The thing about “patriotic education” is that if you have to lie about America to love it then you probably don’t really love it. Ultimately their objection to the flawed universalism expressed in the declaration is the idea that the flaws were bad or that the universalism should be realized.
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Where do they get this shit? I'm a part of a group called D.O.G.S. I actually spend time in the classroom. I've *never* seen any of what they allege. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Except no need for the "probably."
"The thing about 'patriotic education' is that if you have to lie about America to love it then you definitely do not love it."
(otherwise right on the money)
When one has to project something so vigorously, that something is usually an illusion, more often a delusion.
These are small frightened men who project their smallness and fearfulness with the bluster and braggadocio of people who have never personally faced a fight and are secretly terrified they don’t have the stones.
This is the easiest line to use against the anti-CRT people and instead of saying something like this Dems including Beto just kowtowed and adopted right wing framing.
Now does she represent UK? Not really. But probably more than the trash defending America's use of slavery in some odd-ass way represent US.
Perhaps "many" fits neither UK nor US❓
When I was 3, my Grandfather owned summer property in the coal state of West Virginia; some of the kindest people my little self had ever met.
PS: I like the sound of "petty shopkeeper". Sounds like they say something mean as they ring up the goods. 😉
SELF-PROCLAIMED PATRIOT: Why are you trying to make them hate America
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