Daddy Got The Attention He Wanted

Yesterday, I blogged about the Colorado 5th grader that wore the "Obama - Terrorist" shirt to school.

Make no mistake about it, this kid's father convinced him to do it.

Various conservative sites talked about it without addressing the issue at hand - indoctrination of children with the intent of disrupting an educational environment.

While some have claimed that the boy's right to free-speech was violated, I am finding it increasingly more shocking that so many in the conservative realm are willing to force-feed ideology to their children rather than having them develop their own, original, opinions.

It was with little shock that I watched Zack Dalton and his father talk with Martha MacCallum and Trace Gallagher on Fox"News" about the incident.

Click here for the video.

Zack, for lack of a more appropriate phrase, is scared shitless.

His father, Dan, attempts to frame the story as if it was Zack's idea to create and wear the t-shirt. I find this a rather difficult pill to swallow. No in-so-much as an 11-year-old isn't capable of formulating an opinion on people, but that he would make a t-shirt that falls directly in-line with conservative talking-points that Fox"News" has been rehashing for months.

While i'm sure that Zach's home is filled with Dan's seething right-wing rage on a daily basis, the video is pretty clear in revealing to the audience that this wasn't something that Zack was passionate about and that he was coached - possibly forced - into creating and wearing the t-shirt. If this had been his idea, one would think that a person of such conviction would be willing to talk about it. It's also interesting to point out that not even Dan was comfortable talking about it. It's easier for him to act out his agressions by forcing his son to do things he doesn't want to do.

Now that he has succeeded in getting his son suspended, Dan is planning on suing that school. I hope the judge throws the book at this pathetic excuse for a father.