Finland School children manipulation

FINLAND: SCHOOL CHILDREN PROPAGANDIZE FOR POLITICAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES: MAY THE ”FORSSA BE WITH YOU”…….

Using children to parrot/support state policies that the people reject….

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Where have we seen this before?

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The Finnish city of Forssa has been over the past year on the national radar screen, for troubles surrounding the government’s forced settlement of muslim asylum seekers/refugees on the native population. In 2015 it became known that two brothers involved in the massacre of Tikrit were living in a Forssa center, later there were brawls followed by the media spinning the facts about it in their reports.

Now there’s ”Gutsy.fi”, activists with a utopian mindset who reject reality and substitute it with their own. I’m not impressed.

Students in small town counter hostile stigma with message of peace

Anti-migrant demonstrations and mass fights have marred the image of the small southern Finnish town of Forssa. Local secondary school students are taking matters into their own hands with a peaceful project called May the Forssa Be With You!

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Small groups of students discuss peace with a team leader. Image: Meeri Niinistö / Yle

The positive image of the city of Forssa in southern Finland has taken a hit in recent times, with frequent anti-migrant demonstrations and even a mass brawl breaking out in August.

On Tuesday, all 170 of the city’s 9th grade students together with production company Gutsy Media, launched a project called May the Forssa Be With You! which seeks to curb and discuss racism and violence.

The project consists of local 15-year-olds talking about the concept of peace through their own personal experiences. The children assemble into small groups and record their speeches on video. All in all, 20 groups of teenagers are filming themselves talking about the prerequisites for peace. The resulting videos will be posted online.

Giving a voice

Finnish-Iranian activist Aram Aflatuni from Gutsy Media says that May the Forssa Be With You! gives young people in the city a voice. The negative associations related to Forssa, he says, are not the whole story.

“The impressions people may get have nothing to do with what people are really like,” Aflatuni says. “Our idea is that all people are inherently good, and that goodness shines out when we are at our best and surrounded by friendly people. This project allows youths to speak positively about peace and personal experiences.”

Team leaders from Gutsy are on hand to help with the recording and the group discussions. The guides come from various walks of life, such as journalism, comic art, directing and teaching.

Before beginning their group talks the students will be treated to encouraging video greetings from celebrities such as MP and former environment minister Pekka Haavisto and singer Jonna Tervomaa.

Culture and Education Department chief Jarmo Pynnönen says he expects to hear new points of view on what Forssa represents.

“Forssa is much more than the prevailing feeling might be,” he says. “I’m excited to see what kinds of issues the children raise.”

Student potential

Aflatuni says that young people are full of unbridled potential.

“A person who is encouraged and whose goodness and positive qualities are bolstered will respond with goodness,” he says. “People often think that youth is some kind of in-between stage or a period of messing around. That kind of thinking belittles the potential that young people have,” he says.

“Young people have always wanted to make the world a better place,” Aflatuni continues. “Research shows that 84 percent of the world’s youths feel that their mission in life is to make a positive change. We as adults often disavow the significance of children and teenagers.”

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NOTE: It might seem fuzzy and nice for kids to talk about peace, but involving themselves in issues they know nothing about (outside from what their teachers are pumping them with), is meaningless.

Here’s one of the founders of Gutsy.fi in a Ted X talk, telling how terrible it is for women in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and not mentioning Islam once.

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