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On the contrary...

Tom Brosz — 11/20/2004 7:00:41 AM (archived)

I think the history of communism should be taught in all schools. All of it. Preferably with photos.

However, a teacher who advocates communism should be treated in exactly the same way, no more, no less, than a teacher who teaches his students that blacks are inherently inferior to whites.

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expect more crap like this under our 'god fearing' president... - R.L. - 11/19/2004 9:32:48 PM
- Yeah It Really Sucks - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:15:46 PM
  - Man, you really buy the negative campaign ads. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/22/2004 4:42:49 PM
    - Where were you during the last two Democratic admins? - ID - 11/23/2004 7:12:35 PM
      - Your 20/20 hindsight is at once both remarkable and revisionist. Keep it up! (n/t) - PPD - 11/23/2004 9:00:09 PM
        
        Really? - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 4:07:10 AM
      - Right here, enjoying the absence of foreign adventures. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/23/2004 7:25:36 PM
        
        So You Enjoyed 911? - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 4:09:02 AM
        
        Ah. Back to the invasion-of-Iraq-equals-revenge-for-911 silliness. Get a leg to stand on, guy. (n/t) - alcaray - 11/24/2004 4:32:29 PM
        
        Get A Clue - ID - 11/25/2004 11:42:23 AM
  - "Weak Foreign Policy"?? - Lindy - 11/21/2004 6:19:40 PM
    - It's Simple Lindy - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 9:57:08 PM
  - And this is related to 9-11 in what way? - R.L. - 11/21/2004 5:47:47 PM
    - As For You In Post Comments - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 6:02:31 PM
      - As for the issue of "political ignorance"............... - Publius - 11/22/2004 12:26:10 AM
        
        Blah Blah Blah - Mark Eby - 11/22/2004 2:02:12 AM
    - Nominate A Decent Candidate Next Time - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:54:19 PM
- Our True Believers believe anything. Their "reality" is based on precisely that sort of underpinning. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/20/2004 6:04:13 AM
  - The Ones That Believe The World Is A Sunnny Place If The US Would Just Leave It Alone? (n/t) - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:16:46 PM
  - And they don't believe Islam and the communist economic system should be taught in schools. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/20/2004 6:07:37 AM
    - On the contrary... - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 7:00:41 AM
      - Oh, Tom, get honest. - Bowser - 11/20/2004 7:29:35 AM
        
        Teaching and advocating - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 7:44:42 PM
        
        Where do you get these impressions? - FrankC - 11/20/2004 6:53:46 PM
        
        And TB screams when it's mentioned. Short memories. Convenient memories. - Bowser - 11/22/2004 8:13:47 AM
        
        If a tenth as many academics advocated Christianity in colleges as advocate Marxism, you'd have a cow. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 5:34:20 PM
- Is the fundie creation myth less valid than the Indian creation myth? - ebnelson - 11/20/2004 4:04:43 AM
  - If the fundie creation myth were taught in literature and in anthropology where it belongs, no. - Mary Anne - 11/20/2004 12:43:31 PM
    - I'm not so sure... - FrankC - 11/20/2004 7:28:48 PM
      - Similar to the lack of communist indoctrination - alcaray - 11/22/2004 4:46:16 PM
        
        What were/are your majors in college? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 5:59:50 PM
        
        re: What were/are your majors in college? - alcaray - 11/22/2004 6:18:16 PM
        
        Is Art History - Mark Eby - 11/24/2004 4:12:30 AM
        
        For all you know he might have degrees in all those subjects. - Tom Brosz - 11/24/2004 6:57:03 AM
        
        My Actual Assumption - Mark Eby - 11/25/2004 6:43:42 PM
      - I'm not so sure thorough is accurate. - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:37:05 PM
        
        Bad choice of words - FrankC - 11/21/2004 7:25:37 PM
  - No, they are both equally invalid- the difference is.... - RL. - 11/20/2004 5:21:56 AM
    - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 5:35:18 AM
    - Cripes...did you live in Matherville where Mary Anne lives? - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 5:31:43 AM
      - Do You Go To Church? - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:48:26 PM
        
        Tom has mentioned the Lutheran church. - Mary Anne - 11/21/2004 9:26:54 PM
      - It's a pretty safe bet that people whose careers are intimately associated with science won't meet the Mathervillians - Mary Anne - 11/20/2004 7:17:10 PM
        
        Methinks that should be spelled "Mathervillains" (n/t) - Fox - 11/21/2004 4:02:36 PM
- Geez, so don't buy the damn book. - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2004 10:30:42 PM
  - Damn the book. DAMN IT! - et - 11/19/2004 11:40:00 PM
    - "...should the NPS be 'honoring' this aspect of religion?" - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 1:12:29 AM
      - False advertizing - Mary Anne - 11/20/2004 1:04:36 PM
        
        re: False advertising - Tom Brosz - 11/20/2004 7:57:15 PM
        
        False Motive - Mark Eby - 11/21/2004 5:53:21 PM
        
        re: False Motive - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 12:03:40 AM
        
        Can I Have Another Softball? - Mark Eby - 11/22/2004 2:13:00 AM
        
        I agree - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2004 4:17:18 AM
        
        Beyond obession- war against Christianity - REB - 11/22/2004 6:44:25 PM
        
        re: ***Fundamentalism*** is a threat to the Liberal way of life. - Mary Anne - 11/23/2004 1:16:02 AM
        
        re: ***Fundamentalism*** is a threat to the Liberal way of life. - REB - 11/23/2004 2:19:46 PM
        
        And not just fundamentalist Christianity - Fox - 11/23/2004 2:22:52 AM
        
        Don't forget fundamentalist socialism. 100 million dead this century. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 3:35:37 AM
        
        re: fundamentalist socialism - Fox - 11/23/2004 3:12:48 PM
        
        Very good way to put it. - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 4:52:02 PM
        
        Hope there is a rebroadcast of "The Ascent of Man" some day - LJ - 11/23/2004 6:48:20 PM
        
        DVDs - Tom Brosz - 11/23/2004 7:39:13 PM
        
        Thanks, Tom! - LJ - 11/23/2004 8:59:43 PM
- re:Ah, memories!! - Raoul - 11/19/2004 9:57:44 PM

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