We are all familiar with the Republicans' frequent insistence that an apple is a banana. Their

[Atticus]

lunacy has now metastasized into "There are no apples or bananas; never has been. Saying otherwise should be a crime."

Texas is on the verge of outlawing virtually any school classroom discussion of the civil rights movement or women's suffrage or the labor movement OR---? The words of Dr. King or Cesar Chavez or Susan B. Anthony will not be read in Texas classrooms.

None of this "unpleasantness" ever actually occurred, you see.

Somewhere, Orwell is weeping.

[snowybirdie]

1. They used to say

that books in classrooms across the country had to be approved by Texas Districts first because that state purchased so many. If still true, does that mean all children around the country will be subjected to the same prohibitions, and these subjects won't be covered in textbooks?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. That would certainly be the goal (nt)

[C_U_L8R]

3. Their kids won't go to college or get good jobs

Who will support these bad parents when they are old and festering?

[rickyhall]

4. Suppressing history could back fire. Keeping stuff from young people can cause then to look closer.