Thread by @karamballes

1/ 🧵Culture wars in education, indoctrination, and baiting.

Despite what the media says, not all educators are hard left Marxists intent on indoctrination, some aren't even left.

I'm worried alt-right in education are going to engage in deliberate baiting.

https://twitter.com/miqdaad/status/1375137006263619591

2/ Don't know what this teacher was thinking, might have been an error of judgement trying to spark a difficult debate, however we are going to get cases or deliberately provoking an angry response, so they can play victim against the "hard left"

3/ Here we go, man's now a free speech martyr, by Timothy who has been quite positive about the discriminatory policies of Orban in Hungary.

These will be the same people who questioned if BLM should be discussed in schools.

4/ So under the guise of free speech what level of offensive content is acceptable in the classroom.
They skirt over that it was the Prophet dressed as a suicide bomber, I guess context is important,was this used as stimulus for open debate or was the teacher pushing their views?

5/ I wonder how they would respond if a certain cartoon with bankers around a table balanced on the backs of people that caused outrage in 2019 was used in a classroom as an argument for free speech and the right to offend?

I suspect not, that would be hard left indoctrination?

6/ The right to offend is a very tricky subject to cover with children.

I'm reminded of the Eton teacher who was sacked, he too was sold as a free speech martyr, the actual content and how it was introduced to students was mainly skirted over
independent.co.uk/news/education…

7/ Best example of alt-right leaders on education provoking to play martyr is this head who declared he wouldn't have masks in his classroom.

Then claimed he was having funding pulled because of this, true anti mask martyr

8/ However he won't publish the evidence that to prove the threats to funding, however he may have funding withheld but that's due to an investigation into unexplained payments last year to Claire Foxs Academy of Ideas which seeks to increase alt right influence on education

9/ So these claims of martyrdom, aren't quite what the media make out, but its been a long time since the press cared about the truth

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1371991632250339339?s=19

10/ So these people who have gotten into trouble for falling below professional standards either due to being offensive or financial irregularities get lot of press coverage as martyrs.

Not seen them mention victimised union reps fighting to keep their jobs over safety issues.

11/ That's right, the union is defending reps who face losing their livelihoods for standing up to leaders who failed to follow DfE safety guidence, for whistle blowing against financial dealing,for complaining about receiving racist abuse at work!
Real martyrs,no press coverage.

12/ Problem with culture wars is that for all their attacks on the "lefts obsession on identity politics" its actually the right that try to twist every issue through the lense of culture wars.

Just the choice of language, "war" has implications for what they perceived is needed

13/ Its the win at all costs mentality, they call for balance in media, but what they want is to stifle and smear opposing voices.

Lying is fine, if it let's you win, the ends justify the means as far as they are concerned, the "enemy" must be stopped by whatever means.

14/ Saw this earlier from mother of a 10 year old so deeply concerned about left wing indoctrination, in magazines, news, and schools they've banned them.

15/ Week Junior magazine, banned for biased unquestioning environmental propoganda, I assume this is for not providing balance against climate change.

School, banned for being filled with left wing indoctrination

TV, too left wing, banned aswell

17/ All news sources banned for being too much left wing bias, except daddy's Spectator but she appreciates its not age appropriate.

Don't know about you, but this sounds a hell of a lot like indoctrination to me.

18/ If a Muslim parent pulled their child out of school, censoring their childs access to information etc then considering examples that have been reported I bet some would consider contacting Prevent.

19/ So I've got to say I'm uncomfortable with a high profile Head teacher praising this parent as a super mum and reinforcing the view that all the news accessible to kids is one sided indoctrination.

Keep Culture Wars out of education.

BTW I screenshotted because I wanted discussion on my thoughts, DO NOT pile onto her account. I disagree with a lot of what Katherine says but I enjoy respectful debates with her, she may have very Conservative views but she still speaks up against government and...

she isn't one of those MAT CEO parasites who came from banking to siphon off as much money as they can, DfE would of happily handed her enough schools to be one of the largest MATs.
Disagree massively with her but she's doing what she thinks is best for her students, others arent

20/ But it does illustrate my concerns about culture wars in education.
The mentality that balance in the media is only having voices you agree is absolutely toxic when the right start believing that education is dominated by marxist indoctrination.
No1 it insults professionalism

21/ No2,if the right believe the left are engaged in mass indoctrination, the inevitable culture war solution is to counter this with right wing indoctrination, won't even see it as indoctrination, just providing balance against the world filled with dangerous marxist hordes.

22/22 Same people celebrating GB news because they don't think there are enough RW media sources feed off every culture war education story, it reinforces for them the need of a purge of the left.

Look at what's happened in Turkey.