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1.   May 30, 2007 3:16 PM

» Feature Writer Brian Tubbs - How audacious

In response to Founding Fathers and Mobs posted by pink101:


Not so. We know that establishment politics sets up the educational programs for text book publishers.

"Establishment politics" - what the bleep does that mean? The government does not control our textbooks.

And, we know that Lynne Cheney was involved in the controversy regarding how American History is taught in American high schools. To claim otherwise is what is outlandish.

I didn't say ANYTHING about Lynne Cheney. She has been involved in educational issues long before her husband became VP. Is it somehow WRONG for her to be involved? Should she NOT have been involved all along - because she's a Cheney? Or because she's conservative?
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You rale against me for making posts in favor of the role ordinary people played in the American War for Independence.

This is incredibly audacious for you to say. Quite frankly, you're full of nonsense (that's the polite word for it). I have NOTHING against emphasizing the role ordinary people have played in America's history. What I "rail against" is when people like you and Zinn ONE-DIMENSIONALIZE the "ordinary people" and then define history according to your terms.

I don't see people as classes. I see them as individuals. And I don't one-dimensionalize them. Do you think Ethan Allen was representative of all the people in 1775? Do you? I ask this, having nothing against Ethan Allen. He was quite the character. But so were a lot of others.

YOU are the one who has an agenda. I'm the one who is searching for truth.

This is one of the most ridiculous and audacious things I've heard anyone say. How sanctimonious can you possibly be??? YOU seek the truth and I seek an agenda? How about we both are arguing for what we see as the truth? Can you accept that? Probably not.

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