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Bio1590
11/14/18 6:41:32 PM
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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/416619-in-reversal-texas-board-votes-to-restore-hillary-clinton-to-states

The Texas State Board of Education in a reversal on Tuesday voted to keep Hillary Clinton, Hellen Keller and several other figures in the state's history curriculum.

Board member Erika Beltran (D) said backlash sparked by an initial vote in September to eliminate Clinton and Keller from the state's required teachings in September influenced her decision.

"I got a ton of calls and emails about the removal of Hillary Clinton," she said, according to The Dallas Morning News. "She was the first female presidential nominee from a major U.S. political party. So regardless of our party affiliations, I think she is an important figure to keep."

Republican board member Marty Rowley added that despite not agreeing with Clinton's politics, "I have to give credit where credit is due."

"She is a significant political leader," he said.

The board voted 12-2 to keep Clinton in the curriculum, with Republicans Pat Hardy and Geraldine Miller opposing the proposal.

"I just do not respect the woman," Hardy explained. "As far as I'm concerned, she's done a lot of detrimental things to our country."

Miller made a similar argument, citing "the Benghazi thing."

The board also decided to keep Keller in the curriculum.

"Helen Keller is the only point of reference for deaf-blindness because it is unlikely an educator, a government worker, a doctor would have any other interaction with any other person who was deaf-blind," Robbie Caldwell, whose daughter is deaf-blind, told the board during public testimony. "We need Helen Keller to remain in our Texas curriculum."

"I am hoping that you keep Helen Keller being taught in our schools. She traveled the world, worked very hard and helped a lot of people. She is a hero," her daughter, Gabrielle Caldwell, urged. "I like to travel and want to travel the world. I study hard, too. I believe I can do these things because Helen Keller did them."


@southcoast09 you were saying before?
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Antifar
11/14/18 6:48:01 PM
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Are they going mention anything about Hellen Keller's views?
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__aCEr__
11/14/18 6:49:06 PM
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Antifar posted...
Are they going mention anything about Hellen Keller's views?

She didn't have any.
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Paper_Okami
11/14/18 6:49:29 PM
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Helen "comrade" Keller
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 6:49:49 PM
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Antifar posted...
Are they going mention anything about Hellen Keller's views?

This joke was almost as dark as her views.
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MisterPengy
11/14/18 6:49:58 PM
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Do history classes often go over events that happened two years ago?
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DrizztLink
11/14/18 6:50:05 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
"Helen Keller is the only point of reference for deaf-blindness because it is unlikely an educator, a government worker, a doctor would have any other interaction with any other person who was deaf-blind," Robbie Caldwell, whose daughter is deaf-blind, told the board during public testimony. "Get fucked you absolute knob."

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Zikten
11/14/18 6:51:09 PM
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Why is a woman still alive, who tried to be president only 2 years ago, in a history class?

Since when do history classes talk about stuff from 2 years ago?
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 6:55:21 PM
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Zikten posted...
Why is a woman still alive, who tried to be president only 2 years ago, in a history class?

Since when do history classes talk about stuff from 2 years ago?

Especially when you have all this evidence that she stacked the whole deck to her favor.
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QwelzaarKane
11/14/18 6:55:35 PM
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"I just do not respect the woman," Hardy explained. "As far as I'm concerned, she's done a lot of detrimental things to our country."


So have a ton of people we learn about in school. That's a horrible reason to not teach about someone.
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Ivynn
11/14/18 6:56:59 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
"Helen Keller is the only point of reference for deaf-blindness because it is unlikely an educator, a government worker, a doctor would have any other interaction with any other person who was deaf-blind," Robbie Caldwell, whose daughter is deaf-blind, told the board during public testimony. "Get fucked you absolute knob."


lol I assume this guy watches a lot of British TV.
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Solar_Crimson
11/14/18 6:58:32 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
"I just do not respect the woman," Hardy explained. "As far as I'm concerned, she's done a lot of detrimental things to our country."

Meanwhile, Trump...
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DrizztLink
11/14/18 6:59:19 PM
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Ivynn posted...
Bio1590 posted...
"Helen Keller is the only point of reference for deaf-blindness because it is unlikely an educator, a government worker, a doctor would have any other interaction with any other person who was deaf-blind," Robbie Caldwell, whose daughter is deaf-blind, told the board during public testimony. "Get fucked you absolute knob."


lol I assume this guy watches a lot of British TV.

I can't use the word I wanted to on this site.

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Bloodychess
11/14/18 7:05:01 PM
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People: "lol why do people keep talking about Hillary?"

Also people: "Y U TAKE HILLARY OUT OF HISTORY BOOK REEEEEEEE"
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 7:15:23 PM
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Bullet_Wing posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
Zikten posted...
Why is a woman still alive, who tried to be president only 2 years ago, in a history class?

Since when do history classes talk about stuff from 2 years ago?

Especially when you have all this evidence that she stacked the whole deck to her favor.

