CRT is not the only reason that conservative groups are going after school boards

[independentusa]

Conservative groups are smarming school boards with their message, you have to do as we say. It started with just CRT, which in these peoples minds is any mention of slavery, diversity or racism. They do not want their children made to feel bad because any of that is taught. Next it is going much farther into the burning of books, not literally, that has to do with anything that they feel is not appropriate for their dear little darlings to read. Anything to do with gay people or transgenders is out, as it violates their religion. And finally we get down into the mandatory vaccines or mask wearing. There have been mandatory vaccine requirements in schools for years, but now it is not politically correct. THese people do not believe in mask wearing even though science says they work as they do not believe in science unless it agrees with their ideas. I really get tired of all of the BS spread by people.

 

[Mycroft]

Conservative groups are smarming school boards with their message, you have to do as we say. It started with just CRT, which in these peoples minds is any mention of slavery, diversity or racism. They do not want their children made to feel bad because any of that is taught. Next it is going much farther into the burning of books, not literally, that has to do with anything that they feel is not appropriate for their dear little darlings to read. Anything to do with gay people or transgenders is out, as it violates their religion. And finally we get down into the mandatory vaccines or mask wearing. There have been mandatory vaccine requirements in schools for years, but now it is not politically correct. THese people do not believe in mask wearing even though science says they work as they do not believe in science unless it agrees with their ideas. I really get tired of all of the BS spread by people.

Seems to me the parents are rebelling against school boards who are doing what THEY want to do instead of what the parents...their bosses...want them to do.

Kind of like what is going on with the Republican Party rank and file regarding their Party Elites.

Don't worry. I don't think the Dems will ever be in that position. The Dem rank and file are sheep.

 

[independentusa]

Seems to me the parents are rebelling against school boards who are doing what THEY want to do instead of what the parents...their bosses...want them to do.

Kind of like what is going on with the Republican Party rank and file regarding their Party Elites.

Don't worry. I don't think the Dems will ever be in that position. The Dem rank and file are sheep.

Sheep, the true sheep are those who follow Trump no matter what he says or does. Look at the 2020 election when the GOP ran a campaign with no policies put forward, saying they would do what Trump wanted. All I can say for them is baa, baa, baa.

 

[Antiwar]

I believe that CRT is a graduate school subject.

There's a different CRT that some conservatives want public schools to teach: Christian right theology.

 

[Ginger Ale]

Oh Geezus, send Tommy to private school if you want to control his life that much. You can pick a Christian one.
Our kids need to grow up with a well rounded set of facts if you want them to participate in the real America.

 

[Helix]

I already know what many right wingers think about public schools and what some want to do about it. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually do start suing teachers for talking about racism in some states.

 

[aociswundumho]

Oh Geezus, send Tommy to private school if you want to control his life that much. You can pick a Christian one.

That's an excellent solution, but the parents who do pay for private school should not have to also pay the taxes which support government-run schools. Let public schools stand on their own, in the same way private schools do.

 

[NatMorton]

Conservative groups are smarming school boards with their message, you have to do as we say. It started with just CRT, which in these peoples minds is any mention of slavery, diversity or racism. They do not want their children made to feel bad because any of that is taught. Next it is going much farther into the burning of books, not literally, that has to do with anything that they feel is not appropriate for their dear little darlings to read. Anything to do with gay people or transgenders is out, as it violates their religion. And finally we get down into the mandatory vaccines or mask wearing. There have been mandatory vaccine requirements in schools for years, but now it is not politically correct. THese people do not believe in mask wearing even though science says they work as they do not believe in science unless it agrees with their ideas. I really get tired of all of the BS spread by people.

Does this sound better within the echo chamber?

 

[Grim17]

Conservative groups are smarming school boards with their message, you have to do as we say. It started with just CRT, which in these peoples minds is any mention of slavery, diversity or racism. They do not want their children made to feel bad because any of that is taught.

Could you show me where parents have stood in front of a school board and demanded that they not teach children about the history of racism and slavery in America?

Next it is going much farther into the burning of books, not literally, that has to do with anything that they feel is not appropriate for their dear little darlings to read. Anything to do with gay people or transgenders is out, as it violates their religion.

