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I wonder, is it a productive approach to the superintendent concerns? Anecdotal evidence with sample size = 1 (me) points that the more your force your ideologi

by ordu 2y ago

I wonder, is it a productive approach to the superintendent concerns? Anecdotal evidence with sample size = 1 (me) points that the more your force your ideologies to me, the more resistance you get from me. I'm still struggling to keep myself agnostic without falling into aggressive atheism exactly because a lot of religious people feel the need to convert me into Christianity. And it works through all my life, with not just religion but with national pride, patriotism, classic literature and really any thing that I do not care of but someone decided to change that forcefully. It is counterproductive with me, but I watch how people are still trying to do it. Does it work?

alephnerd 2y ago
> I wonder, is it a productive approach to the superintendent concerns It doesn't matter. Oklahoma's current governor Kevin Stitt is term limited and Ryan Walters is angling for either a gubinatoral run in 2026 [0][1][2] or Secretary of Education under a Republican president [1][3] Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oklahoma is a very powerful and high visibility position that can be leveraged into a Gubinatorial run, as Walter's predecessor Joy Hofmeister ran for Governor, and her predecessor Janet Barresi ran for Congress. [0] - https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/government/2023/08/25/ryan-walters-for-governor-oklahoma-website-not-real-officials-say/70678394007/ https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/government/202... [1] - https://www.the74million.org/article/the-mystery-of-ryan-walters-how-a-beloved-history-teacher-became-oklahomas-culture-warrior-in-chief/ https://www.the74million.org/article/the-mystery-of-ryan-wal... [2] - https://ryanwaltersforgovernor.com/ https://ryanwaltersforgovernor.com/ [3] - https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/ryan-walters-endorses-donald-trump-plans-to-join-his-reelection-team/ https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/ryan-walters-endorses-donal...
yawpitch 2y ago
Interesting thought experiment. Going down that route, I’m going to explicitly not promote the idea of hard atheism to you. Please report back before death if you’ve eventually abandoned agnosticism or not.

by ordu 2y ago

alephnerd 2y ago

> I wonder, is it a productive approach to the superintendent concerns It doesn't matter. Oklahoma's current governor Kevin Stitt is term limited and Ryan Walters is angling for either a gubinatoral run in 2026 [0][1][2] or Secretary of Education under a Republican president [1][3] Superintendent of Public Instruction in Oklahoma is a very powerful and high visibility position that can be leveraged into a Gubinatorial run, as Walter's predecessor Joy Hofmeister ran for Governor, and her predecessor Janet Barresi ran for Congress. [0] - https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/government/2023/08/25/ryan-walters-for-governor-oklahoma-website-not-real-officials-say/70678394007/ https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/government/202... [1] - https://www.the74million.org/article/the-mystery-of-ryan-walters-how-a-beloved-history-teacher-became-oklahomas-culture-warrior-in-chief/ https://www.the74million.org/article/the-mystery-of-ryan-wal... [2] - https://ryanwaltersforgovernor.com/ https://ryanwaltersforgovernor.com/ [3] - https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/ryan-walters-endorses-donald-trump-plans-to-join-his-reelection-team/ https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/ryan-walters-endorses-donal...

yawpitch 2y ago

Interesting thought experiment. Going down that route, I’m going to explicitly not promote the idea of hard atheism to you. Please report back before death if you’ve eventually abandoned agnosticism or not.