TX Board Of Ed Member: Minorities Must Be Thankful To 'The Majority' For Giving Them Rights!

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Approved textbooks, the standards say, must teach the Texan student to "identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals, such as Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly, and the Moral Majority." No analogous liberal figures or groups are required, prompting protests from some legislators and committee members. (Read an excerpt here.)

The standards on Nixon: "describe Richard M. Nixon's role in the normalization of relations with China and the policy of detente."

On Reagan: "describe Ronald Reagan's role in restoring national confidence, such as Reaganomics and Peace with Strength." (That's it.)

The Cold War section is rendered as "U.S. responses to Soviet aggression after World War II ... "

putting together a Christian version of Sharia
and Theocratic education which is no different
than the pernicious influence of the Madrasas
in Pakistan. Which, are the origin, along with
the Wahabi madrasas in Saudi Arabia of Islamic
Fundamentalism.

If you examine the doctrines of Fundamentalist
Jewish, Christian and Islamic movements there
is a surprising coherence in ideology and theology.

The three pillars of all three are Paternalism, Homo
phobia and Manifest Destiny and all three invoke the
specter of and end time global war between the righteous
and the infidel.

I hope Texans can rid themselves of the influence of the
Christian Right. I am very pessimistic about the outcome.

The war over textbook content is being waged in Texas for
one very good reason not lost on the Religious Right, the
major text book publishers follow Texas content standards
because Texas is one if not the largest purchaser of public
school text books. So the RW's know if they can Christianize
Texas schoolbook standards, the rest of the country will follow.

of course you are right. quite clearly right.

yet maintain that sense of humor, my friend, for
it is the only thing that keeps us from just dropping
the bomb on texas.

for we must also remember that there are still some sane texans,
even some hiding here in DU. imagine THEIR suffering, eh?
at the hands of these fundamentalist whackouts.
they deserve our sympathy and help too.

and the fundie-cretins? They deserve to be mocked.

nice rant though, I quite enjoyed it. its the kind i write.

Someone should tell this dumbass that it wasn't a case of majority people giving rights to minorities, it was a case of majorities keeping rights from minorities that they were ENTITLED to, until minorities finally shamed the majority into RESTORING their rights. What a fucking, fucking fuckhead.

for all not just the Majority but the minority too. Beacuse we're far fairer than that.

nt

oh, but with a smile of course

..............and take your state and all of your socio/religious crazies with you. Jesusfuckingchrist, why not just close the system down completely and "nutcase" Perry can campaign next year on how much tax money he saved all those (rich) Texans.

You know the funny thing about that is that the majority of the whites in Texas would probably believe it. If they don't start educating their citizens with at least a 20th century education they'll probably end up believing in a "god" bomb or getting "returned" to Mexico.

...........Maybe we could get free weed for the next thousand years. Tell the truth, I don't think that Mexico wants them back.

But you would foist these scum-sucking cretins on the poor Mexicans, what never
(recently) attacked us or threatened us with nuc-u-ler ani-al-a-shion
or nuthin? Pity sakes, pattmarty, what did Mexico do to piss you off?

...............fellow liberals on things sometimes. I'm surprised someone hasn't called me a racist or Mexican hater or whatever with some of the obvious satirical comments I make from time to time.

to begin with whether rational conversation and discussion
is possible, if none is possible that is usually a bad sign.

for although we are all bigots of one form or another
if we are intelligent, and open to self examination,
we can recognize and understand our bigotry, and reign it in
to assure it is given no real voice.

for we we cannot stop being bigots. I believe it is inherent in the way the
human brain functions, it is deeply imbedded in our languages.
what chance have we got to avoid bigotry? NONE!
but whether or not I am right on that, we can
control its effects. in short, being a bigot is not the problem,
it is acting like a bigot, acting on your bigotries, that creates the problems.

if we understand that, we become more tolerant of those who may "misspeak",
or through lack of cultural background/ training/understanding/experience/etc
may need to better understand the sensitivity of others. such problem may be
solved by courteous discussion. pistols at twenty paces is entirely avoidable.

alas, there are but few who will engage an examination of their own
bigotries. (see paragraph 1), and fewer still who, having been offended,
will pause a moment to set aside the hurt and seek to engage the 'offender'.
still, its worth a shot. the ones who 'get it' are just too valuable to waste.

your main objective was to bash the fundies, (a worthy endeavor! we are all bigoted against THOSE!)
but in lashing out at these fundie-cretins you may inadvertently revealed another bias,
back to that in a second, but i did not sense it to be of a kind requiring anything
more than a little humor to raise it to your conscious layer. you revealed your
inner self a bit, it was nothing really, but your response has already proved
you see that and do 'get it'.

as for self revealing statements, they are pretty much unavoidable. good luck trying
to hide them. I remember Vito Corleone admonishing his son Sonny to "never let them
know what you're thinking". maybe so, but not everyone is comfortable being as laconic
as Vito Corleone, nor in the same harsh business. we talk to each other. awkward
and revealing statements will happen, but they need not be a wedge between people of
good will. that is the lesson we must all try to learn.

you get one 'star' for reading all this. :thumbsup: best wishes.

I see his point. But it is stupid. It was the minorities who did all the marching, protesting, petitioning, lobbying for their EQUALITY. It was the majority who suppressed them to begin with.

If they want to take credit for giving the equality, they should take responsibility for the inequalities, past, present, and future.

Women never chose not to have a voice. Blacks never chose not to be white. Gays never chose not to be married. The "majority" chose for them. The majority decided that the minority couldn't be equal, can't be equal and, by the sounds of this guy, WON'T be equal. But that's okay, because the minority is becoming the majority.

Have fun in the future begging the "majority" for your rights back.

NT

Hey blacks, why don't you thank the good white men for giving your ancestors a boat ride across the Atlantic!