Catherine Vogt, 14, is an Illinois 8th grader, the daughter of a liberal mom and a conservative dad. She wanted to conduct an experiment in political tolerance and diversity of opinion at her school in the liberal suburb of Oak Park.
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So just before the election, Catherine consulted with her history teacher, then bravely wore a unique T-shirt to school and recorded the comments of teachers and students in her journal. The T-shirt bore the simple yet quite subversive words drawn with a red marker: "McCain Girl."
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"People were upset. But they started saying things, calling me very stupid, telling me my shirt was stupid and I shouldn't be wearing it," Catherine said.
Then it got worse.
"One person told me to go die. It was a lot of dying. A lot of comments about how I should be killed," Catherine said, of the tolerance in Oak Park.
But students weren't the only ones surprised that she wore a shirt supporting McCain.
"In one class, I had one teacher say she will not judge me for my choice, but that she was surprised that I supported McCain," Catherine said.
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"That's what we discussed," Cassin-Pountney said about the debate in the classroom when the experiment was revealed. "I said, here you are, promoting this person [Obama] that believes we are all equal and included, and look what you've done? The students were kind of like, 'Oh, yeah.' I think they got it."
I realize that both sides are guilty of intolerance but found this commentary to be particularly damning toward many who follow an idealogy whose cornerstones include tolerance and respect for diversity.
Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:45 pm
by travelinman67
An "oldie" but goodie...the McCain rally on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in September. The Democrat elimination of dissent...done with such intellectual poise...
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Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:47 pm
by AZGrizFan
Some said that because she supported McCain, by extension she supported a plan by deranged skinheads to kill Obama before the election. And I thought such politicized logic was confined to American newsrooms.
Party of Inclusion. What a fcuking joke. Their hypocricy knows no bounds.
Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:34 am
by Cap'n Cat
AZGrizFan wrote:
Some said that because she supported McCain, by extension she supported a plan by deranged skinheads to kill Obama before the election. And I thought such politicized logic was confined to American newsrooms.
Party of Inclusion. What a fcuking joke. Their hypocricy knows no bounds.
Or, hypocrisy. One of the two.
Hypocrisy? Howzabout "Liberators, not conquerors"?
Conks will never learn. Clean up the dog sh*t in your backyard before ya bitch at the neighbor about the smell.
Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:00 pm
by AZGrizFan
Cap'n Cat wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
Party of Inclusion. What a fcuking joke. Their hypocricy knows no bounds.
Or, hypocrisy. One of the two.
Hypocrisy? Howzabout "Liberators, not conquerors"?
Conks will never learn. Clean up the dog sh*t in your backyard before ya bitch at the neighbor about the smell.
Yep. My heart bleeds for those poor, tortured prisoners.
Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:12 pm
by Cap'n Cat
AZGrizFan wrote:
Yep. My heart bleeds for those poor, tortured prisoners.
In your own words (edited for spelling, of course): "Their hypocrisy knows no bounds."
Catherine Vogt, 14, is an Illinois 8th grader, the daughter of a liberal mom and a conservative dad. She wanted to conduct an experiment in political tolerance and diversity of opinion at her school in the liberal suburb of Oak Park.
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You know, I wonder if she f**ks.
Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:49 pm
by AZGrizFan
Cap'n Cat wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
Yep. My heart bleeds for those poor, tortured prisoners.
In your own words (edited for spelling, of course): "Their hypocrisy knows no bounds."
Liberators.
God HELP you if you ever make a spelling error.
Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 1:35 pm
by Cap'n Cat
AZGrizFan wrote:
Cap'n Cat wrote:
In your own words (edited for spelling, of course): "Their hypocrisy knows no bounds."
Liberators.
God HELP you if you ever make a spelling error.
LMFatAO!!!!!!
I do'nt offen miss pell shet.
Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:00 pm
by AZGrizFan
Cap'n Cat wrote:
AZGrizFan wrote:
God HELP you if you ever make a spelling error.
LMFatAO!!!!!!
I do'nt offen miss pell shet.
OK, Kleenex.
Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:15 pm
by Cap'n Cat
Back to the story. I don't believe it's true. It's either not true or it's greatly exaggerated.
Re: Tolerance fails T-shirt test
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:33 pm
by AZGrizFan
Cap'n Cat wrote:Back to the story. I don't believe it's true. It's either not true or it's greatly exaggerated.
It HAS to be true. It was in the Chicago Tribune, and they've got their collective noses stuck so far up Obama's ass that the ONLY way they'd print something negative is if it was positively true.
