“The board is being used as pawns by the radical Tea Party that is using them to force their ideals down our throat.”
COLORADO HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE FIGHTING A ‘PATRIOTIC’ WHITEWASHING OF US HISTORY
“They’ll be ignorant to the facts, but they’ll also be ignorant to civic consciousness,” Robinson told me. “There are a good deal of studies that show this kind of ‘patriotism education’ is associated with xenophobia, jingoism, and authoritarian personalities. And when those youth actually confront the reality of their country’s history, there’s a shocking moment of disillusionment and radicalization.”
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