shituationist:

tankies:

remember that conservative that unironically said critical thinking is brainwashing people to be leftists

You mean the Texas Republican party?

We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values
clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are
simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning)
which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging
the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.

– 2012 Republican Party of Texas platform