[BenLurkin]

Every day we learn the Islamicists and the leftists have more and more in common.

Brainwashing school kids has long been a priority of the democrat and leftist enemies within.

Seems they have new allies in the war against America.

[Gefreiter]

I highly recommend Diane Ravitch's "Language Police", which discusses this and similar topics in detail.

In a nutshell, the politics of the far left AND the far right put tremendous economic pressure, pressure that is vastly disproportionate to their true numbers, on textbook publishers to produce material satisfactory to their sensibilities.

The actual information contained therein is really secondary- tertiary, even- to the whole publishing process.

Anyway, it's a good read.

[philosofy123]

Do you suppose that our great “fiend” Saudi Arabia, which is funding all that Islamic propaganda allows us to put such material in their text books or libraries. Who is the bitch in the American Saudi relation?

[ought-six]

Yup, the Islamists and the liberals march to the beat of the same drum.