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fightforfreedom

(4,913 posts) Thu Feb 3, 2022, 03:10 PM Feb 2022

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As I watched the attack on our capital, I saw things most Americans did not. [View all]

I saw a complete failure of our education system. I saw a complete failure of generations of parental education.

What we saw that day was thousands of Americans of most age groups, completely mindless. They had history wrong, facts wrong, reality wrong, they could not tell the difference between right and wrong, a lie or a truth. They could not tell they were committing crimes or not. What they did that day most children would have known better.

It was without a doubt the most frightening thing I have ever seen in my lifetime. Nothing compares to it.

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As I watched the attack on our capital, I saw things most Americans did not. [View all] fightforfreedom Feb 2022 OP

The Audacity of Trump saying NOTHING wrong took place on January 6th, 2021 ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2022 #1

Just imagine a Democratic COngress ending the same mob for him at the malaise Feb 2022 #6

I saw ignorance NewHendoLib Feb 2022 #2

So did I. And idolatry of a big fat yellow-haired self-proclaimed "god." calimary Feb 2022 #27

Misinformation courtesy of Fux News and the rest of the Reicht-wing hate media. OMGWTF Feb 2022 #29

I am less inclined to believe a failure of education.... TheRealNorth Feb 2022 #3

100% agree obamanut2012 Feb 2022 #5

It's human nature to readily accept that which supports one's world view Kaleva Feb 2022 #11

How many of the traitors were home schooled? greymattermom Feb 2022 #85

As a high school teacher in their 31st year of teaching, don't put that shit on us. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2022 #4

Agreed! TreasonousBastard Feb 2022 #8

I was wrong saying it was complete failure of our education system. I apologize. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #13

That's fair. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2022 #21

You cannot induce belligerently ignorant people to learn. I left teaching because more Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2022 #70

Ask not what they were taught, but what they chose to learn. yardwork Feb 2022 #76

BINGO! I LIKE that......... MyOwnPeace Feb 2022 #99

I agree and prefer rootin tootin Feb 2022 #35

Thank you. SpEd teacher here evemac Feb 2022 #36

An individual teacher spends about 5 hours per week with a student. world wide wally Feb 2022 #39

You should be able to agree that public education has been disrupted by constant pressure from... usaf-vet Feb 2022 #86

It IS bad education gnesta Feb 2022 #97

800 people out of 300+ million attacking the Capitol and you say it's complete failure... Kaleva Feb 2022 #7

I read it was thousands of people nt Tickle Feb 2022 #58

An estimated 30k were at the protest in DC but only about 800 attacked the Capitol Kaleva Feb 2022 #68

Only about 800 ENTERED the Capitol. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2022 #95

The difference is so small it's insignificant Kaleva Feb 2022 #96

I'm with ya A HERETIC I AM Feb 2022 #100

Well, millions STILL support turd blossom. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #71

All true and let's add the total failure and complicity of this nation's religious leaders and our ShazamIam Feb 2022 #9

I saw rage and fear fed by lies and scheming. nolabear Feb 2022 #10

Five long, exhausting years of this madness. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #26

God knows...it's a miracle we're not all drug dependent. nolabear Feb 2022 #44

All true but in addition . . . peggysue2 Feb 2022 #12

I saw it too for sure. Irish_Dem Feb 2022 #14

You saw white fear fueled by propaganda nini Feb 2022 #15

That's for sure. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #17

Not just "white" fear whathehell Feb 2022 #67

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #81

As soon as TFG was nominated I knew shit would fly. He opened pandora's box chowder66 Feb 2022 #16

It's not the education system that's to blame. It is deliberate ignorance. MineralMan Feb 2022 #18

Willful ignorance. Ferryboat Feb 2022 #19

You are correct, that's why I apologized. I was wrong. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #20

I self-educate every time Mr.Bill Feb 2022 #24

From --- Dietrich Bonhoeffer- LETTERS AND PAPERS FROM PRISON HUAJIAO Feb 2022 #22

