Republican School Board Members Resign Amid CRT Controversy

[@kcolonelx6181]

Hard to understand why a political party that believes in nothing but hatred and grievance is falling apart.

[@stefanlvkc7986]

@Illhan Omar's Brother Alabammy boy digging out his old alt to cover for his past endorsements of literal nazis.

[@kcolonelx6181]

@Illhan Omar's Brother George Soros just keeps on winning and it is killing you.

[@basedtruthpiller7140]

@Nicholas Time ....victimhood is literally y'all main currency.

[@2445ace]

They're taking leasons from reich number 3... but forgot to read until the end since they burnt the books. Also hi Aaron i think the wall is coming from inside the house.

[@djgq7348]

@illhanomarsbrother6710that makes zero sense….,

[@MrMattSax]

It must be hard to be so terrified of something that not only you don’t understand but isn’t actually happening

[@Ellieempress]

The exact definition of brainwashed.

[@Strider91]

It would appear, its actually quite easy. . .

[@ColinFox]

@@Strider91 Barely an inconvenience...

[@annemurphy8074]

The R. Party creates the fearful monsters that don't exist then blame the democrats for it all. They get everyone riled up with fear about all the things that these monsters are going to take away from the common person. All the while they are the ones planning to take away democracy, hard won human rights, take away social security, medicare, social support systems, regulations etc. So many people vote for the ones trying to destroy everything.

[@sandburgmartin7947]

Dumbing down one generation to the next, to the next. Then they can stupidly repeat the same mistakes and rationalize their actions.

[@duanebidoux6087]

Authoritarianism always, ultimately, destroys itself. The problem is it takes entire societies down with it.

[@java4653]

So we got that going for us.

[@phatmhat9174]

you guys are the ones being authoritarian. you're literally arresting your political enemies as we speak. you ban/cancel/destroy speakers/tweets/bakers/comedians/Asians/that don't' 100% go along with your leftists beliefs. you control how much soda ppl can buy, you force ppl to give up gas cars in 20 years, youll create economic havoc and then tell ppl to learn to live with less. you act like everyone's job and the money they make from it is up to you to control and distribute.

[@Toastcat890]

America deserves this because the people in power aren't going down without a fight maybe if the whole ship goes down with them we might later be able to salvage it and make it better but hard times are most definitely ahead.

[@CMA418]

We’re still a dumb species. What’s worse, we’re still in denial about it. 😭

[@phatmhat9174]

@@Toastcat890 you guys are the ones in power taking down america. see every other leftist govt and see how things went and then look at how we are now.

[@seanpatrick1243]

This is just like the 50’s McCarthyism. Quite ironic that the Speaker of the House is leading the 2020’s version of McCarthyism.

[@sandburgmartin7947]

He just has to waiver back and forth with the red tide. Scyphozoa have no spines.

[@snatchadams69]

Quite possibly one of the most infamous cancel cultures this country experienced.

[@seanpatrick1243]

Have Republicans suggested yet that children should be armed with assault rifles in order to attend school? I mean, children have a right to protect themselves from any teachers trying to indoctrinate them with CRT, right?

[@blaster-zy7xx]

Correct! And what is the Speakers name??????

[@Molue_]

@@seanpatrick1243 Don't give them ideas,... Please don't...

[@waynewright5023]

"I have seen school lesson plans that have taught divisive racism and CRT.." Translation : "I have seen school lesson plans that teach factual history, and I don't like it.." The lengths to which the racist faction of this country will go in order to diminish the discussion surrounding the institutionalized racism of this country is equal parts arrogant, childish and myopic..

[@gelliebeane6789]

Thank you!!! At 0:53, 'To UNDERMINE the white race'... she really fixed her mouth to say that! Smh.

[@brianbarber5401]

I actually wonder if he even saw any lesson plans at all. I figure it’s about 4 to 1 against.

[@Valyssi]

Imagine if Germany decided that WWII can't be taught in its schools because it might make students feel uncomfortable. "Too bad, history is there to be learned from, not forgotten when it's inconvenient"

[@billpool1217]

Anytime a Trumpanzee tells you a story that includes them reading anything, you know it's bullshit. Trumpanzees don't read.

[@lisaatkins6472]

@@Valyssi EXACTLY RIGHT!!!

[@shanecorrigan8524]

“The more highly educated you are the less I trust you” I cannot imagine the mindset required for this. PhDs are the only reason that man is able to broadcast

[@sandburgmartin7947]

Bet he DEMANDS the best educated if he has chest pain, nausea, and arm numbing symptoms of a heart attack. Hope it's a person of color he relies on to treat him.

[@tatereno]

@@sandburgmartin7947 don't forget heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, and diarrhea.

[@snatchadams69]

​@@tatereno lmfao hey that's Peptos' tagline 😂

[@derrickbailey5167]

We don’t need no high falutin’ yankee book learning, mah gun got two barrels. 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽🎯🎯

[@mimikaps7358]

The best Hunter Biden email is the one where Tucker Carlson asks Hunter to help get his kid into Georgetown University

[@TreyIM22]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Toastcat890]

ROFLMAO I almost forgot Carlson use to be on MSNBC.

[@TreyIM22]

@@Toastcat890 Yip, and find that interview where he's exposing (himself - ha) Bill O'Reilly for the tactics that he eventually came to employ. Carlson, like Trump even tho he was initially a Dem, and TOO many Republicans fail upwards because Republicans truly have NO moral nor ethics, which is contrary to what they claim they do.

[@brianbarber5401]

You be going to keep in mind that the so-called contents of the laptop is no longer reliable as evidence, as been exposed to so much potential manipulation by all the republicans so highly motivated to find some smoking gun. If you claim it is still reliable, then would you be willing to hand over your laptop to an unknown chain of custody, and then take responsibility for everything in it?

[@redmed10]

In another email reported by the Post, Susie Carlson wrote: “Tucker and I would be so grateful if you could write a letter or speak to someone in the Georgetown Admission’s [sic] Office about Buckley.

