‘Rape Tag’ Shocks Parents at Minn. Elementary School
- Posted on February 3, 2012 at 3:43pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Parents at a Minnesota elementary school were alarmed to learn about a disturbing new playground game that was apparently all the rage at recess: Rape tag.
Principal Bill Sprung of Washington Elementary School in New Ulm, Minn. sent a letter home to parents Monday alerting them to the game, described as “similar to freeze tag except that a person had to be humped to be unfrozen.”
According to the letter, the game was played mainly by fifth grade students in two specific classrooms. Teachers were instructed to speak to their classes about not playing the game, and recess supervisors were told to watch for any incidents of it.
A parent first alerted Sprung to the game on Jan. 10, but he only decided to send the letters home after rumors about how it was played began swirling on Facebook. In one variation, Minnesota CBS affiliate WCCO-TV reported children were encouraged to tag each other “by pulling the other child’s private parts.” A separate WDAY-TV report stated the player who was “it” was “the rapist” and instead of saying “you’re it“ would say ”rape,” and get points for touching people on certain body parts.
According to Minnesota Fox affiliate KMSP-TV, Sprung said the school had already put a stop to the game but decided to send the letter to tamp down on the “distorted” versions.
“There was so much misinformation that was going on, parents started publishing lists of kids who might have been playing…the embellishment about the game really became extreme,” he said.
Still, Sprung praised school employees for taking swift action to put an end to the game on the playground.
“I think in terms of extinguishing the game, the school and the staff did an excellent job,” Sprung told MSNBC.



















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Jenny Lind
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:10pmThis is the classic example of what our culture has turned into. R-rated, even PG, and for sure X-rated material has been dragged into our homes through TV and movies, taught from older to younger kids, and glorified in music. Then take away teaching kids about God and His expectations for morality, throw in a dose of corrupt government forcing sex-ed and this is exactly what you get. We should all be very proud of our world. (It’s worse in some other countries) Muslins try to keep their kids on the Allah track, but throw in hatred and killing everone else. So, what a world. Seriously, we have a whole lot of work to do, and we will be held accountable if we don’t at least try. Oh, yeah.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:34amDon’t forget the whole l g b t agenda which is being foisted on the kids, how can they be taught not to make fun of someone or discriminate against someone who is one of these categories without being taught just what it means to be someone in them? This is the totally sexualizing of kids from kindergarten on, part of the whole gay agenda, of going from discrimination to non-discrimination to (actually) promotion! If we’d been able to stop with the non-discrimination it wouldn’t have been a problem, although, to teach very young students (grade school age) even the difference between gay and straight is to take their minds off pastimes which will help them grow up with a healthy outlook on life, to putting it on sexual behavior!
Report Post »May Clark
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:47am“Communist educators would have liked to take charge of children from the day they were born, removing them from their parents and placing them in communal nurseries. …In 1921, Zlata Lilina, an official of the Commissariat of Enlightenment, insisted that it was best for children to be removed from their homes…’Raising children is not the private task of parents, but the task of society.’”
Report Post »– Russia under the Bolshevik Regime, p331 by Richard Pipes ©1994
k1607
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 9:18amyou are right. The adults who started this sick culture of no God, no religion, secularism and all, have passed it to kids. Now children grow up without any real quidance in life or any real sense of morals, and this is the disturbing stories which come about.
Report Post »This is sickening to the point that I am even more willing to go deeper into loan debt just to send my children to a true Christian school or homeschool them. I am so sick of hearing of child molestations at schools and throughout communities, of kids wanting to get rid of religion along with their parents, and of all the immoral stuff that goes on in the education system. It’s sickening. Meanwhile, our schools are not even ranked well internationally. Yet, children have time to play the “rape game.” Absolutely disgusting
Wolf
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 10:08amThis is the America we created. Welcome to Sodom.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:05pmGood Lord, I wasn’t even thinking about sex in the 5th grade. I was into Lost in Space, robots, Speed Racer, etc. in the early 70′s.
Report Post »db321
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 6:22pmThey still had Pray in the schools at that time – You had personal accountability to God for your actions – today if it feels good – do it!
Report Post »glassaudioguy
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 7:02pmThe robot’s warning is now more appropriate than ever- “DANGER, WILL ROBINSON!”
