https://bluecerealeducation.com Sun, 04 Jun 2023 20:23:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://files.bluecerealeducation.com/2023/06/BowlIcon.png https://bluecerealeducation.com 32 32 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/forever-unfit-be-slave-little-knowledge-dangerous-thing-part-two/ Wed, 16 Nov 2016 12:09:25 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/forever-unfit-be-slave-little-knowledge-dangerous-thing-part-two/ Here’s the number one reason governments and religions and parents and schools ban whatever they ban: it’s nearly impossible to maintain the illusion you’re doing someone a huge favor by keeping them locked under the staircase once they’ve visited Hogwarts – even by proxy. The power to question is the power to overcome.]]> 374 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/secession-superiority-little-knowledge-dangerous-thing-part-one/ Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:51:27 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/secession-superiority-little-knowledge-dangerous-thing-part-one/ 373 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/heres-your-mule-part-two-slavery-and-sin/ Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:00:05 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/heres-your-mule-part-two-slavery-and-sin/ In reality, by the dawn of the 19th century there was slavery pretty much everywhere in the United States. More in some places than others, but it was a thing all over. There were abolitionists as well – pretty much everywhere – carrying on about the evil of the peculiar institution and making everyone unhappy. It was an onerous institution, even for those not actually slaves. It was expensive and high maintenance and morally suspect, and after a bit the Northern states began realizing they just didn’t need it that badly. Gradually, the practice was phased out and eventually banned - and everyone seemed better off. Besides, they already had an entirely different class of not-quite-people to exploit and dehumanize. In the elite world of historiography, we call them the "Irish.”]]> 134 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/heres-your-mule-part-one-north-vs-south/ Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:56:59 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/heres-your-mule-part-one-north-vs-south/ Continue reading “Here’s Your Mule,” Part One – North vs. South]]> 133 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/little-knowledge-part-three-states-righteousness/ https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/little-knowledge-part-three-states-righteousness/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:50:22 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/little-knowledge-part-three-states-righteousness/ Continue reading A Little Knowledge, Part Three – Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire]]> https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/little-knowledge-part-three-states-righteousness/feed/ 1 127 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/little-knowledge-part-two-forever-unfit/ https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/little-knowledge-part-two-forever-unfit/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:16:24 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/little-knowledge-part-two-forever-unfit/ Continue reading A Little Knowledge, Part Two – Forever Unfit]]> https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/little-knowledge-part-two-forever-unfit/feed/ 4 126 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/little-knowledge-part-one-secession-and-superiority/ https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/little-knowledge-part-one-secession-and-superiority/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2015 06:12:16 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/little-knowledge-part-one-secession-and-superiority/ South Carolina and the other seceding states were upset that the North allowed so much discussion of things which threatened their way of life and went against their beliefs. They listed as one of their central reasons for trying to break the country their collective outrage that other states weren’t doing enough to stifle debate. Their little white feelings were hurt and their dominant role in the world inconvenienced. Poor things. ]]> https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/little-knowledge-part-one-secession-and-superiority/feed/ 3 123