A bill has just passed committee in the Arizona legislature making it mandatory for each and every public classroom in the state, including colleges and universities, to display the American flag. Seems like a reasonable idea, but amazingly enough, some critics are calling it “government indoctrination.”
Really – it makes me want to take a nap in hopes that I’ll wake up back in America. How do people who are that wacked-out ever get elected to public office? How does the presence of an American flag, in full view of innocent eyes, amount to “government indoctrination?” If you don’t want American kids to respect and believe in their country, then tell us exactly what you want them to respect and believe in.
Here’s what Rep. David Bradley, D-Tucson, had to say about the possible consequences of hanging an American flag in your child’s classroom, “I just don’t think you can legislate patriotism. It has to come from inside their hearts and minds. For us to say, ‘You will do this,’ has the stench of another era,” comparing it to the “programmed loyalty” policies of Nazi Germany.
While the New York Times is busy trying to skewer Dick Chaney for a hunting accident, they’re letting elected officials make outrageous statements like this unhindered.