This is the kind of school indoctrination that Republicans support

[Mechaman]

While Obama, who makes a speech about responsibility, staying in school, doing your homework and is called a socialist indoctrinator, Reagan gave to schoolchildren essentially a stump speech about low-taxes, smaller government, line item vetoes and how great "Negro" institutions are, and he's the greatest, most freedom-loving president.

http://www.dailykostv.com/w/002107/

Ridiculous.

I don't really see what is so harmful of that last part. Doesn't "Negro" mean "black" in Spanish? If "Negro" has such an awful connotation why is it that some institutions like the NAACP use the word as part of the organization name? Or am I just a naive Okieboy who has never been around racists? I've been around plenty of racist people and never once have they used the word "negro", it has always been the big nasty N-word.
The rest of that however sounds like propaganda.

[Mechaman]

While Obama, who makes a speech about responsibility, staying in school, doing your homework and is called a socialist indoctrinator, Reagan gave to schoolchildren essentially a stump speech about low-taxes, smaller government, line item vetoes and how great "Negro" institutions are, and he's the greatest, most freedom-loving president.

http://www.dailykostv.com/w/002107/

Ridiculous.

I don't really see what is so harmful of that last part. Doesn't "Negro" mean "black" in Spanish? If "Negro" has such an awful connotation why is it that some institutions like the NAACP use the word as part of the organization name? Or am I just a naive Okieboy who has never been around racists? I've been around plenty of racist people and never once have they used the word "negro", it has always been the big nasty N-word.
The rest of that however sounds like propaganda.

Umm... "negro" is not used in the acronym NAACP.

Wow I feel like a dumbass.
But I have seen the word used in the names of other organizations.

[Mechaman]

While Obama, who makes a speech about responsibility, staying in school, doing your homework and is called a socialist indoctrinator, Reagan gave to schoolchildren essentially a stump speech about low-taxes, smaller government, line item vetoes and how great "Negro" institutions are, and he's the greatest, most freedom-loving president.

http://www.dailykostv.com/w/002107/

Ridiculous.

I don't really see what is so harmful of that last part. Doesn't "Negro" mean "black" in Spanish? If "Negro" has such an awful connotation why is it that some institutions like the NAACP use the word as part of the organization name? Or am I just a naive Okieboy who has never been around racists? I've been around plenty of racist people and never once have they used the word "negro", it has always been the big nasty N-word.
The rest of that however sounds like propaganda.

Umm... "negro" is not used in the acronym NAACP.

Wow I feel like a dumbass.
But I have seen the word used in the names of other organizations.

This is what I was thinking of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Negro_College_Fund

[Mechaman]

To all the people who are getting hung up on the Negro thing, even ignoring that, the speech is still not something the President should be saying to schoolchildren.

I will agree. Schools should be free from indoctrination.

[Mechaman]

I'm sure hardcore Libertarian Glenn Beck is going to condemn Reagan's indoctrination speech any minute now.

LOL.

[Mechaman]

While private schools aren't much better, at least they provide a better education and pay attention to the concerns of parents and students. I am done with the public school system.

I'm not saying that there aren't some very valid reasons to avoid public schools, but how do you square the idea of avoiding "indoctrination" with education?

Well it depends on what specific types of indoctrination we are referring to. Public schools I have attended have done things such as pressure kids into "talking to their parents about voting to give the schools more funding" and have been quite anti-religious (despite the school board wasting millions on "In God We Trust" plaques).

Not sure about the anti-religious part, but definitely agree with the whole "vote for school money" part.