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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
last week's thread
Edit: sorry, rereading your post, it is likely you were referring to the same thing. I apologize for linking the wikipedia page without fully understanding your response. Also sorry for the manic edits.
The backlash I am familiar with is that students would learn how to identify the place value of something ("the
3in220134₅has value3 * 5¹") but not be able to do actual arithmetic (3 * 5 = ?). Basically "why are my kids learning this abstract stuff about numerals when they can't even remember their times tables?" I am sure there was pushback in the form of "this is too hard", but that is not the primary issue I have with it.