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The fact is that teachers have become a target from the right wing and DeSantis has been leading the charge with his words and actions. After the elaborate migr

The fact is that teachers have become a target from the right wing and DeSantis has been leading the charge with his words and actions. After the elaborate migrant flight fiasco, I don't think anyone wants to make big assumptions about what DeSantis won't do to satisfy his increasing bloodthirty base.

skissane 4y ago
> The fact is that teachers have become a target from the right wing and DeSantis has been leading the charge with his words and actions. I wonder how many teachers in Florida vote for DeSantis, and still plan to vote for him even after all of this? While no doubt it is true that school teachers in the US (and public school teachers especially) tend to skew Democratic, I’m sure the number of DeSantis-voting public school teachers in Florida would be significantly greater than zero. I wonder if those teachers would agree that “teachers have become a target from the right wing”?
- standardUser 4y ago
  Any person who can't agree with the phrase “teachers have become a target from the right wing” despite the overwhelming evidence, including countless direct quotes and video clips from elected conservative politicians, should not be allowed anywhere near a classroom because they are not operating in reality.
  - skissane 4y ago
    The phrase is wrong because the target is a certain kind of left-leaning teacher. Not teachers qua teachers. Right-leaning teachers are not being targeted. Teachers who aren’t explicitly “right-leaning”, but who think socially controversial topics are best avoided in the classroom, are not being targeted either. Nor do I think the target includes “contrarian leftist” teachers (the kind of teacher who might admire the African-American Marxist Adolph Reed, who basically says that all these race/sexuality/gender debates have turned into a distraction from the real work of class struggle, and thus serve the interests of the capitalist ruling class)
agensaequivocum 4y ago
Teachers brought this upon themselves with the absolute degenerate crap they are indoctrinating kids with.
- alistairSH 4y ago
  If your referring to CRT or some sort of homosexual brainwashing, I’ve yet to see any evidence either is an actual problem.

skissane 4y ago

> The fact is that teachers have become a target from the right wing and DeSantis has been leading the charge with his words and actions. I wonder how many teachers in Florida vote for DeSantis, and still plan to vote for him even after all of this? While no doubt it is true that school teachers in the US (and public school teachers especially) tend to skew Democratic, I’m sure the number of DeSantis-voting public school teachers in Florida would be significantly greater than zero. I wonder if those teachers would agree that “teachers have become a target from the right wing”?

standardUser 4y ago
Any person who can't agree with the phrase “teachers have become a target from the right wing” despite the overwhelming evidence, including countless direct quotes and video clips from elected conservative politicians, should not be allowed anywhere near a classroom because they are not operating in reality.
- skissane 4y ago
  The phrase is wrong because the target is a certain kind of left-leaning teacher. Not teachers qua teachers. Right-leaning teachers are not being targeted. Teachers who aren’t explicitly “right-leaning”, but who think socially controversial topics are best avoided in the classroom, are not being targeted either. Nor do I think the target includes “contrarian leftist” teachers (the kind of teacher who might admire the African-American Marxist Adolph Reed, who basically says that all these race/sexuality/gender debates have turned into a distraction from the real work of class struggle, and thus serve the interests of the capitalist ruling class)

agensaequivocum 4y ago

Teachers brought this upon themselves with the absolute degenerate crap they are indoctrinating kids with.

alistairSH 4y ago
If your referring to CRT or some sort of homosexual brainwashing, I’ve yet to see any evidence either is an actual problem.