The Left vs. The Right: ItÂ’s all about context
6/20/12
This morning on radio Glenn went through two stories that were recently in the news, both have to do with anti-patriotic protests from the left.
The first is a story out of New York City. Last week, TheBlaze.com reported on a Brooklyn principal who banned children from singing ‘God Blass the USA’ during their kindergarten graduation program, claiming she didn’t “want to offend other cultures.”
This week those same children were heckled for singing the song at a protest in a nearby park.
Parents, outraged by Principal Greta HawkinsÂ’ decision to ban the song, organized the protest and invited Rep. Bob Turner (R-NY) to attend (heÂ’s running against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand). But the event, which was assembled to allow the children and families to make their opposition to HawkinsÂ’ stance known, went terribly wrong when some adults chose to shout over the children in protest.
“The left shows up, and what does the left do? They decide to scream at the schoolchildren. I mean, we’re talking little kids, scream at the schoolchildren,” Glenn said.
In the audio clip of the protest you can hear the children in the background singing “God Bless America,” and the protest trying to shout over them screaming, “Burn in hell! You’re all going to burn in hell!”
“They’re all going to burn in hell for singing “God Bless America”?” Pat asked.
Unlikely.
Glenn quickly jumped over to the other story – this one of a flag burning out of Oakland, California. In this clip far left protesters are burning an American flag and singing. As they sing, you can hear them saying “America, F* you”.
“They won’t burn in hell, the flag will just burn. But when you sing “God Bless America,” that’s when you’re going to burn,” Pat said noting the left’s hypocritical logic.
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The Left vs. The Right: It’s all about context – Glenn Beck