Report Post »Mrs. Bowers
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 7:57pmSame here. I was dumb as a brick about sex at this age. And that was a good thing!
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 8:36pmPretty sure Bill Clinton’s (a bj is not sex) played a good part in what’s wrong with our world today!
Report Post »May Clark
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:51am“The intimate bond shared between the human Mother and her Child is a result of millennia of human development. This is so deeply ingrained in our collective human psyche that the image of a ‘mother and child’ is not only the subject of many great works of art, but is also a part of one of the world’s major religions.
How many great works of art, classic or contemporary, depict a ‘daycare worker with children’?”
Report Post »k1607
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 9:19amI know, I was dreaming about being an archeologist or something in 5th grade, and was even class secretary. Our culture has really declined
Report Post »Judy72204
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 11:40amand boys had cooties.
Report Post »Todd P
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 5:08pmWhen I was in 5th Grade the hottest chick I knew of was Barbara Eden (I Dream Of Jeanie). My mind was on watching Star Trek, The Wild Wild West, Gemini 6 rendevouz with Gemini 7 – and yes, Lost In Space too (all on our black & white TV). And it was the GIRLS who had cooties!
Report Post »What_Did_I_Miss
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:25pm@Toddp
I was at about the same naive place at the same time. However, even then, I must admit
Report Post »that Ellie May Clampett and Mary Ann from Gilligan’s Island were starting to register
on this young nerd’s brain. I remember also coming to the realization that my Dad
was watching Star Trek for an entirely different reason than I was. I believe he noticed
the “uniforms” the Gene Rodenberry envisioned on future female space explorers well
before I did.
DeVain
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:02pmMichigan….
why am I not surprised?
That, California, and New York are liberalisms failed petri dish experiments that never end.
Report Post »Espada
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:24pmHome of Hubert Humphrey, architect of pulling the rug out from under South Viet Nam in 1975, home of Al Franken, distinguished US Senator, Jesse Ventura… great place.
Report Post »Tired of Code Names
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 8:33pmEspada…Minnesota is an intriguing place. Conservative religeous folks who have been tricked to believe that they are giving to charity through the act of voting for more and more taxes to give to government charity. Yet, like my parents, they always complain of the taxes, the immorality and where in the heck did that come from. I am an odd person who would actually like to move to Minnesota and be able to take the opportunity to enjoy four seasons of different types of outdoor activities. The vast majority of my family lives there. They often ask when I’m coming back. I finally told them this past CHRISTMAS season when I was back home again, that, I really can’t see that happening. Too many liberals or like my parents….Humphrey progressives who don’t even know that they are. Funny, most people especially the elderly citizens have no idea they are being manipulated by the progressives. It’s maddening…can’t even talk politics when I go to Minnesota. How can we not be for this program or that one? Don’t you have a soul? That’s what I hear. Then they complain about how high taxes are and how so many people don’t have a work ethic anymore. I love my parents and family, just wish they would read anything else other than the Minneapolis Star Tribune. (Clone of the New York Times)
Report Post »rubydee
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:18amtiredofcodenames. I swear you’re talking about my family. I‘ve lived in Minnesota all of my life and you couldn’t be more right. They are democrats who have no clue as to what’s going on. Love what they get from the government but complain, complain, complain about the taxes. Oh, and try to talk to them. Maybe if you want to die. There is no give or take with these people. They are right, you are wrong, it’s all Bushs/republicans/ teapartys fault and so on. Obama is the greatest thing since white bread (oops is that racist) and he inherited all of the problems of the world since the beginning of time. Blah, blah, blah. Everybody will learn the truth in the end.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 3:38am@Espada
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:24pm
Home of Hubert Humphrey, architect of pulling the rug out from under South Viet Nam in 1975, home of Al Franken, distinguished US Senator, Jesse Ventura… great place
Report Post »****
Didn’t I read that the (non-) esteemed sen al franken came from the same state?
olddog
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:01pmIf you can Home School your children and don’t, you’re either a fool or one of the communists..
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:05pmAs a former teacher, I totally agree Old Dog. Parents have no idea of what is happening in our schools. Too often they are working hard for stuff that the kids don’t really need and have no idea of what is really going on in their schools. Downsize your homes, go to one car, buy second hand clothes, get rid of cable, etc. You’re kids are being indoctrinated and any teacher who speaks out against this, is made to feel like the crazy. All too often teachers know what is happening is wrong, but are afraid to lose their job.
