Mon Jan 30, 2012, 05:30 AM

UrbScotty (22,262 posts)

Tea Party Group Wants To 'Soften' Slavery In Textbooks

Some political groups are asking Tennessee lawmakers to re-write history, or at least how it is taught. Some members of the Tea Party say what's in your kid's textbook may be giving them a negative opinion about our nation's founding history.

What do you remember about American History class? Chances are you took away the basics; the birth of a democracy and a roller-coaster of ups-and-downs. But some Tea Party members say those basics are flawed when it comes to textbooks.

"My biggest concern is that important information is being omitted, which creates a negative light on our Founding Fathers," said Tea Party activist Brian Rieck.

Many members of the group are asking Tennessee lawmakers to tweak textbooks so that doesn't happen. Notably, they're hoping to make changes in how slavery and encroachment on Native Americans are portrayed to students. "Slavery is of course portrayed in the textbooks nowadays I'm sure as a totally negative thing. Had there not been slavery in the South, the economy would've fallen," Rieck said.

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Tea Party Group Wants To 'Soften' Slavery In Textbooks (Original post)	UrbScotty	Jan 2012	OP
Fuck the fugging	malaise	Jan 2012	#1
The Civil War had absolutely nothing to do with	doc03	Jan 2012	#2
Sarcasm smiley	MiniMe	Jan 2012	#4
type in :sarcasm: and the smilie will show up.	lunatica	Jan 2012	#7
Thanks I will give it a try	doc03	Jan 2012	#9
I only have one colon	Goblinmonger	Jan 2012	#14
If it is a semi colon you will be full of sh*t more of the time.....	yellowcanine	Jan 2012	#16
There is a second page. The sarcasm smiley is the first one on the next page.	yellowcanine	Jan 2012	#15
Sad how they just gloss over the very real human toll of slavery, isn't it?	UrbScotty	Jan 2012	#19
Apparently, Slavery was kind of like a year round "summer camp"	JoePhilly	Jan 2012	#3
+ 1000 Best description yet of the picture painted by the slavery revisionists.	yellowcanine	Jan 2012	#17
And I forgot to mention the free "Vacation Cruise" that Pat Buchanan liked to talk about.	JoePhilly	Jan 2012	#24
Right. All expenses paid cruise across the Atlantic with a close-up view of the cargo hold...	yellowcanine	Jan 2012	#25
Cue up the chorus of "centrist" commentators saying that "not all Tea Partiers are racists."	CTyankee	Jan 2012	#5
Cart before horse	lunatica	Jan 2012	#6
Soften THIS, fuckers.	HughBeaumont	Jan 2012	#8
racists are like that. nt	Javaman	Jan 2012	#10
lol, actually i like where this is leading:	renegade000	Jan 2012	#11
Oh, but EVERYBODY knows slaves were happy and loved being slaves!	HopeHoops	Jan 2012	#12
Damn Liberals are always trying to give slavery a bad name!1!!	pinboy3niner	Jan 2012	#13
Only thing BETTER than slavery was Colonialism......	yellowcanine	Jan 2012	#18
In other words, Rieck wants students to get the message that all manners of explotation	NoGOPZone	Jan 2012	#20
Changing "slaves" to "free boat ride recipients"...	NightWatcher	Jan 2012	#21
From the High School history books I have read if they soften it any further it will disappear.	jwirr	Jan 2012	#22
Maybe the film "Song of the South" will make a comeback.	Kablooie	Jan 2012	#23
And yet if you called them a racist...	joeybee12	Jan 2012	#26
holy crap.........	Marrah_G	Jan 2012	#27
Yeah, you know, cause they are leaving out all the GOOD things about slavery....n/t	renie408	Jan 2012	#30
It's frigging scary that it is NOT a story from the Onion	Marrah_G	Jan 2012	#33
Fuck that!	Rex	Jan 2012	#28
This is almost unbelievable. Almost. n/t	renie408	Jan 2012	#29
The only thing I can say is	Jazzgirl	Jan 2012	#31
And by "soften" of course that means	Number23	Jan 2012	#32
Tell me again, what's the difference between this evil fuck and Holocaust deniers?	2ndAmForComputers	Jan 2012	#34
Doesn't matter, kids are too smart and savvy about the world today.	Jennicut	Jan 2012	#35

Response to UrbScotty (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 05:35 AM

malaise (107,049 posts)

1. Fuck the fugging

revisionists - racist ReTHUG scumbags.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 08:53 AM

doc03 (13,858 posts)

2. The Civil War had absolutely nothing to do with

Last edited Mon Jan 30, 2012, 08:54 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

slavery, it was about states rights you know.

On edit: There is no sarcasm smiley.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:14 AM

MiniMe (13,699 posts)

4. Sarcasm smiley

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:22 AM

lunatica (28,940 posts)

7. type in :sarcasm: and the smilie will show up.

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Response to lunatica (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:46 AM

doc03 (13,858 posts)

9. Thanks I will give it a try

Last edited Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:48 AM USA/ET - Edit history (2)

On edit didn't work the first time I didn't have the colons.

