tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post5150880497308276353..comments2024-01-09T15:49:37.273-05:00Comments on THE TENTH CRUSADE: NECN "makeover" - The Dumbing Down of AmericaTTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-44573484084895600052011-01-17T14:47:28.284-05:002011-01-17T14:47:28.284-05:00The last time I watched television was twenty year...The last time I watched television was twenty years ago.<br /><br />No, I do not miss it.<br /><br />I, too, think it is a deliberate "dumbing-down". It has been quite effective, don't you agree?<br /><br />VeronicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-49366718952463629422011-01-15T20:43:23.594-05:002011-01-15T20:43:23.594-05:00I think it's deliberate. Consider who was at ...I think it's deliberate. Consider who was at the helm of American public education - its reputed father. John Dewey, a signer of the Humanist Manifesto. There is most certainly a concerted effort to compromise language skills, for when that is done, thinking and analytical skill will also fail. They become sheep unable to think, and will thus be maleable to the state.<br />Read Neil Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death". It's not an easy read, but well worth the effort.Restore-DC-Catholicismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17478857915379063106noreply@blogger.com