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New textbook trashes Reagan and conservatives




A new textbook being used at the University of South Carolina has come under fire for claims it is anti-conservative.

“Introduction to Social Work & Social Welfare: Critical Thinking Perspectives” absolutely eviscerates Reagan and isn’t too kind to conservatives.

The text nonchalantly makes President Reagan appear anti-minority, insensitive to social problems and a man who has ultimately turned conservatives into pessimists.

The book also states that Reagan never appointed any women to prominent positions in his government. Something tells me that the first female Supreme Court judge, Sandra Day O’Connor, would disagree.

Beyond conservatives having a pessimistic view, the book also states that they oppose ”change and prefer tradition due to the fact that “They believe change usually produces more negative than positive consequence.”

While this is certainly correct for some conservatives, it is hardly appropriate or accurate to categorize an entire body of political thinkers into such a formless definition.

Officials for the University of South Carolina did not immediately return a request for comment.

The book offers a much kinder assessment of President Clinton, saying whatever failures the two-term Democrat suffered were due to the GOP opposition.

“Liberals had high hopes for Bill Clinton, but he had a House and Senate dominated by Republicans as early as 1994, so most of his proposals were squelched,” the book states.








Douglas Barclay is an associate content editor at Rare. Follow him on Twitter @douglabarclay17