Way to go Oregon! Censoring thought and critique

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  1. OSUBlazerfan

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    Oregon school board bans books that question climate change

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/20/oregon-school-board-bans-books-that-question-clima/
     
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    Elect your own like-minded people to the school board. It's an elected position.
     
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    I often feel that way when I read or hear about the editorialized information that is propagated throughout my daughter's middle school. It's amazing how biased "public education" has become. It is a constant struggle to provide the counter perspective--not for the purpose of molding opinion, but just to ensure that both sides are understood.
     
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    I mean, it makes perfect sense from a brainwashing perspective. Silence a sides views to the youth and said view will disappear. There will always be a counter-culture but they will be viewed as the scourge of humanity because their masters, I mean educators told them so.
     
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    It's a constant stuggle, but you have to keep at it.

    Just this week, I think I spent about 2 hours explaining to my kids how they should keep an open mind and not assume that the earth is unflat, no matter what they may hear in school.

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    I remember being very liberal graduating highschool. Then i got to the real world and quickly became more conservative. I had to teach myself to critically think because liberal public school is all about spoon feeding students and padding test scores for grant money.
     
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    When we went to school was it accepted science that there were 9 planets in our solar system?

    Unless proven otherwise, would we have any textbooks in our schools that stated anything to the contrary?

    Now look at lil' ol' Pluto... Downgraded to planet-OID... Now our textbooks reflect this.

    Face it climate change deniers.

    It's accepted science.
     
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    And some places they are trying to ban teaching about evolution. The hammer swings both ways.

    Like Denny stated, vote the bums out of office.
     
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    No it's not. While the climate is changing, what to do about it, if anything, is the debate.
     
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    I believe in climate change but I am not surprised we are banning books. That is very American.
     
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    It is important to teach kids truth and not hogwash. I know most people wouldn't care for their tax dollars being spent teaching children in a biology class that some people think elephants don't exist. It's a scientific fact that they do indeed exist. Why teach kids that some people don't think climate change is a real thing? Waste of time and money. Let's teach kids about trolls and ghouls, you know, to keep an open mind.
     
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    I mean, i guess they should teach them about real life issues.

    But if we are ranking things they should teach, its how to properly deal with money in the real world. Too many people are idiots and dont understand the value of the $. Thats more important imo as of today.
     
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    Oh, I think the kids already see Trump and Cruz plenty on TV.

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    Bazinga!
     
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    I actually believe that it is deeper than that. It has become a self sustaining industry involving public unions, politicians and those that ride the gravy train.
     
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    The word. ^^^
     
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    Thanks MarAzul, from you that means a lot.
     
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    Homeschooling is increasing rapidly across the nation.
     
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