Schools teach Boston Tea Party was act of terror

[mmckee1952]

(HOUSTON.CBSLOCAL) — The most historical instance of protesting against taxation without representation is now being taught in Texas schools as a terrorist act.

As recently as January of this year, the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative included a lesson plan that depicted the Boston Tea Party, an event that helped ignite the American Revolution, as an act of terrorism. TheBlaze reports that in a lesson promoted on the TESCCC site as recently as January, a world history/social studies class plan depicted the Boston Tea Party as being anything but patriotic, causing many people to become upset with the lack of transparency and review for lessons.

“A local militia, believed to be a terrorist organization, attacked the property of private citizens today at our nation’s busiest port,” wrote the teachers in charge of organizing the curriculum about the Boston Tea Party.


Schools teach Boston Tea Party was act of terror

 

[JohnD13]

Revisionist history at it's finest. How does this make it past content reviews? If this had been an English textbook then maybe I could understand it from the view point of King George, but it is American history, being taught here.

 

[the dark]

I will only say that, from a given perspective, there is no reason that a patriotic act could not also be viewed as a terrorist act. Although I consider it a stretch and misapplication of the concept of terrorism (something people do a lot), I suspect many who commit terrorism consider themselves patriots.

Considering either of these as magic words is silly - and patriotism is not uniquely American nor above such acts.