Texas schools teach Boston Tea Party as act of terrorism

[The Annoyed Man]

http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/26/texas ... terrorism/

A lesson plan in schools across Texas depicts the Boston Tea Party, the historical protest against taxation without representation and a seminal event leading up to the American Revolutionary War, as an act of terrorism.

The lesson plan, designed for world history and social studies classes, remained available to teachers as recently as January of 2012, CBS Houston reports, and was promoted by the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative.

.....and this was taught in Texas, where the independent spirit is alleged to survive. This is the first I've heard of this. Forgive me if it has been previously discussed. I saw the headline on Drudge Report earlier today. The children who are currently growing up to be voters, were exposed to this kind of hard leftist tripe not too long ago. Some may be still so exposed. And even where this curriculum has been dropped, what has a group as insidious as this one replaced it with? Am I the only one who thinks that TESCCC bears much closer examination? They received $25 million in state funding last year alone. THAT gives John Q. Public the absolute right to know what these creeps are doing.

Seriously folks, if a vipers nest like this isn't brought to the light of day and stamped out, then Texas is only a decade away from becoming California. My son is grown up and done with school. Like I said, I had no idea that this stuff was going on. How many of you who have kids in school right now are 100% aware of whether or not your kids are being spoon fed this kind of revisionist crap?

[fickman]

Well, I've always heard that the difference between a revolt / rebellion and a revolution is who wins. It's probably the same distinction between Founding Fathers (of any independent nation) and traitors (to the former ruler).

The thing is, we won our war against the British, so we should be entitled to the spoils that come with writing the history books. (Although I normally take a moment to remark that, as a Texan, my home has never been under British rule.)

Yet another reason we homeschool.

[Oldgringo]

http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/26/texas ... terrorism/

A lesson plan in schools across Texas depicts the Boston Tea Party, the historical protest against taxation without representation and a seminal event leading up to the American Revolutionary War, as an act of terrorism.

The lesson plan, designed for world history and social studies classes, remained available to teachers as recently as January of 2012, CBS Houston reports, and was promoted by the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative.

.....and this was taught in Texas, where the independent spirit is alleged to survive. This is the first I've heard of this. Forgive me if it has been previously discussed. I saw the headline on Drudge Report earlier today. The children who are currently growing up to be voters, were exposed to this kind of hard leftist tripe not too long ago. Some may be still so exposed. And even where this curriculum has been dropped, what has a group as insidious as this one replaced it with? Am I the only one who thinks that TESCCC bears much closer examination? They received $25 million in state funding last year alone. THAT gives John Q. Public the absolute right to know what these creeps are doing.

Seriously folks, if a vipers nest like this isn't brought to the light of day and stamped out, then Texas is only a decade away from becoming California. My son is grown up and done with school. Like I said, I had no idea that this stuff was going on. How many of you who have kids in school right now are 100% aware of whether or not your kids are being spoon fed this kind of revisionist crap?

From the English point of view, the so-called Boston Tea Party was most definitely an act of terrorism.

It seems to me that "terrorism" too often boils down to, 'whose ox is being gored'. IOW, those demons whom we denounce as terrorists think they are doing the right thing for their ox. We, OTOH, think they are violating our ox and demand punishment for such heinous acts of terror. In summation, public death to those who would violate our sacred ox....I think.

[baldeagle]

When you swim in the moral cesspool of liberalism, this is what you get. An act that involved dumping tea bales in the bay to protest taxation without representation and didn't harm a single human being becomes the moral equivalent of flying jets into buildings to murder thousands of people and beheading living individuals because they disagree with you.

If you buy into that, you're part of the problem, not part of the solution.

[emcee rib]

Well, I've always heard that the difference between a revolt / rebellion and a revolution is who wins. It's probably the same distinction between Founding Fathers (of any independent nation) and traitors (to the former ruler).

The thing is, we won our war against the British, so we should be entitled to the spoils that come with writing the history books. (Although I normally take a moment to remark that, as a Texan, my home has never been under British rule.)

Yet another reason we homeschool.

Spanish, French, and Mexican, but not British.

[Dragonfighter]

<SNIP>

Yet another reason we homeschool.

...and the list (of reasons) grows almost daily if not hourly.

[Dragonfighter]

When you swim in the moral cesspool of liberalism, this is what you get. An act that involved dumping tea bales in the bay to protest taxation without representation and didn't harm a single human being becomes the moral equivalent of flying jets into buildings to murder thousands of people and beheading living individuals because they disagree with you.

