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What makes that scary? Did he say he was going to jail you if you drop out of high school? All he did was tell people to finish high school and that they shou

What makes that scary? Did he say he was going to jail you if you drop out of high school? All he did was tell people to finish high school and that they should view that part of their responsibility as Americans is to get an education and support themselves. Do you think he should tell people to drop out of high school? Speeches don't target individuals, they target groups. Just because you may or may not be an exceptional case doesn't mean the line is scary.

DavidSJ 18y ago
When the head of state says that something is "not an option", that's not just a friendly suggestion. And when he frames the issue in terms of you "letting down your country", it makes me feel like he thinks my life belongs to the country, as opposed to myself. And by the way, I did drop out of high school, at 15, and was threatened with things that were fairly similar in character to jail. So I don't think it's not credible that the penalties could very well be jail time. We live in an era which many people seem to see as post-historical -- that is, we've found all the answers and we know the right way for people to live their lives, so we no longer need to protect the rights of individuals to live weird lifestyles, since doing so just constitutes a denial of the manifestly correct path.