Imagine being a BernieBro turned TrumpHumper like HogRider. The level of cognitive dissonance is astounding

Imagine supporting democrats unironically.
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 7:22:26 PM
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Bullet_Wing posted...

I don't, they're just currently the lesser of two evils.

Maybe you should vote for someone good rather than the lesser of two evils.

Bullet_Wing posted...
You support Donald Trump, and went from Bernie to him. That's like textbook political ignoramus.

I voted for the chaos choice, since that is the only hope we have for real change now. Eventually the powderkeg will blow and then we can work on changing things for the better.
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MaverickXeo
11/14/18 7:24:42 PM
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Having a female candidate should really not be that important... A female president? That is something to write about.

How often do history classes discuss the loser in an election (let alone any 'loser').
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 7:25:16 PM
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Bullet_Wing posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
vote for someone good

Like who?

Certainly not someone like Hillary or Trump. But both sides let it happen.
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Tmaster148
11/14/18 7:25:28 PM
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RiderofHogs posted...
vote for someone good


RiderofHogs posted...
I voted for the chaos choice


Sounds like no should take your advice.
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Solar_Crimson
11/14/18 7:25:49 PM
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RiderofHogs posted...
Maybe you should vote for someone good rather than the lesser of two evils.

But Trump wasn't good, either.

RiderofHogs posted...
I voted for the chaos choice, since that is the only hope we have for real change now. Eventually the powderkeg will blow and then we can work on changing things for the better.

Which is a ridiculous gamble, and could end up with several groups of people losing some or all of their rights before said "powder keg" blows.
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 7:28:20 PM
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Tmaster148 posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
vote for someone good


RiderofHogs posted...
I voted for the chaos choice


Sounds like no should take your advice.

I didn't vote for the better choice.

Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
Maybe you should vote for someone good rather than the lesser of two evils.

But Trump wasn't good, either.

RiderofHogs posted...
I voted for the chaos choice, since that is the only hope we have for real change now. Eventually the powderkeg will blow and then we can work on changing things for the better.

Which is a ridiculous gamble, and could end up with several groups of people losing some or all of their rights before said "powder keg" blows.

So be it. Sometimes you need to go back in order to get on the right path.
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Solar_Crimson
11/14/18 7:29:32 PM
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RiderofHogs posted...
So be it. Sometimes you need to go back in order to get on the right path.

Probably easy for you to say, as you're more than likely part of a group that won't lose those right and may in fact benefit from all of that.
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 7:30:44 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
So be it. Sometimes you need to go back in order to get on the right path.

Probably easy for you to say, as you're more than likely part of a group that won't lose those right and may in fact benefit from all of that.

And how is that? What will I gain?
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Kazi1212
11/14/18 7:34:55 PM
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And they say Texas doesnt care about progress
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Solar_Crimson
11/14/18 7:35:08 PM
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RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
So be it. Sometimes you need to go back in order to get on the right path.

Probably easy for you to say, as you're more than likely part of a group that won't lose those right and may in fact benefit from all of that.

And how is that? What will I gain?

As their rights are stripped away, they will lose access to opportunities that will instead go to the unaffected group.
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 7:36:43 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
So be it. Sometimes you need to go back in order to get on the right path.

Probably easy for you to say, as you're more than likely part of a group that won't lose those right and may in fact benefit from all of that.

And how is that? What will I gain?

As their rights are stripped away, they will lose access to opportunities that will instead go to the unaffected group.

Like what?
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A_Good_Boy
11/14/18 7:38:39 PM
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RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
So be it. Sometimes you need to go back in order to get on the right path.

Probably easy for you to say, as you're more than likely part of a group that won't lose those right and may in fact benefit from all of that.

And how is that? What will I gain?

As their rights are stripped away, they will lose access to opportunities that will instead go to the unaffected group.

Like what?

The right to vote, as suggested by all of those overturned Republican voter ID laws.
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Lonestar2000
11/14/18 7:38:56 PM
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Bio1590 posted...
The board voted 12-2 to keep Clinton in the curriculum, with Republicans Pat Hardy and Geraldine Miller opposing the proposal.

"I just do not respect the woman," Hardy explained. "As far as I'm concerned, she's done a lot of detrimental things to our country."

Miller made a similar argument, citing "the Benghazi thing."

Why are Republiderps so fucking dumb?
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Tmaster148
11/14/18 7:39:30 PM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
Bio1590 posted...
The board voted 12-2 to keep Clinton in the curriculum, with Republicans Pat Hardy and Geraldine Miller opposing the proposal.

"I just do not respect the woman," Hardy explained. "As far as I'm concerned, she's done a lot of detrimental things to our country."

Miller made a similar argument, citing "the Benghazi thing."

Why are Republiderps so fucking dumb?


If they were smart, they wouldn't be republicans.
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Solar_Crimson
11/14/18 7:39:46 PM
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RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
So be it. Sometimes you need to go back in order to get on the right path.

