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yardwork

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12. I taught my kids that every action is a choice.

Reply to eShirl (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 6, 2023, 11:03 AM

Dec 2023

Not getting up in the morning is a choice. Not speaking up against bullying is a choice.

Avoidance is a choice. Life is full of choices, many of them difficult. We're urged to do the right thing, because turning our heads and pretending we don't see is a choice.

A lot of people who consider themselves to be good, decent, even compassionate people are making lousy choices right now. It's not courageous to holler at Jewish restaurant owners or vandalize libraries. It's not courageous to cancel inclusivity because "somebody might get upset." It's a choice to promote antisemitism.

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Hanukkah Song Removed From School Concert in Rochester, Minnesota [View all] Behind the Aegis Dec 2023 OP

I CAN'T STAND IT! elleng Dec 2023 #1

Tell me again how it's "Just criticizing Israel!" and not against Jews in general Sympthsical Dec 2023 #2

K-12....They can tell you to remove your tee shirt if they're afraid it will cause problems. LeftInTX Dec 2023 #9

So the school reverts to a Christian-only concert? yardwork Dec 2023 #10

I don't know what songs are being sung. LeftInTX Dec 2023 #14

how about, not singing it being perceived as taking a side eShirl Dec 2023 #3

They sure as heck should. elleng Dec 2023 #4

I taught my kids that every action is a choice. yardwork Dec 2023 #12

Also removed a Kwanzaa song... What was the ginned up excuse for that one? RockRaven Dec 2023 #5

But let me guess... jmowreader Dec 2023 #6

Yep! Found a way to remove all non-Christian songs from the concert. yardwork Dec 2023 #7

But I thought criticizing Israel wasn't anti-Jewish!? NT Happy Hoosier Dec 2023 #8

Hamas sympathizers are equating Hanukkah with genocide dalton99a Dec 2023 #11

It sounds like the organizers in Virginia - probably white Christian's - are making that equivalence. yardwork Dec 2023 #13