SOUTHERN ILLINOIS – A press release being distributed widely in the area is congratulating a downstate high school for receiving recognition in “civic learning.”
The presser is from the Illinois Civic Mission Coalition (ICMC), having recognized Flora High School as an “Illinois Democracy School.”
The ICMC is all full of congratulatory language regarding the “fact” that “Democracy Schools provide students with authentic experiences in the rights, responsibilities, and tensions inherent to living in a democracy.
“Participating schools are vigilant in creating opportunities and experiences that empower students to nurture and sustain our democracy, including: engaging in current and controversial issue discussions, participating in democratic simulations, and providing service learning opportunities,” the presser went on to say.
There’s just one little problem with it.
The United States of America isn’t a democracy; it’s a Republic. This is something that’s explicitly outlined in the country’s Constitution…and studiously overlooked by public schools, public entities and public officials, who for whatever reason have all started leaning left as of about the end of the Reagan era, and all to our great detriment.
For those of you not familiar with the FACT that America is a Republic, we encourage you to actually pick up a copy of the Constitution and read it. Republic basically means that we have representatives (note how the etymology reflects that: “Rep” in Republic, “rep” in representative; the English language is like that if anyone cares to actually study it) who …wait for it….REPRESENT us, we the people, in organized, structured ways attending to the business of “the people” (basically, how to spend our tax money).
“Democracy,” on the other hand, by definition is MOB RULE. In other words, the louder and more vicious the mob, the more likely they are to get their way instead of every voice having the opportunity to be heard. You get that “every voice opportunity” by being actively involved in talking to your representatives, voting and participating, NOT by screaming the loudest until the politicians treat you like a barking dog that won’t shut up and relent to allow you in the house…which isn’t always a good idea. Because the problem with the barking dog analogy is that someone always runs the risk of a politician throwing that barking dog a D-Con steak and shutting it up permanently…and once the pols see that that’s a successful and viable option, they won’t just do it to the barking dog; they’ll do it to the cats in the yard, the owners of the dogs and cats, and the next door neighbors, until the neighborhood is cleared completely out. Then the pols go on to do the same thing to the entire town and the entire state….until where you live and what you do to live there is completely unrecognizable.
Sound familiar…? It should, especially if you, like us, live in Illinois.
But the bigger issue is the fact that this is being touted in the public schools….and that a school is being rewarded for incorrect civics lessons. Because if you don’t call it what it is – a Republic – you are churning out little social justice warriors (SJWs) with bizarre hairstyles and dyed-pink armpit hair and a guy who looks like a girl but identifies as a toaster and you call him by the wrong pronoun and you get arrested for hate speech who don’t know a Republic from a mob rule from a Soviet Socialist and suddenly…you’re being taken over by Communists. Think that doesn’t happen? I give you Venezuela to show you that it happens. Just. That. Way.
Our kids are being indoctrinated to accept communism, under the guise of “socialism,” as acceptable. Who’s doing that? Socialists, disguised as Democrats. The schools are filled with them now. You would be hard-pressed to locate a school in this state – let alone an entire school system – that is operated by conservatives. The leftards have taken over the schools, and subsequently have taken over your kids. This has been going on for a LONG time, as evidenced in the next stanza from the congratulatory press release:
“Since 2006, 75 Illinois high schools have successfully completed a school-wide civic assessment to be recognized as Democracy Schools.
“‘We commend Flora High School for their tenacity and enthusiasm in expanding and improving civic learning across the curriculum and throughout Illinois,’ said Sonia Mathew, Civic Learning Manager at the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. ‘Through these practices and experiences student (sic) see first-hand the critical role they play in shaping government and society.’”
“Flora High School will receive a stipend from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, which convenes the ICMC, to continue civic learning initiatives, as well as a new banner for public display.”
So when you see this banner displayed at Flora – or anywhere – use your First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech to let the leftards know that we’re a representative Republic – NOT a “democracy” – which uses the “democratic process” to cast ballots and establish elections, but that’s it as regards the “D” word…because it’s apparent that the movement is on to remove the “R” word from our society….and if that happens, pretty soon we won’t HAVE a society.