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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Your references to "peppered with climate change..." came long after the issue of the lesson plan was resolved.
But even in the original lesson plan, there were no references to climate change, health care reform, or any policy issue.
I stand by what I posted....some see things that arent there
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(face-palm) Referring back to post 121, I was referring to parents who originally saw the homework, but the subject and text were, at the time, unavailable. They could have opted out for the reason I stated in the post you referenced and that would not have been some batshit crazy reason to do so. Once the text came out, I'm certain all reasonable people opted back in to speech. The prevailing contention in this thread is that ANY parent that EVER thought twice about letting their child see Obama's speech is an absolute lunatic. I am simply trying to state that there was a set of circumstances which, for a brief period of time, may have justified exclusion.
Any individual parent who had the opportunity to read the speech and still opted their children out acted in an irrational way. I am certain there were many of them. Yes, I am certain the media interviewed ALL of them. Any school district that didn't show the speech after the text was released was yielding to the irrational parents. They were being politically expedient because they are elected officials. I am certain there were many of them. I am certain the media interviewed ALL of them.