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Hugh Young (hugh@mastodon.nz)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 19:41:35 JST Hugh Young
in reply to
- Hyolobrika
@Hyolobrika Not "social justice", social justice. What have you got against social justice? You think kids should be taught bigotry?
It's not "leftist" to teach kids that all people are equal and that being different isn't wrong.

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Hugh Young (hugh@mastodon.nz)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 19:41:33 JST Hugh Young
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- Hyolobrika
@Hyolobrika
"blaming today's cis het white men for crimes committed by yesterday's cis het white men."
is a right-wing parody of what CRT (which is not taught in schools) is. The books being banned do little more than describe accurately what slavery and segregation were, and how they were overcome.

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Hugh Young (hugh@mastodon.nz)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 01:22:11 JST Hugh Young
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@Hyolobrika @thatguyoverthere @arossp @jbouie
But is all of children's education up to the parents? You"re begging (assuming your preferred answer to) the question.

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Hugh Young (hugh@mastodon.nz)'s status on Friday, 31-Mar-2023 01:22:09 JST Hugh Young
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@Hyolobrika @thatguyoverthere @arossp @jbouie
No. Children need to get another perspective on the world than just their parents'. They need to be exposed to the marketplace of ideas.
Nothing but parents' views 24/7/365 is how cults survive.

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Hugh Young (hugh@mastodon.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 22:15:59 JST Hugh Young
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@Hyolobrika @arossp @jbouie
Parents' rights are absolutely not absolute.
We have numerous laws to protect children from abuse, including by their parents.
One of those abuses is to teach children lies and keep them from learning (age-appropriately) about the world as it is.

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Hugh Young (hugh@mastodon.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Mar-2023 22:15:57 JST Hugh Young
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@Hyolobrika @arossp @jbouie
So you're utterly opposed to deSantis's banning of books and restrictions on the curriculum?

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