Consequences Don't Matter to Liberals

Warning! I am about to make broad generalizations about liberals. I do know 2 liberals who do not act the way I'm about to describe, but every other liberal I've ever met does act the way I'm about to describe. If you are an easily offended liberal, stop reading now!

Ok, you've been warned.

I've long maintained, probably spurred by my father, that liberals, in general, don't think about the consequences of their actions. They simply do what makes them feel good, without thinking of the impact on other people. For example, ask a liberal if they think we should continue to extend unemployment benefits to cover those who haven't yet found a job. Almost every liberal will say "yes, we should extend that." They won't think about the fact that the government can't pay for it, because we're broke and they won't think about the fact that unemployment benefits can actually be an incentive to stay unemployed. It feels good to be generous with other people's money, so they go with "yes, we should extend that."

Why that little rant? Well, because of this out of Highland Park, Illinois. The Assistant Superintendent, Suzan Hebson, cancelled a planned basketball trip to Arizona for the Girl's Varsity Team. Hebson cited safety concerns and said the trip "would not be aligned with our beliefs and values." Yet, if you listen Michael Evans, the father of one of the players on the now cancelled trip you get a different take.

"I'm not sure whose values and what values and what beliefs they're talking about. We were just going to Arizona to play basketball and our daughters were very disappointed to find out the trip had been canceled."

According to FoxNews, Evans said he also failed to understand why the school allowed so many other trips, but not this one. "The school has sent children to China, they've sent children to South America, they've sent children to the Czech Republic, but somehow Arizona is more unsafe for them than those places," he said. "The beliefs and values of China are apparently aligned, since they approved that trip."

Suzan Hebson is in public education so it would be pretty safe to assume she is a liberal. I can't confirm that, but there is other evidence of a liberal political stance. She has reportedly supported other controversial topics in the past, as you can see if you follow that link to a FoxNews story. Although the school district maintains this is not a political statement, this smacks of politics to any right thinking person (and hopefully some left thinking people). I'm sure this felt really good to Ms. Hebson when she made the decision. I'm sure she felt like she was "sticking it to Arizona and their evil new immigration law." But, I doubt she even considered, for more than a moment, that the students and their parents would disagree with this decision. She probably believes, like most liberals, that everyone thinks like she does.

But, she's wrong, and this is a bad decision. This is a once in a lifetime chance for these girls. They've been raising the money to go, they are excited to go, and now an administrator out to make a political point has just crushed that dream. This will stick with these kids...high school things tend to do that. For example, I never played the State High School Golf Tournament when I was in school...because I had 2 bad rounds early in my senior year, so the coach went a different direction. To this day I still think back and wish I would have gotten that opportunity. These girls are going to think about this for the rest of their lives to some degree or another.

The Highland Park school district should reverse this decision and let these girls go play basketball. If they are truly worried about safety, make the parents aware of the concerns and let the parents decide if they can go play. This is ridiculous, and sadly, perfectly illustrates that the majority of liberals don't think before they act, they just do what feels good to them!