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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

The real definition is stronger and they actually can't have it.

Ok - well then you’re a real shining example to us all of the value of living an unexamined life.

NP. You're nuts. Highly doubt the families at Westminster or Emmanuel Lutheran are neo-Nazis. The phrase "classical education" existed long before Milo, it will exist long after Milo, and he has no claim on it.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

Are they really coopting it if you’re the only one who thinks that? Or are you in effect coopting it for them?

And reveling in your ignorance is a real hallmark of your classical education? Wouldn’t the right response be “wow if that’s true that would really suck and maybe I should look into it and determine if this is an issue”. Instead you just dismiss it. Clearly if it was true you don’t really care.

What’s true? What exactly are you trying to claim? Because Milo blathered something about Gibbon, we all have to cancel the term “classical education”?

I’m not the PP. I just think it’s amusing that it doesn’t seem to bother you in the least that “Milo” and his goons could have co-opted the phrase. You don’t even want to bother examining it, which is supposedly a hallmark of the education you claim to favor. It suggests that even it was true it doesn’t make you that uncomfortable to be associated with it.

You are trying too hard. The word "fetch" comes to mind.

You’re not trying hard enough. Ask the tiki torch people how it’s going.

Anonymous wrote:Hey, y’all, something to know is that the sudden interest in “classical” education has nothing to do with great books or Latin. It traces back to a 2016 Identity Evropa (white nationalist group) “Don’t forget your heritage” campaign, which was tied to visuals of Greek and Roman sculpture and architecture. Folks like Milo Yiannipolous followed on; Milo even went by the handle @nero on Twitter. As well, these folks had a sudden interest in the Edward Gibbons book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which was written in the 18th century. No, it’s not because a group suddenly became historically curious. Rather, they used Rome’s history to justify xenophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric.

If OP is not aware of this, he/she now knows and can ask in more specific terms about the attributes his/her family wants in a school (small group seminars, reading the English canon, uniforms, whatever). If OP is aware of the loaded nature of “classical education,” then we should probably avoid normalizing and aiding this level of white supremacy.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

The real definition is stronger and they actually can't have it.

Ok - well then you’re a real shining example to us all of the value of living an unexamined life.

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Anonymous wrote:Hey, y’all, something to know is that the sudden interest in “classical” education has nothing to do with great books or Latin. It traces back to a 2016 Identity Evropa (white nationalist group) “Don’t forget your heritage” campaign, which was tied to visuals of Greek and Roman sculpture and architecture. Folks like Milo Yiannipolous followed on; Milo even went by the handle @nero on Twitter. As well, these folks had a sudden interest in the Edward Gibbons book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which was written in the 18th century. No, it’s not because a group suddenly became historically curious. Rather, they used Rome’s history to justify xenophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric.

If OP is not aware of this, he/she now knows and can ask in more specific terms about the attributes his/her family wants in a school (small group seminars, reading the English canon, uniforms, whatever). If OP is aware of the loaded nature of “classical education,” then we should probably avoid normalizing and aiding this level of white supremacy.

There's always one that shows up with this drivel. A focus on liberal arts, classical literature, and the history of Western civilization is good, actually.

OP, most Catholic schools have at least pieces of this if they're not all in. And the level of Catholicism varies by school, so I wouldn't count them out entirely.

yep, there's always one. so sad. teaching grammar and latin is now considered white supremacy. how sad for those that really believe that. how sad for their kids.

How sad that white supremacy continues to be an issue — and how sad for kids, especially those who aren’t white — that it’s a concern when evaluating their education.

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Anonymous wrote:Lol, as if the world started in 2016

And the swastika existed before the Nazis. What’s your point? Meanings never change?

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

Are they really coopting it if you’re the only one who thinks that? Or are you in effect coopting it for them?

And reveling in your ignorance is a real hallmark of your classical education? Wouldn’t the right response be “wow if that’s true that would really suck and maybe I should look into it and determine if this is an issue”. Instead you just dismiss it. Clearly if it was true you don’t really care.

What’s true? What exactly are you trying to claim? Because Milo blathered something about Gibbon, we all have to cancel the term “classical education”?

I’m not the PP. I just think it’s amusing that it doesn’t seem to bother you in the least that “Milo” and his goons could have co-opted the phrase. You don’t even want to bother examining it, which is supposedly a hallmark of the education you claim to favor. It suggests that even it was true it doesn’t make you that uncomfortable to be associated with it.

You are trying too hard. The word "fetch" comes to mind.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

Are they really coopting it if you’re the only one who thinks that? Or are you in effect coopting it for them?

And reveling in your ignorance is a real hallmark of your classical education? Wouldn’t the right response be “wow if that’s true that would really suck and maybe I should look into it and determine if this is an issue”. Instead you just dismiss it. Clearly if it was true you don’t really care.

You are babbling nonsense. Stop watching neo Nazi idiots who revel in confusing young minds.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

Are they really coopting it if you’re the only one who thinks that? Or are you in effect coopting it for them?

And reveling in your ignorance is a real hallmark of your classical education? Wouldn’t the right response be “wow if that’s true that would really suck and maybe I should look into it and determine if this is an issue”. Instead you just dismiss it. Clearly if it was true you don’t really care.

What’s true? What exactly are you trying to claim? Because Milo blathered something about Gibbon, we all have to cancel the term “classical education”?

I’m not the PP. I just think it’s amusing that it doesn’t seem to bother you in the least that “Milo” and his goons could have co-opted the phrase. You don’t even want to bother examining it, which is supposedly a hallmark of the education you claim to favor. It suggests that even it was true it doesn’t make you that uncomfortable to be associated with it.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

The real definition is stronger and they actually can't have it.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

Are they really coopting it if you’re the only one who thinks that? Or are you in effect coopting it for them?

And reveling in your ignorance is a real hallmark of your classical education? Wouldn’t the right response be “wow if that’s true that would really suck and maybe I should look into it and determine if this is an issue”. Instead you just dismiss it. Clearly if it was true you don’t really care.

Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

Anonymous wrote:Lol, as if the world started in 2016

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Anonymous wrote:I find it amusing that you’re more upset about the PP than the fact that these neo-Nazis have co-opted the phrase. I suppose it doesn’t actually bother you that much.

Are they really coopting it if you’re the only one who thinks that? Or are you in effect coopting it for them?

And reveling in your ignorance is a real hallmark of your classical education? Wouldn’t the right response be “wow if that’s true that would really suck and maybe I should look into it and determine if this is an issue”. Instead you just dismiss it. Clearly if it was true you don’t really care.

What’s true? What exactly are you trying to claim? Because Milo blathered something about Gibbon, we all have to cancel the term “classical education”?