In a newspaper, issues in a community would be found in:
• editorials
• columns
• letters to the editor
Parents should sit and discuss things with their
children. They must remind them that
they have to help each other and watch out for each other. More importantly,
they should emphasize the fact that everyone is treated as equals. No one is above the other. It will prevent
conflict and rivalry among children.
I would say that the intended meaning of that hyperbole is that the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the British government.