B.C. dad says high school assignment suggests racism, misogyny are right-wing beliefs

Canadian Press ^ | 10/5/2018 | Staff

[simpson96]

VICTORIA — An assignment that asked students at a high school in British Columbia to identify the political leanings of racists and immigration opponents showed a bias against people with right-wing views, says a father whose son was given the worksheet.

Matt deFouw said he took his concerns about the worksheet to the Kamloops-Thompson School District, which launched an investigation.

B.C.’s Education Ministry said in a statement Thursday the worksheet is not part of the school curriculum and it will not be used again in the district.

“Essentially, all the questions on only one piece of paper paint people, even right-of-centre people, as xenophobic, misogynist racists who want to enact a brutal police state that wiretaps and executes its citizens,” deFouw said in an interview.

He posted the worksheet from his son’s Grade 10 social studies class on his Facebook page. The school district confirmed that it was part of an assignment at Valleyview Secondary School

“One question is, ‘Who is a racist?’ ” said deFouw. “And the answer is right-wing people. That’s about as clear as you need to be. Another example of a question was, ‘Who believes that women should stay home and be mothers?’ The answer is right wing.”

The assignment included 10 questions. DeFouw’s Facebook post included the answers provided to the students by their teacher.

[BenLurkin]

“Right” and “Left” have been meaningless terms for some time now.

[antidemoncrat]

I haven’ misspelled Democrats when I label them Demoncrats. Doesn’t matter what country they come from.

[MAexile]

“Right” and “Left” have been meaningless terms for some time now.

Sometimes I think of it as a circle. Libertarians for example. Went so far to the left, they ended up on the right.

[rfp1234]

Have they heard any uncensored rap lyrics lately?

[rfp1234]

Reagan said it’s a false construct. There’s only Up or Down, not right or left.

[I-ambush]

Try “sane” and “insane.”

[keving]

Reality is: Misandry (/mɪˈsændri/) is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men or boys. Either "misandrous" or "misandristic" can be used as adjectival forms of the word. Misandry can manifest itself in numerous ways, including sexual discrimination, denigration of men, violence against men, sexual objectification of men, "or more broadly, the hatred, fear, anger and contempt of men".

[a fool in paradise]

Stalinists, plain and simple.

[Thank You Rush]

I prefer just plain “demons” and that’s how I will continue to refer to them.

[DennisR]

Just projecting their own mental disorders...

[sargon]

Sometimes I think of it as a circle. Libertarians for example. Went so far to the left, they ended up on the right.

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Libertarians generally believe that the Left/Right spectrum is artificial, representing only differing versions of Authoritarianism, both of which are abominable.

The true political spectrum is simply Authority vs. Liberty, with only legitimate authority being valid. Arbitrary authority—that which cannot justify itself under the principles of Individual Freedom and Limited Government, and the Bill Of Rights—should be rejected on general principle by all Americans...