List of things banned by school text books

[Lorizael]

Where does that definition come from...

[Al B. Sure!]

a 21st century American interpretation of Mussolini's writings on fascism as well as the areas in German, Italian, etc. society that supported fascism... modifications are done due to differences in such things as the structure of American trade unions verses European ones (American ones are run more like businesses seeking high wages and are still thoroughly capitalistic and tend to be Christian dominated whereas European unions have generally been dominated by marxists and operated more like political interest groups), etc. what i described would be fascism in an American context.

[Dis]

a new one I just heard.

minutemen is either banned or in the process of being banned from certain textbooks.

I think it mainly has to deal with the fact that men is in the name. I'm not sure what else to call them.

[Elden]

Re: List of things banned by school text books

Originally posted by Dissident
Snowmen are now referred to as snowpersons

I wonder how long till the political corectness people try to change us from humans into hupeople ???

[Dis]

I didn't think of that

I'll forward this suggestion to my favourite extreme whacko PC special interest group right now.

[Wernazuma III]

Wow, this is really getting out of control. I boycot PC language in Austria already, and we're far from being so completely crippled in the use of normal language in official texts.
Last time I said a child had a "behavior disorder" and someone else shouted me that I couldn't say that, those children are "behaviour conspiciousness", but only to be corrected by anotherone who said that this would not be correct anymore, it's rather "behaviour creative".

Sure, it's very creative to kick me without the slightest reason in the intestines!

But it's fun to exaggerate PC (is this possible?). Now I call everyone with a bad taste "taste creative" when those paedagogic or psychology students are around.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Dissident
a new one I just heard.

minutemen is either banned or in the process of being banned from certain textbooks.

I don't believe it. Prove it.

[Guynemer]

I have a hard time believing any of this.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Agathon
Rushmore apparently offensive to Lakota Sioux.

Geez, Bill Murray did one little Indian joke years ago, and they are still boycotting his films!

[DAVOUT]

Are they groups or sites supporting Diane Ravitch ?

Great guy, btw

[Main_Brain]

Red Hood

[Elden]

Originally posted by Wernazuma III
Sure, it's very creative to kick me without the slightest reason in the intestines!

Ouch
Darn political corectness

[Arrian]

Considering the source of this stuff ("Liberatarian Radio Talk Show") I'm skeptical.

I'm no fan of PC. But there is enough genuine PC stupidity out there for us to bash without picking up on the rants of some far-right-liberatarian-wacko talk show host. Don't ya think?

-Arrian

[gunkulator]

Originally posted by Lorizael
But people use that term incorrectly very consistently. They use it to describe the USSR and PRC, which were not communist states.

Sorry, doesn't wash with me. The most compelling reason to refer to the USSR and PRC as communists states is because that is what they called themselves. They were, at least originally, sincere attempts at communism. The party called itself communist and the state called itself communist so the terms have passed into the general lexicon.

The USSR and the PRC were autocracies with command economies, not communist societies.

"You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes-- "
"Oh, there you go bringing class into it again"