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[–] atzanteol 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's say you had s choice between two schools.

School A makes an attempt to teach things that are true. Some teachers make less of an attempt than others and will make mistakes. Some will outright promote propaganda but are generally frowned upon by the others.

School B has teachers that lie almost exclusively. Teachers who don't are being drummed out of the school as traitors to the school.

Given how extremely similar these schools must appear to you, which do you pick?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You just described actual schools, public schools are being controlled and stifled from teaching certain things via book bans now though, or new teaching restrictions. Meanwhile your school B example sounds like the now publicly funded private schools that just teach via indoctrination.

A little close to home tbh..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You didn't answer their question. Which do you prefer?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like the "slaves had it good" bullshit from pragerU that Florida just approved for classrooms? Oh wait I'm sorry it's from PragerKids... cause they have a whole wing to target children in exactly the ways Republicans claim without evidence that Democrats do.

From Republicans, every accusation is a confession. Just look at child marriage laws and the expansion they are trying to do to see how badly they want be able to own and fuck children.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Indoctrination to have more control down the road, exactly.