Reply #16: I think these are two different events.

[Virginian]

One teacher was in the spotlight for having a debate in the format of a trial.

The other teacher was taped for 20 minutes of his class. During this time he brought out how the bushies use the same we/they tactics to obtain a maliable population that was used by Hitler.

The trial was an excellent way to have the opposing groups present their arguments in a clear, logical way instead of yelling the same talking points back and forth in irrational anger.

The lecture was simply pointing out how both leaders used the same methods to rally their populations for the "cause" and how both used fear and xeniphobia as a political tool. (Strange how the same methods still work. Those who forget history are destined to repeat it.) I only heard the sound bite on the morning talk show. He may have used Stalin and Lennin and earlier US Presidents as well. The kid was asking leading questions so that the teacher was talking about the things the kid wanted to tape. I think this is called entrapment.