Red Mosquito

Iholdthepain wrote:

Higgs wrote:

knee tunes wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:In Australia before every sporting match, arts performance and school assembly/show there is an "Acknowledge of Country" ceremony/speech. We acknowledge the original land holders (Aboriginal tribe). Kids at 4-5 are exposed to this and then learn about how the British came to Australia and took the land. We also have a National Sorry Day where we as a nation apologise for past wrongs against our indigenous community.

This brings the conversation to the fore at a young age. With sensitivity these topics can be started at an early age.

Also, Australia is far from perfect and definitely a work in order.

I can't even believe this . That is so fucking awesome. I had no idea.

In US we "pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. "

It is learned with rote memory without any meaning.

It's sad

Yeah, a fair few years ago now our Prime Minister of the time finally apologised to the first nations people of Australia for past injustices. It was a great moment and the right thing to do.

Politicians had held off and advised against it for decades. I think the prevailing thought was "if you say sorry you are admitting guilt - there will be a flood of restitution/compensation claims and law suits etc etc". Well, that simply hasn't happened.

Don't get me wrong, the Government has certainly put aside large buckets of money to specifically support Indigenous Australians and their specific communities, and there is also specific money set aside to support redress activities about our Stolen Generation (which is a blight on us all), but the overall panic of a flood of legal action and claims and costs simply has not occurred.

And finally I can say that my Country did the right thing and apologised.

And this was done by a PM who (imo) was otherwise quite the tosser. He did good here though.

My feeling is that if you are solely pledging allegiance to the Flag of the US you are inciting unthinking patriotism to a symbol that may not actually represent you all. I mean do the First Nations people really as a whole feel the flag represents them? And if the flag is such an "all encompassing symbol" what's the deal with the Confederate flag? And of course pledging blind allegiance to the flag sort of disallows you to criticise or question things, does it not? I mean it is certainly a great way to bring out the "if you don't like it, fuck off" crowd.

But what the fuck do I know, hey?

Good on ya... and your fair country for showing compassion, remorse, and dignity.

You're absolutely correct in your evaluation of our country's blind allegiance. It is nothing more than rote memorization, as someone else stated. It's hypocricy of the highest order.

Been like this here since I was a kid, and beyond... "and Justice for all" is total bullshit!

I do like my job, though, so...

McParadigm wrote:

Iholdthepain wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Here we are, unironically arguing about whether or not a white eight-year-old is ready to hear about the realities of white privilege, but not that a black eight-year-old lives with it every day. The system works.

I didn't mean to make it like I was arguing against talking to your own kids about relevant issues. I was just offering my perspective as a teacher who teaches the particular age group. It also depends on how it's approached...

...kinda like the holocaust, you have to be careful how it's introduced. Many of these kids just don't have the emotional or intellectual capacity to understand the depth of it all.

From my perspective, it's a tightrope, and as someone who sees all walks of parenting philosophies and political leanings, ultimately 35-40% of our country will teach by example the racism, selfishness, xenophobia, and short-sighted views of things like 'hoaxes' and environmental conspiracy theories.

So yes! Keep trying!! We need all the young enlightened minds we can get in for any hope of a tangible future for our kids on this planet.

I don’t see you as coming from anything but a place of earnest and admirable concern.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:A Police precinct evacuated and on fire in minneapolis

Iholdthepain wrote:Cool... Thanks.

Then I'll just assume Macphisto is the asshole here.

verb_to_trust wrote:Shits going down in Louisville tonight

Rob wrote:

Peeps wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Here we are, unironically arguing about whether or not a white eight-year-old is ready to hear about the realities of white privilege, but not that a black eight-year-old lives with it every day. The system works.

its even more ironic that young african americans are taught at an early age of how to "act" around the po-po

Is that ironic?

These are hard discussions. I have 3 young kids. My 8 year old boy can understand. My 5 year old daughter will understand when she’s 8. But my 10 year old daughter... she’s sensitive and we should all know that kids need to understand this stuff, but it’s also a case by case basis.

And I do think this talk comes before the “peaceful protest vs rioting” talk. It’s hard to understand that one unless you understand the greater context first.

Superblood Wolfmoon wrote:Where are all the tough guy militia types? Shouldn’t they be defending those auto parts stores they were demanding be opened with their AR-15s last week?

Mickey wrote:The President tweeting "when the looting starts the shooting starts" is one of the darkest things I've ever seen.

Mickey wrote:The President tweeting "when the looting starts the shooting starts" is one of the darkest things I've ever seen.

Superblood Wolfmoon wrote:

Mickey wrote:The President tweeting "when the looting starts the shooting starts" is one of the darkest things I've ever seen.

Nothing shocks me anymore when it comes to this asshole, but that did. Unreal.

Rangi Guy wrote:Has Trump said anything to condem the cops actions at all?