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sheshe2

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Sat Nov 24, 2012, 06:26 PM Nov 2012

Fox News guest: ‘We do want to destroy the imaginations of our children’.. Anthony Esolen was Great!

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Did Fox News get Punked? They sure Did!

In a bizarre interview aired Friday morning, “Fox & Friends” apparently got punked by an author who declared that society absolutely has every reason to “destroy the imaginations of our children.”

It’s not quite clear why Anthony Esolen, author of the book “Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child,” responded the way he did, but it’s possible that he had an axe to grind with Fox News.

Asked about the premise of his book, Esolen flipped the conversation on its head. “First of all, we do want to destroy the imaginations of our children,” he said. “Otherwise our economy would collapse and people would stop buying things they don’t need and don’t really even enjoy.”





“You can’t let your kid be outside, because a single blade of grass out there is a more wondrous object than anything a kid will see on a screen in a month’s time of viewing television and video games,” Esolen continued. “So, absolutely, you’ve got to keep them indoors.”

He added that fairy tales are also not advisable because “they are based on what every culture really knows about human beings.

Raw Story (http://s.tt/1uBrp)




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Fox News guest: ‘We do want to destroy the imaginations of our children’.. Anthony Esolen was Great! (Original Post) sheshe2 Nov 2012 OP
Tee Hee brucefan Nov 2012 #1
Isn't this guy from "The Yes Men'? Mika Nov 2012 #2
Don't worry...... left on green only Nov 2012 #3
Well the Vapid Blonde sure had a bemused expression on her face! sheshe2 Nov 2012 #4
I'm sure she bought it hook, line and sinker! No original thinking allowed at Faux! freshwest Nov 2012 #5
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