[@audball217]

I went to community college before attending 2 different Christian colleges. I’m sure my family prayed that I’d be influenced to becoming republican/conservative,since I’m the only democrat from my nuclear family. Boy were they disappointed when I’m still left leaning after the indoctrination they hoped I’d received.

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

well done.....that must have been hard....

[@AlexDeLarge1]

@@snoopy_peanuts_77 Honestly, maintaining honesty and integrity is quite difficult. Everyone wants you to lie to get ahead in life. I ain't about that.

[@raftguy1376]

Glad you see it for what it is. Indoctrination. Of course its the ones who’ve indoctrinated children into their religion who are sounding the alarm about CRT; a college level law course topic. Truth is, their indoctrination traditions aren’t sticking anymore. This is them flailing in panic. In 1960, 5% of the population was atheistic/agnostic. In 2005 it was 15% Today its 34%

[@algi1]

The point of creating these debate points was to sabotage the infrastructure of established institutions like schools, libraries, post office, etc. It will sabotage any institution, no matter who is in charge.

[@Don.M.]

A strategy directly from right-wing think tanks.

[@hks2377]

Exactly. I told my husband about people in places like FL pulling their kids out of schools because of all the censorship. I get it but that makes things worse, because than there are too few rational parents pushing back against the crazy. He reminded me that it was charter school lobbyists & antivax activists who started this crap.

[@heytheyby]

I've been screaming that the goal of the groomer nonsense is to destroy the Dept of Ed. Trans genocide is just the cherry on top.

[@brianbarber5401]

@@heytheyby don’t forget, it also helps cover up all those on the right actually grooming

[@baconsoup8346]

@@heytheyby And, to deflect from pastors, and child-abusing religious organizations that support the GOP.

[@wim2445]

I think my old school finally replaced all their CRTs with LCDs last year. If people want CRTs out of the classroom so bad, they should increase educational funding.

[@blktarockstar818]

lol

[@suikim9194]

Very funny they have to quit because they got tired fighting the imaginary demons they created themselves.

[@phatmhat9174]

what's imaginary is your interpretation of what's going on.

[@EyeonthePrize247]

@@phatmhat9174 Stay away from children, groomer.

[@jimbob3030]

Kind of like televangelists, if it weren't for the millions of dollars they make selling snake oil to the gullible it just wouldn't be worth it and these school board people aren't making enough money to continue this charade.

[@rve420]

@@phatmhat9174 What's CRT?

[@hks2377]

Exactly!

[@geraldmartin7703]

I initially had to search for what "CRT" stood for. All my adult life until now "CRT" stood for "Cathode Ray Tube": tube television. Even now, when I hear or read "CRT" an old B&W television with a rabbit ears TV antenna flashes into my head.

[@SchiwiM]

And LED is not LED ZEPPELIN anymore 😅

[@Mydogslove2laugh]

​@@SchiwiM it still is to me

[@sandburgmartin7947]

Gerald, the color CRT had 3 color guns, red, yellow, blue. This crowd would have hated that too as it replaced black with predominant white cathode ray tubes.

[@blktarockstar818]

​@@sandburgmartin7947when I first read your comment I was like not it didn't. Oooh lol

[@james-russellgause4735]

I had this discussion in my Business English class. It was funny. These twenty-somethings had no idea what a cathode ray tube was

[@lazersly]

They all go to church on Sunday and learn this crap from their pastors who are using them for tax-free donations. Doesn't matter if it's true, they "believe" it. And their pastors also tell them that if they believe something, it must be true.

[@bookgirlny8511]

That’s right

[@zachariahwade8482]

Yep, even here in Australia, you can be flipping through car radio stations and you’ll land on some evangelical style(Hillsong over here) Christian station spewing the most terrifying conspiracy garbage about 🏳️‍🌈 people or Muslims taking over the country or some MAGA-like nonsense. Scary stuff

[@letsomethingshine]

Also the corrupted pastors get a tax-free property. Sort of exactly what one might call "reverse communism." Completely unfair to non-religions or to pure-philosophies. Technically unfair to everyone, since people (including secular non-profits) have to keep track of the money flow but State-Accepted religions do not.

[@nolongerblocked6210]

We need the names of churches doing this, so we can forward the info to the IRS proving the church is dabbling in politics & then they'll lose their tax exempt status

[@shelleyabbate9824]

Correct!!

[@saga685]

Emma nailed it with the Amorphous Bogeyman comment. If you teach your pet to fear absolutely everything, don't be shocked when it attacks you.

[@OozaruTheKid]

That one parent was probably concerned about his kid learning about the Trail of Tears, and just thought “hey! Your teachers are trying to stoke racial devision!”

[@brianbarber5401]

That parent was clearly lying. If challenged to provide the lesson he was complaining about, he’s either fail to provide anything at all, or provide something that only a moron or a lunatic would consider to be promoting racial division. Of course, I’m also reasonably certain that he’d claim that saying that black people were once owned as property here in the US was promoting racial divide.

[@sweetleaf9668]

@@brianbarber5401 I am a Virginian and even after they took the governorship and House here, they still bitch and complain about the damn lie that everyone knows is and was a lie. I have never had one give me a link or a lesson plan to this day, but yet, they will say it does. Dang, it is hugely depressing just writing about it.

[@OscarLangleySoryu]

What in the fuck are you talking about?

[@82fdny97]

That didn't happen

[@LadyRubyEye]

You think any of these knuckle-dragging rejects know anything about the Trail of Tears? They probably read about the "War of Northern Aggression" and thought it wasn't a fascist enough rhetoric.

[@benphish]

It reminds me of the "transvestigation" folks. They get so obsessed with this conspiratorial garbage they start to accuse each other. It's insane

[@Ellieempress]

I’m here for it .

