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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd take anything published in the Atlantic with a serious grain of salt. There's no denying those on the progressive left look at classical education with skepticism, seeing it as the origin of all the "isms" that plague society, as they see it.

Education is always political, which is what the left ignores when the proclaim they know best. People quarrel over the best educational approach for children and how to teach subjects properly. Naturally there are going to be strenuous disagreements over teachings of controversial topics like transgenders and gender theories or 1619 as some people see those are genuine while others see them as not factual or scientific but ideological.

That essentially makes it political. So I have little sympathy when progressive leftists freak out about conservatives wanting to readdress the educational model because they're only doing what the left already does, using politics and appointees to dictate the curriculum. [/quote]

History is complicated and layered. It isn’t a bunch of fairy tales. Academic freedom and intellectual freedom are essential. Anti-intellectual fundamentalism always wants to shut them down and dictate that everyone should be stupid and compliant. [/quote]

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