...and they banned the President from speaking to the students

[T Wolf]

Source: WHAS - ABC affiliate in Kentucky

SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) -- A Somerset parent is upset because of a short film shown to his daughter's class at Pulaski County High School.



Bill Cruey told WYMT-TV in Hazard the film "Fitna" blamed the Islam religion for the 9-11 attacks on the United States. The film was shown on Sept. 11.

Cruey said his daughter is receiving counseling and has been pulled from the class after seeing images of beheadings, children being injured and dead bodies interspersed with readings from the Koran.

The film is by Dutch anti-immigration lawmaker Geert Wilders.

Pulaski County Superintendent Tim Eaton says the presentation was meant to commemorate 9-11 and discuss the dangers of extremism...

Read more: http://www.whas11.com/justposted/stories/whas11-topstory-090922-film-upsets-students.1a5c618d4.html

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Haven't seen this posted, but it is not really "late breaking" news...

The universities may be bastions of liberal thought and free-thinking, but the elementary and high schools in this country have been taken over by the fundies.

This shit has to stop!


mod - please move this if appropriate.

[ejpoeta]

1. they showed this in elementary school??? high school??? wtf is with that!!

did they show the extremists right here too or just the muslim extremists! what a load of crap and someone should sue the school over that.

[Why Syzygy]

5. I hope they do sue.

What a disgrace!

[sharp_stick]

2. Holy Shit

I say we just go back and pretend 1865 had a different outcome. Allow people about 6 months to decide where they want to live then build a fucking wall.

I've pretty much had it with these fundie fucks, if one of them ever showed my kid a film like this there would probably be a bit of an "altercation".

[rd_kent]

3. "Superintendent Tim Eaton says the presentation was meant to commemorate 9-11 and discuss the danger

Superintendent Tim Eaton says the presentation was meant to commemorate 9-11 and discuss the dangers of extremism...

I hope that they discuss the dangers of all forms of extremism, including the xtian extremism found right there in Kentucky.....

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. Oh my God!

I have family in Somerset, and my ancestors helped to establish Pulaski co! I can not believe that they have turned into such fearful and ignorant people.There is no way to talk to them because they KNOW what is true(as far as they are concerned)

[Dogtown]

6. I'm sickened.

K&R.