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Showing Original Post only (View all)Trump trashes Howard Zinn, calls for white-washed school curriculum [View all]
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: The left-wing rioting and mayhem are the direct result of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools. Its gone on far too long. Our children are instructed from propaganda tracts, like those of Howard Zinn, that try to make students ashamed of their own history.
This week President Trump described the work of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, who died in 2010, as propaganda meant to make students ashamed of their own history. But Zinn believed the opposite, that teaching the unvarnished truth about history was the best way to combat propaganda and unexamined received wisdom. We air excerpts from a 2009 interview with Zinn in which he explained his approach to education. We should be honest with young people; we should not deceive them. We should be honest about the history of our country, Zinn said.
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Yup. Unless the guy that designed menus at Epstein's place was named Howard, that's as close as
dameatball
Sep 2020
#16
Well, I believe you already have to sign an anti-BDS clause to get a teaching job in Texas
pecosbob
Sep 2020
#5
You have to sign a clause saying you will not boycott Israeli made products or businesses
pecosbob
Sep 2020
#7
In the archives of my brain, I seem to recall that during or shortly after George W's reign,
Frustratedlady
Sep 2020
#11
Your are right that Texas has had huge influence on what is taught in most subjects everywhere.
Lonestarblue
Sep 2020
#19
Thank you. I did not know some of this. I'm glad to hear the current group isn't as bat shit crazy
PatrickforO
Sep 2020
#21
Thank you for taking the time to educate me on publishing textbooks in Texas.
Frustratedlady
Sep 2020
#28
You're most welcome. It's a topic dear to my heart since I spent my career in education.
Lonestarblue
Sep 2020
#30
Howard Zinn was a giant. I just wish the schools taught MORE of the unvarnished truth,
PatrickforO
Sep 2020
#20