Texas needs it's safe spaces...
 

Texas Republicans have voted to remove Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller from their school curriculum history classes.

Apparently they're scared their little girls might one day want to grow up and run for president or try to do something important..

This is the same state that voted to teach abstinence for sex education then had a crisis of teen pregnancy afterwards..


The dumbs will be dumbs..

Now that bladewire is back will you be acting like insane people again?

Can you say Nazis are bad?

Yes. Nazis are badly needed

big whoop.

hillary clinton is a horrible person and there is absolutely no reason to make learning about her mandatory.

I can kinda get the import of learning about Keller, but again, not mandatory learning. much much more important people throughout history to learn about first.

Your opinion on if you like someone doesn't dictate their value to history.

Hillary Clinton was a 1st lady.

She is the only 1st lady in history to then become a Senator.

She then became Secretary of State.

Then she was the 1st woman to win a Democratic primary and run as the top ticket for a presidential election, winning the popular vote of that election only losing due to the electoral college.

Added to this the guy who beat her is now under investigation of collusion with Russians to beat her.

You can like her or not, but you can't say she has no significance to our country's history.


This is a case of Republicans trying to white wash history because they are scared of history.

History for the defeated, huh?

https://i.imgur.com/D4IUMQP.jpg


She's also a god damn criminal politician who has enriched herself to the tune of a 1/4 of a billion dollars. That Clinton foundation is the biggest pay-to-play scam in history.


https://i.imgur.com/JPgZ5dm.png

I can't even imagine the fuckery that would be going on with that foundation if she was ever president. Can you imagine the money that would be flowing in from all these foreign countries buying her off? She'd leave after 4 years a multi-billionaire.

it's odd to me that you think hillary is more important than helen keller

Both are part of History. The point being this is ignorance of Republicans allowing their personal views about someone to dictate what their kids will learn in school.

That's why Texas had skyrocketing teen births when they let ignorance take the place of facts. The same state teaches Jesus rode dinosaurs..

Seriously you can't think it's a good idea for school boards to start picking and choosing what they teach based on radicalized political ideology do you?

Do you really think that ends well?

I think you are combining issues. none of that has anything to do with making it mandatory that students learn about hillary. mandatory. she's a blip on the history radar.

Get real.

She was the first and only female to ever win a presidential primary and she actually won the vote.
That's history.

:2 cents:

He doesn't like her because she used her power in the Democratic party to fuck Sanders over. I also dont like her for the same reason, but I dont put my dislike of her above her value to history.

If I did that, I'd be just like Texas Republicans on this school board.

The simple fact is like her or not, Hillary Clinton will go down in history as the most influential 1st lady this country has ever had.

Certainly that history needs to be told, if for nothing else to let little girls know they have the ability to reach that level.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

you think it's mandatory to teach students that hillary lost. twice.

jtfc.

fuck you crockett. you continue with bullshit posts like this making up bullshit and I'll have to resort to my old ways of pointing out reality to you.

crockett, are they going to include this when they teach children about hillary or?

women who changed the world, and no, hillary is not on the list

A list of famous influential women, including women’s rights activists, poets, musicians, politicians, humanitarians and scientists.

sapphoSappho (circa 570 BCE) One of the first known female writers. Much of her poetry has been lost but her immense reputation has remained. Plato referred to Sappho as one of the great 10 poets.

cleopatraCleopatra (69 BCE–30 BCE) The last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. Cleopatra sought to defend Egypt from the expanding Roman Empire. In doing so she formed relationships with two of Rome’s most powerful leaders, Marc Anthony and Julius Caesar.

mary-magdaleneMary Magdalene (4 BCE–40BCE) Accounts from the Gospels and other sources suggest Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus’ most devoted followers. Mary Magdalene stood near Jesus at his crucifixion and was the first to see his resurrection.

boudicaBoudicca (1st Century CE) Boudicca was an inspirational leader of the Britons. She led several tribes in revolt against the Roman occupation. Initially successful, her army of 100,000 sacked Colchester and then London. Her army was later defeated.

hildegard-von-bingenHildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) Mystic, author and composer. Hildegard of Bingen lived a withdrawn life, spending most of her time behind convent walls. However, her writings, poetry and music were revelatory for the time period. She was consulted by popes, kings and influential people of the time. Her writings and music have influenced people to this day.

eleanorEleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204) The first Queen of France. Two of her sons Richard and John went on to become Kings of England. Educated, beautiful and highly articulate, Eleanor influenced the politics of western Europe through her alliances and influence over her sons.

joanJoan of Arc (1412–1431) The patron saint of France, Joan of Arc inspired a French revolt against the occupation of the English. An unlikely hero, at the age of just 17, the diminutive Joan successfully led the French to victory at Orleans. Her later trial and martyrdom only heightened her mystique.

mirabaiMirabai (1498–1565) Indian mystic and poet. Mirabai was born into a privileged Hindu family, but she forsook the expectations of a princess and spent her time as a mystic and devotee of Sri Krishna. She helped revitalise the tradition of bhakti (devotional) yoga in India.