If you buy into that, you're part of the problem, not part of the solution.

Succinct and to the point...as always.

[The Annoyed Man]

When you swim in the moral cesspool of liberalism, this is what you get. An act that involved dumping tea bales in the bay to protest taxation without representation and didn't harm a single human being becomes the moral equivalent of flying jets into buildings to murder thousands of people and beheading living individuals because they disagree with you.

If you buy into that, you're part of the problem, not part of the solution.

Succinct and to the point...as always.

Exactly.

From the English point of view, the so-called Boston Tea Party was most definitely an act of terrorism.

It seems to me that "terrorism" too often boils down to, 'whose ox is being gored'. IOW, those demons whom we denounce as terrorists think they are doing the right thing for their ox. We, OTOH, think they are violating our ox and demand punishment for such heinous acts of terror. In summation, public death to those who would violate our sacred ox....I think.

Maybe so, but this is not England, it is the United States of America, and this is Texas, not Wales. The alleged "terrorists" who dumped the tea in to Boston harbor were American Patriots. And as for the "english point of view," enough Americans were killed in WW1 and WW2 saving the failed state of Great Britain from German dictators that they no longer have the right to call our patriots "terrorists." The individual(s) who wrote this lesson plan are not worthy of collecting a paycheck in this country, particularly a taxpayer provided paycheck.

[baldeagle]

Well, I've always heard that the difference between a revolt / rebellion and a revolution is who wins. It's probably the same distinction between Founding Fathers (of any independent nation) and traitors (to the former ruler).

You do realize that there are no other founding fathers but ours? No other nation on earth was founded by free men seeking to form a government that honored the rights of every individual regardless of their background, their station in life or their political persuasion.

Many Americans are ignorant of this fact. Pick a nation, any nation. All were founded by men who took control of an existing state and ruled over the people according to the dictates of their consciences (or lack of same) rather than the will of the governed. The one that comes the closest is France, and their justice system is based on the principle that you are guilty unless proven innocent.

America is not perfect. Far from it. But it's so far above the rest of the world's nations that there is no comparison. Most comparisons that are made are superficial at best and downright false at worst. It's a shame of great magnitude that many Americans don't realize this and honor it with their lives and fortunes.

[Oldgringo]

@ Tam: I don't disagree with your nationalist sentiment; however, patriot and terrorist have always been, and still are, relative points of view....and all your rhetoric ain't gonna' change that fact

@ Baldeagle: "...no other founding fathers but ours". Really? Who started all of the other countries and religions of the world, eh?

That said, . Y'all can have the last word.

[baldeagle]

@ Baldeagle: "...no other founding fathers but ours". Really? Who started all of the other countries and religions of the world, eh?

It would help if you could actually name one.

[Oldgringo]

@ Baldeagle: "...no other founding fathers but ours". Really? Who started all of the other countries and religions of the world, eh?

It would help if you could actually name one.

Look here for a few.

I don't think either Jesus or Mohammed are on the above list but they would certainly qualify as founding fathers, don't you think?

nana nana na na!

Now, I am really out of here. Night night.

[Dave2]

@ Baldeagle: "...no other founding fathers but ours". Really? Who started all of the other countries and religions of the world, eh?

It would help if you could actually name one.

Look here for a few.

I don't think either Jesus or Mohammed are on the above list but they would certainly qualify as founding fathers, don't you think?

I thought we were talking about countries. When did religions come into it?

[baldeagle]

@ Baldeagle: "...no other founding fathers but ours". Really? Who started all of the other countries and religions of the world, eh?

It would help if you could actually name one.

Look here for a few.

I don't think either Jesus or Mohammed are on the above list but they would certainly qualify as founding fathers, don't you think?

Neither Jesus nor Mohammed ever founded a free nation, and no, I don't think anyone on that list qualifies.

[mamabearCali]

Awww come on people....no one got hurt in the Boston tea party. The best you could maybe go for (from the brits perspective) is vandalism, theft, and destruction of property. In my book in order to qualify for a "terrorist" from any angle the target for destruction has to be people, not tea.

Whoever is teaching this to these kids are idiots of the first order. As a person with a BA in history they are full of garden compost.

In these days and times I highly recommend home school. It is hard, but in most places it seems our schools are more indoctrination centers than education centers and I want my kids to know how to read write and cipher, not sing "Barack Hussein Obama mmmmm mmmmm mmmm."