Trump Demands Patriotic Classrooms
Monday, Trump expanded on that idea, saying that the nation needs to install "patriotic education" in schools. It's his plan for quelling rebellion in cities and countering "lies" about US racism (i.e. the "lie" that it exists). Gotta counter that "left-wing indoctrination" that all those indoctrinaty teachers are up to all the time (in between, you know, collecting lunch money and checking masks and updating web-based assignment materials).
As reported by Politico, here's the Trumpian solution to all our problems:
Children must be taught that America is “an exceptional, free and just nation, worth defending, preserving and protecting,” he said.
“The only path to unity is to rebuild a shared national identity focused on common American values and virtues of which we have plenty,” he said. “This includes restoring patriotic education in our nation's schools, where they are trying to change everything that we have learned.”
"To change everything we've learned" signals that in the spectrum of Trumpian policy ideas, we are in that folder labeled "Grampaw Hates This New-Fangled Thing."
What is American Exceptionalism, Anyway?
I put a subheading here so that you can skip this history lesson portion of this post if you wish.
I'll also note that "American exceptionalism" is one of those phrases that ignores that "America" is CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: Trump Demands Patriotic Classrooms
