applesanity
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Some of the major things in my public school education that have stuck on me as examples of indoctrination (by the school itself, the local/state regulations, or by the teacher - or any combination) were:
(note the incongruity between the 2nd and 4th examples.)
By the implications of half the posts in this thread, I should be a bleeding-heart pinko commie flag-burning (drug-free) hippie treehugger, with a giant OBAMA = CHANGE bumper sticker next to the Howard Dean sticker on my Prius.
But I'm not. The point is, if young American children are stupid enough to believe in the above crap, then so be it.
- Corporations are destrying the environment and exploiting poor people
- White men have been oppressing the world since forever
- Black people are victims and white people need to accommodate accordingly.
- White men fought the Civil war to free black people
- Thomas Jefferson owned a slave named Dirty Sally. She was 'Dirty' because....
- The Soviets were misunderstood.
- Drugs are bad, mm'kay?
(note the incongruity between the 2nd and 4th examples.)
By the implications of half the posts in this thread, I should be a bleeding-heart pinko commie flag-burning (drug-free) hippie treehugger, with a giant OBAMA = CHANGE bumper sticker next to the Howard Dean sticker on my Prius.
But I'm not. The point is, if young American children are stupid enough to believe in the above crap, then so be it.