Teresa_of_AvilaSt Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) Spanish mystic, poet and Carmelite reformer. St Teresa of Avila lived through the Spanish inquisition but avoided being placed on trial despite her mystical revelations. She helped to reform the tradition of Catholicism and steer the religion away from fanaticism.

Catherine-mediciCatherine de Medici (1519–1589) Born in Florence, Italy, Catherine was married to the King of France at the age of 14. She was involved in interminable political machinations seeking to increase the power of her favoured sons. This led to the disastrous St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

elizabethElizabeth I (1533–1603) Queen of England during a time of great economic and social change, she saw England cemented as a Protestant country. During her reign, she witnessed the defeat of the Spanish Armada leaving Britain to later become one of the world’s dominant superpowers.

catherine-greatCatherine the Great (1729–1796) One of the greatest political leaders of the Eighteenth Century. Catherine the Great was said to have played an important role in improving the welfare of Russian serfs. She placed great emphasis on the arts and helped to cement Russia as one of the dominant countries in Europe.

mary-wollstonecraftMary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) English author, Wollstonecraft wrote the most significant book in the early feminist movement. Her pamphlet “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” laid down a moral and practical basis for extending human and political rights to women. She was a pioneer in the struggle for female suffrage.

jane-austenJane Austen (1775–1817) One of the most famous female authors of all time, Jane Austen wrote several novels, which remain highly popular today. These include Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Northanger Abbey. Jane Austen wrote at a time when female writers were not encouraged, helping pave the way for future writers.

Sojourner_truthSojourner Truth (1797 – 1883) African-American abolitionist and women’s rights campaigner. In 1851, gave a famous extemporaneous speech “Ain’t I a woman?” which explained in plain language how women were equal to men.

harriet-beecher-stoweMargaret Fuller (1810–1850) An American women’s rights advocate. Her book Women in the Nineteenth Century (1845) was influential in changing perceptions about men and women, and was one of the most important early feminist works. She argued for equality and women being more self-dependent and less dependent on men.

harriet-beecher-stoweHarriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) A lifelong anti-slavery campaigner. Her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a bestseller and helped to popularise the anti-slavery campaign. Abraham Lincoln later remarked that her books were a major factor behind the American civil war.

elizabeth-cady-stantonElizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902) American social activist and leading figure in the early women’s rights movement. She was a key figure in helping create the early women’s suffrage movements in the US. She was the principle author of Declaration of Sentiments in 1848.

queen-victoriaQueen Victoria (1819–1901) British Queen. Presiding over one of the largest empires ever seen, Queen Victoria was the head of state from 1837 – 1901. Queen Victoria sought to gain an influence in British politics whilst remaining aloof from party politics. She came to symbolise a whole era of Victorian values.

florence-nightingaleFlorence Nightingale (1820–1910) British nurse. By serving in the Crimean war, Florence Nightingale was instrumental in changing the role and perception of the nursing profession. Her dedicated service won widespread admiration and led to a significant improvement in the treatment of wounded soldiers.

susan-b-anthonySusan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American Campaigner against slavery and for the promotion of women’s and workers rights. She began campaigning within the temperance movement and this convinced her of the necessity for women to have the vote. She toured the US giving countless speeches on the subjects of human rights.

Elizabeth_BlackwellElizabeth Blackwell ( 1821–1910) Born in Britain, Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree in America and the first woman to be on the UK medical register. Blackwell helped to break down social barriers, enabling women to be accepted as doctors.

emily-dickinsonEmily Dickinson (1830–1886) One of America’s greatest poets, Emily Dickinson lived most of her life in seclusion. Her poems were published posthumously and received widespread literary praise for their bold and unconventional style. Her poetic style left a significant legacy on 20th Century poetry.

millicent-fawcettMillicent Fawcett (1846–1929) A leading suffragist and campaigner for equal rights for women. She led Britain’s biggest suffrage organisation, the non-violent (NUWSS) and played a key role in gaining women the vote. She also helped found Newnham College, Cambridge.

emily-pankhurstEmmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928) A British suffragette, Emily Pankhurst dedicated her life to the promotion of women’s rights. She explored all avenues of protest including violence, public demonstrations and hunger strikes. She died in 1928, 3 weeks before a law giving all women over 21 the right to vote.

