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US Politics 16h
i’d say “reopen the schools” but republicans genuinely have destroyed the history curriculum in some states so badly with propaganda that might make this particular issue worse
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US Politics 18h
Hot take the only way to bring peace to the Middle East is for a western country to take control of it. Like they deadass can’t just behave and get along
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Anonymous 16h

yes i’m making a second post with a link to a source to actually educate people about our history here but i’m trying to find the most neutral article i can. Current winner is an archival from Arizona PBS from 2002 but wanna see if there’s something else

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Anonymous 16h

I disagree. From someone the area you’re describing. Education is incredibly important. I was taught the American myth my whole life. It wasn’t necessarily about the content It was more about giving children the tools to think critically. They’ll be more likely to end up at the right conclusion if they have some baseline skills rather than none at all

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

Oh yes. But I’m talking about history specifically, and the century-long effort to rewrite it in the south. The Daughters of the Confederacy is the search term to learn the specifics about the history of the push. And unfortunately, it’s not straight up lies. It’s lies of omission and heavily centering confederate sources while skimming union ones. So they still do the critical thinking - but on information curated as to produce one conclusion.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 16h

Well homie, I’m actually in the rural south. It’s definitely curated to produce one conclusion. Critical thinking is more of the process at which you disseminate information. *Learning (indoctrination)* is more of what you are discussing. So long as the children are taught to research (even bad titles) eventually they have the skills to widen their original horizons if that makes sense

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

For example, I was indoctrinated in my southern Baptist church because I was never taught how to read or produce a critical thought. I was only taught what to think. On the otherhand, I went to a Christian charter school, but I was given the tools to look deeper into conclusions (ex the 1 whole chrome book used by the entire 6th grade)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

Oh fuck I’m using the wrong word. Disseminate is more closely related to learning/indoctrination While critical thinking is more evaluation of the data

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