RT by @HelgaTruepel: From which river to which sea? “Only 47% of the students who embrace the slogan were able to name the river & the sea. Some of the alternative answers were the Nile & the Euphrates, the Caribbean, the Dead Sea (which is a lake) & the Atlantic…. There’s no shame in being ignorant, unless one is screaming for the extermination of millions.”

The good news: students moderated or changed their views significantly once they looked at the map, learned which river & which sea, & what the slogan meant in practice. “Those who hope to encourage extremism depend on the political ignorance of their audiences. It is time for good teachers to join the fray and combat bias with education.”
Great piece @WSJ, Dec 5

🐦🔗: https://nitter.cz/IzaTabaro/status/1732478735847207020#m

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