I mentioned the move by the La Mesa/Spring Valley school district to delay the President's speech to their students. I said then, and I believe more today, that we need to think about how treat each other in political discourse. On occasion, there can be a right and a wrong besides a right and a left.
I just spoke to [school board member] Halgren. She explained that she hadn't understood that the group experience -- not the exact content of the speech itself -- was part of what made the event important. Two teachers who talked with her about it convinced her that it should have been a collective experience. "There are certain things that you do in life that bring us together as a community and as a nation," she said.
I also got an e-mail from another board member, Bob Duff. He wrote:
After seeing the President's speech, I now believe the message should have been viewed live and I regret I was responsible for the delay. All should had the opportunity to have seen it live. For this I truly apologize.
Too bad you don't normally get do-overs for your moments of partisan inanity. The real losers here were the students of the district.