[@0bsmith0]

I'm here to watch as they eat each other.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

@@joebrewer4529 But trans people are not a conspiracy theory. Just like CRT is not a conspiracy theory. CRT is not an elementary school subject, because it's university-level stuff. A fraction of that might actually reach elementary school levels in a suuuupersimple, dumbed down, age-appropriate form. Yes, there have definitely been conspiracy theories that became true: for years there were strong rumors that some intelligence agencies were overstepping their boundaries and were absolutely monitoring everyone, and then Edward Snowden dropped the bomb on what intelligence agencies were actually capable of and it turned out to be true. But the that is happening around transpeople is simply not true. Some senators tried to criminalize something current law in the state in which they tried to implement new legislation was not allowing already, and was not happening simply because of how guidelines are not in favor of sex-reassignment surgeries on minors. As for the transvestigation thing: People were showing they did not pay attention during biology class, showed to have absolutely no clue what hormones can or can't do, and also showed that some of the things I have been asked as a transperson are widely believed, among people who might be genuinely ignorant but also genuinely willing to learn out of curiosity, but also among people who think that men all come in 1 shape, and women all come in just 1 shape. It is pretty scary to see people thinking that some of the questions I got were justified to "accuse" people with based on some of the body characteristics those "transvestigators" thought were tell-tale signs for "concerns" over someone's birth sex. I have had people ask me why I don't have an Adamsapple, I have had people ask me why my shoulders are so narrow, why I'm not so tall, why my feet and hands are small. Both men and women asked these types of questions, because most people have mindblowingly stubborn stereotypical views of both sexes in their mind, and usually only learn that they themselves do not adhere to those stereotypes when they meet someone that confuses them. As for the supposed idea that all kinds of celebrities are secretly trans (which I believe was one of the key things in those "transvestigator" video's): we had someone in the Netherlands who tried to blackmail someone who is trans because this person thought the whole world needed to know she was "faking it" and "fooling everyone". How the fuck do you think that hundreds of celebrities would be able to keep such a thing secret when it didn't even work for 1 (!!!!!) person...

[@jamesregiste960]

"Playing out" ....? How's Hunter's dick pics working for ya?

[@tomricketts7821]

Damn to many kids going to college and learning how to think critically this must be stopped at all costs or they will never fall for our lies and gaslighting

[@justincoleman3805]

You know the word “gaslighting” but don’t know the word “too?”

[@nickthompson1812]

To be fair my finance classes aren’t teaching me a damn thing about critical thinking. They’re teaching me “this is how the system is. Work with what you got.”

[@NinjaThatLongboards]

​@@nickthompson1812 that's because high finance is a total sham that falls apart when you look at it critically

[@kevinkorenke3569]

That's why Gen Z is avoiding the GOP en massé. They see the lies of the Right and they also see the damage GOP policy has caused.

[@KineticEV]

It had been the weirdest thing to observe. I work in the Virginia school system in the IT department and I jave heard plenty of concerned conservative parents over this issue. We get accused of pushing this bit we don't know what it is. We don't teach it. Each teacher has a slightly different curriculum and style of teaching but we don't teach division nor do we teach that a particular group of people are at fault for something. We teach history as we have been teaching for decades. In my district we don't teach and elevate any one religion, political view or any of that stuff. While I'm not required to, I come down to our 3rd grade lunch everyday and lunch at a different table of kids that are of all different ethnicities...and not once do we talk about these things... I'm just blown away as to what conservatives are all upset about now. Again, it's weird because we don't advocate or teach CRT...

[@blktarockstar818]

Its simply a reaction to protect white supremacy

[@Dutch3DMaster]

We had a similar thing happening in The Netherlands here recently surrounding a theme week that focuses on sexual education from first grade to 8th grade (there's 8 grades in elementary school here, ranging from about 4-5 years old to about 11-12, depending on when your birthday is, sort of). The first 4-5 grades basically got taught stuff about bodily autonomy and safety, along with the correct names for body parts, and explanations on situations in which someone might touch you (where-ever, basically) in like a doctors appointment, and in which situations that is not appropriate without consent (other child or adult). That was basically it for those classes, and only in 8th grade was there a sliver of educating children about trans and intersex people, consisting out of a small newsclip of a transgirl who played a trans character on a children's show, and a 7 minute long short documentary about a girl born intersex. The remaining questions afterwards were basically: "Does it matter if you address someone with the wrong pronoun?" and "If you can't see if someone is a boy or girl, or man or woman, is it OK to ask, or should you just use what you think is right?" (Along with some questions about the difference between birth sex and gender identity and expression, it was supersimple because well, if it tends to massively confuse 13-14 year olds in high school, chances are making it to complex for 8th grades will not work :P ). That was all. But some idiot on the internet decided to spread graphic drawings of gay sex supposedly being shown to 4th graders along with the rumor that 4th graders were actively encouraged to try out a new gender identity and what not (all from the "they are coming for our children and want to make them trans!!!"-type of fear that unfortunately has spread from the US and UK to The Netherlands). This riled up some people so much that schools started receiving threats, the elementary school around the corner saw increased police surveillance and ultimately, had someone enter the office of the organisation that helps schools deal with the subject by providing age appropriate materials and lesson packages and shouting at the receptionist "PROTECT THE CHILDREN!!!" all while filming people there without their consent, because, according to many people, the organisation in question, consisted out of pedophiles... In all of this, there were 2 things superscary: adults being this worried over something that was not happening, but especially, number 2: EVERYONE could look up the lesson materials online. Everyone, the organisation explicitly publicizes them on their website to be able to have parents take a look at them ahead of the theme week so parents are not caught of guard... Trying to link those packages to the people shouting the loudest about "all the horrible things they are doing to our children!!" didn't work: when you did that, you got accused of the fact that the organisation obviously took those pages out... Some parents who vocally opposed these lessons and also mentioned they were going to keep their child home by saying so on social media, had some of them be reported to school attendance officers, and received fines for keeping their child home for no good reason. I loved reading that, but oof, the reason was just sad. Seeing adults being so mindnumbingly stupid and falling for "something I saw on Facebook". Unfortunately all talkshows in my country were not helping fighting the ignorance: all of them instead of inviting the organisation that was now under attack, had "Worried parents" in their studio, and none of the hosts slapped those people in the face with the truth by looking up the lesson material... They should've been verbally slayed and shamed for the nonsense they believed, but nope, they basically had their worries validated...

