Derek Black
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But 10 years later, only 12 people show up to the final meeting. So you had something that changed there. And so you have this sort of period of escalating disunion. and censorship and propaganda and sort of policing what is publicly acceptable commentary in the South.
But 10 years later, only 12 people show up to the final meeting. So you had something that changed there. And so you have this sort of period of escalating disunion. and censorship and propaganda and sort of policing what is publicly acceptable commentary in the South.
But 10 years later, only 12 people show up to the final meeting. So you had something that changed there. And so you have this sort of period of escalating disunion. and censorship and propaganda and sort of policing what is publicly acceptable commentary in the South.
All this stuff is happening, sort of going in and editing their sort of censoring textbooks, demanding that books only be written by Southerners. Like, oh, I make it go on and on and on. We don't have time for it. What I point out, though,
All this stuff is happening, sort of going in and editing their sort of censoring textbooks, demanding that books only be written by Southerners. Like, oh, I make it go on and on and on. We don't have time for it. What I point out, though,
All this stuff is happening, sort of going in and editing their sort of censoring textbooks, demanding that books only be written by Southerners. Like, oh, I make it go on and on and on. We don't have time for it. What I point out, though,
And my analysis of what's going on right now over the last few years in education is that there are a lot of policies that are attacking public education in the way that they previously had. And a lot of them are symbolic of disunion instincts, right? Sort of just sort of anti-government. Yeah. Anti sort of whatever the current culture is.
And my analysis of what's going on right now over the last few years in education is that there are a lot of policies that are attacking public education in the way that they previously had. And a lot of them are symbolic of disunion instincts, right? Sort of just sort of anti-government. Yeah. Anti sort of whatever the current culture is.
And my analysis of what's going on right now over the last few years in education is that there are a lot of policies that are attacking public education in the way that they previously had. And a lot of them are symbolic of disunion instincts, right? Sort of just sort of anti-government. Yeah. Anti sort of whatever the current culture is.
And then there's actually policies that I argue are facilitating disunion. And one of those that I talk about is our public school voucher. I say private school vouchers. You are so upset with โ you're so raging at the public school system that we need private school vouchers, right? And we are effectively paying โ we're going to pay individuals โ to leave the public school system.
And then there's actually policies that I argue are facilitating disunion. And one of those that I talk about is our public school voucher. I say private school vouchers. You are so upset with โ you're so raging at the public school system that we need private school vouchers, right? And we are effectively paying โ we're going to pay individuals โ to leave the public school system.
And then there's actually policies that I argue are facilitating disunion. And one of those that I talk about is our public school voucher. I say private school vouchers. You are so upset with โ you're so raging at the public school system that we need private school vouchers, right? And we are effectively paying โ we're going to pay individuals โ to leave the public school system.
And I call this a coded call for disunion, even if people don't think that's what they're doing. If we look back at where we started this conversation, which is institution of public education as something upon which American democracy has been built. Of course, it had lots of flaws and it wasn't perfect, but it's been part of how we build a democracy. It's always been a bipartisan project.
And I call this a coded call for disunion, even if people don't think that's what they're doing. If we look back at where we started this conversation, which is institution of public education as something upon which American democracy has been built. Of course, it had lots of flaws and it wasn't perfect, but it's been part of how we build a democracy. It's always been a bipartisan project.
And I call this a coded call for disunion, even if people don't think that's what they're doing. If we look back at where we started this conversation, which is institution of public education as something upon which American democracy has been built. Of course, it had lots of flaws and it wasn't perfect, but it's been part of how we build a democracy. It's always been a bipartisan project.
now becoming the thing that we rage against, now becoming the thing in which we are going to finance exit from, right? This is a step towards disunion from a fundamental institution of American democracy. What happens to us? if they actually execute on that plan. I shudder to think about where we might be because it's not just some private school that's the equivalent of the public school.
now becoming the thing that we rage against, now becoming the thing in which we are going to finance exit from, right? This is a step towards disunion from a fundamental institution of American democracy. What happens to us? if they actually execute on that plan. I shudder to think about where we might be because it's not just some private school that's the equivalent of the public school.
now becoming the thing that we rage against, now becoming the thing in which we are going to finance exit from, right? This is a step towards disunion from a fundamental institution of American democracy. What happens to us? if they actually execute on that plan. I shudder to think about where we might be because it's not just some private school that's the equivalent of the public school.
We're talking about people on the public dollar retreating into their religious silos, into their racial silos, into their culture silos. And if there's anything I think that we could all agree on is listening to only the people that you like on Twitter or listening only to the people that you like for the evening news is what got us here.
We're talking about people on the public dollar retreating into their religious silos, into their racial silos, into their culture silos. And if there's anything I think that we could all agree on is listening to only the people that you like on Twitter or listening only to the people that you like for the evening news is what got us here.