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Gumboot

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24. Welcome to Colorado Springs' home-schooling bubble.

Reply to William769 (Original post)

Sun Jul 12, 2015, 11:02 AM

Jul 2015

It's basically child abuse. There are thousands of kids like him in this town, who are never allowed to mingle with anyone outside their families' circle of church contacts, never allowed to experience anything other than scripture, white dominionism, and endless RW brainwashing.

You see them on Sunday mornings, peering out of the darkened back windows of mommy vans, on their way up I-25 to New Life Church cult meetings. They are pretty much prisoners. I pity them, their parents, and that tiny worldview.

Why anyone would choose a lifestyle that wears blinders 24/7, I will never understand.

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Kid Spokesman for Focus on The Family Wants SCOTUS Put in Time Out [View all] William769 Jul 2015 OP

The kid needs a civics lesson. Mz Pip Jul 2015 #1

He has the same credibilty as Car Dealers using their kids in ads. ZERO! olegramps Jul 2015 #23

Conservatives need to stop exploiting children Scootaloo Jul 2015 #2

+100 SoapBox Jul 2015 #22

Notice he doesn't mentions.... Delver Rootnose Jul 2015 #3

Someone needs a foot up his ass shenmue Jul 2015 #4

This from the crowd that gets all charged up when 14-yr-olds write books xfundy Jul 2015 #5

The Right will STILL be harping about "Obamaphones" 20 years from now.. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #6

Prediction: he'll be marching in a Gay Pride Parade within a decade MNBrewer Jul 2015 #7

Yeah, I look forward to the eventualy TlalocW Jul 2015 #13

Probably Christian conservative homeschooled so education will never meet him Person 2713 Jul 2015 #18

Fuck you, kid. Iggo Jul 2015 #8

From "Focus on the Fuckery" Phlem Jul 2015 #9

He repeats what they tell him very well eom LiberalElite Jul 2015 #10

Already a total tool for this bullshit / hate group Person 2713 Jul 2015 #19

Focus on the Family working hard as a hate group to indoctrinate children into hatred and RKP5637 Jul 2015 #11

Home Schooled? yuiyoshida Jul 2015 #12

An unlimited source of belly laughs! Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #15

Bagger bible thumpers aren't exploiting him they're 'trainin him up' to be the next James O'Keeffe Monk06 Jul 2015 #14

I never cringed so much in a few minutes. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #16

Focus on your own damn family. mac56 Jul 2015 #17

Unfortunately Thespian2 Jul 2015 #20

Sorry guys, I only made it to 0:45 jmowreader Jul 2015 #21

Welcome to Colorado Springs' home-schooling bubble. Gumboot Jul 2015 #24

On a recent stay in the Pueblo/Colorado Spings area... nightscanner59 Jul 2015 #25

I was there once for an Astronomy-thing. I thought it was like "Deliverence" without the trees. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #27

I guess I am smarter than a fifth-grader lame54 Jul 2015 #26