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No one "owns" the idea that people should come together to fight woke ideas. This is not intellectual capital one can copyright or patent. This is an idea everyone should "steal" and run with; 1/
Whoever you are, whatever you do, I invite you to "steal" ANY of the ideas I've expressed, and if you can do a better job expressing them and persuading others to share them and propagate them too, PLEASE DO! 2/
I do what I do to protect CHILDREN, because as trite as it sounds, they really *are* the future, and it's a future I hope to live long enough to ENJOY, not suffer through. So I guess it is a bit selfish of me, but I'm also a MOTHER, and I worry about their future's even more. 3/
Second point: If you support me, or my work, but I do something that conflicts with your values, I do not expect you to remain a supporter. I don't demand, or expect undying loyalty. If we are associates of any kind, I expect to continue to earn your trust and respect ongoing;4/
My own CHILDREN don't "owe" me loyalty, nor trust, I sure as hell wouldn't demand it from other adults. I have either earned it, or lost it. That's how life and relationships (with healthy boundaries) work.5/
There are no "interlopers," there are no "turncoats" in this fight except those who *pretend* to be for enlightenment values, and then abandon reason, treat individuals as members of groups ("enemies," "friends"), and reject skepticism completely, demanding undying LOYALTY./6
No one gets a free-pass to behave badly, or treat other people badly, and I expect the same in return. People who would spend one minute of their time worrying about whether I'm competing with them in this space are not fighting the same fight I'm fighting 7/
Such people are also not people I want or need in my life. I am repulsed by the vengeful and the petty; when drama surrounds a person, it acts like a forcefield pushing me FAR away, and when I go, I'm GONE. 8/
If you have a problem with that, look in the mirror, that's where you'll find the person deserving the blame. Get her some help./END

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Jan 23
In the world of the Woke, things that have happened, should not have happened, OR only happened because someone with power allowed them to happen, or benefited from them happening. Here's how we prove them wrong. 1/
Frederick Douglass, a slave, escaped. How did this benefit someone white and in power? He then educated himself, not in a fancy school, full of cutting-edge tech, black teachers, DEI and SEL programs, but alone. He became an educator, statesman, and writer. 2/
Douglass married a white woman, at a time when that was illegal in many states. What powerful person benefited? They had a long and prosperous marriage. Who was his white benefactor, and how far do you want to go to denigrate his own hard work and achievements? 3/
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Jan 16
I think a lot of people grossly underestimate the power of having a target upon whom to project all manner of evil, while quietly, secretly, working at implementing the evil while you're busy defending/attacking said-target.

The Presidency has become too important. 1/
If I hold conservatives, the right, republicans, etc...accountable for anything, it's believing in the exclusive power of the executive, like kids believe in Santa, or the faithful believe in a Savior. But think about it...2/
Just as Biden, despite having the House, and having a friendly administrative (deep) state, ideologically 100% in his corner, cannot completely implement his agenda, neither can Trump, or any Republican. Difference is, 3/
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Jan 16
Making a list of "Books kids should read before High School" for two bright kids (4th and 5th grades, reading at-level/slightly above) whose mom has asked me to do lit lessons with them b/c the school is only doing "reflections" and not "interpretation" or discussion.1/
Their vocabularies are weak b/c they read from the same genre all the time, and their critical thinking skills are almost dormant because they're merely asked to write ABOUT what they read, for a check-mark. 2/
The evidence showed up on recent SSAT scores. Perfect math scores, decent verbal scores compared with most kids, but not as good as they ought to be given their potential/cog. abilities. LOW synonym scores, and low higher order/interpretive scores. 3/
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Jan 16
Pro-tip: if you could get your ass to a Trump rally, you could get your ass to a no-mandates rally.

I can't take any of you people seriously anymore. You don't love liberty, you love your idiot king. I voted for the guy second time around, but this is absurd. 1/
The more time goes by, the more clear it is how much his fuck-ups led us here:
-who agreed to 15 days to slow the spread?
-who decided to use taxpayer money to pay Pfizer et al?
-who did fuck all about education until the 11th hour, and that was't much? 2/
-who spent most of his time talking about himself and the media out to get him (true or not; never make yourself the story, press on)
-who walked his own supporters right into an obvious trap at the Capitol?
-who had no "Kraken?"3/
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Jan 15
To those pragmatists out there saying "But isn't the important thing that the contract won't be signed?" Let me say this:
NO. That's important, but it's not THE important thing. THE important thing is that @CTruittNCDPI stop pretending she opposes critical pedagogy. 1/
If she can't even identify it when it's right in front of her face in plain English; if she hasn't taken any time in the past YEAR, when this topic has been front-and-center, even in her own state with @markrobinsonNC and his task force's admirable work, to educate herself, 2/
she is just putting out this one fire. If she can't see how inappropriate it would be to allow them to rewrite their contract, rather than put out an RFP for OTHER providers, who do NOT trade in anti-enlightenment, anti-American, racist quasi-religious dogma, this is no "win."3/
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First, it was "You don't understand SBE process/facts. BOE already voted for it." Implying, repeatedly that Truitt lacked the power to stop it.

A week of bad press later, the story is that we misrepresented her intention to sign it, she never did, etc...1/
When an elected official who not only can, but should SPEAK UP before, during, and even after a vote *doesn't,* her constituents (and the unbiased media) have no choice but to think "actions speak louder than words." 2/
@CTruittNCDPI was alerted to the CRT materials created by the company whose contract was up for renewal, and was asked specifically if she planned to oppose the renewal. We have the email alerting her, and her snarky reply, mocking the suggestion there was cause for concern.3/
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