| hershel_layton said: Christianity has a better chance of taking over America ;) I'm being completely honest. ISIS doesn't stand a chance against America. The only true enemy America faces is itself. The people within America are so divided to the point that it feels like the Civil War. Democrat, Republic, Leftist, Right, liberal, conservative-all of these labels are just making Americans slowly become more and more untolerant of each other. If the parents felt very uncomfortable with this, why would they go ahead and flip? A note saying "I don't want my child to do this" was all that was needed. They are acting as though Christians are 1% of the population and are getting persecuted to extinction... I feel bad for the teachers though. They have to deal with horrible and childish parents because of a small mistake they probably overlook. |
ISIS stands no chance of defeating America in a full scale war, but to say that this keeps them from being a "true" enemy is a bit shallow, I'd argue. If you're saying that the only thing that could cause America to collapse is itself, that I'd agree on, but I'd say that has less to do with Americans becoming less tolerant of each other and the slow decay of our political system.
As for why parents would go ahead and flip out, the best answer I can offer is that humans are irrational creatures are best, and we are quick to be afraid of anything different than us, especially when we consider ourselves in danger. I think you're placing this burden far too much on Christians; this is a human reaction, and if you want proof of that look no further than the National Front in France. People are already on edge with all that they've heard about Islam, terrorism, and ISIS's recruiting in the US, and they're going to react irrationally to anything that they feel might pose any semblance of a threat to something they care so much for (their children). This same sort of thing is happening all across Europe, only with far more violence, due to the huge influx of refugees.
In the end, I agree, it's a irrational response, but this is just beyond poor planning by the teacher. Yeah, the parents should have handled it far better than they did, but you've got to be more careful with your lesson planning, especially in a political climate like ours.
