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Wish I had more time to get into this (or maybe not, heh), but I just wanted to add that when I taught US History to 11th graders and actually DID use bits from Zinn and others, emphasizing as much of the "true history" as I was aware of, myself... I was accused of being (at various times) a communist, a socialist, a democrat (haha), and someone who hated the US. Straight from the parents' mouth, to be sure.
I'll never forget when one 17 year old girl looked up at me, frowning, after I taught about the shit that went down during the whole Panama Canal acquisition/construction, and said, "You're making me feel like America did a lot of bad stuff."
Now, you cry ME a fucking river.
This was in spring 2003... not that they gave a shit about the Iraq war starting, either.
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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
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