[@blktarockstar818]

I'm not sure of your age, however I'm 37 and when I was younger I was certain that my generation was going to do better than my parents generation, however now I witness people my age who are so mind numbingly ignorant I'm embarrassed to be associated with them. Social issues that had been fought and won in the 60's are now being reversed all because a small vocal minority refuses to treat everyone with dignity and respect. And instead of focusing on real issues for working people, random assholes keep asking me "what is a woman".

[@iheanyiufomba8626]

It doesn’t matter what’s in or not in the curriculum, it matters what they believe is in it. Initially I presumed they could just go to the schools and demand their courseworks from every grade. Or check the homework the kids take home. But no, if they believe it, don’t bother with fact, it has to be true or they’d be wrong. And of course believers can’t be wrong. Isn’t faith wonderful? I did a doctorate in a state school and never heard CRT once. I guess my professors forgot in my years there. Unbelievable.

[@GlassesAndCoffeeMugs]

CRT is like the black smoke monster from Lost. Mysterious, ambiguous, never explained how it worked or what it is

[@basedtruthpiller7140]

It's a movement that seeks to highlight all systems in America are designed to perpetuate whyte supremacy

[@RoninDave]

Conservatives live off Boogeyman fears. The more it isn't a thing and the less they understand of it, they will fear it with abject horror.

[@beausaccount88]

The smoke monster is Jacobs twin brother. Born on the island 2000 years ago, he kIlls their adoptive mother as revenge for her killing his birth mother and her people. Jacob finds this out and beats hos brother, throwing him into the heart of the island, where his conscience is transformed into a malignant force of evil that's looking to spread to the outside world. ...makes as much sense as calling everything CRT

[@celieboo]

Good analogy!

[@celieboo]

Good analogy!

[@exiledfrommyself]

And a lot of them can't even define what the hell it is they're talking about but they're certain it's coming to get them.

[@lindseystein9676]

I can’t get over how gullible some people are. All of this “they’re teaching crt in public schools!” Bs is absolutely ridiculous. I’m just thankful this crap hasn’t spread to my sons school yet. I really dont want to have to get up and make some speech about how stupid/gullible people are being in a school board meeting, but I will if it comes down to it.

[@Gerryjournal]

By definition a religious person must be gullible

[@mikeymasters8459]

Be careful. They’ll start accusing you of being a Soros funded parent lmao

[@blktarockstar818]

The whole debate about if CRT is being taught in schools distracts from the conversation that it should be taught in schools

[@undrwatropium3724]

Crt is just American history

[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

Hegseth really showed Harvard by returning a sheet of paper that he spent 6 figures on. What a dope

[@weirdkitty07]

GOP has become a cult of personality.

[@docdirtymrclean3610]

Cult of Idiocracy* These ignorant, inbred, racists have no personality beyond the latest racist grifter with a dog whistle.

[@wgooetrik]

​@mainely8007luckily they are the minority

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

theyve been that since reagan

[@undrwatropium3724]

Id rather they had character

[@princesssugarart4873]

I’m not surprised. My husband grew up in that tiny town. One of the members that quit was his High School baseball coach. The counties next to this district are also very conservative. We had to move 5 years ago because it was just too much to deal with.

[@adamoregon3551]

Didn't they do this whole thing with Joe McCarthy back in the day? We learned about this; how are we not inoculated?

[@diallo1347]

Because Republicans don't believe in teaching accurate history so they have no point of reference.

[@nathanmead9585]

Unfortunately, there're always people who want to be told who to fear, even if they could never explain to you what they're so afraid of. It just requires someone with as twisted a mind as the elder McCarthy to take advantage of them. And shockingly, it turned out not to be Rove...

[@Joeyw-2203]

This McCarthy person sounds like the kind of Liberal propaganda that would be taught in History class if we let it come into the district.

[@hks2377]

Well, these are the people censoring those history lessons. Not a coincidence.

[@justincoleman3805]

How many Americans that didn’t live in the era of McCarthyism do you think have been taught about it?

[@sweetleaf9668]

Virginian here, so feel my pain as I rant for a moment. I am surrounded by these people and a damn Republican oligarch ran on the BS and had a bunch of ignorant and gullible parents up in arms, making threats, using bully tactics to intimidate teachers and school board members to the point of criminal behavior and of course the police stood by and did nothing. The Republicans had these people believing in shite that doesn't exist in our K-12 schools, and freaking won the Governorship running on it and they even took our House of Delegates. Thank the gods we retained our Senate, but holy hell, they could possible take the Senate this fall. I could continue with the things that has happened since the disaster and the darkness took over, but it to hard to go on. I live in the Twilight Zone. A Twilight Zone nightmare.

[@AmandaTroutman]

Finally, instead of the left eating itself, the right has finally come to the table!

[@hks2377]

The left is a big tent, but has the advantage of actually wanting to solve problems & picking problems that actually exist.

[@blevens7251]

Same thought exactly

[@jacobgibson9814]

Lol!!!

[@nathanjones6638]

And it is happening in the most important place. If we can get Reds out of education completely, then we can begin liberating the indoctrinated kids from religion and the fascism espoused by Conservative families.

[@2727rogers]

What left are you talking about. The fake left democrats like Bide and Pelosi who are in fact far right wing conservatives or the slightly left moderates like Bernie Sanders and A.O.C. who are truly left if just slightly.

[@felicityc]

I hope that someone on the inside writes a book about this. It sounds like an incredible story of betrayal and suspicion.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

In a way, it is also emblematic of how this started. Stoking fear, hatred and a downright paranoia over "people" and now having people so worked up they stop trusting anyone who is not as fearful, hateful and paranoid as they are. This, in a war, would be how some organisations would fight from the underground resistance: making sure that some events caused by them causes the occupational forces to think there are moles on their side...

[@Lynnianaa]

The conservatives have revealed their final form at last, and it happens to be the meme of Spider Man pointing at multiverse versions of himself.