marie-curieMarie Curie (1867–1934) Polish/French scientist. Curie was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize and the first person to win the Nobel Prize for two separate categories. Her first award was for research into radioactivity (Physics, 1903). Her second Nobel prize was for Chemistry in 1911. A few years later she also helped develop the first X-ray machines.

emily-murphyEmily Murphy (1868–1933) The first woman magistrate in the British Empire. In 1927 she joined forces with four other Canadian women who sought to challenge an old Canadian law that said, “women should not be counted as persons.”

rosa-luxembourgh

Rosa Luxemburg (1870–1919) Polish/German Marxist revolutionary, Rosa Luxemburg sought to bring social reform to Germany. She wrote fiercely against German imperialism and for international socialism. In 1919, she was murdered after a failed attempt to bring about a Communist revolution in Germany.

helen-rubinstein

Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965) American businesswoman. Rubinstein formed one of the world’s first cosmetic companies. Her business enterprise proved immensely successful and, later in life, she used her enormous wealth to support charitable enterprises in the field of education, art and health.

Helen KellerHelen Keller (1880–1968) American social activist. At the age of 19 months, Helen became deaf and blind. Overcoming the frustration of losing both sight and hearing she campaigned tirelessly on behalf of deaf and blind people.

These days, when anyone on the left posts anything here, all you have to do is ask "why is this absurd", do a cursory search online and the answers pour onto the screen. In a history class where time and days are limited, they have a mandatory curriculum to follow as mandated by the state. A 1 second of searching is all you need to find the the lengthy process process for determining who/what should be mandatory in social studies but of course, you have no clue what that process is or how these decisions come about or how many figures are cut or added, how many total are considered etc or what the process is at all because you don't care.

As usual, a dying news source blew the Liberal Emotional Dog Whistle For Page Views and you come on cue, salivating and jumping around like an excited retard.

Although you should get some credit for not calling them Racist or Nazi. That's nice for a change.

You are being ridiculous..you are putting your personal opinion above actual reality. Its absolutely ridiculous to claim Hillary has no place in History..

Yet you still can't say Nazis are bad..

i'm not going to say anything simply because a worthless cunt like you - who's every other argument revolves around the insistence that everyone else has some bizarre, irrational and even hateful belief motiving their behavior,.. and then demands they prove that your own hateful fabrication and extremely vicious insult is not true.

Fuck you.

Every single one of you who fall back on calling people "Racist", "Nazi" etc in any argument are absolute pieces of shit. You are literally the worst of humanity. You are worse than a Nazi or a Racist because you throw the most hateful insults you can around to shut down any speech... and you try to label people as being something as horrible as possible with no evidence or proof or by twisting facts to fit your suddenly flexible definitions, simply because you are too stupid to formulate any sort of intelligent response.

And no, I won't indulge you in your stupid bullshit or play your stupid fucking 3rd grade game.

At your best, you are exactly everything you hate in "the other guys", usually as in cases like this, you are much worse.

are they going to include the parts about what she did to Sanders and all the other shifty shit she's been a part of? will that be mandatory too?

nevertheless, I said it shouldn't be mandatory, the story states teachers still have the option to teach students about a 2 time loser who had to cheat to lose the 2nd time.

yeah, great role model. mandatory learning.

You shouldn't want to say it because I want you to say it, you should want to say it because you know it's the right thing. You can't do this which shows us all who the real fucking cunt is..

Yet it's ok to teach kids about Ronald Reagan.. A guy who made a deal with terrorist who were holding American Hostages to get them to hold the hostages longer, so he could win a election.. He then went on to sell weapons to the terrorist who took Americans hostage and had the CIA bringing drugs into our country to fund his secret weapon buys..

Do they learn the only reason Reagan wasn't impeached was because Ollie North took the fall for him... Do they learn about that? You think Hillary's bad? What about Reagan? what about Nixon? What about Bush Jr lying to take us to war? I bet the kids in Teas learn all about Bill Clintion getting impeached, but do they learn about Reagan? Bush jr? Will they be taught 5 people and counting in Trump's campaign staff were convicted by the feds?

Yea do kids learn about that in school?

If you are going to pick and choose what kids learn biased on who you like or what political party they belong to, you are going to end up with a bunch kids that are ignorant to history..

^^ Crockette is STILL cheerleading for Hillary :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Holy shit man, get some damn FACTS:

Fusion GPS' 'Fake Investigation' — And Hillary Clinton's Real Russian Collusion

Five Clinton-Russia Bombshells Progressives Yawned Over

1. Hillary Clinton approved the transfer of 20 percent of U.S. uranium to Russia and nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation.

