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Originally Posted by court4short
Does that seem a LITTLE ridiculous or is it just me? It's a speech from the PRESIDENT of the United States. It's not like it's going to be some highly offensive speech or anything, right? You know, you can't hide your kids from EVERYTHING....I mean really, they are high school students. Just my opinion.
But going back to what I said about the speech not being offensive..I honestly don't really understand why people find this offensive. Am I missing something? Are there subliminal messages that I'm not picking up on?
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I am not an Obama fan by any stretch of the means and I criticize him/his administration frequently. However, if his speech is truly non-partisan/non-political, and is conveying a great positive message to kids about how important education is, then I see no problem.
I think people are up in arms because as stated before here, it was announced late/poor planning, and a lot of parents may not buy in to the non-partisan/non-political aspect of the speech. I would expect the same kind of uproar regardless of who was making the speech including but not limited to:
--any past US president (popular or unpopular)
--a highly respected religious figure such as the Pope
--some nut actor from Hollywood
--a republican/independent president/administration
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