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In reply to the discussion: It is not an act of loyalty to quash conversations about our own party's role in getting to where we are today. [View all]harumph
(3,172 posts)when they admit that strategically, the Heritage Foundation outplayed us. Just the truth. Their philosophy isn't like the
Brookings or the Center for American Progress, and other liberal think tanks. They're aggressive and keep their eyes on
the goal (however detestable we find it). As a counter balance to what they term "woke" universities, right wing groups nurtured
and funded their own. The right wing was smart enough to purchase and retain licenses for cheap AM radio stations back in the day enabling them to propagandize rural voters while at the same time gerrymandering the districts to dilute urban voting blocks.
Many many posters on this board decry homeschooling because they associate it with religious indoctrination . Well folks, when the public schools themselves in red states are indoctrinating students in white power politics, you may think differently. Why are there no analog progressive home schooling curriculum/packages to counter the religious based ones? There will come a time (maybe) when
progressives have a window of opportunity and the the wind at our backs to (maybe) pass a constitutional amendment to try and
remedy our antiquated version. We have to be ready to pull the trigger - and have something ready for which consensus has been sought and obtained - because those chances do not last. I guess the upshot of what I'm saying is that I see democrats too often
reacting instead of planning 10 years ahead which we should be. Basically, we need to get off our asses and commit to paper exactly how we want it to be and have that plan ready to jam through when (if) we get a chance.