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So perhaps you should review what many leading right-wing politicians have been saying for years about teachers, see i.e. Attacks on teachers never ‘as bad as

So perhaps you should review what many leading right-wing politicians have been saying for years about teachers, see i.e. Attacks on teachers never ‘as bad as right now’: union chief (2022) https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3621251-attacks-on-teachers-never-as-bad-as-right-now-union-chief/ https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3621251-attacks... Right-Wing Money Is Greasing the Anti-Teachers Union Skids (2018) \https://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2018/07/13/right-wing-money-is-greasing-the-anti-teachers-union-skids https://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2018/07/13/ri... The Right-Wing Assault on Teachers’ Unions https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-the-right-wing-assault-on-teachers-unions-wont-win-it-only-makes-us-angrier/2018/07 https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-the-right-w... or recall Scott Walker and what he did in Wisconsin. Or even look at the article currently under discussion, which makes it a FELONY for a teacher to have the "wrong" books in the classroom. How can you say that is not an attack on teachers? I challenge you to contact any person who has worked in public education for more than 5 years and get their view on the right wing. I think you'll find that there is an organized and well funded attack on US public education, which is driven by the right wing.

TurkishPoptart 4y ago
It's unecessarily divisive that criticism on teachers' unions is labeled "right-wing". It's also linguistically dishonest to call policy measures "attacks" and "assaults". Sometimes organizations become so detached from reality and everyday life that minor changes become necessary. But rather than engage with their detractors, the unions seem to sic the media on them.
- Floegipoky 4y ago
  > It's also linguistically dishonest to call policy measures "attacks" and "assaults" When "policy measures" include using state violence it's dishonest to not call them "'attacks' and 'assaults'".
  - CWuestefeld 4y ago
    If you want to parse it that finely, then pretty much ALL policy is an attack. E.g.: The school board sets a budget, the result of which is that I have to pay some tax. If I don't pay that tax, they'll eventually forcibly remove me from my home. That's plainly an attack.

TurkishPoptart 4y ago

It's unecessarily divisive that criticism on teachers' unions is labeled "right-wing". It's also linguistically dishonest to call policy measures "attacks" and "assaults". Sometimes organizations become so detached from reality and everyday life that minor changes become necessary. But rather than engage with their detractors, the unions seem to sic the media on them.

Floegipoky 4y ago
> It's also linguistically dishonest to call policy measures "attacks" and "assaults" When "policy measures" include using state violence it's dishonest to not call them "'attacks' and 'assaults'".
- CWuestefeld 4y ago
  If you want to parse it that finely, then pretty much ALL policy is an attack. E.g.: The school board sets a budget, the result of which is that I have to pay some tax. If I don't pay that tax, they'll eventually forcibly remove me from my home. That's plainly an attack.