The Lies of Texas Are Upon You
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A friend called to talk about his daughter being caught in the middle of one of the kinds of controversies that only happen in Texas. His daughter's teacher had sent an email that her school was not going to show the president's national address to students in their school. My buddy Marcus is African-American and Native American, holds two degrees, and does not very well countenance stupidity and hypocrisy.
"It's not exactly a political speech," he said. "He's going to tell kids to work hard and stay in school and get a good education, and take personal responsibility for their actions."
"Of course not," I conceded, "But Obama is a democrat and African-American and this is Texas."
"Yeah, well, I'm going to get Mia from class and bring her home to watch the speech and then take her back. This is garbage."
Actually, it is more like intellectual pus, a kind of deadly ooze that keeps infecting our national discourse. We tell people not to mess with Texas but that's because we reserve the right to mess it up ourselves, which we are doing quite effectively. This latest hypocrisy, though, is almost beyond imagining, but is a logical next de-evolutionary step for progressive thinking under the Lone Star.
By James Moore
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moore/the-lies-of-texas-are-upo_b_277749.html
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sue4e3
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if a child comes across something on thier own in an open setting then you allow them to make up thier own mind but in a controled classroom where they believe the things they learn there are taken as fact is not where the president should be.
- 2 years ago
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sue4e3
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edbr
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Ok, so instead of watching political discourse, analyzing it, learning it's intent and function, learning to be a critical thinker, and developing their own political views and ideas, we'll just shelter our schoolchildren so they can try to learn these things when they're out in the real world, much too late.
- 2 years ago
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edbr
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sue4e3
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I don't believe that presidential speeches of any kind should be in schools because any historian will tell you that that is the route to dominance of government in every day life wich can lead in several bad directions if not kept in check
- 2 years ago
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sue4e3
