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Debs Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:56 PM
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Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries
HUMAN EVENTS asked a panel of 15 conservative scholars and public policy leaders to help us compile a list of the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Each panelist nominated a number of titles and then voted on a ballot including all books nominated. A title received a score of 10 points for being listed No. 1 by one of our panelists, 9 points for being listed No. 2, etc. Appropriately, The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, earned the highest aggregate score and the No. 1 listing


http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7591


I am just shocked Deterring Democracy by Chomsky didn't make the cut
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 02:59 PM
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1. Democracy and Education - WTF?!?
So we have to demonize a book because it encourages critical thinking skills instead of memorizing just enough dates and multiplication tables to get you through to the next grade? Yeah, right.
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9119495 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:10 PM
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9. Dewey is amazing! And the fact that they single him out is
proof of that. They are actually plainly stating that critical thinking is not a good thing. What do they want? Absolute Monarchy?
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Momgonepostal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 05:19 PM
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18. No, they want everyone to be home or private schooled
They think anything promoting public education is bad.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:01 PM
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2. Origin of the Species didn't make the top ten
I figured Darwin would have been fighting Marx for the top spot
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CitrusLib Donating Member (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:03 PM
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5. That surprised me as well.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:01 PM
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3. Yes, Betty! You made the Top Ten!
'Way to Go!
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CitrusLib Donating Member (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:02 PM
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4. What a trip!!!! LOVE the description of Democracy and Education...
and the 'honorable mention' list is awesome. What a bunch of knuckle dragging baboons!
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Debs Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:07 PM
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7. Welcome to DU
And I agree I am sometimes amazed they dont need constant transfusions to replace the blood lost in just that fashion
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:07 PM
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6. Most telling are the exclusions
Like The Turner Diaries and Protocols of The Elders of Zion. Two books that inspired race-based hatred world-wide.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 05:22 PM
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19. That occurred to me, as well
Though I was surprised to see "Mein Kampf" made their list. I would have thought professional courtesy, one fascist to another, would have kept it off.
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Momgonepostal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:09 PM
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8. I see their only female judge was Phyllis Schafly
I wonder if The Feminine Mystique made her list? :-)
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Village Idiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:11 PM
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10. AWESOME!!! Time to buy some more BOOKS!!!
Thanks!
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cindyw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:11 PM
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11. So Hitler wasn't number one for these guys?
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Jamison Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-04-05 12:52 AM
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23. Nah
Facism's not all that bad.:sarcasm:

Communism however is the work of the Devil.:evilgrin:
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EmperorHasNoClothes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:24 PM
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12. It is kind of like
a list of "books you should read and which the right wing wants to burn"
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Goldeneye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:35 PM
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13. This should prompt some summer reading
Fun to see if there is an increase demand for these dangerous books.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:37 PM
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14. I sent this out to my friends with a warning that they should not be
eating or drinking when they read it, or they will choke and ruin their keyboard and monitor. What a load of crapola.
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obreaslan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:43 PM
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15. On Liberty!?!?!?!
Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 03:43 PM by obreaslan
Weren't a lot of the philosphical theories in this book a basis for our own system of government?
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 03:51 PM
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16. Baah! My Pet goat
Had to be said
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Fabio Donating Member (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-05 04:59 PM
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17. OMG! Did you see Silent Spring in honorable mention?
Rachel Carson -- evildoer.
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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 10:31 PM
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20. Bumping a post that was ahead of its time - view CSPAN Sat 8:30 AM
Edited on Fri Jun-03-05 10:40 PM by paineinthearse
See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3781949

John Gizzi , Human Events

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Events
Human Events
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Human Events is a conservative magazine founded in 1944.

Columnists include Ann Coulter, Terence P. Jeffrey, Robert Novak, and John Gizzi among others.

The magazine gets its name from a clause in the United States Declaration of Independence which reads "When in the course of HUMAN EVENTS. . . ." For this reason, HUMAN EVENTS is often spelled in all capital letters.

Human Events is published by Eagle Publishing of Washington, DC.

Human Events was one of Ronald Reagan's favorite magazines.
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gordianot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-03-05 10:40 PM
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21. Unbelievable and they signed their name.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-04-05 12:08 AM
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22. ah yes. women bad, sex bad, environment bad, public schools...
bad!

snowflake babies gooooood!

(psst. did you sign the letter?
pass it on. tell your friends.
here's the link)
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