"Slavery is of course portrayed in the textbooks nowadays I'm sure as a totally negative thing. Had there not been slavery in the south, the economy would've fallen," said Tea Party Activist Brian Rieck.

Holy fark.

cptjeff: "Slavery is of course portrayed in the textbooks nowadays I'm sure as a totally negative thing. Had there not been slavery in the south, the economy would've fallen," said Tea Party Activist Brian Rieck.

Holy fark.

I saw that, and I just... I mean...

That's like the Neo-Nazi parties wanting textbooks to be rewritten to say how much concentration camps benefited the Zyklon B manufacturing sector.

Slavery is condoned in the bible. Sure, only for 7 years stints, and with all kind of rules. So slavery can't be wrong.

cptjeff: "Slavery is of course portrayed in the textbooks nowadays I'm sure as a totally negative thing. Had there not been slavery in the south, the economy would've fallen," said Tea Party Activist Brian Rieck.

Holy fark.

Pretty much.

Which is why we need to illuminate that we've based ourselves on some fairly odious stuff. That's the point: so the kids learn from that. From slavery, to HUAC, to Ford being a fan of Nazis, to the Internment.

The purpose of learning history is to learn from our mistakes, not massage egos. If you are offended by some things in our past: good. You learned something. That's the frippin' point...

cptjeff: "Slavery is of course portrayed in the textbooks nowadays I'm sure as a totally negative thing. Had there not been slavery in the south, the economy would've fallen," said Tea Party Activist Brian Rieck.

Holy fark.

Indeed.

How about we remove Manifest Destiny, the Japanese Internment and the genocide of the Indians? I mean, those were all positive things right?

Looks like someone's never seen Roots.

hubiestubert:
Which is why we need to illuminate that we've based ourselves on some fairly odious stuff. That's the point: so the kids learn from that. From slavery, to HUAC, to Ford being a fan of Nazis, to the Internment.

The purpose of learning history is to learn from our mistakes, not massage egos. If you are offended by some things in our past: good. You learned something. That's the frippin' point...

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

Shocking.

The way they're acting, you would think they were bitter about having a black president.

Rincewind53: That's like the Neo-Nazi parties wanting textbooks to be rewritten to say how much concentration camps benefited the Zyklon B manufacturing sector.

Sort of like praising the profits of Apple and Dell while they make those profits by utilizing the modern day equivalent of slavery.

cptjeff: "Slavery is of course portrayed in the textbooks nowadays I'm sure as a totally negative thing. Had there not been slavery in the south, the economy would've fallen," said Tea Party Activist Brian Rieck.

Holy fark.

Read that quote again for a second level of fail... She not even sure what the book says that she wants changed.

missed it by that much!
or doubled for emphasis!!

The textbooks that point out that 150 years ago, the North removed slavery from Tennessee? I guess I can see why he wouldn't want kids to read about how his state got beat by damnyankees.

wait - i was told that the tea party was a grassroots organization of all political stripes coming together to protest government spending. and here it is a fringe-right, organization of neoconfederate white supremacists! who'd have ever thought!!!

For additional irony, this comes from Bristol. While it's only value today, and even that is questionable, is for having a large oval road, NE Tennessee contributed more to fight the Confederacy than any Southern state and more than many Northern states. There were also very few slaves in NE Tennessee, and this is an area that is only today coming out of utter poverty. It was poor then, with land that never supported a lifestyle of slavery to any significant degree.



If it wasn't for Oak Ridge, it probably would still be incredibly poor.

In other words, this guy doesn't have any local history of prosperity from slavery to call upon. He's just a farking racist who liked it better when the darkies weren't equal.

wow, just wow

And how will they address the Civil War?

/or will that be ignored because it had a damaging effect on Tennessee's economy?

MaudlinMutantMollusk: And how will they address the Civil War?

/or will that be ignored because it had a damaging effect on Tennessee's economy?

You mean the War against Northern Aggression?

MaudlinMutantMollusk: And how will they address the Civil War?

It was an act of aggression from the northern states. Hence the term "The war of Northern Aggression" and of course had nothing to do with slavery.

NFA: MaudlinMutantMollusk: And how will they address the Civil War?

It was an act of aggression from the northern states. Hence the term "The war of Northern Aggression" and of course had nothing to do with slavery.

i have the feeling "states rights" will be mentioned a lotl

Well, now I know who to thank for this:



You Teatards are despicable people. "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

You people should be kept far, FAR away from government, education, and science. Just focus on your Franklin Mint collectibles and beating your own children. Thanks.

It works better with video. (new window)

NewportBarGuy: It works better with video. (new window)

Holy Fark. When did Wavy Gravy become such an ASSHOLE?

I don't understand these southern pride revisionist type people. I think enough time has passed that we can leave the history books alone and understand that history from 150 years ago does not define southern white men of today. I guess they are insecure, or they wish it did define them.

Lalalala. Slavery never happened. Lalalaa

SilentStrider: i have the feeling "states rights" will be mentioned a lotl

States rights

• For what?

Oh ... erm... property issues

• What kind of property?

...hands in pockets... shuffles feet....

You know, this wouldn't have happened if the SCOTUS had just kept its big mouth shut a few years ago (new audio/window).

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You know, this wouldn't have happened if the SCOTUS had just kept its big mouth shut a few years ago (new audio/window).

I thought they home schooled their kids anyway.

CougarJeff: Slavery is of course portrayed in the textbooks nowadays I'm sure as a totally negative thing.

Which means, of course, that he has not actually seen any textbooks to base his opinion on.

*clapping noises*

Slavery is how all nations rise to super-power. China is doing it now. What we, as a people, need to realize is that there's plenty of "money" to go around, we just keep letting a small group of people make the rules to keep most of it.

Seriously. If you gomers want to change the text books, you have to READ the damn things first. Those are the rules, teabaggers. Read... a... book!

Veloram: For And Against. I must admit that I'm kinda tired of being made to feel guilty about something that I, nor my family, had any part of.

Made to feel guilty?

Veloram: For And Against. I must admit that I'm kinda tired of being made to feel guilty about something that I, nor my family, had any part of.

Who's making you feel guilty, Snowflake?

It's called history. It happened. Deal with it. Do you want to erase a very important part of American history simply because it makes you feel bad?

What kind of child would demand such a stupid, stupid thing? You're supposed learn from these things. If you can't learn, then... well... what's the point of being alive?

We conservatives believe in telling people the truth...regardless of whether the truth will hurt their feelings.

Unless the truth involves making conservatives feel bad about slavery. Or, telling people that evolution by natural selection is a better explanation for the diversity of life than the Biblical god.

Those are special cases. We have to protect the feelings of the people who believe those fairy tales.

Those old-timey job creators were the originators of workfare. FIX OLD NO NEW!

While this guy is a moron, I can somewhat see where he's coming from. If the US had banned slavery in the original language of the Constitution, the country likely would have failed with a generation. Even the most vehemently anti-slavery members of the Founding Fathers knew this, which is why they put off any discussion of ending slavery for 20 years. They wanted more people to grow up being against it and for it to naturally go away, though that idea proved somewhat idealistic in the time frame