Supporters rallied behind the teacher as conservative influencers sought to make their gender identity a scandal.

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[–] 44 points 1 month ago (4 children)

"parental rights" is usually just code for instilling bigotry or other abuse

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    There is no such thing as parental rights.

    There are only parental responsibilities.

    Those who think they have rights over other human beings(including children) are akin to slave owners.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    They view children as property. So teaching their "property" things like "rights" and "tolerance" is just like... installing Linux on their PCs. It makes it completely unusable to them, especially because they don't like learning.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I always like to bring up that the Republican Party of Texas, I think in 2012, made it an explicit part of their platform to oppose teaching critical thinking because it undermines parental authority.

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