This is education?

I've been to a number of high school theatrical productions, all a mixture of fun and seriousness; pratfalls (a few actually intentional) and some surprisingly good two-stepping; singing and, well, what I'd probably call... moaning.... 

Some I went to out of obligation (niece or nephew playing a leading role, showing support for a son's friend, raising funds for a school function), other times because I simply desired to go and be entertained.

This however was decidedly less than entertaining:

Three invited pro-military speakers were shocked last Friday when they arrived for a West Seattle High student assembly to confront a theater stage strewn with figures costumed as Iraqi men, women and children splashed with blood.

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For Nadine Gulit of Operation Support Our Troops, the spectacle was sickening.

She had been asked by student organizers to provide three speakers and she delivered.

"I was told there would be three on each side. No debates. No rebuttal," she said in the e-mail she fired off to members of the Seattle School Board. "At no time was I referred to a teacher nor did a teacher contact me. As I walked into the theater there was a young girl wearing a mask and crawling on the floor. And, over the loud speaker (someone) was denouncing our military, saying 'Americans are killing my family!' "

Not a good thing for "impressionable students who may have family serving Iraq," Gulit told student organizers. "Two of our speakers had returned from Iraq and Afghanistan."

The students who put this on, all future movers and shakers of DemocraticUnderground, MoveOn.Org, Ward Churchill's fledgling fan club and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, have every right to attempt to get their message out (one summarized in three simple words, we hate America), no matter how skewed that message might be.

But how much thought went into inviting members of the military, some who just returning from combat areas?  Doesn't this sound alot like this recent 'educational experience'?

All meant, I'm sure, to show their support for our troops.

Tip of the fedora to Michelle Malkin who on a somewhat related note, was 'educated' by Jeff  over at Think Sink, and he's pretty excited about it.  Go check it out.

UPDATE:  Cold Fury has more examples of leftists supporting the troops... I suggest a dose of Lasix or perhaps even one of these to lessen the risk of popping a vein before reading.

Comments

[Jeff H]

Hey, Rick--when I get that "famous blogger" invite to the White House, will you be my bodyguard?