Thread by @insomnochick

Pro-tip: in America, you have the right to be wrong, so long as it doesn't violate the rights of others. You have the right to be racist, to hold idiotic beliefs that have no basis in reality, etc. Some say "but you have no right to abuse your kids," and I agree, but...1/

It's a long way from "That's stupid and I hate it" to "that's abuse" LEGALLY. Morally? Ethically? Philosophically? Sure. But since when did the law mirror any of those? So in our zeal to fight the noxious worldview of "critical social justice" by ALL its names, and branches 2/

we have to be careful we don't violate the very rights we're trying to preserve and protect. Every individual has the same political power in this country (or is supposed to); that's what protects us from idiots and zealots. Strip that from them, we strip it from ourselves. 3/

The results will tell the tale. Let the money follow the kids, and the kids who leave the system will do far better, on average and likely in the majority, and it will show in very SHORT order. We can (using our freedom of speech) use those results to make our case 4/

to the hold-outs who still long for postmodernist utopia. Look around! There are already kids being abused by bad ideas, every day, in schools across this country, both public and private, but the private school parents made a CHOICE. 5/

I weep for their kids, and for us, but there are still FAR fewer of them, and I don't want my legislators fighting to interfere with those choices b/c soon enough, they'll fight to interfere with MINE. 6/

Let the market decide who has the correct ideas for educating children to preserve their sanity, as well as their liberty. Let the evidence build up that these ideas are literally abuse (it's not quite there). Use results and social pressure to persuade, not force. 7/

The difference is, students and their families are compelled to participate in the public system, financially, and physically in 90% of cases where they can't choose another option. That ought to be as illegal as it is immoral and unethical 8/

FORCE is not how we're supposed to roll in America. COERCION is the literal opposite of liberty. CRT is all about denying liberty and choice in the name of "justice." If we're not fighting to end that, then what the hell are we fighting for? /END