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'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' And How American History Can Be Used As A Weapon
npr.org ^ | 8/9/2018 | Anya Kamenetz

Posted on 08/11/2018 7:06:22 AM PDT by rktman

....concepts that still help me make sense of the world, like the "racial nadir" — the downturn in American race relations, starting after Reconstruction, that saw the rise of lynchings and the Ku Klux Klan. In doing so, Lies My Teacher Told Me overturned one assumption embedded in the history classes I'd been sitting through all my life: that the United States is constantly ascending from greatness to greatness.

"I started out the new edition with the famous two photographs of the inaugural crowds of this guy named President Obama, his first inauguration, and this guy named President Trump, his first and maybe only inauguration. And you just look at those two photos and they're completely different. There's all kinds of grass and gaps that you see in the Trump photo. ... What that does, I hope, is signal to every reader of the book: Yes, there are such things as facts here. You can see with your own eyes."

The following conversation has been edited for clarity and length.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: alteredstates; anyakamenetz; books; defundnpr; defundpbs; defundpbsnpr; history; historyeducation; idiotorial; lyingliars; mediawingofthednc; nonfiction; npr; partisanmediashills; pbs; presstitutes; reading; revisionisthistory; smearmachine; socialstudies; taxdollarsatwork; youpayforthis
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“Everything I needed to learn, I learned in Kindergarten”

Evan Sayet (former Freeper)

HERITAGE FOUNDATION: “How Modern Liberals Think”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaE98w1KZ-c


21 posted on 08/11/2018 1:42:24 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta
Evan Sayet (former Freeper) Wow, I sure would like to know his screen name.

Anyone unfamiliar with Evan Sayet here are some good links:

Bill Whittle and Evan Sayet Distill the Kinder Garden of Eden in under 12 minutes
This goes really fast so PLEASE pay very close attention

Evan Sayet: Heritage Foundation: Regurgitating the Apple How Modern Liberals "Think" a talk (from 03/05/2007)
Andrew Breitbart called, "One of the five most important conservative speeches ever given"

Evan Sayet: A Deplorable Mind Amazon Prime Video
There are only three reviews:/ Please watch this video and leave a positive review to offset the other two negative reviews

Evan Sayet ~ The Conservative Forum ~ 7-12-2016

Insight regarding progressive hyphenated terms from Evan Sayet at 14:00 but watch the whole thing

Evan Sayet - American Freedom Alliance Intro: International Socialism

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22 posted on 08/11/2018 1:45:53 PM PDT by infool7 (Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
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To: infool7

I traded posts with Evan a number of years ago and can’t possibly recall is Freeper handle.

I got the feeling that he became bored with the lack of focus on FR.


23 posted on 08/11/2018 1:58:27 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta

Evan occasionally replies to me on email but I would love to read his posting history to walk along the road that led him to his uncommon insight.

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24 posted on 08/11/2018 2:06:31 PM PDT by infool7 (Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
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To: infool7

That gives me an idea.

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25 posted on 08/11/2018 2:07:20 PM PDT by infool7 (Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
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To: infool7

Would be cool.

Those old Freeper posts, by Evan, are buried in their fleeting history never to be seen again but for some clever Freeper search Savant.


26 posted on 08/11/2018 2:17:43 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: infool7

I found this very interesting.

No Science, No Logic and No Morality: Atheism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxz84kS8k4U&t=132s


27 posted on 08/11/2018 2:36:22 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta
You might like Jordan Peterson

This is a seven minute snippet of the closing crescendo(enhanced with music even) taken from this much longer 52 minute talk, if you have time to watch the entire thing you won’t regret it.

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28 posted on 08/11/2018 3:23:42 PM PDT by infool7 (Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
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To: infool7

I’m a big fan of Peterson.

Those 7 minutes are awesome.


29 posted on 08/11/2018 3:53:52 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: infool7

FWIW, I used to teach a diverse group of adults some very complicated stuff.

Stuff that was or could be very profitable for them.

There was always a tendency among my students for me to just cut to the chase. They wanted the solution, the answer, without having to consider the process required.

This is the world in which we live today.

A desire for solutions without context.

Just Google it.

Why bother with context when all their answers are just one or two clicks away?

A Brave New world indeed.


30 posted on 08/11/2018 4:23:39 PM PDT by Zeneta
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To: Zeneta
They wanted the solution, the answer, without having to They wanted the solution, the answer, without having to consider the process required

Yes if there is anything I've learned about the process is that taking shortcuts rarely gets you to your destination faster, if at all. Without reading the signs and making corse corrections along the way you can easily lose sight of your objective.

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31 posted on 08/11/2018 5:07:27 PM PDT by infool7 (Observe, Orient, Pray, Decide, Act!(it's an OOPDA loop))
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I don’t need to learn or understand long form math, multiplication or fractions.

Got a calculator and a phone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE


32 posted on 08/11/2018 5:19:03 PM PDT by Zeneta
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And you just look at those two photos and they're completely different. There's all kinds of grass and gaps that you see in the Trump photo.

President of the United States of America Donald John Trump (I love saying that) was administered the oath at noon and immediately gave about a 22 minute speech.

OK.

Zoom in on the clock tower in the lower right.

https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/trump_inauguration_rtr_img.jpg

Well lookie there, the "inauguration" photo was actually taken at 1:15 pm, about 45 minutes after it was all over.

Apparently the esteemed professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Vermont James Loewen is peddling a load of proglib crap.

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33 posted on 08/11/2018 5:36:31 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: infool7
Thank you for those links! "We may have complimentary inadequacies."
34 posted on 08/11/2018 6:57:44 PM PDT by Dust in the Wind (U S Troops Rock)
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