Texas State Board of Education sinks ever lower

The Texas BoE just keeps sinking deeper into patheticness. After having lost the right to insert Creationism Intelligent Design into science classrooms as an “alternative” to the Theory of Evolution (though they successfully implemented the much-woe’d “strengths and weaknesses” system), the kooks at the head of the Texan educational system have spent the last few months deliberating on which “version” of history to teach. (Because, I suppose, the one taught in actual history books isn’t good enough.)

However, just when you thought things were getting stupid, especially with their attempts at history revisionism, it suddenly gets a whole lot more downright insane:

On day one of hearings in Austin, disagreements flare over the importance that should be given to civil rights leaders including Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall.

On the other side some members are looking at adding mentions of people like Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh to the curriculum.

What. The. Fuck.

Rush Limbaugh? I mean, Newt Gingrich is debatable, perhaps (after all, he led the “Republican Revolution” which brought the GOP back to the majority after 40 years of Democratic rule, which is something) … but Rush fucking Limbaugh? They are seriously considering including that fat, odious, sub-moronic gasbag-of-a-radio host as a “civil rights leader”?! Which fucking planet do they come from? What movements has he led, except the ones that have successfully turned the majority of Republicans into unthinking, blinded sheep and imbeciles (along with Beck, Hannity, O’Reilly and all those other scoundrels)?

This is stark raving mad, even by Texan standards. I’m seriously starting to pity any kids stuck in such a disastrously fucked-up educational system, if these pathetic, incompetent cretins are at the head of it.

(via Pharyngula)
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