Thread by @bansisharma

1. Why the Left Opposes Arming Teachers

I serialize in this thread thoughts from one of the preeminent contemporary thinkers on the way of the left, Dennis Prager. He has studied the left and commented on it for over 40 years.

2. The left rarely, if ever, explains why allowing some teachers and other adults in a school to be armed is a crazy idea. They merely assert it as a self-evident truth. But, of course, it's not a self-evident truth.

3. On the contrary, having some adults who work at schools be trained in the responsible use of guns makes so much sense that the left's blanket opposition seems puzzling.

4. On the question of taking up arms against evil, the left is very consistent. The left almost always opposes fighting evil and almost always works to disarm the good who want to fight. This is as true on the national level as it is on the personal level.

5. Those old enough to remember the Cold War will remember that the left constantly called for a "nuclear freeze," including a unilateral freeze by Western countries. The European left mounted huge demonstrations against America bringing Pershing 2 missiles into Western Europe.

6. No matter how violent the Soviet Union was, the left always opposed a strong Western military. So, too, the left universally condemns Israeli attacks on those who seek not merely to defeat Israel but to exterminate it.

7. Fighting evil is the left's Achilles heel. The left fights little evils, or even non-evils, rather than great evils.

8. With regard to fighting:

Communism in 20th century
Radical Islamic terror & Islamist treatment of women
Stalinist North Korean regime
Holocaust-denying and Holocaust-planning theocracy of Iran
Syrian mass murderers
Violent crime in US

the left is either silent or appeasing.

9. But the left does direct its fighting spirit against:

Confederate statues
Schools with the name of slave owners (including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson)
Carbon emissions,
Income inequality
"Microaggressions"
"White privilege"
Any limitation on abortion
Columbus Day

10. And also:

"Islamophobia"
Israeli settlements
"Russian collusion"

and the like. Against these minimal or nonexistent evils, the left is ferocious.

11. That is why the left opposes enabling some teachers and other adults in schools to carry arms in order to possibly stop a mass murderer: The left doesn't fight evil; it fights those who do.

The END

Corollary:
Here's a simple test to determine whether someone, some institution, or some nation is a big evil or not. If the left attacks it fiercely, it is either not evil or is a small evil. If it really were a monstrous evil, the left would want to find a way to appease it.