MAGA is classical conservatism, possibly even reactionary. It's right there: "Make America Great Again." When discussing political ideology, "conservatives" see value in tradition and what existed prior to present day.
A reactionary desires a return to the past, in this political parlance. Make America Great Again is a rallying call to return to the traditional American values as progressivism has taken us too far. So, we may be further on the spectrum of change than we think.
Lastly, before becoming excited and supportive about being a populist, just remember what came after the populist movement. Progressivism. Big, bold progressivism in both parties.
The display of any banner is free speech. Free speech is only protected from government incursion, not judgments but other individuals or your employer.
Why can't they be both? Like Maxine Waters or AOC? Up until Biden was the inevitable candidate, both were the tail wagging the democrat party dog.
That's a pleasant thought.
Corona will probably end after January 2021. Electoral College votes have to be counted and verified by Congress. Also, lawsuits regarding voting at the state level and whatever those rulings would entail.
Something similar is going on in my division with the required staff masks. High risk teachers are entitled to telework (includes teachers who may not wear a mask). HIPAA regulations also mean that although your employer can require a medical note, your conditions or reasons do not have to be given.
On the other hand, if you want to give the middle finger to the requirement, there are clear spit shields that definitely look like they do nothing to restrict respiration (or virus). Waiting for mine to arrive before I figure out how many Karens I can trigger, because they don't look useful. At all.
Another Social Studies teacher! It's lovely to see you here, and with an incredible name!
I don't quite understand the distrust and downing of the history teachers. My department is rather based and insists on using documents and encourages critical thinking across the board. The more conferences I attend, the more I see the trend becoming document analysis and writing, not necessarily drill and kill.
You're definitely correct regarding the English department. Also, something seems to be going on with the new science teachers in the last 5 years or so. All of the new ones for us have been SJW types some as bad as the English dept.
^ This. 1000% this.
Public schools aren't going away, even with school choice. The best way to reform the schools is an actively participating parent community.
Also, a lot of parents do not realize how much propaganda is not chosen by the teacher but is mandated through the administration, school boards, and guidance counselors. It's like playing whack-a-mole, but find a based and/or cynical teacher and they can point you on the direction from which the Barbara Streisand flows. You might be surprised at how many teachers are against it, too.
This is a line guys love, but it's not quite right. After 40, sperm starts to decline in quality and causes an increase in genetic defects and has been linked to autism.
So, yeah, guys can sire kids after 40, but the older the man, the more defective the sperm.
Name checks out! 👶
Because special interest groups like Planned Parenthood, PFLAG, etc influence curricula at the state level through campaign funding, lobbying, and demanding a spot at the standards planning table. Conservatives largely abandoned influencing schools. Stupidly.
As for self defense classes, school boards would never allow any martial class knowing how many litigious parents are waiting to sue for damages. Also, this would require a new set of state licensing or adding a specialization onto a Phys Ed license.
Sounds like you're either young or don't have kids in school or both.
Fair enough.
Except you invoked the Founders. My post simply corrects your assertion of what the Founders intended.
Also, "what used to be" is sort of what we're preserving from Antifa/BLM.
The Founders understood the general inertia of humanity, but they left how people could vote up to the states. In general, until the election of Andrew Jackson, anyone without property could not vote. In other words, in order to vote one must work hard to attain property or have prior wealth. Civics tests and poll taxes were fine until the 20th century.
And then there's the Electoral College...
Voting was not intended to be for everyone or "easy." That's the work of the left.
"Liberals get the bullet, too."
They always forget that part. Revolutions eat their own.
Brave New World is probably more relevant to the situation... Between all of the sterility, drugs, focus on emotion, and caste system, Brave New World should be mandatory reading.
Or just watch Demolition Man and read the Cliffsnotes 😂
The real issue here is why does this age group believe verbal assault is an acceptable method of communication. This isn't reserved for police. Every time they disagree with someone, the odds that they will verbally assault whomever rises. They do it to police, customer service, teachers, almost anyone and record it.
