"...is more than just another manifestation of the humdrum intricacies of our deceptions and self-deceptions. It represents the transformation of the everyday practice of denial into a whole new way of seeing the world and – most important – a collective accomplishment. Denial is furtive and routine; denialism is combative and extraordinary. Denial hides from the truth, denialism builds a new and better truth."
The rest of the story:
From vaccines to climate change to genocide, a new age of denialism is upon us. Why have we failed to understand it? Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth by Keith Kahn-Harris (The Guadian)
Showing posts with label lies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lies. Show all posts
Crossed fingers # 6,010,043
Harper's says that, of the $16,000,000 Carrier promised Donald Trump it would spend on its Indiana plant to save American jobs, 100% of the money will be used for automation.
"Benghazi, Alex, for 10 points."
Usually, the Right throws some crap against the wall and if it sticks they throw some more; if it doesn't, they throw something else. But this Benghazi crap isn't sticking and still they don't stop. Are they so out of ideas the can't even come up with a good lie anymore?
The Long War: Without lies, could ruling elites justify their wars?
The Real News interviews David Swanson on his new book War Is A Lie, a much-needed counterweight to the mass of disinformation that distorts our understanding of American politics and history. For the United States, war is an economic enterprise, enormously profitable for those engaged in it, crushingly expensive for the rest of us. We didn't listen when Eisenhower warned us about the danger we faced from military-industrial power. It will be interesting to see if, after 40 years of increasing control over American life, corporate power can be arrested now.
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A coalition of antiwar groups has proposed a major action for April 9, 2011.
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A coalition of antiwar groups has proposed a major action for April 9, 2011.
Propaganda: Don't let Texas rewrite your kids' history books
Led by far-right ideologues, the Texas State Board of Education recently gave preliminary approval to a plan that would radically change what children across the country learn in history class.
The ultra-conservative majority on the board - none of whom are experts in any academic discipline and many of whom are explicitly anti-science - took the curricula proposed by teachers and made over a hundred changes to "correct" the perceived left-wing bias.
But it gets worse. Since Texas is one of the largest textbook markets in the country, material written to cater to the Texas curricula will find its way into textbooks across the country unless textbook publishers take a stand.
Children who use textbooks conforming to the new standards will not learn anything about the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson or his thoughts on the separation of church and state. When they learn about the Civil War, they'll have to study Jefferson Davis' inaugural address alongside Abraham Lincoln's. And when they study the civil rights movement they'll have to learn about the "unintended consequences" of Great Society programs, affirmative action and Title IX.
It's outrageous. Education will fail if we can't teach our children history. We can't let these far-right ideologues co-opt our educational system.
Sign the petition to tell the textbook publishers: Don't let Texas rewrite history. -- from the CREDO Action website
Action: Sign the petition
Background: How Christian Were the Founders? and Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change (both New York Times)
The ultra-conservative majority on the board - none of whom are experts in any academic discipline and many of whom are explicitly anti-science - took the curricula proposed by teachers and made over a hundred changes to "correct" the perceived left-wing bias.
But it gets worse. Since Texas is one of the largest textbook markets in the country, material written to cater to the Texas curricula will find its way into textbooks across the country unless textbook publishers take a stand.
Children who use textbooks conforming to the new standards will not learn anything about the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson or his thoughts on the separation of church and state. When they learn about the Civil War, they'll have to study Jefferson Davis' inaugural address alongside Abraham Lincoln's. And when they study the civil rights movement they'll have to learn about the "unintended consequences" of Great Society programs, affirmative action and Title IX.
It's outrageous. Education will fail if we can't teach our children history. We can't let these far-right ideologues co-opt our educational system.
Sign the petition to tell the textbook publishers: Don't let Texas rewrite history. -- from the CREDO Action website
Action: Sign the petition
Background: How Christian Were the Founders? and Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change (both New York Times)
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