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These revolutionaries want to destroy our cultural memory to recreate New Woke Man. I find it amusing what I enjoy reading is considered subversive in today's messed up world. These anarsonists are going after all the greats from the Western Canon.
1 posted on 02/15/2021 3:55:13 PM PST by C19fan
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and again, I quote my father, who had a great vocabulary and was a gentleman, but would say to such nonsense “Horse shit”.
2 posted on 02/15/2021 3:57:36 PM PST by hoe_cake (A Descendent of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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If Whiteness is the problem, how about if we get rid of Jane Austen and Sappho?
3 posted on 02/15/2021 3:57:46 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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Just teach finger painting and sex ed.


4 posted on 02/15/2021 3:58:04 PM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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At the time there were probably less than 1,000 non-Europeans in all of England. Can’t be racist to people you don’t know exist.


6 posted on 02/15/2021 3:58:43 PM PST by packagingguy
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This began decades ago. I remember when they were all just “dead white males” maybe around 1970-1975 more or less. Or, “hey hey ho ho western civ has got to go.” Like a progressive illness, the left never sleeps and never stops.


7 posted on 02/15/2021 4:00:45 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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Education? We need no stinking education!
Shakespeare had a 28,000 word vocabulary. Ebonics will do for these clowns.


8 posted on 02/15/2021 4:01:02 PM PST by Fungi
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Lord, what fools these mortals be!


9 posted on 02/15/2021 4:01:23 PM PST by atomic_dog
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Whites become the Jews before WW2 right before our eyes. And don’t try to argue or big media will silence you.


10 posted on 02/15/2021 4:01:23 PM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans ( )
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So not once more unto the breach?...


12 posted on 02/15/2021 4:02:50 PM PST by EEGator
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Proles don’t need an education.


13 posted on 02/15/2021 4:02:55 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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Did somebody say "white supremacy?"


15 posted on 02/15/2021 4:06:06 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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It’s nothing a thousand monkeys banging away randomly on typewriters couldn’t have come up with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem

The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. In fact, the monkey would almost surely type every possible finite text an infinite number of times. However, the probability that monkeys filling the entire observable universe would type a single complete work, such as Shakespeare’s Hamlet, is so tiny that the chance of it occurring during a period of time hundreds of thousands of orders of magnitude longer than the age of the universe is extremely low (but technically not zero).

In this context, “almost surely” is a mathematical term with a precise meaning, and the “monkey” is not an actual monkey, but a metaphor for an abstract device that produces an endless random sequence of letters and symbols. One of the earliest instances of the use of the “monkey metaphor” is that of French mathematician Émile Borel in 1913,[1] but the first instance may have been even earlier.


16 posted on 02/15/2021 4:06:10 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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If these people are so uncomfortable being around whites and reading white authors, there is a whole continent filled with countries that are ruled by black people.

Oh, for the record, I'm offended by being called White. From now on I demand to be referred to as Caucasian-American.

17 posted on 02/15/2021 4:07:10 PM PST by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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If Shakespeare is white supremacy then let us have MORE a white supremacy!


21 posted on 02/15/2021 4:09:47 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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These so-called “teachers” are themselves too stupid and miseducated to even understand Shakespeare, let alone convey his art to their students, so they substitute inferior politically warped rubbish for Hamlet and Macbeth.


24 posted on 02/15/2021 4:12:00 PM PST by Orosius
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Othello the Moor was a good guy.


25 posted on 02/15/2021 4:12:19 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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Shakespeare is dangerous for the revolutionary left. Plays like king richard the third and hebry the second can wake up a lefty so they can take a red pill. the plays speak a lot about how leadership or nobility looks at those they feel to be the superiors of and shows the dangers of leadership that uses all methods to gain power including the abuse of that power.


26 posted on 02/15/2021 4:13:31 PM PST by PCPOET7
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Shakespeare is dangerous for the revolutionary left. Plays like king Richard the third and Henry the second can wake up a lefty so they can take a red pill. the plays speak a lot about how leadership or nobility looks at those they feel to be the superiors of and shows the dangers of leadership that uses all methods to gain power including the abuse of that power.


27 posted on 02/15/2021 4:15:20 PM PST by PCPOET7
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We are starting to see push back against wokeness in Europe. They see it as American cultural rot, not progressive thought. You will not find this in Asia either. This is an American thing. If it continues consider sending your kid overseas to school.
28 posted on 02/15/2021 4:15:30 PM PST by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me.)
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I think the language is a little outdated. And I'm not sure why we would continue to teach Shakespeare, except that there are a lot of cultural references. I don't know what Shakespeare has to do with white supremacy other than he was English.

So I googled and found this:
5 reasons to teach Shakespeare

#5 Brain work. If students can successfully read and understand Shakespeare, they can handle almost anything else. Why should we dumb down our high school students with children’s literature—no matter how well written? Let’s sharpen their brains with literature that will challenge them.

#4 Word, words, words. Scholars estimate that Shakespeare invented 1700 of our common words. He changed nouns into verbs, changed verbs into adjectives, connected words never before used together, added prefixes and suffixes, and devised completely new words. He also coined expressions that have been used so much they are now considered clichés.

#3 Complex characters. Shakespeare showed a thorough understanding of human nature with the characters he created. His heroes express the fears and desires of every thoughtful man. His bold heroines give the likes of Katniss Everdeen a run for her money. We learn more about ourselves from the personalities that people his plays.

#2 Rich dense language. Few other writers match the beauty of Shakespeare’s language or the depth of the truths he expressed. His soliloquies and monologues, even the speeches crafted for comic relief, are some of the most eloquent every written. His command of language provokes our imaginations and inspires our own written expressions.

#1 Universal appeal. Shakespeare’s themes still resonate today. His plays delve into the issues of love, loss, treachery, honor, tenderness, anger, despair, jealousy, contempt, fear, courage, and wonder. They raise questions of morality, politics, war, wealth, and death. By exploring what’s dearest to our hearts and most important to our souls, Shakespeare helps us better appreciate life.

29 posted on 02/15/2021 4:15:55 PM PST by DannyTN
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