As usual, he is correct. MineralMan Feb 2022 #33

Religious nutz too. They have no filter other than what their whak-o preacher said. OMGWTF Feb 2022 #31

MM Traildogbob Feb 2022 #40

Exactly. MineralMan Feb 2022 #53

"Stupidity is a choice." Really? Always? dchill Feb 2022 #64

Bad parenting. moondust Feb 2022 #23

Agree 100% BlueJac Feb 2022 #25

crowds llashram Feb 2022 #28

I said this on another forum that I belong to: Initech Feb 2022 #30

It makes sense when you see the video on Bonhoeffers theory of stupidity patphil Feb 2022 #32

Thanks! That was good. Bonhoeffer's theory seems pretty solid, though I'm Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2022 #74

Complete failure of our education system CloudWatcher Feb 2022 #34

Nope. Our education system is not at fault. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #37

I saw closed minds. Impervious imbeciles whom will never be swayed. czarjak Feb 2022 #38

I saw the fruit of a decades-long Propaganda campaign. maxsolomon Feb 2022 #41

✓+ live love laugh Feb 2022 #61

Education had nothing to do with it LittleGirl Feb 2022 #42

Another contributing factor... media-driven narcissism jmbar2 Feb 2022 #43

Fox News rebe303 Feb 2022 #45

Well said. orangecrush Feb 2022 #46

I saw the opposite: education systems and social systems that had been taken over NullTuples Feb 2022 #47

"...what we are about to go through." live love laugh Feb 2022 #62

I didn't see it as frightening. I was wrong not to. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2022 #48

January 6, 2021 is why I was inconsolable on November 9, 2016 yobrault1 Feb 2022 #49

Blame the Faux Noise Propaganda Machine Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #50

You are 100% correct. Our education system is failing us. CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #51

Other viewers failed to notice .nt bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #52

Great perspective tiredtoo Feb 2022 #54

Most children are teachable. Those insurrectionists are not. nt Samrob Feb 2022 #55

NOPE Skittles Feb 2022 #56

fuck ups & fuck offs orleans Feb 2022 #57

Um, some of us have been seeing that for a few decades now. It is more in our face now thanks to Martin68 Feb 2022 #59

That day is unforgettable just like 9/11... and a few others. nt live love laugh Feb 2022 #60

"People, we is not wrapped tight." 90-percent Feb 2022 #63

Agree. maryallen Feb 2022 #65

Jan. 6 was the result of home schooling fwvinson Feb 2022 #66

Thats ridiculous. MILLIONS of kids are very well educated with home schooling oldsoftie Feb 2022 #72

The power of cult UpInArms Feb 2022 #69

It really did become a cult. There's no other way to look at it anymore. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #73

+1 Roisin Ni Fiachra Feb 2022 #80

The US has not understood the role of education in the technological revolution. jaxexpat Feb 2022 #75

What I saw OldBaldy1701E Feb 2022 #77

I can't blame our education system for what happened Jan 6. Trueblue Texan Feb 2022 #78

The decades-long assault on public schools by Republicans is seeing results dlk Feb 2022 #79

The insurrectionist weren't young idealists, they were middle-aged Fox News radicals. chia Feb 2022 #82

Lack of critical thinking skills dwayneb Feb 2022 #83

It was a triumph of the educational system. plimsoll Feb 2022 #84

I agree. It was stunning. hay rick Feb 2022 #87

Wow, fightforfreedom, we think so much alike about this. lark Feb 2022 #88

You may not believe this. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #91

Funny, in many ways you still sound like me. lark Feb 2022 #92

I traveled to Brazil. fightforfreedom Feb 2022 #93

My daughter is married to a Brazilian. lark Feb 2022 #94

Yup. The kids and grandkids of these hateful types... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2022 #89

You are correct about everything except: "Most Americans did not" see what you saw. msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #90

I always knew that trump was a toxic influence. Paladin Feb 2022 #98