Mon 15 Mar, 2010
Thank Zeus this only happens in Russia:
For the next ten years, millions of students in Texas and across the country will read history textbooks suggesting that the actions of witch-hunt instigator Joseph McCarthy were justified. They will read about religious icon John Calvin instead of Thomas Jefferson. They will read a description of the US government that includes the words “constitutional republic” but not the word “democratic.”
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Texas buys so many of the country’s textbooks that publishers tailor their books to match its standards as closely as possible. As a Washington Monthly article stated, “When it comes to textbooks, what happens in Texas, rarely stays in Texas.”
In other words, students in Rhode Island and Texas could be reading about the Judeo-Christian influences of the nation’s Founding Fathers at the same time. But they won’t be reading about the rationale for a separation of church and state. That’s gone, too.
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Most of those 10 people who support the changes describe themselves as Christian fundamentalists, including the board’s chairman Don McLeroy.
“All we are doing is reflecting what has actually happened in the country,” McLeroy said in a video available below. “Somebody has got to stand up the experts.”
Whoa, whoa, whoa. This is happening in America? Not communist, Marxist, socialist Russia? But America? And the people who decided this are self-described Christian fundamentalists?
My Shiva, someone please tell me this is a joke. Please tell me that children aren’t going to be taught that Joseph McCarthy was a hero, and that Ronald Reagan was the greatest president in the history of America.
Because I’m this close to ending it all by ingesting a marijuana, magic mushroom, LSD laced pound cake.
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Tags: Public Schools, Rewriting History, Texas, Thank Pan This Wasn't About South CarolinaComments (8)
ZIRGAR says:
Texas, it’s like a whole other country. If only it was a whole other country already. Leave you stupid fucks. Geez!
mikeb302000 says:
This goes perfectly with the “Texas justice” that I’m often writing about.
I never thought about it, but McCarthy would be a hero to these misguided people.
nahummer says:
Truly scary stuff Phuck. Reminds me of the secession talk last year, just one more step along the path.
Phuck Politics says:
@Zirgar – At least Texas is taking the heat off of South Carolina.
@Mike – McCarthy is their hero.
@Nahummer – I long for the day when Texas leaves the Union.
stunatra says:
Whacko conservatives are just as bad as whacko liberals. We need a break from both of them.
In Case You Missed It » Blog Archive » Towards a New Normal says:
[...] be fed to the masses while ensuring the next generation will be dumber than the last as places like Texas reinvent the history books and Kansas City closes half of its schools. Knowledge is after all nearly as powerful as the [...]
rory says:
Just cut the fuckers adrift.
Phuck Politics says:
@Stunatra – I agree.
@Rory – That would be a dream come true.