'Birdie' Sanders provides teachable moment

[JoeOtterbein]

Cute story in our local paper from a town near me. I can't wait to to the GOP/RW bible and gun clingers heads explode in the letters to the editors!

York Sunday News 4/17/16:

In late March, when a sparrow flitted into politics by landing on a podium in use by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, Dallastown Area High School teacher Wade Fulton seized the moment.

Some people “really saw that sparrow as being a symbol,” he said. Fulton teaches mythology, so he looked up the sparrow’s symbolism across mythology.

He found several connections, for example: one of Aphrodite’s sacred birds was the sparrow. Though she’s known as the Greek goddess of sexual love, she’s also associated with familial love and friendship, Fulton said.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

1. Hillarians hate that damn birdie...

Shows the contempt they feel for Mother Nature. The bird is a sign that Mother Nature endorses Birdie Sanders

[JoeOtterbein]

4. Yep! Now that's what I call an endorsement!

[Kip Humphrey]

6. Maybe we should get them some

birdshot

[geek tragedy]

2. It was a finch, not a sparrow.

Teachable moment indeed.

[JoeOtterbein]

3. Seriously?

[geek tragedy]

5. Yes, female House Finch.

Small brown passerines can be difficult, but definitely a House Finch.

[JoeOtterbein]

7. Still a cute story and a better endorsement that the NYDN!

[Ash_F]

8. Finch versus sparrow

How could you tell from that distance?

[geek tragedy]

9. Bill shape.

[JoeOtterbein]

12. Hmmm....so the plot thickens!

[JackRiddler]

18. There is no doubt that birders can tell.

Plenty of pictures of the bird.

(I can't believe I'm posting in this thread, by the way.)

[JoeOtterbein]

25. LOL! The answer to your doubt my friend...

....is flying in the wind!!! (Riddle Solved!)

[Lucinda]

10. LOL

[geek tragedy]

11. .

[Luminous Animal]

14. And the author of the article acknowledged the error. If you had bothered to read it.

And understand that a finch is also a good omen for those who believe in such.

[geek tragedy]

16. Didn't bother, nt

[Luminous Animal]

19. So, you posted out of ignorance.

I am detecting a pattern here.

[geek tragedy]

20. The OP said it was a sparrow.

Info in OP was incorrect.

[Luminous Animal]

22. It you who chose to be lazy on not click on the link. A finch is also a good omen.

Which, if you had bothered to click on the link, you would have read.

So, you posted from an ignorant position.

[geek tragedy]

23. 47 hours ...

[beam me up scottie]

28. *snerk*

[MrMickeysMom]

26. Yes, geek... It was a teachable moment...

flew right over your head, though...

[beam me up scottie]

29. DUzy!

[Autumn Colors]

13. But it wasn't a sparrow

The Audubon Society identified it as a female house finch.

[hellofromreddit]

15. Even better!

Darwin was a badass.

[JoeOtterbein]

17. Another quote from the teacher:

...He likes to think there’s still “a little magic” in the world to explore.

I agree!

[grasswire]

21. I was there in the arena.

From the reaction of the 12,000 or so people who were there, I would say it was a symbol. The reaction was joyous awe. Harmony, unity. I will never forget it.

[JoeOtterbein]

24. So cool!

[MrMickeysMom]

27. I even felt that looking at the video...

It was a real joy...

True joy comes to those who work in earnest...