While Hillary Clinton’s State Department was one of eight agencies to review and sign off on the transfer of 20 percent of U.S. uranium to Russia — then-Secretary of State Clinton herself was the only agency head whose family foundation received $145 million in donations from multiple people connected to the uranium deal, as reported by the New York Times.

2. Bill Clinton bagged $500,000 for a Moscow speech paid for by a Kremlin-backed bank while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.

Former President Bill Clinton delivered a speech in Moscow and received a $500,000 speaking fee from a Russian government-connected bank, while his wife’s State Department was getting ready to sign off on the transfer of 20 percent of U.S. uranium to Russia.

“And, in one case, a Russian investment bank connected to the deals paid money to Bill Clinton personally, through a half-million-dollar speaker’s fee,” reported the New Yorker.

3. Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman’s Joule energy company bagged $35 million from Putin’s Rusnano.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta sat on the executive board of an energy company, Joule Unlimited, which received millions from a Putin-connected Russian government fund. Podesta also owned “75,000 common shares” in Joule Unlimited, which he had transferred to a holding company called Leonidio LLC.

Podesta also failed to fully disclose his position on Joule Unlimited’s board of directors and include it in his federal financial disclosures, as required by law, before he became President Obama’s senior adviser in January 2014.

4. Clinton Foundation chatter with State Dept. on Uranium Deal with Russia.

Senior staffers inside Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign were warned by Clinton Foundation senior vice president Maura Pally that the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), was asking the Department of Justice to investigate the State Department approval of the sale of American uranium assets to a Russian company.

The chain of emails proved the regular interaction between members of the Clinton campaign and senior staff at the Clinton Foundation.

5. Hillary Clinton hid $2.35 million in secret donations from Ian Telfer, the head of Russia’s uranium company.

Ian Telfer, the head of the Russian government’s uranium company, Uranium One, made four foreign donations totaling $2.35 million to the Clinton Foundation, as the New York Times reported.

“Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million,” the Times reported. “Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.”

Yeah bro, she's a part of history- the BAD part that makes people say "How could this happen??"

:pimp

again, we're talking about mandatory. and ronald reagan was a president. the proper analogy would be nancy reagan.

She would have certainly made history if she got hold of the nuclear button

Nancy Reagan was never elected to public office. Nacy never ran for Potus. She was never a cabinet member..

No where on the same level..


Nacy Reagan and Jakie Kennedy are comparable as far as history goes.. Hillary is on another level compared to any other 1st lady due to her accomplishments after leaving the WH.

You dont have to like it, but it's true..

it's not a matter of the fact she's a shitstain. it's a matter of time. you really want students to not learn about important historical facts because that mandatory time is taken up teaching students about a 2 time loser.

I'm saying we should be teaching students actual history not try to white wash it because a state fills its school board with a bunch of people who think sex ed is the bible and that people they dont like should be excluded from history.

Do you really think we need more dumber down right wingers? Dont we have enough already?

it's about times constraints. secondary, she's insigificant to history. We're supposed to elevate her to historical importance simply because she's a woman (who lost 2x)? That's whitewashing history. We don't make it mandatory to learn about every potus loser but we're supposed to here because she's a woman. No.

Hillary Clinton was the first woman to be a major party nominee for President. She might be corrupt, she might be sleazy, you might not like her, but you can't say she is insignificant.

since when do we make it mandatory to teach students about the loser in a potus election? since she's a woman? let's get this straight. you think she's significant because she's a woman who lost and we should make that mandatory learning.

why on earth would that be mandatory? there are literally thousands of more important historical figures.

this is more about crockett hating texas than it is about making it mandatory that we teach our students about corrupt 2 time losers simply because she's a she.

let's summarize that lesson plan

hillary clinton, born 1942, lost the election 2x, even though the second time she cheated.

ok, class, let's now learn about harriet beecher stowe, oh wait, we're out of time because I had to teach you about a 2 time loser just because she's a woman.

That she lost is not the point.

She was the first woman to be nominated by a major party. We tend to study people who were first in their fields.

I'm not saying we need to dedicate a class to her or even a full chapter of a book, but she she shouldn't be washed from history books because Republicans don't like her.

Also, please name the more important figures who are being left out because of her inclusion.

being nominated for something is not historically significant. please point to any historical figure that is significant because he was nominated for something and lost. being nominated for something is not even close to actually winning it. and let's not forget hillary fucked it up on top of cheating. she cheated and undermined Sanders' campaign and fucked up the 3 states that made a difference. holy shit.

the only person mentioning white washing is crockett. no one else is claiming that. this is about mandatory learning topics. if some politicized feminist psycho history teacher wants to teach her students about hillary, the cheating female loser who threw other females under the bus when her husband was a sexual predator, she is still free to do so.