Posted on 10/10/2014 4:04:21 AM PDT by Biggirl
The month of October marks the anniversary of an epic event that unfortunately is no longer widely known but which nonetheless shaped the future of the Western world, and which may still hold inspiration for the West today.
Battle of Hastings was on 14 October.
-—— as well as 10,000 of their dead – including Abd-ar-Rahman himself. -——
Perhaps that is the lesson to be learned. Kill the General..... no more battle
Ring the bell / school’s back in / break it down / stop - Hammer time!!
The class is split in half facing opposite walls. On one wall the teacher has put the following picture: a bearded face with the face complete obscured and a Santa Claus cap. The other wall has exactly the same picture, but with a turban in place of the Santa Claus cap.
The students are then asked how they feel about each picture. Of course, half the class feels really positively about the Santa Claus cap. It symbolizes gift giving and the wonderful Christmastime feelings and events.
Quite logically, the other half has at best only neutral feelings toward the turban. It represents Islam and, although not all Muslims are wicked madmen, enough Muslims are radical killers, rapists, slavers and conquerors as to put a bad feeling in ones heart about the turban.
The face covering is then removed to reveal: the exact same face on each. This is then used to manipulate and propagandize American school children into feeling biased and bigoted, even subconsciously.
The reality is that the teacher withheld pertinent and material information from them and they made a very rational and logical distinction between the only two facts they had to judge on: a Santa Claus cap and a turban.
The lesson is “don't judge” ever. It's idiotic, but it's really happening. It's dhimmitude.
Chicago HS are teaching this lesson: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3213536/posts?page=5#5
“In 732 at the Battle of Tours, Charles Martel defeated the Moors.” That was drilled into my head many years ago. It is probably not mentioned in school these days.
We'll have to defeat self loathing, suicidal leftists first.
Why not remove the people entirely and just show a white-trimmed red stocking cap with a ball on the top versus a turban? THOSE are the symbols the kids are reacting to. And why wouldn’t they? Symbols are powerful.
By the way, what we’re talking about here is the ability to discriminate between a kindly old man with a beard and a murderous old buzzard with a beard. The opposite of “discriminate” (adj.) is “indiscriminate.” Frankly, I’d much rather my kids be able to discriminate between friend and foe than to indiscriminately believe that everyone is their friend.
If only people educated themselves about Islam. God bless Martel.
Fast forward 1000 years and God bless Sobieski and his Hussars.
I DARE you to find this in schools today, than when I first played this 14 years ago.
thank you for the reminder.
Great point, KC. I dare say that is the rule rather than the exception. Happy Charles Martel Day to all!
It wasn't mentioned in my schools 30 years ago.
I've learned more history on FR, than in any prior formal education.
I believe it. I’m appalled at how little history most people know these days.
Let’s throw in a mention of John of Austria and The battle of Lepanto while we are at it.
Also, there is a great article on the Siege of Malta here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3212012/posts
Charles needed “boots on the ground.” And so will we.
Thank you both for the reminder.
A similar form of conditioned reflex programming — much more basic than mere propaganda — was predicted in Huxley’s BRAVE NEW WORLD.
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