Wake up America, before it’s too late!!!!
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 6:05pmI actually had one college professor tell me, “It only matters when Republicans behave immorally, because Democrats have never pretended to be moral.” I l almost fell out of my chair. With that kind of teaching as the standard, we shouldn’t wonder about students becoming grossly immoral.
Our schools, colleges, and universities are nothing more than Democrat indoctrination camps as shown in Marxist Valley College. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iVmh0VCkL4 “Change” in our vile, public education institution is desperately needed.
Report Post »May Clark
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 8:58am“Institutionalized group child care defies eons of evolution.
Caring for our young by unrelated adults in a group setting such as day-care puts our species on a par with lower animals such as termites and other social insects.
In contrast, humans are primates, and primates’ infants cling to them…that is the way we are wired for development.
Report Post »Do other Daycare History primates (chimps, gorillas, etc.) have unrelated strangers care for their young? No, they do not!
“…a chimpanzee mother will surrender her infant to the care of another (related) female only as a favor to that female, and (only) for a brief period.”
olddog
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:59pmHey that’s the same one the leftists are playing our country but they just keep humping us.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:57pmIs it really surprising with the terrible degradation of our society?
Report Post »vaughan
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:53pmParents had better start taking charge of their children. Now I know why Home Schooling is gaining popularity.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:49pmAny surprise who represent them ?:
Report Post »Amy Klobuchar – U.S. Senate
Al Franken – U.S. Senate
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:06pmI don’t know Amy, but I’ll agree Franken is a mental degenerate.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:46pmWho the he!! edits these stories before they’re posted? Is it Michigan or Minnesota?…and is it cramp or clamp? Another example of our superior education system. The Blaze “editors” don’t have anything over the uneducated morons in the other story, ” ‘53’ states….it is so depressing it’s funny”
Report Post »Gamaliel
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:45pmYou’re shocked? What do expect with the media that bombards children and the majority of parents are either blind to it or embrace it. Get your kids OUT of the brain-washing centers where the main influence in their lives are peers and brain-washed teachers!
Report Post »starman70
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:25pmNo, not at all shocked. Just watch the filth promoted by MTV, Logo, most of the XXX channels that kids can unlock and even the Prime Time shows on the major networks. They all compete to try to outdo each other in lowering the standards and producing the most violent and sex filled shows possible. Unfortunately, many parents don’t care what their kids watch so they get exposed to this filth on a regular basis. All the kids are doing is acting out what they think is reality.
Years ago, former FCC commissioner, Newton Minnow, labeled commercial TV as a, “Vast Wasteland”. Well I bet, if he is deceased, he is rolling over in his coffin.
Report Post »FoundingFathersRollingOver
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:40pmOur government invented this game except in their version those who are “it” are called DEMOCRATS and those who are “frozen” are the TAXPAYERS. They mostly touch us on our wallets, but if their names are Bill Clinton or Anthony Weiner, they may expose themselves to you or touch you inappropriately as well. Barack Hussein Obama is officially “it” right now, so make sure you vote Republican in November so that we can stop playing in 2013.
Report Post »GotLead
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:33pmBring the paddle back!!! Perferably the ones with holes in them.
Report Post »db321
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:48pmI’m not worried about the Tagging and Raping of young girl – I’m more worried about Prayer before the Football Game or the Prayer hanging in the school hallway. Can’t we have complete separation of Church and state in America – So we can get on to the next game -Tag your Dead! Killing people is the ultimate prize for our youth that don’t have any accountability in their lives. If it feels good – lets do it!
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 5:50pmI’m confused…some say the Bible is where we get our morals from, but you seem to disagree with religion.
You then mention the “youth that don’t have any accountability in their lives. If it feels good – lets do it!” phrase which is what religion helps guard against.
You can’t have it both ways. Either stop fighting religion and recognize it’s value, or accept the consequences.
Report Post »db321
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 6:55pmBrother Ed – I was making a stupid point. The problem in our Schools today is no one holding our youth accountable – We took Prayer out of our Schools when at the time the 3 major problems were running in the hallways, talking out of turn, and chewing gum – today it’s rape, Murder and Drugs. Teachers should get combat pay.