[@beautifultrouble-vx4zj]

No that trans activists eating feminists and LGBs

[@obamas65khotdog54]

No, that's the T's and LGBs fighting eachother

[@Lynnianaa]

@@obamas65khotdog54 Yep! "Foot-in-mouth" seems to be the natural state of Trumpist Losers, Greenes, and Boeberts.

[@améliehester6996]

​@@obamas65khotdog54 Cope gr00mer

[@Toywins]

😂😂💯

[@karld001]

I don't know how Republicans can stand being around other Republicans.

[@dougdimmadoodahdaay7887]

but you are the racists, you are the sexists, your are the heterophobic, and you are the disgusting segregationalists. you also are the marxist authoritarian terrorists that locked down the world over a fear mongering propaganda campaign

[@jesspavlichenko5745]

"Your Ivy league degree made you dumber" "I have an Ivy league degree" Jesus christ

[@jaydubya3698]

You really have to wonder if that nice little speech was just another case of Carlson-Hannity-Ingraham syndrome: tell you viewers what they want to hear while you text your colleagues what your real opinions are. LOL

[@MaxRebo72]

@@jaydubya3698 That's absolutely what it was. They get paid pretty well, so they'll say whatever their producers want them to say. It gets people to tune in and keep their eyes and ears glued to the stream of bullshit.

[@nickthompson1812]

Wasn’t there a study that came out some years back about grade inflation? I would argue grade inflation DOES make people dumber. I made deans list one semester and I barely tried, studied only the day before tests. Curving tests and giving completion assignments in college is making people dumber. I can just go to quizlet or chegg and have all the answers to online tests in 30 minutes or less. There really is a bigger issue at hand.

[@jesspavlichenko5745]

@@nickthompson1812 higher education doesn't make people dumber. If they're dumb after, they were already dumb when they went in

[@StevenEveral]

Further proof that education =/= intelligence.

[@brew-whun]

I was taught CRT in high school. And the teacher was afraid to teach it to us. We asked her to. But to say that CRT isn't and shouldn't be taught to kids is ridiculous

[@LarryLopez91]

Emma talking about just how insane Republicans have gotten in just the last 10 years really got me thinking: what will they look/sound like by 2033??

[@Don.M.]

Hopefully nothing. Because they won’t exist.

[@nathandrake5544]

Very troubling to think about

[@baconsoup8346]

The whole party will probably go full Waffen SS + pro-slavery, as evil Christo-fascist crusaders that would make Beserk villians look not so bad or on par with them in comparison, they may as well literally dedicate themselves to the most vile acts unimaginable/imaginable out of religious devotion if not already, and as faith to white supremacy/aryanism, and one up each other in a never ending puritanism of madness + evil, which they seem to have been doing since 2016. Most of them are already nihilistic/psychopathic utter nutso religious fanatics, and finally about a dozen+ are pro-human trafficking, this includes Matt Gaetz quite obviously, and some of his fellows (I remember when 20 Repukes voted against a trafficking bill to aid victims), 99% of the party in positions of power is already pro-austerity/corpo-feudalism, pro-r@pe, pro-forced child pregnancy, pro-child-labor in the present, they must be defeated every election onward, and destroyed as a political party if this country is to survive. Honestly I never thought I would live to see the rise of such a evil force in America (with the help of the MSM, billionaires), or predict how they will evolve/degenerate in the future, they are certainly not gonna become more moderate, I swear the party & their rich donors are literally looking at Mein Kampf. Orwell's 1984, and the Handmaid's Tale as guidebooks, and the Cartels/CCP they claim to hate, be against, as inspiration.

[@danielcrafter9349]

They'll just be able to make bubbling sounds with their lips So, not far off from what they do now, tbf

[@marcushill7070]

Then won't sound like anything, none of us will. If we don't put a stop to their nonsense they are going to kill us all.

[@claytonstrickland8336]

If they did teach CRT they'd be a better district.

[@itsROMPERS...]

"people are threatening me why isn't the government doing anything to stop these threats of violence?"

[@nowknowthis]

Damn is he anti-free speech a secret communist I see. Lol xD conservatives are wild

[@andarwarje8127]

"I sent one of my degrees back" lol yes I'm sure that caused quite a stir in the mail room 🤣

[@falsenarrativecults6235]

They don't seem to know what it is they're even complaining about anymore because of how their reality contradicts what it is they're crying about!

[@falsenarrativecults6235]

@Mainely I'm glad you got the help you needed.

[@Ellieempress]

As it always has been with conservatives.

[@maritimeretro2855]

They're making us look at the things we did and I JUST CANT HANDLE THAT [resigns]

[@rabemolon]

Now they're starting to eat themselves.

[@boxsterman77]

Can the night of long knives be far away?

[@johnelove4714]

I'm Australian, a well-known saying here is that "white Australia has a black past" . Nobody disputes that it is a fact that previous generations stole the land and did terrible terrible things to the indigenous population. Understanding past history does not imply guilt on the current generation, it's simply informs us of how we got to where we are now. The only thing that the history enforces on the current generation is the responsibility to value and protect everyone in our community .

[@DustoMan]

My town has a school board election tomorrow. One of the concervative PACs sent out a mailers endorsing two candidates. At least one of them said they did not sign off on the endorsements saying they were trying to keep politics out of the race. I'm glad this PAC outed two people I'm gonna make a point to not vote for.

[@ldy2hzlft1111]

What are these OLD ppl doing at school boards. Im guessing their kids are grown like mine. its creepy. Old ppl wanting to know what children do at all times. Children that dont belong to them.

[@Thezuule1]

They call the cops on kids out playing and then complain the kids don't get outside enough. This is where we're at.

[@danieluhl6131]

"I sent back my degree, and I burned my coffee pot, because Fox News told me to."

[@royw-g3120]

And don’t forget to shoot your bud light now too!

[@Havarti_Samebito]

I don't remember who said it, but I remember a quote like "The Republican party was full of grifters, now it's filling up with people who fell for the grift." I guess a lot of them just never expected to have to deal with the obvious consequences of their actions so fast and so personally.

