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This thread seems to have avoided . . .
All these posts and no one has touched what I consider the central issue of the debate. Everyone gets so bogged down in presenting their own prejudices as 'fact', when they've really just presented another form of 'truthieness'. And I find Liberal truthieness to be every bit as offensive as Conservative. Both sides tend to wrap themselves in the smug assumption of their own natural goodness and moral superiority.
Yeah, I'm talkin' about you. But back on my point
Considering how influential the State of Texas is in determining the tenor and tone of textbook publishing in the USA, is it appropriate for non-Texans (or Texans for that matter) to try to influence the direction of Texas' texbook standards? When you toss in the accellerant of incredibly lazy reporters tossing in 15 second sound bites devoid of all context, is it any wonder we have these conflagrations every 2 years?
Why does no one question WHY Texas has so much influence? Population wise, it's a large(ish) state, but certainly not the largest. I simply don't get it.
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