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casafraz I keep hearing how horrible the Mormons are but this is not about the Mormons. This is happening all over the country and the people and children who are saying these things are not just Mormon. These comments are being made by multiple people from multiple backgrounds. It doesn't matter who you are, where you’re from, or what your religion is, making comments like those made in that particular community are unacceptable. Also making negative comments about someone else’s religion is just as bad.
The Reddest State
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
So red that schoolkids chant "Assassinate Obama!" on the school bus.
Students chant 'Assassinate Obama' on school bus
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... anything like this before," said Whoolery. "They were chanting on the bus, 'Assassinate Obama. Assassinate Obama.' Then adding in a name sometimes of a classmate on the bus, 'Assassinate Obama and Kate.'" The Whoolery's explained to their kids what assassinate means then contacted the school about what was happening. "I think the thing that struck us was just like, 'Where did they get the word and why would they put that word and that person together?'" said Whoolery. Read more: http://www.2news.tv/news/local/34274374.html This was in Rexburg, Idaho.
Real America
Hoffmania! —
... It comes from the parents. Period.
Students chant 'Assassinate Obama' on school bus Controversial words spoken by kids on a school bus have some Madison County [Idaho] parents concerned. Matthew
Whoolery and his wife aren't blaming the school district for what
happened on the bus but they do think all parents need to be careful
about what they say and teach their children. Whoolery and his
wife couldn't believe it when their second and third graders got off
the bus last week and told them what other students were ...
Teaching bad research skills to children
Nitpicker —
... suspended for writing inappropriate comments about presidential candidate Barack Obama, have been released. Larry Moore, deputy superintendent for the Jackson County School District, said school officials determined Howard wrote an acronym with an explanation on a dry-erase board in his seventh-grade social-studies class at Marianna Middle School. It said, "C.H.A.N.G.E. - Come Help A (N-word) Get Elected."Nor does she seem interested in a busload of kids chanting "assassinate Obama." I'm sure these are simple oversights.
