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53. And may they all suffer

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2022, 04:38 PM

Jul 2022

the current equivalent fate as Robespierre.

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WHY Republicans want to destroy public schools... [View all] CousinIT Jul 2022 OP

That, and some of them stand to make a boatload of money GoCubsGo Jul 2022 #1

while indoctrinating them in their personal HAB911 Jul 2022 #4

Exactly Rebl2 Jul 2022 #22

Grooming, right? LakeArenal Jul 2022 #29

+1000 n/t MarcA Jul 2022 #7

Indeed Evolve Dammit Jul 2022 #9

THAT was the purpose of naming MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #10

Yes, and it's also why they're hell-bent on privatizing Social Security and Medicare. GoCubsGo Jul 2022 #16

Don't forget the Post Office.... LakeArenal Jul 2022 #30

Actually, it was the purpose of MOST of his Cabinet!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #41

And, that of every other GOPer since at least Reagan. GoCubsGo Jul 2022 #45

It's always about wanting to grab the dough moose65 Jul 2022 #49

You mentioned Medicare Advantage plans. Most people don't realize MC Advantage plans have a cap napi21 Jul 2022 #59

True moose65 Jul 2022 #70

Yep! Grooming and $$$. Same, as noted below for SS, Medicare, Medicaid, Teacher's pensions, etc. machoneman Jul 2022 #36

pretty much without public scrutiny rurallib Jul 2022 #11

winner, winner, chicken dinner Cosmocat Jul 2022 #46

So true! Going to Canada Jul 2022 #57

educate americans that 87+ universities have been endorsing attacks on public ed for 30 years by certainot Jul 2022 #63

Not to mention public higher education schools. Ask Congressman Jodey Arrington. czarjak Jul 2022 #60

Ignorant and pregnant. Frustratedlady Jul 2022 #2

To thwart equality of the masses. no_hypocrisy Jul 2022 #3

Exactly. It's a class thing. orthoclad Jul 2022 #26

And to prevent women from achieving independence through equality. no_hypocrisy Jul 2022 #27

Yes. As well as orthoclad Jul 2022 #61

and that leads to cheaper labor, and thus higher PROFITS. lastlib Jul 2022 #44

Exactly. I figured out in high school that keeping people ignorant was deliberate. niyad Jul 2022 #5

That's why R's especially in the South keep getting re-elected. It's no secret that the worst.... machoneman Jul 2022 #37

Ding, ding, ding! lark Jul 2022 #6

While sending their own kids to private schools IronLionZion Jul 2022 #8

I remember a short-story from high school cos dem Jul 2022 #12

Examination Day by Henry Slesar. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #13

I'd never seen that story before FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #14

It is already happening. We live in a toxic soup of pollution. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #17

Some of this may be latency from leaded gasolines Turbineguy Jul 2022 #19

It is something, but quite noticeable in clinical practice. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #24

Certain insecticides too. There are all sorts of pollutants that adversely affect brain development. hunter Jul 2022 #38

Yes of course, insecticides are a big problem. Irish_Dem Jul 2022 #54

Don't forget Brenda Jul 2022 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy Jul 2022 #20

That's it! cos dem Jul 2022 #15

Like The Lottery this is one story whose ChazII Jul 2022 #51

Tax-payer money and political power Timeflyer Jul 2022 #18

Correct Cosmocat Jul 2022 #48

I think that's just a side effect to their real reason. JohnnyRingo Jul 2022 #21

Ignorant people are easy to dupe. CrispyQ Jul 2022 #23

Strong public schools are a foundation of democracy dlk Jul 2022 #25

They've been doing this since Reagan relayerbob Jul 2022 #28

1) Teachers unions are the enemy of movement conservatism Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2022 #31

Thomas Jefferson insisted on a system of public schools The Blue Flower Jul 2022 #32

See post #42. lastlib Jul 2022 #43

Straight Dominionism jmbar2 Jul 2022 #33

+100000 bdamomma Jul 2022 #34

Here I was thinking their motives were racist FakeNoose Jul 2022 #35

Rupert Murdoch doesn't like free thinkers. They're bad for ratings. Initech Jul 2022 #39

A population of rubes is easy to control, 40 percent is the current number. sarcasmo Jul 2022 #40

Jefferson: "An insightful and educated citizenry is the archenemy of tyranny." lastlib Jul 2022 #42

they don't want people learning critical thinking skills eShirl Jul 2022 #47

Whoa!!! Quote of the YEAR! calimary Jul 2022 #50

They jettisoned reason decades ago. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2022 #52

And may they all suffer xxqqqzme Jul 2022 #53

Not to quibble with the sentiment, but the person quoted is not particularly a good source. NNadir Jul 2022 #55

How many times growing up did I hear the words "Education is the great equalizer. " Boomerproud Jul 2022 #56

Grifting and fascism ... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #58

From 1994 drmeow Jul 2022 #62

Didn't he lose his head? cagefreesoylentgreen Jul 2022 #64

Yes he sure did and he remains controversial to this day AntivaxHunters Jul 2022 #73

Force all the compulsory babies moondust Jul 2022 #65

Oh Shit Yeah! Keep 'em home Cha Jul 2022 #66

The least educated states in America EnergizedLib Jul 2022 #67

They want an uneducated public sakabatou Jul 2022 #68

It's worse than that. gibraltar72 Jul 2022 #71

This is about profit and dividing the classes of Americans. The Jungle 1 Jul 2022 #72