An Indoctrination Problem

Wails of righteous indignation rise up, and deservedly so, whenever we see photos of, and read about, the way Arab children are inculcated with hatred of the Jewish people.  You know, the children are dressed up like suicide bombers, or in oh so spiffy Hamas uniforms and the like.  Isn’t this the same thing?

As the first bell rang, students bounded into hallways wearing twig- and branch-imprinted jackets or sporting fatigues stamped U.S. Army.

Principal Christine Moschetti said the school asked the students to don the martial clothing to show support for “the fight against drugs.” She wore a leafy, oversized camouflage T-shirt that she had bought at Wal-Mart for $5.

Camouflage Day at Marshall was tied to a national anti-drug campaign called Red Ribbon Week that began Monday. The week commemorates a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was slain on duty in Mexico in 1985. Organizers with National Family Partnership, a Florida-based group, said thousands of schools nationwide are participating through such activities as encouraging students to sign drug-free pledges or sponsoring spirit weeks. Events at some schools are similar to those found in a high school homecoming week, with students asked to wear different outfits each day to promote different themes.

Judas frickin’ priest.

From a Washington Post article titled Clad in Camouflage for a Cause.

Via Radley Balko, whose post on this also points to a Don Boudreaux letter to the editor on just this matter.

UPDATE: Maybe the schools could all get the kiddies one of these.

The toy set, named the “Elite Operations Role Play Set: Police,” includes a nightstick and a utility belt. A recorded message that includes what sounds like a curse word plays when the nightstick is removed from the belt.

From a Breitbart.com article titled Father Says Toy Utters Curse Word which I was pointed to by The Corner.

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