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In reply to the discussion: "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach." [View all]budkin
(6,849 posts)2. After the right wing media chamber blasted it out nonstop
You can't give them that kind of ammunition.
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"I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach." [View all]
Duppers
Nov 2021
OP
Of course. But the "blame the media" crowd seems to think they cost McAuliffe the election
onenote
Nov 2021
#41
Trump said far worse. The difference is the Republicans are viscous in their campaigning.
Doodley
Nov 2021
#3
my parents complained once when a history teacher integrated religious doctrine into material
cadoman
Nov 2021
#23
Considering that legislation can't get passed without Dem support, he's just gonna issue
In It to Win It
Nov 2021
#19
Well, the state senate wasn't on the ballot so we keep that at least until 2023
In It to Win It
Nov 2021
#22
they will believe the repub when he tells them that "critical race theory" is out
rampartc
Nov 2021
#28
For some voters it came across like he was telling parents it wasn't any of their business
MichMan
Nov 2021
#21
We need to say things in public that make people feel empowered, not disenfranchised.
KY_EnviroGuy
Nov 2021
#34
He wasn't wrong... but that was a fucking stupid thing to say out loud.
Act_of_Reparation
Nov 2021
#40
As if the parents don't already know the quality of their neighborhood schools.
lindysalsagal
Nov 2021
#49