General Discussion

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)

32. "The road from legitimate suspicion to rampant paranoia is very much shorter than we think"

Fri Apr 15, 2022, 08:04 PM

Apr 2022

---Patrick Stewart as Jean Luc Picard.
Fox Noise and in turn, GOP capitalizes heavily on long cultivated paranoia every day now. When the thirst for idiotic paranoid correlations was no longer satisfied there, along came other channels willing to push the insanity further.
This is censorship gone rampant.
Another quote from the same disturbing episode "The Drumhead", so reflective of exactly the bullshit the GOP is up to these days: again, Captain Picard:
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

56 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

FL banning dozens of math textbooks they claim "indoctrinate" students with CRT [View all] Nevilledog Apr 2022 OP

The goal is to ruin public education. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #1

Yes. That and home-schooling by people who could never get a teaching job. Hekate Apr 2022 #3

Democracy depends upon an educated citizenry. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #4

Yes indeed Hekate Apr 2022 #10

Feudalism in the sunshine state. Makes one wonder just how close it's been for so long. jaxexpat Apr 2022 #29

My grandmother did not like him either. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #48

The decisiveness of progressivism vs conservatism is an American classic. jaxexpat Apr 2022 #54

an educated citizenry keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #43

Excellent quote. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #45

To them, it is not public education...... getagrip_already Apr 2022 #22

Yes schools that teach the autocratic party line. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #33

The goal is to resegregate the schools. Private schooling is the way to do it. sop Apr 2022 #26

Yes good point. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #34

Yep. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #49

Bingo! +1000 paleotn Apr 2022 #41

Sick, sick minds Hekate Apr 2022 #2

Fascism goose steps along... Karadeniz Apr 2022 #5

How many fascists does it take.......................... Bev54 Apr 2022 #6

The fascist wheel is the one heard... Karadeniz Apr 2022 #7

Let me take a guess mercuryblues Apr 2022 #8

Not only that, they're filled with ARABIC numbers!!! Buns_of_Fire Apr 2022 #9

...and the difference between blue and red America grows wider. roamer65 Apr 2022 #11

I've always thought the number "8" is... Hugin Apr 2022 #12

When it's laying down, it's "infinitely" sexy. nt Earth-shine Apr 2022 #13

Oh, my... Hugin Apr 2022 #15

Want a cigarette? nt Buns_of_Fire Apr 2022 #16

It takes me back to school days... Hugin Apr 2022 #37

But we computers now, who needs math. marie999 Apr 2022 #14

I try to do everything before a transaction. jimfields33 Apr 2022 #17

Isn't it quicker to count 2 quarters than 1 quarter, 2 dimes, and 3 pennies? marie999 Apr 2022 #18

Having been on both sides of the transaction, I know that when I'm the customer PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2022 #23

Always hand over the change FIRST, then the bills, small to large. eppur_se_muova Apr 2022 #25

This is awfully familiar. I remember when a judge banned a bunch of textbooks. Mariana Apr 2022 #19

We can't have math problems where how J'nelle has to figure out haele Apr 2022 #20

K&R Solly Mack Apr 2022 #21

It's because those Math books use arabic numbers! n/t aggiesal Apr 2022 #24

Hypocrisy SpankMe Apr 2022 #27

The crazies already have the idiocracy of parents and kids indoctrinated anyway. housecat Apr 2022 #28

How tf can a math textbook teach CRT? A MATH TEXTBOOK?!? dixiechiken1 Apr 2022 #30

Seriously. They banned all those MATH books because of CRT?? Paranoid and extremist assholes, all. Evolve Dammit Apr 2022 #31

It isn't even taught in elementary schools but it hasn't stopped them from banning it AZProgressive Apr 2022 #39

Can someone please explain WTF SEL is to me? Hugin Apr 2022 #40

Social Emotional Learning Nevilledog Apr 2022 #47

Oh, I can see how the GrOPpers would feel... Hugin Apr 2022 #51

Teaching them not to be the little assholes they were taught to be at home. sop Apr 2022 #55

"The road from legitimate suspicion to rampant paranoia is very much shorter than we think" lambchopp59 Apr 2022 #32

'The Drumhead' is a great example of what we are dealing with in regards to the rethugs. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #53

how in the sam cluck is math crt and what good does ruining public ed do. AllaN01Bear Apr 2022 #35

Whats next?? Banning Females YoshidaYui Apr 2022 #36

Good grief! Since when did long division, multiplication, and vlyons Apr 2022 #38

Stupid is as stupid does. thenelm1 Apr 2022 #42

The De-education of Florduh. paleotn Apr 2022 #44

Again another example as to why GOP needs to be gotten rid of. rockfordfile Apr 2022 #46

Conservatives are constantly trying to decrease what children learn. Kablooie Apr 2022 #50

They're banning calculus regressive taxonomy? CaptainTruth Apr 2022 #52

Way back when melm00se Apr 2022 #56