As Twitchy reported earlier, Christopher Rufo — who’s the new bogeyman on the Right for effectively and unapologetically leading the fight against critical race theory — was the subject of a piece in the Washington Post. He laid out in a thread “five flat-out lies” in the piece that he backs up with documents sent to him by whistleblowers, and later pointed to a piece in the Post talking to mental health experts about “why understanding your whiteness and the ways that white supremacy benefits you is an important part of becoming self-aware.”
“What is White racial identity and why is it important” isn’t the only thing on the Post’s mind. The paper highlighted a 17-year-old Princeton student who opposes Gov. Ron DeSantis’s ban on critical race theory in Florida schools.
Perspective: Student challenges Florida Gov. DeSantis over critical race theory ban https://t.co/lsSJ1uAjwb
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 21, 2021
Is there anything more stunning and brave than children following fashion and saying the things that the most powerful people in society want them to say?https://t.co/Bgt9P9UT6j pic.twitter.com/TwxFXnO6ym
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) June 21, 2021
wow so brave
— Carl D. Sanchez 🅙 (@cactusstack) June 21, 2021
And stunning
— Steven Cardwell (@addict2213) June 21, 2021
If Ms. Menon or any student in Florida wants to learn about CRT, there are many books on Marxism available for perusing. Because they are interlinked and two sides of the same coin.
— The Contrarian (@TheCont83801381) June 21, 2021
We should always listen 17 year olds. They have so much life experience on which to base their opinion.
— BlindCommodore (@BlindCommodore) June 21, 2021
The vacuous left-wing indoctrination dripping from this teenager's political worldview is stunning – and depressing.
This is exactly what CRT was designed to produce, man.— The AntiWoke Dude (@TheAntiWokeDude) June 21, 2021
Who cares? Adults make educational decisions for children. She is a child who knows dick about what CRT is about, and her limited intellect, experience, and ability to work through complex issues makes her incapable of making that decision.
And, she is likely just a mouthpiece.
— Space Pope Against #antifa (@_TheSwanKing_) June 21, 2021
Human shields, quite a good tactic
— Escalated Entropy 🌲 (@EscalatedEntro1) June 21, 2021
I’m sure liberals will denounce this 17-year-old for taking a position on an abstruse academic theory she clearly knows nothing about. https://t.co/K64pxnKapx
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) June 21, 2021
“[C]ritical race theory…is an approach that teaches students to be critical and consider multiple historiographical perspectives.”
That’s not what critical race theory is! If anything critical race theory entails a critique of that pedagogical approach.
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) June 21, 2021
Exactly. The CRT perspective is seen as superseding actual historiography, not as a way of looking at multiple perspectives on an even field.
— Rational Policy 🇺🇲🇹🇼🇭🇰🇮🇱 (@ratlpolicy) June 21, 2021
“The critical race theory ban is a ban on racial justice,” she writes.
Every word of this is bullshit. https://t.co/ueNUJ8fszu
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) June 21, 2021
"The 1619 Project, which was published in 2019 and refers to the date that the first enslaved Africans were brought to colonial Virginia, places the role and contributions of Black Americans at the center of the country's narrative."
The intro's crap. https://t.co/ueNUJ8fszu
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) June 21, 2021
"For DeSantis and Florida Republicans, critical race theory has become a scapegoat: a buzzword singled out for attack when politicians want to hide their opposition to racial justice."
She has the lingo down like she was programmed. https://t.co/ueNUJ8fszu
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) June 21, 2021
"The truth is that anti-racism education teaches children to love each other and imagine a better future where racist political agendas won't win out."
This is the kind of idiocy that gets you into Princeton in 2021. https://t.co/ueNUJ8fszu
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) June 21, 2021
Teaches children to love each other? Seriously? That’s what it teaches?
I'm embarrassed for her and WaPo that it let her make a fool of herself like this. https://t.co/ivnx3gaiMV
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) June 21, 2021
I read about two sentences and stopped. Immediate lie right off the bat
— White Boy Summer dictator (@theodictator) June 21, 2021
LOL, who are we oldsters to question the hormonal wisdom of teenage feelz?
— Adso of Melk (@PalimpsestMan) June 21, 2021
“Why are you attacking a child?!” outrage likely incoming.
— Snow Miser (@Snow_Miser_) June 21, 2021
Those pushing critical race theory on schools had to have their Greta Thunberg. We wonder if they’ll give DeSantis an opportunity to respond in an op-ed?
Related:
‘THIS is how the media LIES’: Christopher Rufo takes WaPo’s hit-piece against him (and his CRT fight) APART lie-by-nasty lie in KICKA*S thread https://t.co/a90PA2D5Js
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 21, 2021
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