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druidity33

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18. Actually...

Sun May 29, 2022, 07:04 AM

May 2022

most of Mark Twain's and Oscar Wilde's work have obvious political implications. If you've read any of Twain's letters or "Connecticut Yankee...", it would be really hard to separate from the political. I had to write papers about some of this stuff in AP English circa late 80's. My daughter graduated HS 4 years ago and learned about with Eugene Debs, W. E. B. Du Bois,
and Fred Hampton. But i grew up in NY and she went to HS in MA. Maybe it's the area the school district is in?

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You were not taught in school about Einstein's political views for a reason, [View all] Swede May 2022 OP

This needs a deep dive. 👀 underpants May 2022 #1

Yup. 2naSalit May 2022 #2

History is sanitized for their protection. davsand May 2022 #3

every culture sanitizes history nt msongs May 2022 #4

And Einstein was a secular humanist. no_hypocrisy May 2022 #5

To be honest, you don't find out about the lives or views of all kinds of famous people muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #6

Exactly this. ManiacJoe May 2022 #10

well dweller May 2022 #7

I also think there's strong pressure on people to not even read Marx anarch May 2022 #8

Eugene Debs might have been a bit more obvious IronLionZion May 2022 #9

I was Tree-Hugger May 2022 #11

I'm not Catholic slightlv May 2022 #16

I've always known about Debs Warpy May 2022 #12

Eugene Debs was (is) one of my heroes. keldridge May 2022 #13

Here's the real problem. SoCal Roomba May 2022 #14

I grew up in rural Missouri,1993 xmas74 May 2022 #15

I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag. Francis Bellamy. JanMichael May 2022 #17

Actually... druidity33 May 2022 #18