The Ecstatic said:

@chop

Sorry but I’m not gonna buy the “you have to be careful about what you teach children” line from the folks who are fine with mass shooter drills and arming teachers.

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christopera said:

I have a five year old, but that hardly changes anything. He was accepted into a technical academy for accelerated learners. We also live in a very diverse area where I’m certain he will get to learn all about CRT in person. And of course I know better than my child. I’m 30 years older, with 25 years more education. Don’t be silly. People aren’t born with some innate understanding of society. That’s ridiculous.

I dont watch YouTube videos posted as proof because YouTube is an endless trove of confirmation bias. Your post being case and point.

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For the record, I didn't mean to ask if you knew better than your own child, but the parents in the video. My phrasing was poorly worded.

So basically you are saying you don't want to listen to what other parents are thinking because it's "confirmation bias". Even though their viewpoints may be perfectly valid.

Gotcha

bodhisatta said:

We just don't want to listen

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Kryptos said:

That was a big outrage in right wing youtube a couple months back. They didn't like that Coke had a bunch of pro-minority messaging. Leftwing youtube, on the other hand, didn't much like that Coke achieved this by having their (all white) board of directors dress up in traditional African attire.

Somehow that got pushed through the Fox news spin cycle into "Coke wants its employees to be less white"

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Actually, if you did two minutes of research you would find that Coca-Cola did actually ask its employees to be less white (which means you and Psilynut2 are wrong): https://nypost.com/2021/02/23/coca-cola-diversity-training-urged-workers-to-be-less-white/

Go and watch the video in the link. It's right there.

At any rate, I think it's stupid all around and don't really give a shit what a company like Coca-Cola tells its employees but since you and Psily offered yourselves as easy to disprove, well, I couldn't help it

I don't know why you guys are jumping over yourselves to defend some megacorp that is grifting off Wokeness in exchange for money and to put out an image which is clearly faker than a used car salesman trying to sell a beater as brand new.

chopstick said:

The Ecstatic said:

@chop

Sorry but I’m not gonna buy the “you have to be careful about what you teach children” line from the folks who are fine with mass shooter drills and arming teachers.

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I am saying listen to what these parents are saying. I tend to agree with them. Do you have proof that the people in these video are "fine with mass shooter drills and arming teachers"?

Or are you saying that I am okay with arming teachers? Because I don't think it's something I've ever brought up here. And no, it's not something I'd support because arming teachers is obviously stupid. (a certain South Park episode comes to mind)

I just mentioned that this is something which goes beyond partisan politics and then you bring those unrelated issues into it.

Are our minds so scrambled by the artificial left vs. right divide that we can't discuss issues rationally anymore?

Actually, don't answer that...

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chopstick said:

christopera said:

I have a five year old, but that hardly changes anything. He was accepted into a technical academy for accelerated learners. We also live in a very diverse area where I’m certain he will get to learn all about CRT in person. And of course I know better than my child. I’m 30 years older, with 25 years more education. Don’t be silly. People aren’t born with some innate understanding of society. That’s ridiculous.

I dont watch YouTube videos posted as proof because YouTube is an endless trove of confirmation bias. Your post being case and point.

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For the record, I didn't mean to ask if you knew better than your own child, but the parents in the video. My phrasing was poorly worded.

So basically you are saying you don't want to listen to what other parents are thinking because it's "confirmation bias". Even though their viewpoints may be perfectly valid.

Gotcha

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christopera said:

I called you out on it, and two others have done so as well.

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If by "calling me out" you mean ignoring whatever argument I might bring to the table to suit your own confirmation bias, sure.

Oh yeah, I really feel so called out right now. 

qman said:

Here's a proposal for parents against CRT being taught in schools- we will eliminate all political teachings in public schools and stick to pure academic programs and nothing more.  But guess what?  All conservative/religious teachings will also be eliminated as well, in fact, we will take a massive effort to root it out. Ready to sign-up? I can already hear the 'my freedoms are being stolen' narrative from those very same parents.

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Smartattack said:

Y'all have to admit how comical it is to see what some folks need to hear in order to actually listen to and stand behind the words of minorities. They just need to find some real life Clayton Bigsbys to find some solidarity.

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chopstick said:

christopera said:

I called you out on it, and two others have done so as well.

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If by "calling me out" you mean ignoring whatever argument I might bring to the table to suit your own confirmation bias, sure.

Oh yeah, I really feel so called out right now. 

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The Ecstatic said:

Gee I wonder why the black couple speaking out against CRT has gotten so much traction with the right wing media?

Could it be that they like feeling like they have permission to hate it? It’s the same reason they like Diamond and Silk, or Candance Owens, or Jesse Lee Peterson.

Also lmao at me “making it political.” You wanna keep it from being political? Tell the sudden GOP outrage industry about CRT to shut the fuck up and stop politicizing our childrens’ classrooms and let them learn history.

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