Big Blue Owl wrote:My guess is that Joe, besides having his back taxes paid for him, has been enriched monetarily by his experience. Not only that, I'll bet that his sudden star status made him more popular with the ladies than ever before. And there is some talk of a deal with The Hair Club For Men.
Big Blue Owl wrote:My guess is that Joe, besides having his back taxes paid for him, has been enriched monetarily by his experience. Not only that, I'll bet that his sudden star status made him more popular with the ladies than ever before. And there is some talk of a deal with The Hair Club For Men.
Peers call 8th grader 'stupid,' say she should be 'killed' for supporting
Republican
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Posted: November 13, 2008
10:30 pm Eastern
? 2008 WorldNetDaily
When a 14-year-old girl wore a "McCain Girl" T-shirt to school, students
told her she should be "crucified" or "burned" for supporting the
Republican ? but when she wore an Obama T-shirt, everyone
complimented her.
Illinois 8th grader Catherine Vogt's mother supported Obama, while her
father supported McCain. The teen conducted an experiment to test
tolerance among her peers and teachers, the Chicago Tribune reported.
But she was surprised by their strong reactions.
Vogt began the experiment by wearing a white T-shirt with "McCain Girl"
painted in red across the front to Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School in Oak
Park. She wrote her observations in a journal.
"I was just really curious how they'd react to something that different,
because a lot of people at my school wore Obama shirts and they are big
Obama supporters," Catherine told the Chicago Tribune. "I just really
wanted to see what their reaction would be."
The students were openly hostile, criticizing her support for McCain.
"People were upset," Vogt said. "But they started saying things, calling me
very stupid, telling me my shirt was stupid and I shouldn't be wearing it."
The harsh words didn't stop there.
"One person told me to go die," she said. "It was a lot of dying. A lot of
comments about how I should be killed."
Even Vogt's teachers chimed in.
"In one class, I had one teacher say she will not judge me for my choice,
but that she was surprised that I supported McCain," the teen
said. "Later, that teacher found out about the experiment and said she
was embarrassed because she knew I was writing down what she said."
One boy said Vogt should be killed for wearing the T-shirt.
"He said, 'You should be crucifixed,'" she told the Tribune. "It was kind of
funny because, I was like, don't you mean 'crucified?'"
Classmates told Vogt she deserved to be "burned with her shirt on"
for "being a filthy-rich Republican," while others accused her of backing
homicidal skinheads who sought to kill Obama by supporting McCain.
Vogt never said a word about her experiment. She let the comments
continue and carefully recorded each one.
"I couldn't show people really what it was for," she told the Tribune. "I
really kind of wanted to laugh because they had no idea what I was
doing."
Few students complimented her on the McCain T-shirt, and when one did,
the girl discretely pulled her aside and whispered, "I really like your
shirt."
The next day, Vogt decided to complete her experiment by wearing an
identical white T-shirt to school ? but this time it had the blue
words "Obama Girl" painted on the front.
"People liked my shirt. They said things like my 'brain had come back,'
and I had 'put the right shirt on today,' " she told the Tribune.
A few students were confused about Vogt's loyalties.
"A lot of people liked it," she said. "But some people told me I was a
flip-flopper. They said, 'You can't make up your mind. You can't wear a
McCain shirt one day and an Obama shirt the next day.' "
When Vogt used her findings to write a report, her history teacher, Norma
Cassin-Pountney, gave her extra credit.
When a Chicago Tribune reporter asked Cassin-Pountney why Obama
supporters would hassle Vogt in a community filled with people who pride
themselves on their "tolerance," the teacher said she held a discussion
about it after the experiment was completed.
"I said, here you are, promoting this person [Obama] that believes we
are all equal and included, and look what you've done?" the teacher
said. "The students were kind of like, 'Oh, yeah.' I think they got it."
Vogt said the criticism was difficult to handle when she showed support for
McCain.
"Just being on the outside, how it felt, it was not fun at all."
People are so full of hate! Even the kids, apparently. And a lot of people seem to hate McCain, or what he stands for. It seems that some just can't get over it and on with it. I think this girl was brave for conducting this experiment and not telling anyone as she did it. I hope it taught the haters a lesson that they will remember and use in future.
That kid is going to go places and do things (if someone doesn't kill her first!).
Kudos to her! That kind of teen behavior makes me want to Stand Up and Shout!
I find it interesting how much people "know" about you from what you wear. After all, when she wore the McCain shirt she was told she was a "filthy-rich Republican". When she wore the Obama she had regained her brain.
I'm glad some kids noted the difference from one day to the next and called her on flip-flopping.
Again, I am struck by how a bunch of people who are claiming enlightenment, calling for tolerance and acceptance and the nation being one are such huge bigots. Reminds me of Anrachy in the UK...."don't know what I want, but I know how to get it.....DESTROY!"
The woman who received this Habitat for Humanity home and her daughter rode with Dove and I to Idaho and back this past summer when the girls' team went to the Regional Play-Offs.
And now for the other side, the side that makes you not so happy.
Siggs....you heard about this?
In 2006 Boulder County, Colorado had their largest search ever, utilizing 600 men looking for this man who was supposed to have fallen and hit his head while hiking, but really deserted the Corps.
He was arrested here in Port Angeles with his father, supposedly days before he was going to turn himself in.
awip2062 wrote:And now for the other side, the side that makes you not so happy.
Siggs....you heard about this?
In 2006 Boulder County, Colorado had their largest search ever, utilizing 600 men looking for this man who was supposed to have fallen and hit his head while hiking, but really deserted the Corps.
He was arrested here in Port Angeles with his father, supposedly days before he was going to turn himself in.
