Would you consider this child abuse?

[sabra]

edit: I am just joking.

[expatriot]

1. yes nt

[KyndCulture]

2. I'd bet that cute little boy was maybe 3 on 9/11...

so I'm doubting he understands his sign..

I dunno bout child abuse but certainly piss poor parenting.

[TrogL]

3. Maybe his haircut

Other than that, they're entitled to their opinion

[rinsd]

4. No.

It's not much different than bringing kids to any rally, political function, protests etc.

Personally If I had children, I would not bring them but that's up to the parents.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. And we remember 9/11 too

Why do people think we forget 9/11? Do they think NYC forgets even though they protest? :eyes:

[Dogmudgeon]

6. Nope

Those kids will probably grow up to admire Ché and Mandela.

When Mom and Dad are jackasses, the kids always rebel.

--p!

[sabra]

8. I could see that :-)

[BlueEyedSon]

7. I think the army needs some kind of "early sign-up" program.

Maybe a little check for the 'rents, a stipend for the kid, an after school thing once a week (either physical training or indoctrination films... a la Hitler Youth or Soviet Pioneers).

[steve2470]

9. Can we say "parental brainwashing" ? nt

[BlueJac]

10. Reminds of the Terri Shiavo

When freaks were letting there children be arrested as they watched.

[ultraist]

19. That was different though.

Those parents had their children do something they knew would get them arrested.

Holding up a sign, attending a rally, and engaging in the political dialogue is a good lesson for children to learn, early on.

I'm sorry to see they are indoctrinating them into that worldview, but there is a good lesson there, in spite of that fact: involvement and civic duty.

[seabeyond]

11. NO.... my children could equally be holding up a peace sign.

is that O.K.?

cant be ok for one and not the other. if it is wrong for this car, then take my kids away. and there will be a fight if you do.

[smbolisnch]

16. Right - we just had a thread with the opposite photo.

While we all disagree with what these kid's sign say, their family would obviously disagree with the kid's signs in that thread the other day.

[chelsea0011]

12. I wonder if Mom and Dad are sending them to military school?

I have kids, a bit older, and would never give them anti-war/Bush signs to parade around. They are incapable of making their own choices and would just be following Dad's lead. I would feel uncomfortable about it. That's not to say I wouldn't bring them along. I would. But I wouldn't use them.

[BlueJac]

13. Kids had to do it or no pizza tonight

[YOY]

14. No, but it is proof that stupidity is genetic

Gullibility could be too.

Hope those kids grow to be prius driving libs...might very well be when they understand that 'Daddy can't afford to fill-up the ridiculously over-sized pickup.'

[getmeouttahere]

15. No, but child abuse is....

voting for and supporting people who will make those children's lives much tougher when they grow up.

And how much you wanna bet that this family won't be doing much riding around in that big truck before long!

[MadisonProgressive]

17. Turning your kids into small-minded haters is abuse IMO

[mark11727]

18. Oh, sh*t ... Freeper larvae...!

[Davros]

20. After learning the truth...

Here is what they replaced their signs with:

[sabra]

22. LOL! and Welcome to DU!

[ultraist]

24. Welcome to DU, Davros!

:hi:

Great signs. ;)

[truebrit71]

21. Coupla things..

A) NEITHER of those kids are old enough to remember 9/11.

B) When is the husband enlisting?

c) When will the larvae be enlisting?

[petronius]

23. Well, they don't appear to be wearing seatbelts

and they're reaching out of a possibly moving vehicle, so I'd call it poor parenting.

Plus, they might get splinters...

[BlueEyedSon]

27. Do they have seatbelt laws in Texas?

[Warren DeMontague]

25. I doubt those kids remember 9-11

they would have been toddlers.

However, they can be excused, if they were still part of the Diapers-n'-Elmo set, for some confusion as to who actually was responsible. The average three year old can't be expected to understand the difference between, say, Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, or the difference between places like Iraq and, um... Saudi Arabia.

For the parents, however, there is no excuse.

[delete_bush]

26. looks to me like Mom's having a Janet Jackson

moment...???