In case it's not clear, they're not actually concerned about Critical Race Theory. They know they don't have any actual ideas and this is a solid "scary brown people" culture war scare for fundraising and sound-bytes because actual governance is difficult.
Engaging them is playing into it. They don't want to talk about not having any good reason to fight infrastructure bills and they REALLY don't want to talk about making it harder to vote.
So yeah, "scary brown people corrupting your kids."
When you see them, remember...
So yeah, "scary brown people corrupting your kids."
When you see them, remember...
Trump got his booty kicked. They know that. They're looking for ANYTHING that can rally their base...and usually they rally it around being angry at some cultural boogeyman. Uncle and Auntie Facebook, Jimmy 4-Chan, Johnny-Reddit. They all buy in.
It's noise.
It's noise.
Where energy needs to be spent is looking at your local voting laws, making sure you're putting pressure where you can, watchdogging the hundreds of pieces of legislation around the country trying to take us back to Jim Crow.
They're trying to change the conversation.
They're trying to change the conversation.
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