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wellst0nev0ter

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50. Once Again, Some Dems Are Ready To Dodge a Culture War Instead of Winning It
Wed Jun 23, 2021, 08:10 PM
Jun 2021

First of all, everything you've been hearing from the goops about CRT is a big, honking lie, a deliberate misinformation campaign designed to scare perpetually nervous Democrats.

Second, this should be an opportunity to speak from a position of extreme confidence, not from a fear of backlash.

"Education is good"

"Racism is bad"

"The U.S. had a racist history"

"White nationalists suck"


This isn't complicated unless you WANT to make it complicated.

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Yep. Every year, it's something new. Gay Marriage was the GOP sword used in early 2004. TheBlackAdder Jun 2021 #1
Conservatives will surely try to make it the issue. Caliman73 Jun 2021 #2
Yes, GQP will make *ANY* issue to tag dems pols with vs dem pols getting out first and tagging them uponit7771 Jun 2021 #3
SOME people were actually advocating reducing Police Budgets (like me) maxsolomon Jun 2021 #4
Just more goop Koolaid wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #32
I guess that depends FBaggins Jun 2021 #5
Yes and it will probably just as effective underpants Jun 2021 #6
Why was that Pelosi's fault? moose65 Jun 2021 #9
Well they had a closed door meeting from what I read underpants Jun 2021 #10
DCCC autopsy blamed the House wipeout on trumpanzee turnout wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #33
Okay thanks. Good info. underpants Jun 2021 #35
Defund the Police KT2000 Jun 2021 #7
Trumpanzee turnout and bad Dem adverting was the cause of the election losses wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #34
It sure made fodder KT2000 Jun 2021 #48
How many goops won in Seattle? wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #52
we see things differently KT2000 Jun 2021 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #57
And there's the back of the t-shirt. LanternWaste Jun 2021 #8
What fucking idiot decided to call it a "theory?" leftstreet Jun 2021 #11
The scholars who came up with the phrase over 20 years ago. JHB Jun 2021 #12
And nothing's changed in 20 years leftstreet Jun 2021 #15
There's a whole internet for you to just look up its history and see who they were... JHB Jun 2021 #19
CRT actually got its start in the 1970s wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #37
It has led to a lot of innovation iemanja Jun 2021 #43
Lol the people who understand what "theory" actually means. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #13
Racial justice isn't a theory leftstreet Jun 2021 #14
Remember how angry people got at Trump's "Patriotic Education" idea? brooklynite Jun 2021 #17
but alas our media and politicians rely on branding n/t leftstreet Jun 2021 #18
A theory doesn't determine whether something exists; it's meant to explain how/why something exists. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #20
It's a mode of analysis iemanja Jun 2021 #44
The academics who use it in their work. iemanja Jun 2021 #41
Yes. GoCubsGo Jun 2021 #16
Absolutely. Especially good since it came it came straight off some university campus so it sounds... Hekate Jun 2021 #21
Critical Race Theory isn't taught to kids in elementary school StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #25
Which is why I referenced middle schoolers & high schoolers Hekate Jun 2021 #27
It's not taught in middle or high schools either. StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #28
The issue, as I understand it, is whether it *should* be taught to anyone at any time for any reason Hekate Jun 2021 #29
That's not the issue StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #31
CRT is code for Facts. maxsolomon Jun 2021 #38
Got that at the outset Hekate Jun 2021 #64
No and yes StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #22
Exactly. n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #26
According to wiki, it began in 1989 with a workshop at UW Madison Klaralven Jun 2021 #39
You misread the Wikipedia article StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #55
One of at least 2 - Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #23
. SunImp Jun 2021 #24
"All Democrats" should be supportive of CRT ismnotwasm Jun 2021 #36
NO iemanja Jun 2021 #40
You lost me (and most voters) at academic mode of analysis... brooklynite Jun 2021 #45
No one is iemanja Jun 2021 #46
Are you familiar with the Texas School Board? brooklynite Jun 2021 #47
That is exactly what the right has done iemanja Jun 2021 #49
I'm NOT objecting to changing the curriculum; I'm objecting to the pointless phraseology brooklynite Jun 2021 #51
the phrasing is the right wing's iemanja Jun 2021 #53
Thank you StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #56
right iemanja Jun 2021 #60
True StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #63
Yes. The latest "be afraid of black people" tactic used by Republicans. jalan48 Jun 2021 #42
Once Again, Some Dems Are Ready To Dodge a Culture War Instead of Winning It wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #50
But but but StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #58
Who wants to win trumpanzee votes anyway? wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #59
Culture wars aren't about winning. They're about whipping up hysteria, Crunchy Frog Jun 2021 #61
Goops are better at making people pissed off at imaginary shit wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #62
Damn straight. aocommunalpunch Jun 2021 #65
That's exactly what I'm afraid of wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #66
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