[Johny Joe Hold]

Education in civics just doesn't get the press or attention it deserves. Children need to know what good government and good citizenship looks like. We should not assume "they will figure it out." Let's resolve to teach them properly.

Civics at Freehold Public Schools stresses the role of God in the founding of our country. Children learn why the school day begins with prayer.

As the semester moves along into our contemporary times, children learn to admire today's national leaders. This, of course, includes a glowing review of President Trump and of a few national religious leaders. Chief among the latter is Pastor Zeke.

The course includes a review of the harm done by homosexuals and liberals. All in all, the civics courses at Freehold P.S. leave students well prepared for a life of good citizenship.

Civics Education in America: How Are We Teaching the American Story? | Video | RealClearPolitics

[WWJDnow]

I still remember my high school civics class with Mr. Henderson. We learned about slavery and the legacy of racism that resulted from the Civil War.

When Lincoln illegally freed the blacks, it left them without leadership, so they reverted to their savage, jungle ways. Instead of being grateful that white people had rescued them from ignorance and poverty in Africa, they chose instead to foster hurtful stereotypes about whites, calling us privileged and oppressive, and began attacking our white women and stealing our jobs. This led to the only form of racism that we see in America, anti-white racism.

I am hopeful that President Trump will return our nation to greatness by reinstituting negro slavery. He probably can't make that happen during his second term, but it is an achievable goal for his third or fourth terms.

[MitzaLizalor]

HITLER.

Right, now we've got that out of the way, in the comments (which I won't post but it's there in OP) I read the following lamentation:

“something about World War II . . . [someone] sheepishly said "sort of" [heard of it] . . . I was simply stunned. [They] were about to graduate without even ever hearing about the single most significant event in the history of the world.”

Really? Goebbels, Molotov and their mates had a couple of bad years and Jesus coming down from Heaven to save the whole world rates nowhere? How many died (altogether) in World War II? How many eternities (every day) are blasted by rejection of His sacrifice or by never having heard of it at all? Let's ask plastic monkey.

“Hello! My name is Plastic Monkey.”	.Plastic Monkey says:.
	1. Can you see how I work? 1A. (handy hint) The numbers are different sizes. 2. (disclaimer) A modern civics education may impair your ability to operate plastic monkeys.

The most important events are those having the greatest impact, positively or negatively, lasting for the longest duration. The fact that nobody had really heard of World War Two makes it quite an insignificant event; although I've quantified it using lives destroyed, other criteria could be used. Plastic Monkey recommends plastic numbers but for this you'll need to make some other numbers out of lead.

Christians have a correct understanding of civics and don't need arithmetic to determine significant events. Godly society is founded on sound civic principles of which at the pinnacle is Christ crucified, resurrected, ascended into Heaven and observed there by multiple witnesses, overseeing all earthly events and supreme above any puny war, carpet nuking notwithstanding.

Colossians 1:16-18 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

It's great to see we LBC members are at the cutting edge of modern thinking on civics and cultural issues. Only just this week, a prominent thought-leader made the point that slavery was good for some folks because it taught them useful skills that they could leverage in a competitive free market to crush weaker slaves.

Ron DeSantis Defends New Florida Curriculum to Teach Slavery’s ‘Benefit,’ Says ‘Scholars’ Are Behind It

DeSantis... defended a new set of academic standards in his state that will require middle schools to teach that enslaved people "developed skills which, in some cases, could be applied for their personal benefit"

For me, that's the take home message of slavery - and yes many scholars at the Church are certainly behind it.

Ditto the Jews. Some say that they were rounded up and exterminated, but that's only looking at the negative.

Fox News slammed by White House over 'dangerous and extreme' Holocaust comments from Gutfeld

"Frankl talks about how you had to survive in a concentration camp by having skills. You had to be useful," Gutfeld told Tarlov. "Utility! Utility kept you alive!"

That's the spirit! Bring that can-do attitude to work camp and in no time at all you'll be making soap out of human body fat blankets out of human hair lemons out of lemonade with the ruthless efficiency of a Gruppenführer.

[Johny Joe Hold]

Originally Posted by Dr. Anthony J. Toole

It's great to see we LBC members are at the cutting edge of modern thinking on civics and cultural issues. Only just this week, a prominent thought-leader made the point that slavery was good for some folks because it taught them useful skills that they could leverage in a competitive free market to crush weaker slaves.
For me, that's the take home message of slavery - and yes many scholars at the Church are certainly behind it.

Good civics means good citizenship. The latter is what we want to teach our young people today. Our forefathers came here on the Mayflower to free the Indians and escape the Catholics in Europe. This need to be taught in civics classes.

As to slavery, let's keep facts in mind. In order to succeed as a country, the country needed wealthy people. Slavery made some families so wealthy it has been passed down to today. We can thank slavery for the election of Republicans.

[MitzaLizalor]

Is it important to secpali why Catholics are bad? Or just that they're bad and a pernicious influence in societies leading to things like Inquisitions and manipulation of the legislative process?