[@marvinsmith2116]

Hard to feel sorry

[@arbiterofperil]

All I can say is WOW such a sad statement of AmeriKKKa

[@serjarmen]

lol they're eating their own

[@beautifultrouble-vx4zj]

@Nicholas Time what lie?

[@stefanlvkc7986]

@Illhan Omar's Brother Aaron here seething because he can't get into any clubs...or within 500 feet of a school. LOL

[@2445ace]

Can't keep up with your own lies Aaron?

[@Thezuule1]

​@Illhan Omar's Brother didn't the guy run a neo nazi website? In any case, I'll assume you're straight, and you and I are unlikely to be on the same "team" based on that alone. Being nonbinary doesn't mean you suddenly side with gay people or trans people on anything. The tribal crap is just that.

[@obamas65khotdog54]

@@Thezuule1 Tell that the Ts fighting the LGBs LOL

[@ClarityDetermination]

"Yes and I gave one degree back" so that I'd be less educated. I actually think he could be right.😅

[@Longtack55]

Being misinformed is the American Way.

[@boxsterman77]

The Trumptard way. Let's be a little more precise.

[@w.s.soapcompany94]

It's crazy and lazy at the same time. @8:11 How does this even support their position? 16% is a small fraction to begin with but a fraction of what? She only says high school graduates not HS grads who didn't go to college which we must then assume is what she ment and then she says they 'earn more then half' which is still less and could be quite a bit less if she was specific about what "more then half" means, probably less than three quarters but who knows either way it's not proof that college degrees are not more valuable then hs diploma but they sure carry on as if that's the case. It is as if they are operating under the strategy that reading off some statistics will have a hypnotic effect on their own audience even if those stats do not support the conclusion.

[@admdubya2107]

What’s scary is if the good ones stop participating, one of the crazy ones can win the seat.

[@brianbarber5401]

Until eventually, everyone ignores them and tells them to eff off out of here, they no longer are recognized as representing the parents.

[@babaganouche9605]

Man, this is such a great clip. Start to finish. Nailed it Emma.

[@boysilver2556]

Had me laughing out loud for several minutes, especially the second half. So on point.

[@nickthompson1812]

I’m about 9:30 in and I don’t think she’s said a word. I think we have a simp on our hands boys.

[@babaganouche9605]

@@nickthompson1812 I'm a straight woman, but nice try. They all speak more at the end, but I particularly liked Emma's points. Stop being weird.

[@Imperial-Socialist]

Funny how they always claim to have proof, but can never produce said proof lol

[@jackalope5589]

I think I’m having a schadenfreude overload 😂😂😂

[@jerrymitchell7918]

Why don’t they just ask a teacher if it being taught? Smh

[@Falloutx360a]

They wouldn't believe the answer if the answer was "No"

[@ThePwig]

They don’t care. That’s the point of the video. There isn’t anything happening in the school district. Nothing has changed as far as curriculum. But people are still constantly bringing it up like some weird bogeyman

[@Hellkite-er5pg]

They don't believe the teachers.

[@beautifultrouble-vx4zj]

CRT isn't only being taught in schools, it's being done in schools.

[@cameronmcleod8419]

​@@beautifultrouble-vx4zj Aaron, what fresh pipe are you smoking from?

[@billg4517]

How do you get beyond racial division if you refuse to address the root cause of the problem?

[@kitcrft421]

You don't and that's why I keep saying that Civil War is eventually inevitable

[@fwdcnorac8574]

Two quotes come to mind: “If you aren't destroying your enemies, it's because you have been conquered and assimilated, you do not even have an idea of who your enemies are. You have been brainwashed into believing you are your own enemy, and you are set against yourself. The enemy is laughing at you as you tear yourself to pieces. That is the most effective warfare an enemy can launch on his foes: confounding them.” ― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity “Good wins in the end because evil is a self-destructive, cannibalistic force that Inevitably engorges upon itself.” ― Ken Poirot

[@tylertyler82]

So good wins only because it’s so weak that it has to wait for hate to destroy itself ? That gives me hope 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@wickedymike]

@@tylertyler82 Good can triumph in many different ways over evil. But it is the self-destructive nature of evil that makes this *inevitable*.

[@milespaw]

It is easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. MT.

[@Mydogslove2laugh]

I believe good and love always wins in the end

[@brianpowell6058]

You forgot, "Stupid is as stupid does." --- Momma Gump.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

It's horrifying

[@mikeross4937]

I like to read CRT when I am on the litter box.

[@Montesama314]

Bigotry inevitably means self-destruction. Continuing to point at new enemies to distract people from systemic problems, continuing to stigmatize and exclude, and you inevitably end up attacking your own people for not being pure enough.

[@zubizuva]

Sometimes it be your own people.

[@juliehenderson1672]

Did he purge his education from his mind? If so, he would be a "GG" like Boobert!

[@Toastcat890]

If this continues I hope enough teachers and school officials quit that people have to home school their own kids maybe if parents had to spend 24/7 with their kids they'd have some respect for teachers and school officials.

[@hks2377]

That’s the thing! They also b!tched & made threats when schools were closed for Covid. They couldn’t handle distance learning. No way can they homeschool. So they demand educators run the schools to their exact specifications. They think the Pledge is no longer said in schools because they never show up to events or volunteer at their own kids’ schools, or they joined PTA & are mad they weren’t elected president, because the other parents can’t stand them.

[@heytheyby]

That is literally their goal. They have been purposefully destroying the Dept of Ed because an educated populace is harder to control. The trans genocide they're working on is just a bonus for them. Forcing everyone to home school or go private will simply result in even more severe polarization of the owner and the worker classes. Rich people will always be able to hire tutors or pay private tuition.

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

Why are political parties associated with school board titles? America is so fkn lame

[@iNCoMpeTeNtplAyS]

Guy is saying college is a scam and is always against the tuition reimbursement.

