There is a strong message here, but what that message is, with any writing, is somewhat relative. Mein Kampf has a strong message too. One can even argue that it does a better job discrediting the intended message than supporting it. But... well... this is still written with clear bias as to what one is intended to take away from it. While there are a minority of “ultra liberals” who are just- terrible parents- terrible parenting is ideologically neutral. Indoctrination and use of children as political pawns knows no party or ideological line. We could, (and I have) just as easily make this about ultra conservatives or really any extremist group. The fact one could make the case against extremism without targeting an ideological leaning, but the choice was made to target progressive extremists shows the bias.
Be 2nd grader
>Donald Trump elected
>parents sit me down and tell me he is going to make America great again, and that we can’t let the liberals win because they aren’t real Americans and want to take everything I have and make me a slave.
>I don’t want them to take my stuff and make me a slave. Start yelling and crying about it. Screaming I’m happy to be a real American and don’t want to be a liberal. Parents film it for YouTube to show all their friends.
>go to sleep tired the next day. Up all night scared because daddy was talking about how the immigrants rob and kill people and my school is full of immigrants.
>teacher begins lesson about how we may be shot at any moment by scary people at school.
>shows us video of happy playing kids suddenly crying and scared.
>gives us paper to tell the people in charge we don’t want to die.
>paper has holes and translucent parts from my tears.
>go home and tell mom and dad about how I don’t want people to have guns anymore. They might kill me. Dad gets mad at me. Tells me we need guns to be safe from immigrants and criminals and liberal government. Says we can’t rely on the police to protect us.
> am confused. Last week daddy was mad at the people who said the police were not doing a good job, but now he says the police can’t do their job? Maybe he doesn’t like the other people who are mad at the police because they are brown? Lots of immigrants are brown so maybe I should just be wary of brown people? Daddy says not to listen to teacher because she is a liberal.
>mom says we are going to Walmart.
>Go to Walmart. There is a woman there who is very big. She looks like a man. Feel confused. Ask mommy why that woman looks that way. Mommy tells me that person is a freak who turned their back on god and is dangerous. Hurts children and is crazy.That makes me sad. And scared. This person is a bad person and I now can tell bad people better by looking at them.
>on the way home the news is on the radio. Says something about “gay.” Mommy turns back and tells me that “gay” is like the man in Walmart, they don’t all look like that, but they all hurt children and are crazy and make god sad. Says that if I ever turn gay I won’t be her child anymore.
>makes me sad. I don’t want to lose my mommy. I don’t understand gay. She tells me that men are supposed to be with women. Ask if this means I’m supposed to play with girls, because daddy got mad when I was playing too much with girls, especially our neighbor Moniqua- who he said was a type of person I should t spend time with. Mommy says no. Play with boys, there are just things boys can do with girls and not other boys. I’m confused. I lent Susie my eraser- can I not lend Billy erasers anymore? I don’t want to lose my mommy by doing the wrong thing. Tell her I won’t be gay. I hate gays.
>see mommy typing on phone while driving. This makes me scared too. She says it’s ok. See her typing to her friend- “SO HAPPY. SON SAID HE HATES GAYS!”
>See this and get afraid.
Life of a modern kid
>Donald Trump elected
>parents sit me down and tell me he is going to make America great again, and that we can’t let the liberals win because they aren’t real Americans and want to take everything I have and make me a slave.
>I don’t want them to take my stuff and make me a slave. Start yelling and crying about it. Screaming I’m happy to be a real American and don’t want to be a liberal. Parents film it for YouTube to show all their friends.
>teacher begins lesson about how we may be shot at any moment by scary people at school.
>shows us video of happy playing kids suddenly crying and scared.
>gives us paper to tell the people in charge we don’t want to die.
>paper has holes and translucent parts from my tears.
> am confused. Last week daddy was mad at the people who said the police were not doing a good job, but now he says the police can’t do their job? Maybe he doesn’t like the other people who are mad at the police because they are brown? Lots of immigrants are brown so maybe I should just be wary of brown people? Daddy says not to listen to teacher because she is a liberal.
>Go to Walmart. There is a woman there who is very big. She looks like a man. Feel confused. Ask mommy why that woman looks that way. Mommy tells me that person is a freak who turned their back on god and is dangerous. Hurts children and is crazy.That makes me sad. And scared. This person is a bad person and I now can tell bad people better by looking at them.
>on the way home the news is on the radio. Says something about “gay.” Mommy turns back and tells me that “gay” is like the man in Walmart, they don’t all look like that, but they all hurt children and are crazy and make god sad. Says that if I ever turn gay I won’t be her child anymore.
>See this and get afraid.
Life of a modern kid