Well..it comes from two areas - the mass media of television which has long emphasized mediocrity (I'm talking sit.coms, where it seems like every business has an inept fool whom they never fire, because he's supposed to be "lovable" for example Ted Baxter of the Mary Tyler Moore show, and Andy Dick from News Radio.
But a lot of it has to do with what's being taught in schools. Or not being taught in schools, as the case may be. We've got "former" terrorists serving as Professors in Universities, we've got teachers in high school who know only a bit more about math than what's in the book, and so on.
(But, as the teacher's husband who called in today said, truthfully, I think, it's awful hard for teachers to teach kids anything when their parents don't give a damn.)
Anyway, here's what Rush had to say about what schools in Wisconsin are teaching:
Story #4: Wisconsin Teachers to Teach Labor Rights to Kids
RUSH: "Wisconsin's Teachers Required to Teach Kids Labor Union and Collective Bargaining History." This is from the Daily Caller today. "Wisconsin's teachers are required to teach children about the history of the labor union movement and collective bargaining in the United States, per a law former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle signed in December 2009. Wisconsin's Assembly Bill (AB) 172 requires the state's teachers to incorporate 'the history of organized labor in America and the collective bargaining process' into their lesson plans. Describing the new law, AB 172, Wisconsin's official Department of Public Instruction (DPI) website says, 'Wisconsin has long been a leader in labor rights.
"The Progressive Movement, which had its beginnings in our state, led to laws limiting child labor and safety in the workplace. Unions such as the AFL-CIO and Teamsters allow us to enjoy an eight-hour work week and vacation time. In fact, it has been argued by some historians that the history of the United States itself could be a history of labor.'" (interruption) They don't teach the other side of it. What do you mean "teach the other side of it"? Don't make me chuckle here. You get me to start chuckling I might not stop chuckling. So... Propaganda? It's indoctrination, Snerdley. Propaganda, yeah, but it's indoctrination.
Since 2009, Democrat governor Jim Doyle: "Wisconsin's Teachers Required to Teach Kids Labor Union and Collective Bargaining History." And, of course, it's, I'm sure, shaded in ways. (interruption) Uhhh, "Is there a law about how the country was founded?" I don't know. I don't know. Now, normally I would say, "Yeah, that that would be part of every curriculum," but I'm not that confident. I mean, the founding of this country could well be taught that we kicked the Indians off the land. Now, that may be how the founding is taught. Who knows how it's taught in some of these places.
John Silber, who used to run Boston University (this is ten or so years ago now) did a survey of the top five history textbooks used in high schools throughout the country. He found the longest reference to Abraham Lincoln was two paragraphs. In a couple of textbooks, there were chapters devoted to Bill Clinton. Two paragraphs devoted to Abraham Lincoln. (interruption) Look, the fundamental of this is the left has gotten hold of the entire education institution, just as they have gotten hold of the media, and they use it for indoctrination purposes. That's what's coming to a head now in any number of places.
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