Consequences of Indoctrination

Leen Hijaz, a Muslim high school student in North Carolina, went off script in her valedictorian speech to condemn ICE and call out suffering in the Middle East before being pulled off the stage by the school's principal.

She said, “Before I leave the stage, I have one last thing to say...."

Indoctrination has consequences.

Be informed, not misled.

She continued, "... Every single person here has a voice; we have the privilege to use it when millions around the world are struggling and suffering to be heard. Whether it’s the millions suffering in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Afghanistan and so many other countries around the world, or families being torn apart by ICE. These are not just an issue here; they are happening there, they’re happening right here as I speak. My point is, we’re not given a voice to stay silent.”

That part had not been scripted or approved by the school, which is standard protocol. The principal then steps up to the mic and pulls her away from it.

This is the video via The New York Post: 

HS valedictorian's anti-Israel rant dramatically cut off by principal after she blasts ICE https://t.co/WbRJ2erfHM pic.twitter.com/hbhrS9JlUH

— New York Post (@nypost) June 2, 2026

Following the incident, Hijaz took to TikTok to further explain her side of the situation, saying her principal told her she would not graduate if she continued speaking. She also said her diploma is currently withheld, but according to the school, it has since been awarded. In the video, Hijaz is seen sitting in her car, with a keffiyeh covering the headrest.

In a statement to the NYPost, the school said the following: "During this year’s Clayton High School graduation, a student departed from her approved remarks. School administrators intervened in order to maintain the integrity and focus of the program in real time. This action was not about limiting a student’s voice, but about ensuring that a school-sponsored event remained consistent with its intended purpose." 

Townhall wrote what I was thinking:

Actions like this are a direct result of indoctrinating ideals perpetuated by progressives and taught in academia. ICE is removing some of the most dangerous criminals let in by the Biden Administration to protect Americans. Hijaz is defending Democrat policies that allowed illegal alien criminals to be released and murder innocent young women, like Sheridan Gorman and Laken Riley. Hopefully, she will learn from this experience and come to know the truth about these leftist ideologies.

Consequences.

Indoctrination gets results. It shapes the way we think and who we are. Every despot who appeared, then disappeared, on the world stage knew the power of indoctrination.

The Nazis transformed Germany from a democracy into a single-party dictatorship. As part of this process, the Nazi German regime introduced Nazi ideology into all aspects of life in Germany (including education, the arts, politics, clubs, and government policies). The process was known as Nazification.

Tell me the Left in America is not doing that in our institutions, especially education.

“These boys and girls enter our organizations [at] ten years of age, and often for the first time get a little fresh air; after four years of the Young Folk they go on to the Hitler Youth, where we have them for another four years . . . And even if they are still not complete National Socialists, they go to Labor Service and are smoothed out there for another six or seven months... And whatever class consciousness or social status might still be left . . . the Wehrmacht [German armed forces] will take care of that.”

—Adolf Hitler (1938) 

I'm not suggesting the Leftists in America are Nazis. I am saying they are using the same playbook to achieve the removal of the traditional Judeo-Christian values of our Founding Fathers from the minds and hearts of our kids.

Like integrity. She would have agreed to have her speech approved before she gave it, but the end justified the means, so she lied to the school to advance her own personal agenda. And the propagandist had to drag her away from the podium

Schools played an important role in spreading Nazi ideas to German youth. Today, schools are the most effective means of advancing cultural Marxism in our culture.  

During those times, there was a popular poster which read: "Students/Be the Führer's propagandists."

This student turned on the propagandist.

Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Engaged. Be Mindful. Be Prayerful.