it's not the term as much as it is the intent |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Dems2002 (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. People are too easily offended by things they don't agree with |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
36. Deleted message |
msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. The Bible calls Jesus a 'wine-guzzling vagrant.....' |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Hmph, I wonder why no response to this?? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. there is no response. It's truth. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. That person is on ignore |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. That section felt out of place to me when I read the book. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Blasphemy laws could help prevent this. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Ehrenreich's decision to denigrate some people's religion does narrow the venues for which the... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Totally with you. We need blasphemy laws to prevent this. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. learning how to deal with feeling insulted is a pretty important |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Being unable to deal with those feelings is what gives us such wonderful things as... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. And atheists shouldn't have to read anything with biblical symbolism |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Unfortunately, some peoples' interpetation of that diety has become central to political life |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. You blame her because some 16 years old fanatic |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I blame her for using language that makes her book unsuitable for a school textbook. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. You blame her? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. +1000 |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Whoa. Um, wait--was that ever her plan as a writer? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
47. Do You Have It On Good Authority She Set Out to Write a School Text? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Jesus Fucking Christ. Blasphemy is a victimless crime. n/t |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. WTF? How About You Put Your Own Head On the Block |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
52. Since you haven't read the book, you've missed the point. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why even bother with an education? |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. ...but He was! |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Now you went and spoiled their authoritarian buzz. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Don't forget the "socialist" part. |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. keep your fanatical fingers off our education system |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. that's such BS |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. Zero tolerance for differing viewpoints |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-14-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. Wow, these two rubes' heads would have exploded |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
35. Wouldn't a more rational parent view this as ... |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. We only have the parents' word about the kid being disturbed |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
41. lol...freedom-loving family in libertarian New Hampshire |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. Hold up, hoss |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
42. Jesus was called "a glutton, drunkard, friend of tax-collectors & sinners" |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
49. There ain't nothin' rong with hom skoolin' |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. no, there isn't. This family only began homeschooling AFTER |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. There are plenty of progressive homeschoolers |
Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top |
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) | Thu May 02nd 2024, 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
Advertisements [?] |
Top |
Home » Discuss » General Discussion |
Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators
Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.
Home | Discussion Forums | Journals | Store | Donate
About DU | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.
© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC