by Randa Morris over at Addicting Info
What
lessons are repugicans teaching America’s kids? Here
are ten of the worst things the wingnut role models for our children.
–
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
The repugicans complain about
video games and
Hollywood, routinely whining that the influence of the
mainstream media on the next generation is ‘destroying America.’ They claim that the ‘
ungodly‘ and the ‘
sexually immoral’ are encouraging young people to become degenerate, god hating heathens, bound for eternal damnation.
The repugican agenda is destroying the fabric of American society.
Who is really destroying the fabric of American society? Is it the gays with their ‘
homosexual agenda,‘ and
Disney
with their top secret plot to corrupt the minds of all children via
cartoon feature films with catchy theme songs? Or is it another segment
of society altogether? A segment of our population that teaches American
youth that
violence is the answer to all problems; one that role models
disrespect for everyone, from
teachers to the
police, to the
president; a segment of our population that pretends to be ‘
Godly,’ but values wealth more than humanity and role models that truth in everything they
say and do?
The repugicans are horrible role models for America’s young people. Representatives of the
repugican cabal promote an agenda which is
racist,
classist,
sexist, violent and
uneducated. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Here are the top ten reasons that repugicans make horrible role models.
It’s OK to degrade women.
1.
Sexism.
The repugicans have consistently
voted against the equal pay for equal work act. The repugicans have repeatedly
stood against the Violence Against Women Act. They consistently
pass legislation that attempts to take away a women’s right to determine what happens to her own body. They blame
single mothers for the ills of society, almost as often as they blame
gays,
liberals,
atheists and
the devil.
What
republicans role model is nothing more than arrogance and egotism. They
attempt to disguise these character flaws behind terms like
‘traditional family values.’ They teach boys to
disrespect their mothers, sisters and female classmates. They teach girls that it is their duty to allow others to
disrespect them. They teach young men that they aren’t required to
control themselves sexually. They teach young women that if boys look at or touch them in a way they don’t like, it must be
their own fault.
These
are not lessons that most parents hope their children will learn. They
are lessons that lead to girls and women being harmed, and to boys and
men doing jail time. They’re lessons that lead to lawsuits and
harassment suits and personal injury suits and lost wages suits and lots
of other things that aren’t good, for either boys or girls to learn.
Try violence first.
2.
Violence: Whether they are demanding that the United States get involved in another
war, calling for the
killing of Muslims in the streets, marching around like Nazis
showing off their guns or threatening to
kill the president, the
repugican mentality is one that teaches children that
violence is the answer to all problems.
‘
Negotiation is weakness.’ ‘
Diplomacy is for sissies.’ ‘Just
shoot and kill everyone you don’t like.’ This
strategy is to be applied to people who hold different
religious views, different
political views, people who come from
other cultures, those who have different
skin colors or those who are ‘
not the same‘ in
any other way.
Let’s not forget that conservatives believe that the only way to deal with criminals is to
kill them. Also, the only way to deal with someone who makes you
uncomfortable is to kill them, under
Stand Your Ground laws, another
barbaric product of the repugican cabal shoot first and shoot last mentality.
Needless to say these are not lessons most parents would choose to teach their children.
Disrespect for authority is good.
3.
Disrespect: The repugicans role model
disrespect in everything they say and do. Disrespect for the
President and members of his
cabinet. They show disrespect for
public workers,
fire fighters,
teachers, and just about
every other person of
authority, namely those who most Americans try to teach their children to respect.
The repugican
attitudes toward the police are conflicting. If you’re talking about
paying taxes to fund them, they hate the police. On the other hand, if
you’re talking about militarizing them so they can kill unarmed black or
Hispanic children, they can’t praise them enough.
To repugicans, even our men and women
in uniform are not worthy of respect or
compassion. Instead they’re just
props to be used in the latest production of the never ending repugican cabal political theater. They are the first to send
US troops off to war, and the last to fulfill their promises to them, once they’ve
returned back home.
You don’t have to play well with ‘others’.
4.
Racism; Most parents don’t want their children to grow up full of
hate. They don’t want their kids to
judge others based on the
color of their skin or their
country of origin. But Republicans
consistently resort to using the
Southern Strategy, a strategy
originally created by the repugican cabal to woo
racist southern voters. It’s used to
manipulate and
divide people, by turning the
races against one another.
The repugican cabal leaders cultivate a
culture of
fear,
envy,
hate and
bigotry. They sell their base a
distorted version of reality, full of
paranoia,
mistrust and suspicion. These are not traits most parents want to cultivate in their children, but the message is always there. “
That guy is
out to get you.” “
Those people want to take stuff from you.” “Someone over there is
plotting something that
threatens your entire existence.”
Do not get an education.
5.
Education:
The repugicans are strongly
opposed to learning. They generally
oppose public education, and specifically oppose anyone learning anything that falls outside the established guidelines of their personal
religious beliefs. The repugicans
deny science,
despise math,
reject facts,
alter history,
condemn reading and even
oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. Let’s not even discuss
sex education.
While repugican leaders pander to religio-wingnut extremist’s demands for government
enforced and funded religious indoctrination, their reasons for wanting
to
dumb down the populace
are motivated by other factors. Promoting the idea that being educated
is a bad thing, an anti-god thing, a ‘liberal elite’ thing, makes being
uneducated seem appealing, especially to those who are uneducated.
Most
parents hope to see their children do well in school. They want their
kids to get all A’s, and that includes getting good grades in Science
and math. They would like to see their kids develop critical thinking
skills. Parents also want their kids to know about STD’s, where babies
come from and how to keep from getting one. Ignorance just
breeds more repugicans.
The value of a person is based on the amount of wealth and possessions they own.
6:
Materialism:
Stuff matters. What you need is
more stuff. The
more stuff you have the
more important you are. People who don’t have stuff are
worthless. The repugican model for American children is
superficial,
materialistic and centers on the
accumulation of money and things, always at the expense of other people.
Parents
have a hard enough time trying to teach their children that they don’t
have to get stuff all the time. Thankfully, the “stuff phase” is one
kids usually outgrow with age. The repugicans, on the other hand, really
believe whoever has the most toys in the end wins. They never got the
message, “
you can’t take it with you.”
Most
parents don’t want their child’s identity and sense of self worth tied
up in how much stuff they do or don’t have. They hope for something
better, like that their kids will turn out to be compassionate,
generous, honest, kind, well mannered, that they will do well in school
(see number five), become a valuable member of a community, and most
hope that their kids will aspire to make the world a better place. To
put it another way,
greed and
selfishness are not character traits that most parents hope to see flourish in their kids.
Don’t give a hoot, go ahead and pollute.
7: Environment: Just throw your trash wherever you want. (god will clean it up?) While many parents strive to teach their children to appreciate nature and respect the earth, water and wildlife, the message repugicans send is quite different. The repugican cabal philosophy is that there’s nothing about the earth in and of itself, that is valuable. If you can’t rip it up, siphon it off, drill it, frack it, mine it or exploit it in some other way, it’s worthless. Everything on earth is meant for monetary gain. If it can’t be bought and sold it has no value.
Name calling is a good substitute for reasonable debate.
8:
Less Than Civil Discourse: This is a
constant. While most people would prefer that their children not
call names or
hurl insults at other people, repugicans have made this
standard procedure for the adults in government. Debating
facts and
statistics or engaging in
civil discourse are things of the past. If you disagree with someone,
spew all sorts of
verbal insults,
scream over them,
cut them off when they are speaking or just dismiss what they are saying as ‘
lies and propaganda‘. If that doesn’t work,
shout Benghazi and run.
Never listen to the other person. Instead of thoughtfully considering
other views, do
whatever it takes to
silence them. If someone attempts to express a point of view that falls
outside the one you espouse, just shout words like
traitor,
commie,
Nazi,
feminazi,
fascist,
un-American,
liar,
anti-God,
Obamabot, etc… If it’s a woman, call her a
whore. If it’s a man, call him a
lazy moocher, feminine and
weak or just go with
whatever else comes to mind. If it’s the president, you can always
fall back on the n-word.
The repugican role models include the likes of
Bill O’Reilly,
Lush Dimbulb,
Chris Christie,
Ann Coulter,
Sarah Palin,
Michelle Bachmann,
Louie Gohmert and many others, all cut from the
same cloth. The message is you don’t have to respect others who disagree with you. The
loudest,
rudest, most
obnoxious person wins, not on the merits of the argument, but because they successfully
shouted over opposing voices.
Honesty is not the best policy.
9:
Lying: One thing almost every parent wants is for their children to grow up to be honest. The repugicans are
notorious for lying. Whether they’re
lying about
Obamacare, fictional
death panels and
guillotines, or inventing scary stories about
FEMA camps and
lizard people, honesty is not something
Republicans have developed
a reputation for.
The repugicans lie as a
matter of policy. From
lying to kids about
sex to
lying to their followers about ‘
Benghazi,’
distorting the truth is
a way of life for the
wingnuts. It’s
hard to keep track of all the things that repglicans lie about, from
trickle down economics to
President Obama’s record, not even the
fact checkers can’t keep up.
Here’s a newsflash, even though repugicans claim to be the ‘family values party’ (the biggest lie of all?)
dishonesty is not a trait that most families value.
Say one thing, do another.
10:
Lack of Integrity. The level of
hypocrisy in the
repugican cabal is
totally astounding.
Whenever a repugican cabal politician is caught doing the exact same thing they
campaigned against, the standard excuse from the repugican cabal is ‘Dems do it
too.’
Admittedly, Democrats aren’t perfect, but it’s rare to find one who ran on a platform of “vote for me, and I’ll
outlaw stuff based on my
righteous wingnutted feign devotion to god and
the bible.” It’s also rare to hear Democrats campaigning against
other people’s supposed sins,
homosexuality,
drug use, their
religious beliefs or some
other perceived evil.
Once you’ve gone around trying to convince everyone that you’re a
devoted religious fanatic who will
save America from its sins, it’s a totally
different ball game when you are
caught doing drugs,
cheating on your wife, having a
same sex fling,
ripping off your own supporters or doing a
host of other things that are
supposed to be against your
own religious beliefs (the ones you tried to shove down everyone else’s throats). That’s the
definition of hypocrisy.
Integrity
is doing what you say. It’s living by the same standards you seek to
impose on others. Most parents hope to instill some sense of integrity
in their children. A good way to avoid raising children who lack
integrity is to keep them away from repugicans.
It’s time to clean house.
This
is by no means a comprehensive list of the ways that repugicans are
negatively influencing the youth of America. While I’ve tried to include
as many links as possible to illustrate the points, there’s no doubt
that there are thousands of other examples that can easily be found,
just by doing a casual Google search of any of the topics touched upon
here.
There’s no doubt there will always be political figures who
set a bad example for the next generation. Yet we can start to fix this
problem by demanding better than the average republican mentality, when
it comes to electing our country’s leaders.
