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[krickets]

What is this, 1984?

A summary, as written by theladyscribe:
"Texas just passed its new education syllabus. It not only teaches children that the UN is a threat to America, it removes Thomas Jefferson from the list of important Enlightenment thinkers. Because he was a major supporter of the separation of church and state.."

I don't understand how the hell they're able to do that. Is this the beginning? And how can it be stopped?

Comments

[gypsy-sally.livejournal.com]

The education system in Texas is a scary and backwards-thinking beast. I went to school there for my entire educational career. There were very few worthwhile moments.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Why am I not surprised?

[missy-useless.livejournal.com]

O_O

Wtf.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Right?

[slybrunette.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, I remember hearing about this when they were just thinking about it. Why am I not surprised that they've now gone through with it.

There are parts of Texas that are...just very, very special. Really.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm sure it's not just Texas. They're like a spokesman or something.

[hepburnesque.livejournal.com]

Whut?

*reads article*

O_O

[crickets.livejournal.com]

It's so crazy. I wonder what the librarians think!

[theladyscribe]

If it makes you feel any better at all, I have friends who are Texans who are just as horrified as the rest of us.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure. But I'm sure there are people in other states cheering them on.

[gigglemonster.livejournal.com]

I told you about this! lol or at least I thought I did!
I heard it on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart like forever ago. Apparently Texas has the biggest say in what goes into the textbooks because they're the biggest buyer of them or something frakked up like that.

It's just...scary. Very scary

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Right well now they have finally made it "official."

I can't even begin to describe the kind of fear that causes in me.

[siluria]

Um.... what??

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Right? Somebody somewhere just needs to say "Texas, NO."

[bebitched.livejournal.com]

That... is disgusting. When the world implodes under the combined force of the next generation's sheer stupidity and intolerance in about fifteen years, we'll know who to blame.

[crickets.livejournal.com]

It is this very moment that I am dreading.

It's just one thing after another. What is WRONG with this country?

[harlot2.livejournal.com]

Dude. What scares me the most is that some of them actually wanted to sugar-coat the slave trade by renaming it? Are you fucking serious?

Is there a way to kick a state out of the union? Or, force them to resign?

That's a lot of questions in one comment. Must find the answer to the last two...

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Right? Well I think that the atlantic triangular might be a name from history -- it sounded familiar anyway. Though I'm sure the name SLAVE was in there somewhere. Fuckers. Have we seriously not moved on as a nation? WAKE UP PEOPLE. IT'S TWENTY-TEN IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED! *headdesk*

[harlot2.livejournal.com]

Hm. I suppose it's possible that that's what they were calling the route when they were using it to actually transport the slaves. What I object to is their using this official-sounding name that makes it sound like something we shouldn't be ashamed of.

Right now I'm really kind of on the thought that I don't think I want to be taking my Gay Liberal Witch ass anywhere near Texas anytime soon.

[harlot2.livejournal.com]

Ok you got me curious so I googled "Atlantic triangle trade". Turns out that triangular trade is just a general term for a common trading practice and not in and of itself relating to slavery. Kind of like a traded goods round robin. So now the message, apparently, is, "It's just good business."

I propose we vote. Shall we just rename Texas "Beckett", or shall we go all out and call it "The East India Trading Company"?