Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "School administrator’s memo about Jan. 6 sparks controversy" video.

@randibgood And as we wait for those responsible to be found guilty, schools can wait to teach about it. I was a child during the Vietnam War, and teachers knew it was a contentious issue, and did not discuss it.
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That's fine, as you're their parent. But, since this subject is rather difficult to approach in a nonpartisan manner, it shouldn't be taught to grade schoolers, until enough time has passed to remove bitterness. It should be saved for high school, and approached as unemotionally as possible. btw I was horrified that Trump was president, and January 6 confirmed my every fear.
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@bellanoir9479 Well said. You forgot the part where every synagogue was vandalized in Portland. Orthodox Jews were attacked for being Jewish. And Chabad was burned down by antifa. Of course, Wheeler wouldn't let the police take reports on any of this racist behavior, so if weren't Jewish, you'd never know. Since no official report exists for any of these hate crimes, even though the fire department pushed for an investigation of burning Chabad to the ground, the FBI was never notified, and only the Jewish news reported on the crimes.
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Whose truth? There really doesn't seem to be a consensus in this country. To teach about it, after the committee has finished is too soon. Let the courts determine the truth, before it is taught.
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You think it's the truth, I think it's the truth, but there are many Americans who disagree with us. It is unwise to teach something, when the facts are not yet known. The superintendent was correct. Any lesson on this subject will seem like propaganda. Give it time, at least until after DOJ is done.
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Safe and effective is true. Mostly peaceful was false. The two do not correlate.
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@flamingoboot8874 Cute, but my father told it, want to anger a Democrat, tell them the truth, want to anger a Republican, tell them a lie. You don't seem to understand that groupthink is not a good idea.
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Whose truth? First, we don't know all the facts yet. I fear it's going to be even worse than we realized. Let the DOJ determine what laws were actually broken, and by whom. Second, there is not a national consensus, your truth is someone else's lie. There are many who get angry when one accurately calls the violence, theft, destruction and racist attacks of 2020, BLM riots. Many still falsely insist they were peaceful protests. If you can't get a consensus on that, how do you expect to get a consensus on January 6? And gauging from the disinformation and nonsense surrounding the vaccines, for many, up is down.
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Atheos B. Sapien The minute crimes are committed, it ceases to be a protest, and becomes a riot. Where I live, Portland, I didn't see POC protesting. They interviewed some black women, leaving the melee, as things got violent. The gist of what they said was, these white boys are crazy and don't give a crap about us. And, people working for equal rights don't vandalize, and burn down, synagogues, like happened here during the BLM riots. This was the purge, people doing whatever they wanted, because they could get away with it. It looked a lot more like a Nazi rally, from 1930s Germany, than a protest for equal rights.
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There was a consensus then about what happened. And it was pretty clear what happened. Today, many Americans actually think January 6 was righteous, just as many think the BLM riots were righteous. We don't know all the facts yet about January 6. Frankly, the behind the scenes machinations, to substitute different slates of electors, are a lot scarier than a bunch of mouth breathers, unable to accept their loss, engaging in another riot.
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I see a big difference. If you're taking a college class, and you realize your professor is engaging in propaganda, and pushing a false narrative, you can drop the course, or switch sections. High school students have not such option. School teachers should not be pushing their agenda on students, who have no option to escape.
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Yes, two wrongs don't make a right. But, after supporting the crimes and destruction of 2020, and calling those violent riots peaceful protests, many lost the moral high ground. Both were terrible and destructive, with racist and terrorist overtones. But if those who were horrified by the attempted coup, would also acknowledge the evil of the BLM riots, the right couldn't get away with whataboutism.
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