Oh, Clavus you sly, toilet brush cup using devil, you.
Well, I see a couple of Commie books...a sex book...a nazi book...women's lib book...and a couple of books that encourage independent thinking....
I can't imagine why the hardcore conservative (thanks, Slavakion) and his party, which has been largely co-opted by Christian fundamentalists would think that these books are "dangerous."
Sure there are some seriously dangerous books out there (Gilda mentioned two nice examples), but they have Commies to stomp out, sex to demonize and everyone hates Nazi's, right?
A short sighted and stunted list from short sighted and stunted minds.
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Originally Posted by Democracy and Education review
John Dewey, who lived from 1859 until 1952, was a “progressive” philosopher and leading advocate for secular humanism in American life, who taught at the University of Chicago and at Columbia. He signed the Humanist Manifesto and rejected traditional religion and moral absolutes. In Democracy and Education, in pompous and opaque prose, he disparaged schooling that focused on traditional character development and endowing children with hard knowledge, and encouraged the teaching of thinking “skills” instead. His views had great influence on the direction of American education--particularly in public schools--and helped nurture the Clinton generation. (Emphasis mine)
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That really says all you need to know right there. All secret code words and phrases used in the last 10 years (it's what I'm familiar with) to denounce the damned Democrat.
On a side note...God forbid we actually teach our children to think and come to their own conclusions rather than expecting the mindless recitation and regurgitation of facts from a mindless automaton.
I need to go scrub my brain.