As people like Glenn Youngkin are sworn in, the Left is in a tizzy about critical race theory not being taught in schools. People like MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace and Joy Reid maintain that not only is CRT not being taught in schools … it “isn’t real.” So why would progressives be so upset over a ban of something that doesn’t exist?
Jared Yates Sexton has the answer: the wealthy are weaponizing history to clear the way for the privatization of education. That’s where the whole CRT scare is headed, aided by propaganda arms like Fox News. A whole lot of his followers are responding, “Truth.” See what you think.
The “CRT” conspiracy theory is rebranded Nazi-style antisemitism that’s being used by wealthy donors and their think-tanks to weaponize history for their own purposes while radicalizing people to take over local governments and clear the way for the privatization of education.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 21, 2022
“Radicalizing people to take over local governments.” What kind of people, and what kind of governments, exactly?
Within the “CRT” conspiracy theory are QAnon principles without the label or even recognition by some of believers. These ideas and white supremacist paranoia are leveraged by the wealthy to further control of society and prepare public education to become a market for profit.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 21, 2022
The wealthy, the GOP as their PR front, and Fox News as a propaganda arm, are using the entire “CRT” panic as a means of radicalizing believers of conspiracy theories into attacking public education and running for local office, where they’ll be useful in ongoing privatization
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 21, 2022
Oh no, he said it again! People running for public office! How dare they?
This will not stop unless localities can organize against this madness, political organizations realize what’s going on and start calling this out for what it is, and until we get serious about both local government and what this antidemocratic movement actually is.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 21, 2022
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You’ve already had the attorney general of the United States issue a memo to the FBI about using the Patriot Act to prosecute “domestic terrorists” who threaten school boards. What else do you want?
The “CRT” push isn’t a local phenomenon. It’s part of a widespread, coordinated effort funded by the wealthy who want to profit off the destruction of public education and stave off information that challenges them.
People have to understand this.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 21, 2022
He looks suitably angry in his profile pic … good choice.
— ZimZam99 (@ChuckZ123) January 22, 2022
Did you mean for all those words to spill out of your mouth in that order, or did it just happen?
— Phil the Mass Formation (@philh8714) January 22, 2022
This is amazing. I mean obviously you know this isn’t true but it’s amazing how you just made it all up in order to get attention
— where’s the bacon? (@notatallmean) January 22, 2022
Detroit Superintendent @Dr_Vitti: "Our curriculum is deeply using CRT, especially in social studies, but you'll find it in English language arts and the other disciplines. We were very intentional about … embedding CRT within our curriculum." pic.twitter.com/6haOh5ghwv
— Fishy Catfish (@CatfishFishy) January 22, 2022
— Clark Joseph Kent (@ClarkJosephKe13) January 22, 2022
You make Alex Jones look well-balanced. Really interesting stuff here.
— Dr Rhonda Rhoades (@RhondaR45106312) January 22, 2022
“radicalizing people to take over local governments”
100% right on. Last thing we’d want in this country is people getting radicalized to the point they want to take control of local government. Sounds like a democratic republic.
— Amerigo Chattin (@AmerigoChattin) January 22, 2022
Your thread is a conspiracy theory.
— Dr Strangetweet or How I learned to love the RT (@lone_rides) January 22, 2022
https://t.co/IVwHEqZ8RX pic.twitter.com/JjDDJqljzf
— Ornery (@OrneryThe8th) January 22, 2022
https://t.co/bVCD8X4a4w pic.twitter.com/56Jj0rl3v1
— malodorouscarnivalworker (@malodorouscarny) January 22, 2022
Oh honey. https://t.co/HpKVg6C6bc
— Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱 (@chadfelixg) January 22, 2022
They can never just listen to our actual arguments.
Oh no.
They feel compelled by a supernatural muse to craft complicated soap operas in ever-expanding circles, feverishly connecting more and more dots and motivations and validation of previous nefarious cabals… https://t.co/HpKVg6C6bc— Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱 (@chadfelixg) January 22, 2022
Say you're nuts without saying you're nuts. https://t.co/yJj6zAoHu4
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) January 22, 2022
The Marxists have to create these fake narratives and they need people to live in fear.
CRT is not a conspiracy theory.
It's Marxist ideology that wants to overthrow capitalism. https://t.co/byvdUPg4tW
— Don Kedick (@CeeGeeThree2) January 22, 2022
When you don't understand your own ideology is closer to National Socialism, you get dribble like this. https://t.co/ef0fV0tajW
— Robert (@tally_dad) January 22, 2022
"Nazi-style antisemitism" was killing 6 million Jews and I just don't see the connection to "don't teach my kids your racist nonsense, thanks." https://t.co/oYIEgaC6NI
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) January 22, 2022
Isn’t it possible that people who were forced to sit through “anti-racist” struggle sessions at work saw that the same thing was being done to their kids in school and wanted to put a stop to it?
Related:
Quillette founder thinks you’re ‘willfully blind’ if you think the ‘anti-woke machine’ is going to stop after sinking CRT https://t.co/ZCOA9vOQbf
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 22, 2022
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