All the more reason why we must try and provide our friends with spaces for just such conversations. Stilll, I confess, as I said in a blog today, 23rd, that we need place our hopes on coming generations and the ability of our present educational system, however vulnerable and fragile it is, to see us through.
So here's the problem. The schools in my neighborhood have been roiled in Christian Nationalist attacks. As seen on TV and included my congressman, Madison Cawthorn (who, by the way, is so dedicated to his constituents that he has abandoned them and his office. I've never seen anything like this). And, a Christian Nationalist I know who is upset about black people, gay people, trans people, etc., has taken his kids out of the school system to protect them from contact from any of these people or science and placed them in "home schooling" which is conducted in a church. They're creating a parallel reality within the country. They're already walking away from our present education system.
I live in North Carolina. Over 10% of students here are home schooled. The rate of increase is as high as 41%, depending on the grade. The "home schooled" kids often attend a school at a church that doesn't care if teachers are actual teachers. These parents, typicall white, have gotten their separate and unequal educations. This won't be fixed in our lifetimes.
A number of forces have robbed us of third places, putting us in bubbles. It might also be better to realize that followers follow and leaders are the leaders. They are the one's who matter. It still seems farfetched to expect our elite cabal will stop ritual adrenochrome drinking and focus on finding common ground.
All the more reason why we must try and provide our friends with spaces for just such conversations. Stilll, I confess, as I said in a blog today, 23rd, that we need place our hopes on coming generations and the ability of our present educational system, however vulnerable and fragile it is, to see us through.
So here's the problem. The schools in my neighborhood have been roiled in Christian Nationalist attacks. As seen on TV and included my congressman, Madison Cawthorn (who, by the way, is so dedicated to his constituents that he has abandoned them and his office. I've never seen anything like this). And, a Christian Nationalist I know who is upset about black people, gay people, trans people, etc., has taken his kids out of the school system to protect them from contact from any of these people or science and placed them in "home schooling" which is conducted in a church. They're creating a parallel reality within the country. They're already walking away from our present education system.
I live in North Carolina. Over 10% of students here are home schooled. The rate of increase is as high as 41%, depending on the grade. The "home schooled" kids often attend a school at a church that doesn't care if teachers are actual teachers. These parents, typicall white, have gotten their separate and unequal educations. This won't be fixed in our lifetimes.
A number of forces have robbed us of third places, putting us in bubbles. It might also be better to realize that followers follow and leaders are the leaders. They are the one's who matter. It still seems farfetched to expect our elite cabal will stop ritual adrenochrome drinking and focus on finding common ground.