Could you show me where parents have stood in front of a school board and demanded that they not mention anything about homosexuality or transgenderism?

And finally we get down into the mandatory vaccines or mask wearing. There have been mandatory vaccine requirements in schools for years, but now it is not politically correct.

Could you show me where parents have stood in front of a school board and said that their children should not be required to take any vaccines at all, rather than specifically talking about the Covid vaccine, which not only has not been tested long term and possible side effects at this point are still unknown, but is basically unnecessary since covid isn't a deadly virus to children to begin with?

THese people do not believe in mask wearing even though science says they work as they do not believe in science unless it agrees with their ideas. I really get tired of all of the BS spread by people.

Science you say? Have you not seen the scientific reports published that have shown the phycological damage that mask wearing is doing to our children? How the suicide rate among children has increased since mask mandates were instituted? How the chances of a child contracting and dying from Covid is statistically 0? How more children died from the flu in 2020, than from covid?

Ignoring these things indicates that it's you that does not believe in science.

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[EdwinWillers]

Conservative groups are smarming school boards with their message, you have to do as we say. It started with just CRT, which in these peoples minds is any mention of slavery, diversity or racism. They do not want their children made to feel bad because any of that is taught. Next it is going much farther into the burning of books, not literally, that has to do with anything that they feel is not appropriate for their dear little darlings to read. Anything to do with gay people or transgenders is out, as it violates their religion. And finally we get down into the mandatory vaccines or mask wearing. There have been mandatory vaccine requirements in schools for years, but now it is not politically correct. THese people do not believe in mask wearing even though science says they work as they do not believe in science unless it agrees with their ideas. I really get tired of all of the BS spread by people.

Perhaps Republicans are responding (finally) to what Democrats have been doing for decades:

Who we areThe Democratic National Committee is committed to electing Democrats at every level — from the school board to the Oval Office.​

 

[Mr Person]

Perhaps Republicans are responding (finally) to what Democrats have been doing for decades:

Who we areThe Democratic National Committee is committed to electing Democrats at every level — from the school board to the Oval Office.​

I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find that the DNC tries to get Democrats elected.

But thanks for the accidental admission that Trumpists think it's perfectly fine to lie their asses off to "fight back" against the concept of Democrats wanting to elect Democrats, which you apparently find baffling.

Pro-tip: this is the only reason any of you started squawking about CRT:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-obsession-critical-race-theory-numbers

https://www.businessinsider.com/fox-news-critical-race-theory-mentions-thousand-study-2021-6

 

[Buckeyes85]

That's an excellent solution, but the parents who do pay for private school should not have to also pay the taxes which support government-run schools. Let public schools stand on their own, in the same way private schools do.

Sorry but that is an extremely short sighted,and unworkable suggestion. Unless of course your goal is to make many public schools worse off than they already are. Each of my 3 kids went to private high school and I had no problem also supporting our local public schools.

 

[Bullseye]

Conservative groups are smarming school boards with their message, you have to do as we say. It started with just CRT, which in these peoples minds is any mention of slavery, diversity or racism.

Only you guys make the fallacious argument.

They do not want their children made to feel bad because any of that is taught.

Nope. We want ALL children to be factually educated in the pluses and minuses of our history. Particularly we DON'T want black kids told they'll never success because of the racist lie that whites are oppressors.

Next it is going much farther into the burning of books, not literally, that has to do with anything that they feel is not appropriate for their dear little darlings to read.

Wrong. The "little darlings" being fed the the lies are black kids being told "you'll never get anywhere because whites hate you". Dishonestly overlooking the millions of whites who voted for Obama.

Anything to do with gay people or transgenders is out, as it violates their religion. And finally we get down into the mandatory vaccines or mask wearing. There have been mandatory vaccine requirements in schools for years, but now it is not politically correct. THese people do not believe in mask wearing even though science says they work as they do not believe in science unless it agrees with their ideas. I really get tired of all of the BS spread by people.

More vapid, cliched LW idiocy.

 

[Tigerace117]

Seems to me the parents are rebelling against school boards who are doing what THEY want to do instead of what the parents...their bosses...want them to do.

