Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Education: The Shortest Distance Between Barbarism And Civilization

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Two Full Years Of American History Taught Dialectically Is The Swiftest, Surest Path To Restoration Of Social And Political Health In The American Body Politic


Interestingly, the day after we spoke, Trump came out in favor of a "pro-American" history curriculum. 

The idea of "pro-American history" in a country where contempt for education is coupled with yahoo passion for aggressive, boastful, evangelical ignorance, obliges yet another ride on Shitstorm's Ipecac Express.

General Clark once said to me: "Alan, think about this: China has more honors students than we have students." 

And we've got a guy at the helm who encourages people to shun mask-wearing since they can be cured by Clorox, hydroxychloroquine and fiber optics up the ass. (Notice how there hasn't been a peep about hydroxychloroquine lately: Trump's entire strategy is to seize every news cycle, day by shitty day, taking at least one dump in public.)

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4 days ago - Trump Wants a 'Pro-AmericanEducation Commission as Critics Respond: 'He's Not Interested in Facts'. “Trump wants a patriotic commission, ...
5 days ago - President Trump pressed his case Thursday that U.S. schools are ... would create a national commission to promote a “pro-American curriculum that ... “They don't want us talking too much about America's flaws,” said Albert L.
4 days ago - Trump Wants a 'Pro-AmericanEducation Commission as Critics Respond: 'He's Not Interested in Facts'. Sean Neumann. People September ...
5 days ago - In austere, starkly divisive remarks, President Trump on Thursday said he ... and announced the creation of a grant to develop a "pro-American ...
5 days ago - WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday accused Democrats ... While Trump called for "patriotic education" and a "pro-American ...

Since this email is about History, I take this opportunity to proudly announce that good friend Michael Brown (Jim Sanfilipo's nephew) just released the following book which is getting rave reviews. Here is what "Kirkus" has to say about "Hope and Scorn": https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews//hope-and-scorn/

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Any politician worth his salt knows that education (or lack thereof) is determinative.

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The End Of Democracy: Trump's Love For "The Poorly Educated," And Opinion-Trumping-Truth


Not surprisingly, "The Party of Stupid" -- misguided by His Vacuity -- now wants to reverse the paltry efforts that have nudged the teaching of American History in the direction of fairness and balance.

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Satan's mission remains the same whether we view Satan mythically or from the vantage of conservative Christian theology.

H.G. Wells: "Human History Becomes More And More A Race Between Education And Catastrophe"


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Unless Truth Is Richly Contextualized, It Is Likely That Uneducated, Ideologically-Driven People (Who Never Learned How To Think, Much less In Context), Will Use Fragmented Shards Of Truths To Tell Colossal Lies


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How Conservatives Use Decontextualized Shards Of Truth To Tell BIG Lies 

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