According to Newsweek, “The trouble began when a subset of students at the school began to lash out against the event, tearing down some of the signs and banners, or defacing them with ‘inappropriate’ stickers, These students also allegedly menaced other students and staff with glares and chants that included things like, ‘U.S.A. are my pronouns.’ Some taking part in the protest also wore red, white, and blue clothing and face paint, suggesting a level of coordination.” Oh, the horror of it all.
People are pushing back against the agenda. Now even the kids are pushing back. What did progressives expect? That the kids were going to sit there day after day while their school shoveled propaganda down their throats? Kids have a free speech right to protest. The Supreme Court upheld that right. The have a right to chant “U.S.A. are my pronouns.” They have a right to wear red, white, and blue clothing and face paint. They even have a right to coordinate their actions. All of this if protected by the First Amendment.
The kids wearing Pride were intimidated, according to reports (I suspect these accounts are exaggerated). How do administrators and teachers think the other kids feel? It’s intimidating to have administrators and teachers propagandize you all day long, telling you that you’re a bigot if you disagree. Folks are terrified to speak up against the agenda. I talk to people all the time who want to speak up but are afraid to. Progressives have put a massive chill in the air. That’s their goal. That’s intimidation.
These kids are brave even if they got a little carried away. Good for them. After the summer of 2020, I don’t think progressives have much room to whine about young people getting carried away. They politicize these kids and then expect them not to react politically. They’re not supposed to have their own mind. Progressives want sheep. But on this day they got something else. They want kids to be happy recruits to the cause of DEI. Public schools have created a toxic situation.
Schools should not be indoctrination centers. Take down the propaganda. Stop telling students what to think about issues that have nothing to do with why they’re there. They’re there for how many hours a day? Respect that. They’re a captive audience. Teach them how to think and be creative. Don’t divide them. Don’t sexualize them. Don’t teach them to resent each other.
As I have in past blogs, I would ask folks to consider whether it would be appropriate for the schools to hang Christian Nationalist flags and posters everywhere. No? Then Pride flags and posters shouldn’t be hanging there, either. Of course they shouldn’t. These should ideology-free spaces (Civic Spaces and the Illiberal Desire to Subvert Them; Whose Spaces Are These Anyway? Political Advocacy in Public Schools; Ideology in Public Schools—What Can We Do About It?; Dianetics in Our Schools). They’re children. Teach them the skills they need to succeed in life.
Progressives, stop exploiting children for your political agenda.
freedom and reason 