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Political agendas and children - What say you?

Would you purchase a children's book with a clear partisan agenda?

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I approached politics just as I did religion with my kids. No indoctrination was purposely forced, but they learned from the way we lived and the values we tried to uphold.
 
I've purchased children's books with ideological agendas, such as [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Starry-Messenger-Galileo-Peter-Sis/dp/0374470278]Starry Messenger[/ame] (the story about Galileo & his banishment from the church) or [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Princess-Hippo-Fantasy/dp/0590557866]The Practical Princess[/ame] (bought as a reaction to a horrible retelling of The Princess and the Pea).

I absolutely would not buy divisive, mean-spirited crap like the two books in the OP, though.
 
Korimyr the Rat said:
I find this concept vaguely disgusting.
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I find it seriously disturbing.

I'm fully aware of the ignorance people must possess to vote for someone like Obama. I didn't realize they were so ignorant they would need propaganda manuals to ensure their kids remained equally ignorant.
 
Rufus said:
Never. Why steal the innocence and brainwash 4 year olds?
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Because it's easiest and most effective at that time.

All religions start as early as possible. Liberalism is no different than any other religion.
 
Tsunami said:
The election of Barack Obama is a significant event in our nation's history,
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It was?

There was a Democrat, there was a Republican, there were other candidates who weren't going to win no how.

That's pretty much the way of American politics since Lincoln.

What was special about it?

OH!

You mean the fawning media coverage of the Messiah!

Yeah, that was different.

Well, not really, they do pretty much the same kind of promotional and cover-up thing for all Democrat candidates lately.

So really, what was the special event you're talking about?
 

Never seen books like this but my daughter was looking for cloths for her 18 month old on amazon the other day and we were both pretty shocked at the slogans on t shirts for that age. For example a picture of boobs and My Dad Loves these written underneath and various other things about how drunk Mum is and so on.

I found it all a bit sick.

The books sound the same.
 
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I knew someone was going to try to argue against this. In case you haven't noticed, Barack Obama is black.

Poll: Majority say Obama election historic - UPI.com
 
These books that we have seen are not about politics, they are about biased and irrational partisanship.

If I had a baby Einstein that would be able to understand a book on political theory then I guess I would say yes - But the average kid would not be able to understand, and it would only lead to misconceptions.

Better off reading something else that's educational so that the child can gain a strong foundation to make rational political decisions in the future.
 
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