Texas to rewrite United States history with autocrat propaganda

[Pizdzius]

So by reading guardian, you already know what's best for Texas? Didn' you even get an idea that almost all of them agree to this?
Believe me, almost everyone who grow up in autonomous countries is proud of what they were taught in childhood. Very often they consider the others as drones. Even me, who grew up in Catholic country, where every kid is FORCED to go to church and FORCED to believe in god, later on we can RESIGN from that. I didn't grow up hating god because of that, I just decided I don't need faith.
Don't you think that can happen in Texas?
People from there can be actually happy with that. They have different surroundings and different community. People from lets say, New York, are very often surprised that Cubans actually love Castro. Sometimes, they show "proofs" from "media" that they hate him. Have you been there? What do you know of what's not been written in news?
I highly believe in freedom of people and to be honest, right now, America is one of the last countries I'd live in. There's NO freedom of speech and almost no freedom of thought. You have to be really careful to not offend someone by expressing your opinion. It's beautifly mirrored in these forums, by the way ;]

In modern schools children AREN'T given the facts from both sides. Children in Russia won't learn about Poland invading Moscow and keeping the city for a long period of time, they will hear only a mention of assault, and that it was a good reason to keep Poland in their boundaries for 123 years. It's just an example.

I don't even LIKE Texas. But I just wanted to express opinion that perhaps people from there pretty much want this to happen. If someone doesn't - isn't the USA a country of states? Can't you move to other state in case you don't like one you live in? You don't need passports and visas for that, do you? USA is very big and I admire it for the incredible variety of its states. Let it be that way.

[VandaMan]

Originally Posted by Pizdzius

So by reading guardian, you already know what's best for Texas? Didn' you even get an idea that almost all of them agree to this?
Believe me, almost everyone who grow up in autonomous countries is proud of what they were taught in childhood. Very often they consider the others as drones. Even me, who grew up in Catholic country, where every kid is FORCED to go to church and FORCED to believe in god, later on we can RESIGN from that. I didn't grow up hating god, I just decided I don't need faith.
Don't you think that can happen in Texas?
People from there can be actually happy with that. They have different surroundings and different community. People from lets say, New York, are very often surprised that Cubans actually love Castro. Sometimes, they show "proofs" from "media" that they hate him. Have you been there? What to do you know?
I highly believe in freedom of people and to be honest, right now, America is one of the last countries I'd live in. There's NO freedom of speech and almost no freedom of thought. You have to be really careful to not offend someone by expressing your opinion. It's beautifly mirrored in these forums, by the way ;]

I don't even LIKE Texas. But I just wanted to express opinion that perhaps people from there pretty much want this to happen. If someone doesn't - isn't the USA a country of states? Can't you move to other state in case you don't like one you live in? You don't need passports and visas for that, do you? USA is very big and I admire it for the incredible variety of its states. Let it be that way.

I get what you're saying to a certain extent, but while the US is a country of states, Texas is the state that sets the textbook standards for the other 49. So their decisions have further reach than their own border.

More importantly though, we're not just talking about expressing an opinion in these text books, we're talking about completely removing any mention of other opinions. They aren't trying to teach children that the separation of church and state is unnecessary, they're removing the idea of separation of church and state altogether.

They want to push certain views, but rather than arguing against opposing views and allowing students to make choices based on information, they are making it appear as if opposing views don't exist. Trying to cultivate good citizens through the educational system isn't entirely a bad thing, but intentionally withholding information is not the way to do it, especially when Texas schools' vision of "good citizens" is not representative.

[WhateverUSMC]

Originally Posted by VandaMan

Texas is the state that sets the textbook standards for the other 49.

This is the main problem. One state shouldn't be capable of directing other states to the bathroom of a 7/11, let alone imposing their beliefs on others.

[Pizdzius]

Originally Posted by WhateverUSMC

This is the main problem. One state shouldn't be capable of directing other states to the bathroom of a 7/11, let alone imposing their beliefs on others.

Well, my apologies then, I didn't know about that one thing, my bad.

I don't think Poland is a country of freedom, but in my opinion it's more free than Sweden. Sweden terrifies me in many ways, while Poland just starts to creep me out :P
We have written in our Constitution that we're a nation of Christ. So Catholics are default here :P And basically, we do have MANY schools where teachers are Fathers and Sisters who won't allow the kids to even walk around the city; they live in the monasteries that act like schools. They teach them history, biology, barh, even sexual education, in their own ways. And somehow, those kids aren't crooked and still can have different opinion than the teachers. They're not beaten up for that.

But yeah, I get your points, it's just that I want to explain it doesn't always mean a sect full of drones.


btw. I'm for Monarchy. This shit was good in Medieval Poland :P yay.

[veluchami]

Originally Posted by Pizdzius

btw. I'm for Monarchy. This shit was good in Medieval Poland :P yay.

You would make a good Texan j/k