Is this quote offensive?? - Page 2

[simple living mama]

I think it can be construed as elitist. It's separating homeschoolers from everyone else. I world like to think my kids have a lot to learn from just about everyone whether they are in "the world of homeschooling" or not. I guess it's how you interpret what the village is.

If it were a bumper sticker, I guess I wouldn't put it on my car because I would feel like it would make people feel bad about themselves. In other words I would want to convey a more positive saying about homeschooling.

[pookel]

When I see that slogan used, I interpret it to mean something like, "We homeschool so that those secular humanist liberals who have taken over public schools won't be able to indoctrinate our children into socialism and homosexual propaganda." The "village" reference sounds like a jab at Hillary Clinton, and since she's the conservatives' favored bogeyman, that's what it says to me.

I don't find it "offensive," but it certainly represents a worldview I don't agree with.

[zeldamomma]

Originally Posted by pookel

When I see that slogan used, I interpret it to mean something like, "We homeschool so that those secular humanist liberals who have taken over public schools won't be able to indoctrinate our children into socialism and homosexual propaganda." The "village" reference sounds like a jab at Hillary Clinton, and since she's the conservatives' favored bogeyman, that's what it says to me.

I don't find it "offensive," but it certainly represents a worldview I don't agree with.

I couldn't articulate this clearly, but that's how I interpret it too.

ZM

[SagMom]

I was thinking, though, that if that bumper sticker was next to the "Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot." that could be a whole 'nother thing.

[glendora]

Originally Posted by Joan

I always thought that bumper sticker was a dig at the Clinton administration.

Yeah. I wouldn't be offended, but I would think you were a Republican and/or a evangelic Christian.

[Dar]

Originally Posted by glendora

Yeah. I wouldn't be offended, but I would think you were a Republican and/or a evangelic Christian.

I would, too.

Rick Santorum wrote a book to rebut Hilary's, called "It Takes a Family"... and if I had to come down on the side of one or the other, I choose Hilary.

I've never considered the "village" to be the government, though, and neither does Hilary's book, as I recall. She does mentions teachers, but also clergymen, doctors, neighbors, coaches... but my idea of the village goes beyond Hilary's - she didn't invent the saying, although she did popularize it - to the original meaning, wherever it came from (opinions vary).

dar

[townmouse]

my children razed a village

[glendora]

Originally Posted by townmouse

my children razed a village

Hee.

[lillake]

Originally Posted by townmouse

my children razed a village

You must be proud.


As for the quote, I don't think it is offensive. Not what i agree with, but not offensive.

[Wolfmeis]

Originally Posted by joandsarah77

Lol I used to have a modified vertion of that on my siggy at another board. I stole it from someone on here. :

[november21]

I Love It

You know the first time I ever saw that I thought to myself "OH MY GOSH HOW TRUE THAT IS". I LOVE IT. Makes me laugh...... and true- so true.

[RedWine]

Originally Posted by simple living mama

I think it can be construed as elitist.

I agree with this.

That being said, I think it's very funny (and very true!).

[Cassiopeia]

Not offensive but not at all in line with my philosophy. I love my village.

It also kind of sounds like you're homeschooling because you're afraid of letting your child interact with the world.

[Brigianna]

I like it, and I think it's true for us. To me it doesn't mean wanting to shelter your children from the larger world or the "village," it means you don't want the village controlling your children or your family. I want my kids to be exposed to all kinds of people and all kinds of ideas (as age appropriate), but I don't want them to be forced to conform or assimilate into the village mainstream as happens in public schools. I don't need the state/society/village telling me or my children how to think. I think that's the sentiment being tapped into with that saying, nothing to do with isolation or Republicans.

[mama2cntrykids]

Not offensive at all. I'm LOL at it!

[Arduinna]

well I think it's funny. But I didn't see it as a dig against the Clintons, but I thank Joan for bringing that up.

As far as HSing to keep my kids away from society, actually that was a primary consideration. Frankly I don't like most of the stuff I see at happening at schools, they are their own society and one that I don't agree with. The conformity, the bullying, the attitudes, the competition. The fact that the school district acts like their own your kids. So yeah, I don't want that "village" raising my kids.

[Spookygirl]

I have had it in my email signature line for a couple months, most people get a kick out of it, if they are offended, they keep it to themselves well

[Nimbus]

I posted earlier that I thought it was funny.

It seems as though the quote puts the "village" in the context of homeschool vs public school. I take the "village" to mean governement-run, schools rife with corporatization. I'm all for my child being exposed to people/cultures/points of view different from mine. However, there are many ways of thinking I don't want subtly (sometimes not so subtly) and consistently reinforced through questionable curricula via the "village".

[Aliviasmom]

*I* don't think it's offensive....because I agree with it 100000%!

[Ambrose]

Originally Posted by Joan

I was thinking, though, that if that bumper sticker was next to the "Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot." that could be a whole 'nother thing.

: omg- that's too funny....!!! And, I don't find the original saying offensive but I can see how others would take it as such.