Free taxpayers!

In the article, “Free that Taxpayers: Defund State-Sponsored Media,” by Michelle Malkin, she looks like she definitely disagrees with taxpayers paying for propaganda. Malkin, being a Philly-born, South Jersey raised women, can probably relate to how difficult it is for some people to pay taxes when more of the doing is not their fault and shouldn’t have to pay for that type of stuff.  Public radio stations and television shows are getting our money in so many ways and they shouldn’t be getting so much of our money when there are others out there that should be the responsible ones for paying for public radio stations and television shows. Juan Williams was fired from his job for making comments about the Muslims and people are fighting to free him. Some public radio host say stuff that they shouldn’t be saying and some of their opinions and ideas should be kept to themselves, especially when it is public and anyone can hear because it can offend people. Even if radio host do not notice, they may say something hurtful or judgemental or something can is not right to be said out in the public. People need to start thinking of what they say because the outcome can be bad. Malkin thinks that no more money from the public should go to NPR, PBS, and CPB because there are others out there that should pay the NPR, PBS, and CPB other than the public, for instance, as Malkin says, let the “speech-squelching progressives and jihadi-whitewashing apologists” pay for it.

Not unique!?

In the article “The Other Blind Side,” by Josh Levin, I think Levin is correct on the point that there are other people with the same situation as the movie “The Blind Side”, but not every sports player that moves to do better in their lives, are being only helped by white people. This article shows that most sports players are being helped and getting better lives by the help of white people but I am pretty sure that there are many people in this world that are being helped by people other than white people are being put in the same situation. I think that sounds somewhat racist for Levin to say that African Americans are being helped by white people because he leaves out the point that there are African Americans being helped by other colored people also to help them bring themselves up higher than they are and better their lives. Situations like Oher’s are happening a lot of places but aren’t being as recognized as others are being recognized. There may even be better stories out their but the world is so big that we might not get the chance to even hear about these stories at all. Levin should not have said, “Black athlete meets white family, flourishes on account of the added support, and everyone lives happily ever after.” I think he should not have said that because it shows that black athletes get better from only white family help, which is definitely not true everywhere.

Girls or Boys Equally?

According to Nathan Hegedus, in “I will put my little boy in pink pants,” Hegedus explains how he wants his son to be comfortable and okay with his soft, feminine side, but others are looking at his son weird and at times it can be embarrassing. Girls are allowed to be tough and wear guy clothing, but if a guy were to wear girl clothing or act girly and soft, it would be a problem to the environment around him and people would look at him weird and even sometimes may make fun of him. The color pink has been known to be a girls main color and blue has been known to be a guy’s main color. The problem is, if a guy was to be seen wearing pink, people would look at them weird, but it would be okay if a girl wore blue. This is crazy because people should be able to wear whatever they feel like wearing and should act how they want without being judged, but that is impossible in this world. Clothing can tell a lot about someone and is a big part of how individuals judge others. I don’t think people should judge people just because of their clothing because sometimes that is all that someone has to wear and it may not be their choice. I think it is important to raise girls more like boys, but it is equally important to raise boys more like girls because girls should not only be gentle and soft but also be tough so when they are faced with hard and tough situations. It is just  as equally important to raise boys more like girls because boys shouldn’t have to only be tough and hardworking but also have the characteristics of being gentle and emotional at times.