Then it is where/how do I fit in this group.
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I still tell my kids, "I don't care how fast you learn so long as you never stop trying to learn more." The first thing to learn though is how to treat others. Maybe I am alone in this and think it from atop my tower where I graduated college and never stopped trying to learn more. Ironically, I think this is the greater teaching that happens in schools. They learn how to behave and how to treat others. The sad truth is much of what our kids learn in school is not facts, figures and theorems. They may win over some of the parents who either don't see the need for teachers to model behavior as well as teach facts and ways of thinking. They dominate the news cycle and alarm a few moms… and that’s really all they need from this. They dominate the male vote and they only need to make slight inroads with women (moms in this instance) and maybe increase their share of the Hispanic vote.Īll they have to do is argue democrats are forcing subjects into the classroom that aren’t the basic essentials, maybe spread examples of teachers that might be taking it too far, and then let democrats howl at the moon. How do you think that situation would effect customers shopping for an accountant? That’s what republicans are doing here, that’s why they’ve gone all in on this issue. What I’m asking is about effectiveness of the political argument, for republicans. You don’t need to agree with the above, and it’s ok to see the problems with that argument because I see them too. What if they told you to ignore the protests outside and ignore the news claiming that this particular accountant spared too little attention for their tax work and were obviously distracted by their advocacy efforts? Be honest, how likely are you to choose that accountant over one that focused entirely on getting your taxes done right? Imagine if you were interviewing accountants to do your taxes and one of them spent their entire time talking about gay rights, about how if you chose them they’d make sure you understood the fight and took lessons on this on going struggle before she gave you back your taxes. It’s not hard to understand what they’re seeing. They’re counting on this scaring parents or just worrying some parents. They’ll argue for outright advocacy in classrooms to rightously affirm their support of lgbtq issues.
They know democrats won’t just calmly affirm that schools must teach mutual respect and maybe allow kids to decorate their own spaces. I think they’re counting on Democrats over reacting and making arguments that seem to advocate for a wildly over politicized classroom. Forget the harm aspect of their argument and look at the strategy, because they clearly see this issue as a winner for them.
It’s a waste of time to assume republicans are arguing anything sincerely.