The Bible talks about a time when Lawlessness would be removed from the earth – we are seeing that time Today! The Youth of today has been brought up that there is no need for competition, no God to worry about and no one to hold them accountable. So the Motto of the World today is “If it feels good do it! It is not my motto – I personally want Prayer back in the schools, I want those that can work but refuse too to starve or get a job, I want the Atheists to leave our God, Bible, Israel and the cross alone. I want Church goers to read the Bible and Preachers and Pastors to teach from the Bible. Stop teaching “Go along to get along.”
If Church Goers would know the Bible as well as they can make a Casserole’s for Church Dinners, then we still might have Prayer in our schools, Obama would not be in office, and Lawlessness would not be disappearing from America. If we can’t have that – and we don’t stand for that – then get ready – “Tag your Dead” is coming to our schools, Workplace, Churches and our own homes.
There is a huge price to pay for “Lawlessness being removed from the World – and no one can even imagine the horror that i
Report Post »db321
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 7:05pmBlaze just made my case – “LA School Teacher Charged With Molesting 23 Kids” – Lawlessness is being removed – 23 kids here – how high can you count – soon you will be watching the worst horror film you can imagine – playing out right before your eyes.
So the next time an atheist wants to take down a Manger Scene or Cross – do what Texas did – stand up and yell NO! so laud it would blow their wig off!
Report Post »Judy72204
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 11:45amIt is the parents that need the spankings. They are allowing their children to do, see and/or read anything they want as long as they stay out of the parent’s hair..
Report Post »iahp_mom
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:27pmI’m just guessing here, but perhaps they are CLAMPING down on this, as opposed to CRAMPING down on it. Does the Blaze need a writer with a brain? I’d be happy to do some freelance writing for them, as would many others that are frequent readers here.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:22pmHumans are Sexual Beings… and Sexuality starts at various ages (there is no standard). So, just because you do like something… does not give you the Fascist Right to punish others. Hence, I am always reminded: If your eye offends you — pluck it out!
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:54pmTo LukerW
I’m with you.
Humans are sexual beings.
Rape is normal and natural, and something our schools should teach through role playing, videos, etc.
WHAT ARE YOU ~~~~~ A TOTAL ******??????????????
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 7:53pm@VOTE…
Report Post »No King, Dictator, nor President has Control over All The People in his Territory… so they require Monitors, Police, Courts, and Punishment for Misbehavior and Non Conformity… even if only the Games of Children… and this is the Problem with Islam and Fascism: People actually believe that they have a Right to Controls other, alike in Slavery.
last frontier
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:31amSo says the guy with a hand with a face painted on it go figure, what in the HELL! are you talkin about spanky?
Report Post »May Clark
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 9:06amJudith A. Reisman, Ph.d, has spent her life researching and debunking the sex hoax perpetrated by Kinsey. Please check out her website and work about what happened to the infants who were sexually brutalized for the sake of Kinsey’s studies. It seems as if the infant’s reactions to being sexually attacked by grown men and the reactions of the toddlers who were sexually attacked by grown men, indicate the children possibly were too young for a sexual experience.
Report Post »Time2fixthismess
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:15pmUnfortunately some kids come from homes where very violent and realistic movies and games are viewed openly without any regard for appropriateness or perception. I didn’t even know what rape was until I was much older than 5th grade. This is one more reason, of many, why I home-school.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 6:23pmVery true my Mom wouldn’t let us even watch Star Trek in the 1960′s to violent she said and captain Kirk was quiet the womanizer every plot had some sexy woman he was hot for.
Great series but not for young kids I would say 16 and up at best.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:14pmKudos on not knowing MN from MI.
But beyond that, this story reeks of one of those urban legend type deals that no one’s ever actually done, but they’ve all heard about it so it MUST be true. Kinda like rainbow parties, mass pregnancy pacts, or “tea parties” among retirees. They admit as much in the article; go figure FOX and MSNBC are happy to run with it though.
Does it happen? Sure, maybe once or twice. Is it epidemic enough to need an announcement on national media? Highly doubtful.
Report Post »Barackalypse Now
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:13pmHome school. Then your children won’t be exposed to such liberal ideas as sex for children, condoms in elementary school, acceptance of homosexuality, etc etc etc…
Report Post »Findalis
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:04pmThose caught playing the game should not be suspended but expelled from school. The police should be called since this is a sexual assault and a criminal record established.