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Response to doc03 (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:46 AM

Goblinmonger (16,412 posts)

14. I only have one colon

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:50 AM

yellowcanine (24,478 posts)

16. If it is a semi colon you will be full of sh*t more of the time.....

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:47 AM

yellowcanine (24,478 posts)

15. There is a second page. The sarcasm smiley is the first one on the next page.

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Response to doc03 (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 01:18 PM

UrbScotty (22,262 posts)

19. Sad how they just gloss over the very real human toll of slavery, isn't it?

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 08:56 AM

JoePhilly (16,303 posts)

3. Apparently, Slavery was kind of like a year round "summer camp"

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Response to JoePhilly (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:52 AM

yellowcanine (24,478 posts)

17. + 1000 Best description yet of the picture painted by the slavery revisionists.

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Response to yellowcanine (Reply #17)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:12 PM

JoePhilly (16,303 posts)

24. And I forgot to mention the free "Vacation Cruise" that Pat Buchanan liked to talk about.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 04:47 PM

yellowcanine (24,478 posts)

25. Right. All expenses paid cruise across the Atlantic with a close-up view of the cargo hold...

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Response to UrbScotty (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:17 AM

CTyankee (35,230 posts)

5. Cue up the chorus of "centrist" commentators saying that "not all Tea Partiers are racists."

It's time to run that one past us again...

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:21 AM

lunatica (28,940 posts)

6. Cart before horse

Bullshit. If they hadn't had slavery there wouldn't have been plantations is what they really mean. There would have been plenty of regular farmers to take up that acreage. It's always about the 1%, even back then.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:23 AM

HughBeaumont (20,538 posts)

8. Soften THIS, fuckers.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:30 AM

Javaman (40,855 posts)

10. racists are like that. nt

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:37 AM

renegade000 (1,655 posts)

11. lol, actually i like where this is leading:

"...had there not been slavery in the South, the economy would've fallen," Rieck said.

So, logically, the economic prosperity enjoyed by the few wealthy Southern aristocrats was gained by violently coerced redistribution upwards... perhaps we should have that discussion...

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:41 AM

HopeHoops (47,675 posts)

12. Oh, but EVERYBODY knows slaves were happy and loved being slaves!

FACE IT PEOPLE - History isn't always a fairy tale. Just wait until the teabaggers are mentioned in future history books. That's not going to be so pretty either.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:45 AM

pinboy3niner (28,040 posts)

13. Damn Liberals are always trying to give slavery a bad name!1!!

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 10:55 AM

yellowcanine (24,478 posts)

18. Only thing BETTER than slavery was Colonialism......

You got to stay in your own country and get kicked around rather than get carted off to some strange place.....

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 01:32 PM

NoGOPZone (2,659 posts)

20. In other words, Rieck wants students to get the message that all manners of explotation

no matter how horrible are acceptable if it results in profit.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 01:35 PM

NightWatcher (20,695 posts)

21. Changing "slaves" to "free boat ride recipients"...

is just the beginning.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 01:36 PM

jwirr (20,966 posts)

22. From the High School history books I have read if they soften it any further it will disappear.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 02:02 PM

Kablooie (8,941 posts)

23. Maybe the film "Song of the South" will make a comeback.

The main reason it's been suppressed is that it portrays slavery as a pleasant, extended family relationship.

It may have been so in some white owner's minds but I'm sure slaves did not feel that among themselves.

In a way it's a shame because the Uncle Remus animated sequences are very well done and some of Disney's funniest animation.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 05:45 PM

joeybee12 (41,893 posts)

26. And yet if you called them a racist...

They'd be offended and Faux News would defend them.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 07:02 PM

Marrah_G (22,695 posts)

27. holy crap.........

"Slavery is of course portrayed in the textbooks nowadays I'm sure as a totally negative thing. "

... and they wonder why people think they are racist lunatics....

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Response to Marrah_G (Reply #27)

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 07:10 PM

renie408 (9,197 posts)

30. Yeah, you know, cause they are leaving out all the GOOD things about slavery....n/t

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 08:44 PM

Marrah_G (22,695 posts)

33. It's frigging scary that it is NOT a story from the Onion

I don't want to share a country with these people

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 07:05 PM

Rex (35,074 posts)

28. Fuck that!

WHY OH WHY do we have people in charge trying to hurt the children in this country? Doesn't DHS care about these kinda things? Maybe Fuckwad (L) should tweet about it.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 07:09 PM

renie408 (9,197 posts)

29. This is almost unbelievable. Almost. n/t

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 07:11 PM

Jazzgirl (3,369 posts)

31. The only thing I can say is

These motherfuckers are sick. That is all. Just plain sick.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 07:12 PM

Number23 (13,498 posts)

32. And by "soften" of course that means

"erase as much as we can for now until we can remove all mention of it altogether."

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:06 PM

2ndAmForComputers (3,333 posts)

34. Tell me again, what's the difference between this evil fuck and Holocaust deniers?

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Mon Jan 30, 2012, 09:21 PM

Jennicut (25,411 posts)

35. Doesn't matter, kids are too smart and savvy about the world today.

They know when they are being lied to. My 7 year old already has had discussions with me on racism and slavery. Kids aren't stupid and they can get access to info about history on the internet. They don't need a whitewashed bullcrap version of a history text book to tell them about the Founding Fathers.

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