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A fascinating thing, culture wars. Legolas Send a noteboard - 14/03/2010 04:16:35 PM
I read more detailed articles on this topic before, and I'll certainly be glad to see McLeroy go, but one can't really blame those people for wielding the power they were granted by voters in the culture war between left and right. I'd like to see some more moderate people on that panel, obviously - a near-majority of religious right members with an axe to grind isn't exactly a good thing if you ask me. But I can't really get outraged about it. The combination of strong nationalism and strong political polarization in the US makes it almost inevitable that there'd be this kind of fighting about how to view the national heroes and legends. Many places have similar conflicts between different views of history, but mostly based along some sort of ethnic lines, which in many cases means the various groups have to some degree their own education system. In the US it's just along political lines, so only one education system per state.
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Texas Approves Curriculum Revised by Conservatives - 13/03/2010 12:02:15 AM 1223 Views
"Impartial Historical Account" is an oxymoron - 13/03/2010 12:21:20 AM 537 Views
Exactly, no such thing as "Impartial" history - 13/03/2010 12:54:49 AM 429 Views
So is "a sinless life," but that doesn't justify murder. *NM* - 14/03/2010 12:22:16 AM 182 Views
Strange choice of analogies... - 14/03/2010 12:17:03 PM 431 Views
I could be wrong, but I think his point was simply... - 14/03/2010 03:53:23 PM 520 Views
I think it was that it just seems too out of place - 14/03/2010 04:14:55 PM 558 Views
I dunno, you didn't elaborate much on your oxymoron statement. - 14/03/2010 04:29:04 PM 551 Views
It didn't really seem something that needed elaborating - 14/03/2010 05:20:33 PM 599 Views
Re: It didn't really seem something that needed elaborating - 14/03/2010 05:51:58 PM 615 Views
Re: It didn't really seem something that needed elaborating - 14/03/2010 06:31:45 PM 564 Views
I would object to the idea that objectivity was ever the goal - 15/03/2010 05:46:08 PM 520 Views
Heil! - 13/03/2010 12:22:35 AM 576 Views
It's about time. - 13/03/2010 01:17:25 AM 559 Views
Don't forget interned German-Americans in BOTH world wars. *NM* - 13/03/2010 02:47:25 AM 304 Views
Some of it can make sense - 13/03/2010 01:28:53 AM 638 Views
effing retarded *NM* - 13/03/2010 01:38:10 AM 206 Views
Re: Texas Approves Curriculum Revised by Conservatives - 13/03/2010 03:10:22 AM 548 Views
Many of those subjects are relevant school topics. *shrugs* *NM* - 13/03/2010 04:43:41 AM 270 Views
A fascinating thing, culture wars. - 14/03/2010 04:16:35 PM 593 Views
When does revisionist history descend to the level of mere hypocrisy? I weep for my country. - 15/03/2010 04:16:25 AM 690 Views
calling Zavala a city is a bit of a stretch don't you think? - 15/03/2010 05:39:03 PM 499 Views
Seguin's a city, or at least town; Zavala is a county. - 15/03/2010 09:00:54 PM 457 Views
Pfft, Seguin is a dump. - 15/03/2010 09:11:09 PM 470 Views
Not the point! - 15/03/2010 09:30:19 PM 435 Views
Zavalla is a town as well and city is a bit of stretch for Seguin - 15/03/2010 10:23:41 PM 417 Views
Fair enough, just trying to make clear I was speaking about municipality and county, respectively. - 29/03/2010 03:49:30 PM 440 Views
See the problem is the argument is total BS - 29/03/2010 05:27:53 PM 476 Views
Dunno if I'd go that far. - 29/03/2010 08:50:40 PM 570 Views
I am sure you wouldn't - 31/03/2010 04:19:09 PM 499 Views
Based on this article it is worryingly political - 15/03/2010 11:46:53 AM 428 Views
Do you have any examples of where they are not teaching the truth? - 15/03/2010 05:42:27 PM 451 Views
I think it is what they are leaving out that is worrisome. - 15/03/2010 06:58:38 PM 464 Views
I don't see anything sayting they are leaving that out - 15/03/2010 08:26:50 PM 461 Views
We were talking about this last night - 15/03/2010 11:38:02 PM 640 Views
Also - 15/03/2010 11:41:45 PM 393 Views
Still not sure I see a problem - 16/03/2010 04:58:50 PM 405 Views
This thread is indeed making me wonder how textbooks are used in the US... - 16/03/2010 05:05:13 PM 396 Views
for political posturing of course - 16/03/2010 05:26:13 PM 473 Views

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