When You Choose to Educate Your Kid in Oklahoma, You Run a Considerable Risk
I hate to say something so callous, but maybe when you choose to send your kid to school in a state that ranks 49th out of 50, you deserve exactly what you get.
Yes, public high school students in Oklahoma are learning that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by the Democrats who orchestrated widespread voter fraud, a notion that was rejected by all 60+ courts that reviewed the evidence.
Personally, I find this abhorrent, which is why I would just as soon throw my kids into a lion’s cage than subject them to this garbage.
I feel the same way about teaching creationism as astrophysics and biology, and all the other ultra-right-wing assaults on science and truth more generally.
But that’s just me.
From a reader:
As asserted at left, there are people who know Norway as the country where “the sun never sets.” And that is true of the northern part of the country in mid-summer.
To the reader who sent me the meme at left:
If I were gay, I’d stay far away from the Deep South in the U.S. I would think there’s a huge difference in homophobia between Oregon and Mississippi.
The words at the left have been said in one form or another by many of the world’s great humanitarians.
To the reader who sent me this:
Responding to the reader who sent me this, two questions:
Every word at left is true, but it’s also correct that passing planet-killing legislation is the only route for congressional Republicans to maintain their seats.
Someone asked my opinion of Bruce Springsteen.
