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Patriotic education Law signed today by Greg Abbott

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Greg Abbott said today

To keep Texas the best state in the nation, we can never forget WHY our state is so exceptional.

I signed a law establishing the 1836 project, which promotes patriotic education & ensures future generations understand TX values.

Together, we'll keep our rich history alive.
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https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1401978575054684175


What is 'patriotic education'?

Will it involve teaching that Vicente Guerrero emancipated all slaves in Mexico in 1829?
Or that 95% of Texas’ economy was based on cotton production picked by slaves?
Or that the first thing that the First Congress of the Republic of Texas did in October 1836 was to overturn the Mexican prohibition of slavery?
Or that half of the Republic favoured the expulsion of Native Americans?
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
Greg Abbott said today



https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1401978575054684175


What is 'patriotic education'?

Will it involve teaching that the first thing that the First Congress of the Republic of Texas did in October 1836 was to overturn the Mexican prohibition of slavery and that half of the Republic favoured the expulsion of Native Americans?
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FAKE NEWS! There was never any slavery in Texas. All those black people on the plantations were there voluntarily because they loved their mast....er ....employers so damn much. And the injun...er...Native Americans wanted to to go reservations because they could learn how to become good Christians there, speak English, and dress like their better....er...their fellow Christians.
 
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State chauvinism is some of the most cringeworthy ******** that elected officials in this country still cling to. I expect a Tweet like that from some young douchebag who trolls the libs.
 
This comes directly from the bill:
Sec. 451.003. DUTIES. (a) Requires the 1836 Project to:
(1) promote awareness among residents of this state of the following as they relate to the history of prosperity and democratic freedom in this state:



(A) Texas history, including the indigenous peoples of this state, the Spanish and Mexican heritage of this state, Tejanos, the Texas War for Independence, annexation of Texas by the United States, the Christian heritage of this state, this state's heritage of keeping and bearing firearms in defense of life and liberty and for use in hunting, and Juneteenth;


(B) the founding documents of this state;

(C) the founders of this state;

(D) state civics; and


(E) the role of this state in passing and reauthorizing the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.), highlighting:


(i) President Lyndon B. Johnson's signing of the act;


(ii) President George W. Bush's 25-year extension of the act; and


(iii) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan's successful efforts to broaden the act to include Spanish-speaking communities;
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https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/analysis/html/HB02497E.htm

Notice the highlighted part referring to the "Christian heritage of the state" and the "keeping and bearing firearms": pure ideological propaganda.

As for their focusing on LBJ, who was a Texan, signing the Civil Right Act of 1965, I wonder if they'll mention this:

How Texans Opposed Civil Rights Legislation in the 1960s: Evidence from Letters to Future House Speaker Jim Wright

This article examines the role of Civil Rights in the career of future House
Speaker Jim Wright, and the views of Texans about nondiscrimination legislation. Drawing on letters sent to Wright (D-TX) commenting on the legislation that became the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1968 (Open Housing) Civil
Rights Act, this article examines how Texas citizens reacted to, and mostly opposed, nondiscrimination legislation. This analysis finds that economic
and property rights arguments are the most common type of argument, and
explicitly racist arguments are relatively rare. This article also places the opposition of Jim Wright's constituents to Civil Rights legislation in the larger
context of his mixed record on the issue while a back-bench representative,
and how this record supported his later rise to leadership of Democrats in
the House of Representatives.
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https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2787&context=ethj

Or this:

A core special provision is the Section 5 preclearance requirement, which prohibits certain jurisdictions from implementing any change affecting voting without receiving preapproval from the U.S. attorney general or the U.S. District Court for D.C. that the change does not discriminate against protected minorities.
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....by excluding poll taxes from the definition of "tests or devices", the coverage formula did not reach Texas or Arkansas....
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The 1972 coverage covered the whole of Alaska, Arizona, and Texas,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
Will it involve teaching that Vicente Guerrero emancipated all slaves in Mexico in 1829?
Or that 95% of Texas’ economy was based on cotton production picked by slaves?
Or that the first thing that the First Congress of the Republic of Texas did in October 1836 was to overturn the Mexican prohibition of slavery?
Or that half of the Republic favoured the expulsion of Native Americans?
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Proud Texans do not shirk away from REAL history, warts n' all. That's why, unlike snowflakes, they're proud to keep "problematic" statues in the public sphere. That's history! As for Jose Cuervo, slavery, and kickin' out the featherheads, nobody cares if that's mentioned in the textbooks because nobody reads those things anyway, but it sounds like a stalking horse for lezbo white womyn with mental-illness haircuts to spew CRT and Sharia Law. That's right, we haven't forgotten about Sharia Law, y'all.
 
Cain said:
Proud Texans do not shirk away from REAL history, warts n' all. That's why, unlike snowflakes, they're proud to keep "problematic" statues in the public sphere. That's history! As for Jose Cuervo, slavery, and kickin' out the featherheads, nobody cares if that's mentioned in the textbooks because nobody reads those things anyway, but it sounds like a stalking horse for lezbo white womyn with mental-illness haircuts to spew CRT and Sharia Law. That's right, we haven't forgotten about Sharia Law, y'all.
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You do know Los Angeles isn't in Texas? Y'all?
 
Cain said:
Californian refugees are escaping to Texas by the hour. Unfortunately, they're taking their failed values, thus purpling/bruising the Lone Star state.
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Unfortunately, California isn't sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with them. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
 
Stacyhs said:
Unfortunately, California isn't sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with them. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
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Nah they can't be rapists. Those only come from the South (relative to Texas) apparently.
 
I don't suppose these paranoid idiots realize the kids in their school system won't know anything about US history when they get to college. Or maybe it's a given they won't go to college. :rolleyes:


[sidenote]Last time I checked a high school history book there was one whole paragraph on the Vietnam War. [/sidenote]
 
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