Monday, March 5, 2012

Why Teaching People to Think for Themselves Is Repugnant to Religious Zealots and Rick Santorum

Why Teaching People to Think for Themselves Is Repugnant to Religious Zealots and Rick Santorum: "Democracy cannot function without an informed citizenry, and an ignorant public is just what Santorum and his allies count on.

Right-wing fundamentalists such as Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum hate public schools, which he suggests are government schools wedded to doing the work of Satan, dressed up in the garb of the Enlightenment. Santorum, true to his love affair with the very secular ideology of privatization, prefers home schooling, which is code for people taking responsibility for whatever social issues or problems they may face, whether it be finding the best education for their children or securing decent health care...."

2 comments:

MotivatedinOhio said...

Ricky is out there.  If he becomes President, I will probably become a doomsday prepper.

Underground Politics said...

That preparation will be made easier with your garden. And you're learning how to make a lot of your own stuff.