School Considers Legal Action After Dozens Of Students Appear to Give Nazi Salute At Prom

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43. I'll continue that assumption, and it's no leap.

I remember back in California 2 bright lively new high school grads from a good school district who couldn't answer when a reporter asked them how many senators each state had. My kids were taught that repeatedly, beginning in elementary school. I'd guess at home from their parents is precisely where the 2 girls learned that knowing this stuff didn't matter, reinforced by their friends.

I also remember going with a friend and his boys to a matinee for the movie Independence Day and being shocked and horrified when the theater full of kids cheered the destruction of the White House. Those kids got that from their parents, within the context of the growing dysfunction caused by the giant right wing anti-government conspiracy, which continues, and are now themselves parents.