Kind of like what is going on with the Republican Party rank and file regarding their Party Elites.

Don't worry. I don't think the Dems will ever be in that position. The Dem rank and file are sheep.

Guess what? Parents shouldn’t— and don’t— get a veto over whether their kids are taught actual history.

I don’t care that their kids having to learn the truth about the Confederacy triggers conservative parents. Boo ****ing hoo.

 

[Roadvirus]

Guess what? Parents shouldn’t— and don’t— get a veto over whether their kids are taught actual history.

I don’t care that their kids having to learn the truth about the Confederacy triggers conservative parents. Boo ****ing hoo.

Where are "Conservative parents" opposing "the truth" about the Confederacy?

 

[aociswundumho]

Sorry but that is an extremely short sighted,and unworkable suggestion.

Why is it unworkable?

Unless of course your goal is to make many public schools worse off than they already are. Each of my 3 kids went to private high school and I had no problem also supporting our local public schools.

Naturally. Like most wealthy liberals, you wisely kept your own kids out of the shit public system.

 

[Mycroft]

Guess what? Parents shouldn’t— and don’t— get a veto over whether their kids are taught actual history.

I don’t care that their kids having to learn the truth about the Confederacy triggers conservative parents. Boo ****ing hoo.

Teaching history is fine. I don't know of any parents who are opposed to that. But brainwashing children with racist ideology based on CRT certainly IS something that parents have a right to veto.

 

[Tigerace117]

Where are "Conservative parents" opposing "the truth" about the Confederacy?

All the places they are screaming about “communist plots to control the schools”, for starters. And raging on about “communist college kids” tearing down Confederate statues. And shrieking about “Maoist cultural revolutions”.

In other words, all over the place.

 

[Tigerace117]

Teaching history is fine. I don't know of any parents who are opposed to that. But brainwashing children with racist ideology based on CRT certainly IS something that parents have a right to veto.

Claiming that kids are “brainwashed” because they aren’t taught the Lost Cause bullshit conservatives grew up with is too pathetic.

 

[Roadvirus]

All the places they are screaming about “communist plots to control the schools”, for starters. And raging on about “communist college kids” tearing down Confederate statues. And shrieking about “Maoist cultural revolutions”.

In other words, all over the place.

So.....you got nothing.

Show me where parents, Conservative Parents, are protesting the teaching of the truth about the Confederacy.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Conservative groups are smarming school boards with their message, you have to do as we say. It started with just CRT, which in these peoples minds is any mention of slavery, diversity or racism. They do not want their children made to feel bad because any of that is taught. Next it is going much farther into the burning of books, not literally, that has to do with anything that they feel is not appropriate for their dear little darlings to read. Anything to do with gay people or transgenders is out, as it violates their religion. And finally we get down into the mandatory vaccines or mask wearing. There have been mandatory vaccine requirements in schools for years, but now it is not politically correct. THese people do not believe in mask wearing even though science says they work as they do not believe in science unless it agrees with their ideas. I really get tired of all of the BS spread by people.

The GOP was the biggest booster of public schools for a very long time.

Then Brown v Board of Education happened, and they've been trying to destroy the public school system ever since.

 

[Buckeyes85]

Why is it unworkable?



Naturally. Like most wealthy liberals, you wisely kept your own kids out of the shit public system.

Unworkable because it would draw that much more funding away from systems that are already under funded.
And no, I don't consider our local public school system to be "shit." My kids all went public from K-8 and did just fine. Any my tax dollars still support the local system despite my kids all being college age or older.

 

[Mycroft]

Claiming that kids are “brainwashed” because they aren’t taught the Lost Cause bullshit conservatives grew up with is too pathetic.

I have no idea what you mean by "Lost Cause". Can you explain what that is?

 

[Roadvirus]

The GOP was the biggest booster of public schools for a very long time.

Then Brown v Board of Education happened, and they've been trying to destroy the public school system ever since.

The public school system is being destroyed by Liberals and the Teachers Unions.

 

[Hamish Howl]

The public school system is being destroyed by Liberals and the Teachers Unions.

Uh huh. Nothing at all to do with the right wing tactic of "remove or repurpose the funding, then once it falls apart, claim it never worked."