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    Question Can a free society survive when its information gatekeepers are activists?

    Think about it.

    Teachers, professors, journalists, and the Silicon Valley monopsonies have been methodically infiltrated by the left and transformed into a monoculture that regressively suppresses diversity of thought and ideas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Think about it.

    Teachers, professors, journalists, and the Silicon Valley monopsonies have been methodically infiltrated by the left and transformed into a monoculture that regressively suppresses diversity of thought and ideas.
    Any evidence of that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    Any evidence of that?
    I believe so.

    Follow the money.

    https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...-who-pays-them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    So Democrats are more likely to have a government job. And somehow that is evidence that "Teachers, professors, journalists, and the Silicon Valley monopsonies have been methodically infiltrated by the left and transformed into a monoculture that regressively suppresses diversity of thought and ideas."
    Again, those of us who aren't Conservatives care about evidence and facts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    So Democrats are more likely to have a government job. And somehow that is evidence that "Teachers, professors, journalists, and the Silicon Valley monopsonies have been methodically infiltrated by the left and transformed into a monoculture that regressively suppresses diversity of thought and ideas."
    Again, those of us who aren't Conservatives care about evidence and facts.
    The public education has been increasingly dominated by people who are union members and affiliated with their unions' campaign to gain greater cash infusions from all levels of government.

    The money infused goes up and has continued to go up consistently across the years improving the facilities, the salaries of teachers and the bloated, outrageously burdensome administrative costs.

    Concurrently, though, the outcomes fall dropping our publicly educated student test scores from consistently top of the line to consistently middle of the pack.

    We are ALWAYS top 5 in spending per student and NEVER top 20.

    We are paying more and getting less.

    Also concurrently, monies paid to education is laundered through teachers unions and donated to support Democrats to gain seats and increase the educational budgets to support the donations to support Democrats and on it goes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old'N'Retired View Post
    The public education has been increasingly dominated by people who are union members and affiliated with their unions' campaign to gain greater cash infusions from all levels of government.

    The money infused goes up and has continued to go up consistently across the years improving the facilities, the salaries of teachers and the bloated, outrageously burdensome administrative costs.

    Concurrently, though, the outcomes fall dropping our publicly educated student test scores from consistently top of the line to consistently middle of the pack.

    We are ALWAYS top 5 in spending per student and NEVER top 20.

    We are paying more and getting less.


    Also concurrently, monies paid to education is laundered through teachers unions and donated to support Democrats to gain seats and increase the educational budgets to support the donations to support Democrats and on it goes.
    Are you against the First Amendment or just public unions? Do you consider police and fireman unions to be problematic too? If so, why? If not, why not?

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

    Regarding spending, you are looking at total spending and total results, not the access to education. 92% of education spending is local and state funded, only 8% is Federal spending. Are you denying that a Beverly Hills HS is better funded, with better results than some shithole HS in Issaquena County, Mississippi? Do you agree the results are better at Beverly Hills HS than at South Delta HS?

    https://www.usnews.com/education/bes...ional-rankings
    Beverly Hills HS is ranked 134th in California and 952 in the nation.
    South Delta HS ranked 136th in Mississippi and 13,195 in the nation.

    Dude, in short, it's not the fucking Teachers Union. It's how US schools are set up, organized and funded.
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

    "Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old'N'Retired View Post
    We are ALWAYS top 5 in spending per student and NEVER top 20.
    We are in 65th place, in spending on education as a percent of GDP.

    Finland has an interesting strategy when it comes to education. Rather than worrying about the details, they just pay their teachers very well. That creates a competitive environment where they get the best teachers. They get only the best teachers.

    On the other side of the spectrum, Republicans are pushing for more firing of teachers who shake the system. There are already extreme teachers shortages, because of such low pay. Some American states actually have high school dropout teacher aids teaching high school courses. In Finland, all teachers have at least a Masters Degree (6 more years of education).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_(%25_of_GDP)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    None of that is evidence proving “teachers, professors, journalists, and the Silicon Valley monopsonies have been methodically infiltrated by the left and transformed into a monoculture that regressively suppresses diversity of thought and ideas,” not even close

    I believe it’s another example why “copy and paste” excels at posting corny copy and pastes and banning anyone who can challenge him

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    Quote Originally Posted by anchovies View Post
    I believe it’s another example why “copy and paste” excels at posting corny copy and pastes and banning anyone who can challenge him
    Yet here you are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    None of that is evidence proving “teachers, professors, journalists, and the Silicon Valley monopsonies have been methodically infiltrated by the left and transformed into a monoculture that regressively suppresses diversity of thought and ideas,” not even close

    I believe it’s another example why “copy and paste” excels at posting corny copy and pastes and banning anyone who can challenge him
    https://rense.com/general32/americ.htm
    The Truth Does Not Need To Be Supported With Censorship.

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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    None of that is evidence proving “teachers, professors, journalists, and the Silicon Valley monopsonies have been methodically infiltrated by the left and transformed into a monoculture that regressively suppresses diversity of thought and ideas,” not even close

    I believe it’s another example why “copy and paste” excels at posting corny copy and pastes and banning anyone who can challenge him
    An English teacher publicly claims his goal is destabilize wrong social attitudes in his students.

    School Systems demand that parents sign waivers barring the parents from watching online classes.

    Teachers argue with students condemning non-Liberal positions.

    In dictatorial socialist regimes, indoctrination in schools has been shown to be effective in controlling the population.

    The Marxists in this country have determined that this is the way to go and they are going that way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    Any evidence of that?
    You own a television?

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    Quote Originally Posted by coldjoint View Post
    You own a television?
    As a matter of fact, I do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    Any evidence of that?
    https://rense.com/general32/americ.htm
    The Truth Does Not Need To Be Supported With Censorship.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evmetro View Post
    Very few of these points have actually happened in America. Which means either that it was a hoax or that these Commies failed miserably.

    By 1963, the Soviet Union had already turned on the Jews, which is why the Jews created the Cold War. So this claim that in the sixties, the Jews were still using Communism to take over America is incorrect.

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