Yep, went through a less intense situation than OP, but was informed by local police that without signage no report for trespassing could be filed.
Came here for this.
Check your local ordinances for what constitutes "trespassing." Most places require signage before a police report can be filed.
Place a couple of "No Trespassing" signs on your property, get video streams (possibly with an alert to your phone when there's motion--Arlo cameras do this), and be cordial. Don't give them any chance of claiming provocation if you need to file a report/sue for damages
Updoots x100. Education at all levels suffers proportional to government involvement.
As someone who teaches history and many of the associated subjects, this view became outdated sometime between 5 and 10 years ago.
The humanities are essential to understanding who we are and where we have been. So much so that even MIT has a history program. The last major STEM push in education was intertwined with the No Child Left Behind objectives and standards movement. That period devalued history, geography, writing, long-term projects, and divergent, critical thinking. Ethics, philosophy, current events, geography, some years of American History, Art History, Western Civilization classes have all been minimized or eliminated in my school. Tell me this has no bearing on the mobs of people destroying our heritage.
As for the cesspool of Marxism and intersectionality, have you looked at Facebook, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, or any other major tech/science firm? No? Look again. If that is too far removed from the classroom, check out the new front line in science and math teachers hitting the high schools in the last 5 years or so... they're propagating this as much as any English teacher with crit lit theory.
So, yeah, humanities were largely minimized in favor of chasing the STEM dragon to make our students more globally competitive. And here we are with the H-1B program to drive down costs when we are graduating engineering and science students who are either under- or unemployed.
Government shouldn't be in the business of funding any particular major or degree. A degree's value should be determined by an unfettered market, not some timely academics in bureaucracy.
^ This. Before the internet we were awash in normies with no out as kids.
It's quite alright. Most high school history teachers don't know anything about this period of time, so anyone with an American public school background (unless they have a history background, degree, or an unnatural interest in the 19th century) would know even less.
Anarchy, itself, was not broadly attractive or popular outside of the usual malcontents. However, it was effective due to the reactions and fear it elicited in people. I mean, who the hell wants to anger people willing to set bombs while they're in range? No one. At least not before modern medicine and security...
Good post on the rise of authoritarian rulers, but there's a vital piece that should be added: the role of anarchists.
All of this followed a massive anarchist movement between 1860s and 1920s that was meant to destabilize and foment rebellion. This included a spate of assassinations of world leaders (President McKinley included), major industrialists, and other public figures. Gavrilo Princip was one of these anarchists... You might remember him as Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin. The incident that lit the powder keg of Europe and began World War I.
The BLM/Antifa riots are direct heirs of this movement and must be dealt with swiftly and with overwhelming force.
Your post acknowledged various Marxist schools of thought/theory, but without the general chaos and unease fostered by anarchists, Marxism would not have had the fertile soil of grow.
There's a lot more to be said about this anarchist movement, but I suggest looking up "propaganda of the deed" as a starting point. Then look at the ties between anarchists and communists that develop around the 1890s.
Tangential problem: NYC (and DC) house a great deal of Western Civilization's great works of art, documents, artifacts... Who is going to protect our cultural birthright when the leftist revisionists pass down their apartheid inspired rulings?
That 10%, although important, can be covered by cutting teacher pay/denying experience steps, putting transportation/athletic equipment/textbook purchases on hold, cutting professional development offered by the schools, not hiring for open positions and raising class sizes, cutting after school programs, and even cut hours/days in the building.
Basically, school divisions know how to cut costs but keep their bureaucracy intact and make the community feel it. It's the same thing when businesses have tax increases--the cost/pain is passed on to the consumer.
Furthermore, if it's a blue state, they'll simply raise taxes or divert funding from something else (infrastructure, law enforcement) to cover the shortfall. This is what Virginia declared at the beginning of the coronavirus budget issues. Everything else in the state budget would be cut/suspended except education.
Public schools have been doing this longer than most people have been paying attention.