From the New York Times Some Parents Oppose Obama School Speech:
…telling children they should not hear out the president of the United States, even if their parents dislike his policies, sends the wrong message — that one should not listen to someone with whom you disagree.
It’s rather sad and remarkable what an intolerant and absolute society we still are as a whole. In the past decade it seems worse, but then again I wasn’t alive during the civil rights moment or the days of the civil war to compare. It seems to be forgotten that this country was founded on and has succeeded based on compromise and debate, not blind absolutism.
