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'''Dr. Albert E. Burke: A Timeless Educator — What He Still Can Teach US''' | <span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:156%;">'''Dr. Albert E. Burke: A Timeless Educator — What He Still Can Teach US'''</span> | ||
<span style="font-family:sans-serif; font-size:156%;">I</span>n 1960, Dr. Burke's educational TV program was entitled A <mark>Way of Thinking</mark>, though the name changed thoughout various years of production from 1951-1964. His "<mark>way of thinking</mark>" relied on factual information, reason, analysis of cause and effect, juxtaposition, anecdote and analogy — not <mark>[[Propaganda]]</mark> or mere opinion. As such, his <mark>way of thinking</mark> is still sorely needed in the 2020s where stubborn, mindless opinionatedness and <mark>[[Propaganda]]</mark> are rampant, having reached greater and greater heights over more than half a century since the 1960s. | |||
Dr. Burke spoke out against the <mark>[[Propaganda]]</mark> of his day, what he termed the name-calling, new dangerous parlor game of "creeping socialism" that appeared in the late 50s-60s, rooted in abuses of [[Conservatism#McCarthyism|McCarthyism]] and operating under the influence of delusions created by Robert W. Welch for his "[[Conservatism|John Birch Society]]" (e.g. Dwight Eisenhower was a "communist"). That game, a baiting tactic that works through inflamation of human emotion, has only escalated since then, leading to the current polarized political situation in which "evidence-free" conspiracies predominate — from communism to sexism and racism. After having begun in earnest in political [[Conservatism]] (illiberal regressivism) of the 1950s, the "game" proceeded to reach a flashpoint around the [[Conservatism#JFK_Assassination|JFK assassination]] in 1963, after which it went underground and undercover until the Reagan era, then went viral into the 3rd Millenium where political [[Liberalism]] (liberal progressivism) eventually became infected as well, with its own mutated strain of "woke" parlor game. | Dr. Burke spoke out against the <mark>[[Propaganda]]</mark> of his day, what he termed the name-calling, new dangerous parlor game of "creeping socialism" that appeared in the late 50s-60s, rooted in abuses of [[Conservatism#McCarthyism|McCarthyism]] and operating under the influence of delusions created by Robert W. Welch for his "[[Conservatism|John Birch Society]]" (e.g. Dwight Eisenhower was a "communist"). That game, a baiting tactic that works through inflamation of human emotion, has only escalated since then, leading to the current polarized political situation in which "evidence-free" conspiracies predominate — from communism to sexism and racism. After having begun in earnest in political [[Conservatism]] (illiberal regressivism) of the 1950s, the "game" proceeded to reach a flashpoint around the [[Conservatism#JFK_Assassination|JFK assassination]] in 1963, after which it went underground and undercover until the Reagan era, then went viral into the 3rd Millenium where political [[Liberalism]] (liberal progressivism) eventually became infected as well, with its own mutated strain of "woke" parlor game. | ||