This should curtail the game.
Report Post »meskew
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:18pmThis game is being played by children. Don’t be such an idiot. The school stopped the game. Time to move on!
Report Post »Quagmir
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:20pmsexual assault
noun
a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat.
How did you establish unwanted, force or threat from the provided info? You want criminal records for kids being dumb to curtail this game?
Teachers actually did the right thing here, they let the parents know so they can deal with the kids and are watching for it during school hours when they are responsible for the kids. I know the police should have been there with tear gas to really teach em a lesson but they were not this time….
Report Post »starchy
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:22pmA criminal record for a 5th grader playing “rape tag”, or otherwise touching another childs private areas (over their clothing) is way too harsh. Children at that age dont really understand what they are doing, they are just playing a game. Even if they know it is wrong, it is not so wrong to them that they would not join their friends who are playing. We need parents to teach their children, not have the government getting involved.
Report Post »DebiQ1830
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:47pmWhy do so many people want to jump on the “let’s make children criminals for doing ignorant, child like behavior” instead of just saying, “Kids will be kids, and these kids need a talking to to help establish boundaries of respect that have apparently not been instilled.” Then … if they continue to do it, then give them a logical consequence. They’re fifth graders. Let them do a research report or an essay or a speech or something. Yeah … rape tag is not a good game. But … is 2 1/2 men a good show for children? Or whatever else kids watch with MOm and Dad’s approval? I saw 2 1/2 less than once, and YIKES! Seriously, what can we expect? *eye roll*
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 6:28pmI agree they probably don’t understand what it means.
My question is how it got started who was the instigator of this mess.
Who thought it was funny.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 6:36pmDebiQ1830, starchy, Quagmir and meskew I applaud you rational thinking is always the correct answer.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 11:11amThe one who started this game was the adult who molested the child who brought it to the playground.
Report Post »bassist237
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:04pmMichigan, Minnesota, same place.
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:15pmyou bet
Report Post »Got2bRoni
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:03pmSad. Bring back the paddles…..
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 6:41pmNot sad needed, punishment is a needed way to learn bad behavior will not be tolerated I learned when I got the paddle that’s not acceptable.
It only takes one time my friend and you learn.
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 6:59pmGetting the paddle was traumatic but in a good way as I said you learn fast not to do that again and I wouldn’t say it was traumatic in that it affected me negatively all my life I think it helps you know what the boundaries are that event helps set the right from wrong firmly in your mind.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 3:59pmI remember the good old days……Teachers told you to stop……and you did. It wasn’t news. My God, I am only 46!
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on February 4, 2012 at 12:34amI don’t think we were group humpin on the play ground.
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 3:59pmwow!…rape tag…really…what the h3ll is wrong with people and where did they get this from. they should find out the origin of witch kid started this and do some investigating of the family. any 5th grader who thinks touching private parts and humping is a game has learned this from someone. most likely from someone older or even an adult. something is really wrong here.
Report Post »yiddishlion
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 3:55pmAmerica is circling the drain……..
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:11pmYou’re right, we’re going down the drain fast. America is being attacked from every direction. The progressives, marxist and commies along with radical religious groups are working hard to kill the constitution and every other western tradition we have. Just look at the stories on the Blaze today. We won’t make it to the election . It appears to me things are past being fixed. I hope I’m wrong and I will continue to work for our country to survive. Lord please bless our country and see us through the evil that is attacking us.
Report Post »The Eleventh Doctor
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 3:53pmNow who could’ve thought of “rape tag?” Doubt it was the kids….teacher’s union? Guessing so.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:06pmI believe it originated in Mexico and then brought across the border. : )
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 3:51pmSo Blaze, which is it Michigan or Minnesota?
Parents at a Michigan elementary school were alarmed to learn about a disturbing new playground game that was apparently all the rage at recess: Rape tag.
Principal Bill Sprung of Washington Elementary School in New Ulm, Minn.
Report Post »jcldwl
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:09pmMy reaction as well blackhawk.
Report Post »Dudley Do-Right
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:20pmThe school might be named after George Washington or another Washington but in Michigan. It’s common to name schools after presidents.
Report Post »Dudley Do-Right
Posted on February 3, 2012 at 4:22pmI stand corrected…you’re right
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