My favorite part of this argument is that the "It's not a ban" folks always insist "But but parents authority" Mhmm, and what about when those parents are wron

My favorite part of this argument is that the "It's not a ban" folks always insist "But but parents authority" Mhmm, and what about when those parents are wrong? Does the state not have a duty to educate people even when parents think that the moon landing is a hoax or plate tectonics aren't real? When your parent is an insane person, sometimes a school is your only protection. But so many conservatives find this unconscionable. How dare you! Parents can never be wrong! The point of public schools is to make an educated populace. Not a populace that only knows what their parents want them to know. Yes, this means that your kids might learn something you disagree with! The horror! Something like "America is a republic, not a democracy" like I was taught, or "slavery wasn't that bad" like a lot in the south are taught. Ah, turns out they never really cared that people were getting taught things their parents didn't agree with. Only when children are taught things contrary to fundamentalist christian beliefs. The point of education is so that your child can see multiple narratives and make their own choices, so they can learn to evaluate narratives and figure out which might have substance and which might just be nonsense. But the people who start their children into church before they can form full sentences really seem to hate that idea. I wonder why...