[@brandonm949]

I'm still trying to process that stat Jeanine Pirro threw out, because I'm pretty sure it's not saying what she thinks it's saying. There's some amount of income where half of people with bachelor's degrees earn less than that. Aka their median income - let's call it $70,000. 16% of high school graduates earn more than $70,000. But by definition, 50% of people with bachelor's degrees earn more than $70,000. So by getting a bachelor's degree, I can triple my odds of making $70,000 per year? That sounds like a pretty fantastic investment if you ask me.

[@coreykwok4143]

Yeah the low stat of 16% threw me. Like I always assumed that people generally understand the difference between big number and small number. And also general odds in terms of betting and making decisions. To lean on a small percentage to back your argument is wild.

[@MrBlack_761]

The idiotic, hateful snake is now eating its own tail....who could’ve seen this coming??? (Other than everyone else)

[@alvinjohnson2402]

So I guess their next school board will be a bunch of conspiracy based authoritarian, religious nutcases. thic reminds me of Medieval Europe.

[@sugarsore]

Fear is a powerful motivator.

[@kcolonelx6181]

Joe Biden should propose a grant program to establish a new state university in each state in the U.S. More supply means lower cost.

[@Lahng_Blackduke]

That is an idea I would love to see. Since we know he's not going to do that, you should run with that as your platform.

[@hks2377]

State universities already get federal funding. More universities isn’t the problem. Clueless people demonizing & defunding education is.

[@kcolonelx6181]

@@hks2377 No, the cost is the problem.

[@beverly719]

JFC 🙄🤦‍♀️🤬…there is NOTHING more indicative of indoctrination than religion! JFC 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@jjboys215]

This is easily solved. Colleges/Universities just need to make the parts of history or society the Christian Taliban has a problem with mandatory courses for admission. Problem solved

[@mboyd988]

Here's the great thing about all these resignations nationwide. Now, someone who is actually qualified and would do the job can get hired.

[@Chipsandip501]

Love the show!!

[@rko1095]

I wish these school boards would force these so called parents that if they spew this garbage then they have to come with facts and evidence to support their claim otherwise you cannot say 💩

[@RBZ-1]

It would just pivot to an all out fight about their God given rights of freedom of speech and being silenced. No matter what ridiculous narrative you can debunk, they can always spin up a new one to save blind hypocrisy.

[@wolffofcinema3448]

Sad thing is, they might’ve been really good board members. I don’t know if they were, but this kind of madness needs to stop.

[@hks2377]

Not likely, since the principle said their campaign promises included getting CRT out of the curriculum. They saw too late that they ran on a lie & the lie is now bigger than them. They egged people on & only care about the consequences that affect themselves personally.

[@floydammons5429]

They most certainly were not good members because they didn't know that crt isn't taught in grade school. Plus they think fox is a legit source for news

[@fu566]

I love how he says christian K-12, because the church definitley never endoctrinated anybody right

[@netgirljimi3225]

School Boards are a litmus test. I worked in K12 for a long time. I was in IT. They really said that Prayer would help with the SOLS.

[@nathanmead9585]

That's why conservatives are pouring so much money into School Board races. Control the right ones, and their one step closer to eliminating public schools and replacing them with mandatory Bible camps.

[@luxitos2867]

OMG, that'd make me sick working for a pla e like that.

[@heathergaal7179]

Almost all republican voters have no idea what crt is or can define it...I can only hope that this party implodes and doesn't take down much of society with it..I hope they teach woke history in my children's school..I want my children woke and aware and empathetic to others especially those that are not as privileged as they are..I have never had a child of mine say they feel bad for being white however I have heard them say that slavery was disgusting and that racism does still exist...my children will be prepared for the world and I hope we have taught them to be kind and to have faith in whichever higher power they choose to follow...these people just read crap on Facebook and take it as research...good god🤪

[@retror.d.1630]

“You went to an Ivy League school” 👀🤣

[@NinjaThatLongboards]

Hilarious how all the ones railing against elite institutions were old money legacy students at Yale and Harvard.

[@lochnessspeedwerkz6557]

Its time to start requiring you have a child attending the school board to participate in these meetings. 🤦

[@melissaorellana6951]

Good luck… the loudest are usually the ones that won’t volunteer an hour for anything in a classroom. 22+ years of volunteering (yes I had a full time stressful job throughout) - socioeconomic status didn’t matter, parents spent little time in the schools or helping in any way, no matter what their background…

[@loganbreau882]

Hey that's a few less crazies running our education. Maybe we can actually get some real CRT in that area after this.

[@dustinchristiansen3381]

The problem is the fucking crazy broads didn't resign

[@Tlacaelel1124]

@Michael Euthanasia 🙄 You definitely do not know what it is. lol

[@nolongerblocked6210]

If those people retired(who believed the crt myth, they just happened to know it wasn't true at their school) you think someone better will take their places?? Everyone there believed the bs. No chance someone better takes em, they'll be replaced by other wackos who'll preform the witch hunt they so badly want. It's only a matter of time before they're throwing chained & weighted people in lakes to see if they float aka the Salem Witch trials

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

@michaeleuthanasia7089 It's only being taught as an extra credit course IN COLLEGE.

[@magcarta]

don't encourage them

[@ashleecantu6470]

The more educated people are, the more liberal they are. That's another part of it.

[@dougdimmadoodahdaay7887]

because anyone with half a brain can see that the modern education system is in shambles

[@MaineEDM]

I'm sure, if it existed, that guy who sent his degree back would get that procedure from "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" to have those college years zapped from his memory. 😉

[@ag-om6nr]

This couldn't happen to nicer people !

[@dubuque1]

In my day CRT was Cathode Ray Tube, fancy name for early computer monitors.

[@Atmost11]

Prove it

[@danielcrafter9349]

​@@Atmost11- why?

[@neemz9361]

“Form minds, not indoctrinate” the stupidity runs deep

[@zubizuva]

ban Great Replacement Theory from being taught in our schools.

[@beautifultrouble-vx4zj]

It's Democrats thing tho.

[@toneyingram732]

@@beautifultrouble-vx4zj racist stop doing it

[@basedtruthpiller7140]

@@toneyingram732 No, it's literally a Democrat thing from 2009.