Probably easy for you to say, as you're more than likely part of a group that won't lose those right and may in fact benefit from all of that.

And how is that? What will I gain?

As their rights are stripped away, they will lose access to opportunities that will instead go to the unaffected group.

Like what?

Voting, education, job opportunities, health care, living arrangements...

Did I really need to spell it out?
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Space_Man
11/14/18 7:40:24 PM
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Zikten posted...
Why is a woman still alive, who tried to be president only 2 years ago, in a history class?

Since when do history classes talk about stuff from 2 years ago?

Since when do American history classes get passed world war II in their curriculum
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Space_Man
11/14/18 7:42:24 PM
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Lonestar2000 posted...
Bio1590 posted...
The board voted 12-2 to keep Clinton in the curriculum, with Republicans Pat Hardy and Geraldine Miller opposing the proposal.

"I just do not respect the woman," Hardy explained. "As far as I'm concerned, she's done a lot of detrimental things to our country."

Miller made a similar argument, citing "the Benghazi thing."

Why are Republiderps so fucking dumb?

I guess it depends on what is being taught about her. They're naive to only teach the positives about anyone...

Then again, if it's just positives about Hilary Clinton then what do they have to worry about? That's a footnote at best.
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southcoast09
11/14/18 7:44:14 PM
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Why am I tagged in this? I dont live in Texas and I dont care.
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Solar_Crimson
11/14/18 7:45:13 PM
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southcoast09 posted...
Why am I tagged in this? I dont live in Texas and I dont care.

Because you were praising them for planning to remove them.
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11/14/18 7:45:44 PM
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"The Benghazi thing" jfc these people

Even if you disagree with all of the evidence from multiple investigations and still hold her responsible, that still makes her historically significant
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Space_Man
11/14/18 7:45:46 PM
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southcoast09 posted...
Why am I tagged in this? I dont live in Texas and I dont care.

You do now.
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QwelzaarKane
11/14/18 7:48:35 PM
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Space_Man posted...
Since when do American history classes get passed world war II in their curriculum


I graduated high school in 2011 and we learned up to like 9/11.
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ThyCorndog
11/14/18 7:51:44 PM
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__aCEr__ posted...
Antifar posted...
Are they going mention anything about Hellen Keller's views?

She didn't have any.

ba dum tsh
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 7:52:46 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
So be it. Sometimes you need to go back in order to get on the right path.

Probably easy for you to say, as you're more than likely part of a group that won't lose those right and may in fact benefit from all of that.

And how is that? What will I gain?

As their rights are stripped away, they will lose access to opportunities that will instead go to the unaffected group.

Like what?

Voting, education, job opportunities, health care, living arrangements...

Did I really need to spell it out?

Lol if you think it would get anywhere close to that. And even if it did it would be because the left would keep supporting the useless democrats.
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Solar_Crimson
11/14/18 7:54:05 PM
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RiderofHogs posted...
Lol if you think it would get anywhere close to that. And even if it did it would be because the left would keep supporting the useless democrats.

So it would be the Democrats fault that the Republicans would strip away basic rights from significant portions of its citizens.
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Bio1590
11/14/18 7:55:30 PM
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southcoast09 posted...
Why am I tagged in this? I dont live in Texas and I dont care.

You sure did care when this originally happened.
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A_Good_Boy
11/14/18 7:56:12 PM
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RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
RiderofHogs posted...
So be it. Sometimes you need to go back in order to get on the right path.

Probably easy for you to say, as you're more than likely part of a group that won't lose those right and may in fact benefit from all of that.

And how is that? What will I gain?

As their rights are stripped away, they will lose access to opportunities that will instead go to the unaffected group.

Like what?

Voting, education, job opportunities, health care, living arrangements...

Did I really need to spell it out?

Lol if you think it would get anywhere close to that. And even if it did it would be because the left would keep supporting the useless democrats.

Pretty weird that you'd support people losing their rights just because you want to stick it to the libs.
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 8:03:15 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
So it would be the Democrats fault that the Republicans would strip away basic rights from significant portions of its citizens.

No, it would be the fault of anyone that would cling to their broken party rather than get shit done.
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Alphamon
11/14/18 8:04:51 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
Pretty weird that you'd support people losing their rights just because you want to stick it to the libs.

Hes ok with it because his primary motivation for voting for Trump was to make America white again.
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 8:06:11 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
Pretty weird that you'd support people losing their rights just because you want to stick it to the libs.


I don't support that, I just understand that it will eventually be inevitably be the outcome if people continue supporting democrats and republicans rather than the people that actually want to fix things.
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RiderofHogs
11/14/18 8:06:56 PM
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Alphamon posted...
A_Good_Boy posted...
Pretty weird that you'd support people losing their rights just because you want to stick it to the libs.

Hes ok with it because his primary motivation for voting for Trump was to make America white again.

Sure it was, buddy. Keep telling yourself that.
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