U.S.A. - land of the free - for as long as it's not freedom of speech for press (number 54 globally), going to Cuba, admitting you're gay in the army etc. etc.
http://www.culturekitchen.com/mole333/blog/freedom_of_the_press_the_us_sucks_finland_rocks
the list goes on forever. It's funny how Americans think they're the most 'free' country in the world when there's so much shit you can't do and more people behind bars than anywhere else.
And just for the record, overall I love the states. Just lots of delusional people there.
Well!!! Americans think they have democracy. should i continue?
One more thing.
The Texas Board of Education has been meeting this week to revise its social studies curriculum. During the past three days, “the board’s far-right faction wielded their power to shape lessons on the civil rights movement, the U.S. free enterprise system and hundreds of other topics”:
– To avoid exposing students to “transvestites, transsexuals and who knows what else,” the Board struck the curriculum’s reference to “sex and gender as social constructs.”
– The Board removed Thomas Jefferson from the Texas curriculum, “replacing him with religious right icon John Calvin.”
– The Board refused to require that “students learn that the Constitution prevents the U.S. government from promoting one religion over all others.”
– The Board struck the word “democratic” from the description of the U.S. government, instead terming it a “constitutional republic.”
As the nation’s second-largest textbook market, Texas has enormous leverage over publishers, who often “craft their standard textbooks based on the specs of the biggest buyers.” Indeed, as The Washington Monthly has reported, “when it comes to textbooks, what happens in Texas rarely stays in Texas.
I'm not hating.
