Re: campaign

The campaign would just consist of a press release I'd send to various Texas publications, and I'd try to get an op-ed placed in certain Texas newspapers as well. Although the latter would be addressed to students, of course it would be more likely to be read by adults, and would thus be phrased in such a way as to convey, tongue-in-cheek, that by barring students from learning about Jefferson, Texas religious fundamentalists are basically conceding that Jefferson's ideas are too radical and potentially dangerous for students to even be aware of without them perhaps viewing their country in a different way - one which draws upon the complete picture of the American Revolution, as opposed to this revisionist, Stalinist re-writing of history.

As far as students actually helping, I suppose we could encourage them to ask their teachers questions about Jefferson in order to provide them with the opportunity to teach him, although mainly, the purpose of this campaign would be to bring wider attention to this ruling among Texans who may be inclined to oppose it if the full implications were to be made known to them.

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:46 AM, <EllJhns8@aol.com> wrote:

In a message dated 3/14/10 2:26:54 PM, barriticus@gmail.com writes:

I'm thinking it might be a good idea for me to drum up a campaign pointing out to kids in Texas that Thomas Jefferson is being stripped from their textbooks because his views were too risque and provocative for the young. What do you think?

Okay I have a bunch of questions.

What specifically are you referring to when you say that Jefferson is being stripped from textbooks.
How are kids going to help? How are you going to get the message to the "kids."

What is the goal of this "campaign."

Ellen

Ellen