The controversy is over a two-page document that was handed out to classrooms at Kapolei Middle School.
It broke down where the U.S. presidential candidates — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump — stand on the issues.
The state Department of Education confirms the document was put together by a group of teachers at the school who simplified the information in a candidate comparison article in the New York Times.
The material given out to students lists six issues.
CRIME
Harris: “Gives money to police”
Trump: “Sends soldiers to cities”
DEMOCRACY
Harris: “Wants to keep our country a democracy”
Trump: “Tried to overturn the 2020 election
IMMIGRATION
Harris: “Hires more people to watch the border”
Harris: “Limits how many people can move to the U.S.
Trump: “Finds and catches people in the U.S. illegally”
Trump: “Takes children away from their parents”
When I was in the 8th grade I tried asking what the difference was. A friend of mine at the time, who was kinda smart albeit the son of a rich dentist, summed it up by saying “Democrats want to give money to the homeless while republicans want to create jobs for the homeless”. It made sense at the time and held some truth for a decade or 2.
Whereas now it’s “democrats try to get homeless people back on their feet, republicans make being homeless illegal”
So some parents whine because truth hurts, or what? Or is there a single item that is not easily verifyable?
These are literally all factual. If they don’t want to look bad on paper maybe they shouldn’t be fascists.
Not a single Trumper can explain why this was unfair because their homie likes to grab pussy and fucks underage girls with Epstein.
I like how when you put the two candidates into 8th grade level language, the differences become so stark. There really isn’t room for additional interpretation.
Also, I’m not surprised its Kapolei parents getting outraged at this, things get fairly red once you get out of Honolulu and especially as you get onto the West Side. You’ll see a Trump flag being towed along side a Kanaka Maoli flag, a back the blue flag, AND a Hawaiian kingdom flag. I’m glad to see the DOE not budging on this.
Got a chuckle seeing this clown running for office. Not surprised though, a lot of people here are insane.
He got my vote.
Are current politics something usually discussed in US middle schools? They’re like what, 14? Or is there a separate civics class?
I’m pretty sure if a questionairre that fluffs Trump instead of Harris is passed out to children, people would be yelling fascism.
The problem is with spreading propaganda in school. There’s just too much history and philosophy to cover to get a sense for modern policy, unless you have a special class for it maybe in high school.
Should they have included each candidate’s stance on grabbing women by their privates?
“Wants to make it easier to guns”
I think you a word there
I wish it was easier to these guns
Flexes nonexistent biceps
I love how even a biased take, trying to paint Harris much further left than she actually is, still went hard on Harris’ right-wing anti-immigration policies as if they were a good thing. LoL.
