Thread by @JuddLegum

Surprise! Self-proclaimed free speech champion @ggreenwald is fine with the right-wing push to legislatively ban “Critical Race Theory” because, he says, censorship is not something that can exist in schools

This shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what’s happening

Many of these bills ban Critical Race Theory and a host of concepts from colleges as well as K-12 schools. Last I checked, colleges educate adults

In Florida, @RonDeSantis is proposing banning private business from talking about a range of topics he says are related to CRT

Moreover bills are designed to censor and terrorize teachers, who are also adults. They can be subject to discipline if they are perceived referencing several poorly defined concepts. Other bills put teachers under video surveillance

None of this is consistent w/free expression

On a basic level, if you oppose censorship and support free speech — and you want those values to persist — you can’t exempt children. Students have free speech rights that are recognized by the SCOTUS and they also have the right not to be subject to ideological censorship

The idea that an advertiser severing ties with Tucker Carlson’s show is a grave threat to free speech and dozens of laws banning a laundry list of concepts that make some people uncomfortable is perfectly fine is seriously some Galaxy Brain logic

Personally, I am sick of the people passing laws creating thought crimes — and the people defending them — holding themselves out as champions of free speech.

Side note: I’m pretty sure Glenn means “I certainly would not define it that way” I’m the last sentence of the excerpt I posted. But who can know for sure

And as Jeffrey notes, creationism is not banned in schools. It can be discussed — just not presented as scientific fact. These bills are an entirely different animal.

https://twitter.com/jeffreyasachs/status/1487599269305589765