[@améliehester6996]

​@@basedtruthpiller7140 No it isn't. We're teaching chiIdren it's a conservative ideoIogy, and it's working. Look at aII the youth we're Ieading away to the Ieft. Conservatism is becoming history. HaiI soIidarity!

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

It's not being taught in our schools, Fox is LYING TO YOU.

[@madliberal7710]

I'm pretty sure no academic entity is forcing elementary school and high school students to "indoctrinate" them with CRT which is a COLLEGE LEVEL course taught mostly to college law school students.

[@onewhovlogs]

Kyle Clark is like an actual journalist its shocking

[@tomgoodwin7134]

Kyle Clark is a Colorado treasure

[@jamesbryant3810]

They don't even know what CRT is.

[@OH_MY_DOGGG]

Its a theory about being critical on race.

[@jamesbryant3810]

@@OH_MY_DOGGG it's a theory on systemic racism. How racism plays apart in education, employment, economics, in health care and housing. Which is taught only in colleges. Not in elementary or high schools.

[@OH_MY_DOGGG]

@@jamesbryant3810 Within the context of an educational curriculum proposal. Should it be in basic education? My answer is no. Whats yours?

[@jamesbryant3810]

@@OH_MY_DOGGG Basic education, no. But in higher education yes. In my opinion it should be taught in higher education because that's where the next doctors, lawyers, educators and business personnel. They should go into these fields with the understanding of how this long standing systemic agenda operates and understand how they will deal with it once they're in the field of employment and how will they use the power they may have that can have an impact on the lives under their authority.

[@jamesbryant3810]

My question to you should African American history be taught along with American history or band to save the feelings of a certain demographic of children as stated by some. And what about the feelings of those kids who history is being whitewashed?

[@anp730]

"You went to ivy league, right?" "Yeah, but....." 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@scotthoughton7245]

All who put this brilliant channel together I commend you. The world needs your prospective. Thank you.

[@francisdelacruz6439]

Is it still being discussed that there is race discrimination in the US? I thought that's so obvious by now. Outside the US thats a given but one do hope that at a certain point meritocracy would overcome this in certain aspects. Certainly in University environments its negligible if at all there. Maybe the CRT issue would dissipate when racial discrimination also becomes a non-issue.

[@rcavicchijr]

It's amazing to me how many people so easily buy into the idea that everything that they've told to fear and hate can be covered by two all encompassing terms that no one can define.

[@Dutch3DMaster]

CRT is perfectly capable of a definition. The problem in this discussion is that CRT as the university-level educational material it is is not taught in elementary school, it simply isn't because of well... it's complex, in a way that children that age would be in no way capable of fully understanding, fully encompass and especially be aware of to the degree CRT tries to make people aware of in the studies that require the theory. I'm afraid I'm not sure what the other term is that you mean, but that doesn't really matter: I agree with the fact it's amazing to see adults being this stupid.

[@Janizzary]

That Colorado story reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" with Q Anon playing the part of the aliens.

[@RoninDave]

But the aliens knew what they are doing whereas QANON has been taken over by the inmates

[@Scarfgirl]

I don't know that one. Can I get an episode recap kind sir?

[@hks2377]

Oh, wow. Exactly! My daughter had to read that in 6th grade. Such a good lesson for kids, but a lot of parents need it more.

[@hks2377]

@@Scarfgirl It was an analogy of the Red Scare. Neighbors become paranoid that aliens infiltrated their neighborhood when the power goes out after they see a meteor. They dismiss a kids’ hypothesis about the outage, based on a comic book, until when one guy’s car seemed to start on his own. They jump to conclusions he’s the alien. Eventually, one neighbor shoots another before he can even see who it is, then everyone starts suspecting he’s the alien.

[@impressiveprogressive7343]

"Chickens coming home to roost never bothered me before", Malcomb X. I'm surprised they haven't banned the letters C, R and T from the ABC's and English language too.

[@bookgirlny8511]

God forbid MAGA should ever actually read any actual CRT authors, lmaooo.

[@lindseystein9676]

It would hurt their feelings for some bizarro reason

[@52flyingbicycles]

The Onion: Trump voter feels betrayed after reading 800 page book on queer feminist theory

[@LarryLopez91]

It's difficult to read when you're illiterate.

[@obamas65khotdog54]

Name 1

[@soulknife20]

​@@obamas65khotdog54 Name 1 what?

[@MommyOfZoeAndLiam]

First of all CRT is college level material that is generally taught to Law students and in Masters level Social Work degrees. Secondly it is basically the idea that there is inequity in our legal system that disfavors the poor (duh! two tiered legal system, the rich NEVER get punished) and also due to historical factors it can disfavor many minorities. The law is supposed to be blind, but the people who administer it are not, and CRT teaches us to look at how our laws can disproportionately affect certain populations, as well as how our own biases may affect how we administer the law. So even if we were teaching some basic version of this in schools, so what?? We would be teaching children that we need to consider if things are fair and if we find that certain systems treat some people unfairly we should work to make things better??? OH NO! Teaching children to think about how others are treated? Can't have that.

[@davidbright6790]

Peter Hegseth definitely earned his degrees if he thinks posting a certificate back erases the records 😂

[@ajvanmarle]

"What do predators eat when they've eaten all the prey?" "Each other." When all that's left are the fanatics, they will tear each other apart to prove they are the most fanatic.

[@somniatic]

I didn’t learn much at home, other than love and respect Jesus, your father says it’s important he hustles and that cheating on my mom was a thing that was bound to happen, and that if you have a kid expect it to be like your brother who will blame you for everything even when you try your hardest I’m thankful to school, to education and higher education. It showed me other avenues I can take- I don’t have to follow in their footsteps

[@nickthompson1812]

Anybody who speaks against education is scared that education will blow up their carefully constructed narratives of the world. Education expands minds. It’s hard to have an opinion about something if you don’t even know about it.

[@bigmouthprick5852]

Sorry about your folks sincerely.