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Should Children Be Indoctrinated Like This?
Over the years on here some of us have expressed the opinion, that our schools have become, just like the NHS and the BBC, hotbeds of Left wing and Marxist bias. Of course we are howled down and ridiculed by they who, although knowing it to be true, would prefer not to acknowledge it. Here is a man who should know. A betrayal of our children, and more akin to a Communist state or the Nazi propaganda program in the 30s.
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"No one would be chastised in the school for expressing distress about the outcome. Only Brexiteers were to be silenced." - reminds me of the "debate" we had at work with the boss man and 2 other prominent remainers. Not a leaver in sight, might get some awkward questions. Anyway this was the precursor to the whole company being threatening that our jobs would probably go if the country votes for brexit. Sadly for him, our big cheese didn't revise history when it comes to threatening us. Hey ho, anyway he did actually withdraw the threat the day after brexit! Still here doing the same job!
There's a lot of groupthink going around. I don't think it's the same as brainwashing, it's just that people -- and, it is worth remembering before you crow about how right you are, people from all parts of the political spectrum -- tend to crowd together with those that agree with them.
The problem I have with the "brainwashing" attack is that it's just irrefutable. I can't claim not to have been brainwashed as soon as I'm accused of it because, well, that's exactly what a brainwashed person would say, isn't it? At the same time, I think there's a certain irony in the idea that anyone who disagrees with you is automatically brainwashed, ie incapable of free thought, which itself closes you off from the possibility that you are wrong.
But anyway. The accusation of brainwashing is unfounded, even with this anecdote. And besides, it ignores -- once again! -- the importance of what goes on at home.
The problem I have with the "brainwashing" attack is that it's just irrefutable. I can't claim not to have been brainwashed as soon as I'm accused of it because, well, that's exactly what a brainwashed person would say, isn't it? At the same time, I think there's a certain irony in the idea that anyone who disagrees with you is automatically brainwashed, ie incapable of free thought, which itself closes you off from the possibility that you are wrong.
But anyway. The accusation of brainwashing is unfounded, even with this anecdote. And besides, it ignores -- once again! -- the importance of what goes on at home.
The BBC doesn't lean to the left, or the right. It just keeps falling one way or the other while trying to appear balanced. People on the left hated the way the BBC treated (and perhaps still treats) Jeremy Corbyn, primarily through Laura Kuenssberg.
Let me again remind you that, on a Five Live phone-in probably a year or so back, one caller accused the BBC of blatant left-wing bias, and the very next caller accused the BBC of blatant right-wing bias. And they were both right.
Let me again remind you that, on a Five Live phone-in probably a year or so back, one caller accused the BBC of blatant left-wing bias, and the very next caller accused the BBC of blatant right-wing bias. And they were both right.
Again, I don't think there's any reason to believe children are being brainwashed, which implies a deliberate effort. It's just that most teachers are somewhat left-wing, or perhaps most right-wing teachers are rather quiet about that fact. Why is that? That's the question you should be asking, I think.
Groupthink is not the same as brainwashing.
Groupthink is not the same as brainwashing.
the BBC leftwing? Oh please.
When May appointed a new spin doctor this month she picked Robbie Gibb - of the BBC. Used to work in Tory campaign HQ under Hague before going to the Beeb as head of their political department. Brother a Tory MP.
His main rival for the job: James Landale, former deputy political editor - at the BBC.
The BBC is stuffed to the gunwales with wannabe Tory boys (and girls). Weird how their supporters lilke to pretend the opposite is true.
When May appointed a new spin doctor this month she picked Robbie Gibb - of the BBC. Used to work in Tory campaign HQ under Hague before going to the Beeb as head of their political department. Brother a Tory MP.
His main rival for the job: James Landale, former deputy political editor - at the BBC.
The BBC is stuffed to the gunwales with wannabe Tory boys (and girls). Weird how their supporters lilke to pretend the opposite is true.
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