I think most of us assume that we, as Americans, are able to access a wealth of information because we live in the land of the free. Censorship, we believe, is something those poor citizens of 'other' countries have to endure. How we pity them, those without knowledge of their own ignorance. If only they could understand how much their government/state/elite kept them in the dark.
Oh wait, that happens here too.
Beyond examples that plague us in the broad daylight-- the dismissal of the fact that we stole an entire continent from indigenous peoples, then systematically destroyed most of their population and attempted to destroy their culture-- sneakier examples of censorship and manipulation are taking place.
This article --
http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/01/14/tea-party-wants-slavery-removed-from-student-textbooks/ -- explains how the tea party is moving to remove slavery from our history books. Quite manipulative, but without much uproar from the people with the censorship of Huck Finn, why not?
Another fact that I find fascinating about the Tea Party is the push for further tax breaks and the support this gets from individuals from the 'working class.' Don't they understand these tax breaks benefit the top percentage of American? Why are they fighting for the benefit of the mega-wealthy when it ultimately leads to further inequality and poverty within their own community, country and world?
Oh the world today...
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