Florida public schools curriculum will require instruction on the history and evils of communism | Eastern NC Now
Henry Hinton explains how public education is to blame for lurch toward socialism
The Florida state Board of Education beginning this school year is requiring instruction in History and Evils of Communism in grades 6 and above as part of the required curriculum. Governor deSantis strongly approved this measure. In a state with a large Cuban American population made up of refugee families that fled Cuban communism under Fidel Castro, this should be a popular change to the curriculum. However, it is also a state whose teachers union held a press conference to support and even encourage student anti-ICE walkouts, so it may get some pushback, too.
And here is some interesting commentary on what is going on in K-12 education in North Carolina and around the country:
https://dailyhaymaker.com/is-public-education-failing-our-kids-a-good-question-for-an-election-year/
The concept of "technology free days" would be a refreshing change.
Here is some of the nonsense that conservative teachers can have inflicted upon them by school administrators and teachers unions:
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ORIGINAL POST:
Commenting on the most recent Democrat Socialist of America defeat of the Democrat Party establishment in the Florida US Senate primary, WTIB morning show host Henry Hinton gave his thoughts of what is behind the recent socialist wave. He blamed it on public schools pushing the "woke" narrative in the classrooms for the last twenty years.
This highlights the importance of public school curriculum in keeping the America we know and are proud of. There are too many forces, starting with the leftist teachers unions pushing the leftwing agenda in the classroom.
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Mr. Rader: Interesting. These Beaufort County factions are pretty intricate. So, you are saying the main opposition to you in in District Six was organized teacher-union oriented teachers with help from Carolyn and Randy Walker.
Alternately, I've had numerous reports about the Washington Walkers as well as with additional antics from other elements of the local non-conservative GOP working against Mr. Hickman in School District Two. All of these that I know about were from outside of District Two. One of those particularly disgusting entities seem to specialize in dirty tricks, and they go after all the native conservatives, including you. A central character in this group seems to be under the protection of the present-day party chair. Granted this boorish segment probably doesn't command a lot of votes - They're mainly just a meanspirited aggravation. Rino Hunter: I agree about what the real problem of the local GOP is - opportunists running as fake Republicans because they cannot win as Democrats. Maybe I differ with you a little in that I think some of the internal party factions are playing a strong role in the opportunistic fake Republican scenario. It appears to many of us that these "fake" suspect Republicans are being catered to by the present local Republican leadership while most Conservatives, with few exceptions, are being constantly harassed and treated as the number one enemy. Thank you for providing a list of local Republican candidates with actual GOP credibility. Also, thank you for correctly including Stan Deatherage in your list. With that I'm wondering, is there anyone that can rein the Party Chairman in during this election season? Her constant public attacks on a Republican candidate make her guilty of party disloyalty regardless of whether the weak as water Executive Committee acts or not. In fact, as a body this committee occupies the role of accomplice as things currently stand. A blank Beaufort County Republican Party page on Facebook would be appropriate at this point. If by some miracle the local GOP survives enough to conduct a productive convention, they must come up with new leadership that is willing to treat all factions fairly and with respect and hopefully deal intelligently with the opportunists making us look like idiots. They must also NOT make a mockery of the Plan of Organization and basic meeting practices. |
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Hooray for Florida. Our local schools need to do that.
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When it comes to Democrats trying to pass themselves off as fake Republicans to win election, do not forget Carolyn and Randy Walker, who both switched parties on paper to get elected, then governed like the Democrats they always had been. Randy Walker once ran unsuccessfully for county commission as a Democrat before he switched and tried it as a fake Republican. Once in office, he has governed as the Democrat he has always really been. Opportunists is indeed an accurate term for these political chameleons.
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Thanks RINO Hunter for the mention: You can and have rooted out RINOs in the past. Please continue to do so.
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VZ, the real problem of the local GOP is opportunists, many ex-Democrats suddenly wanting to run as fake "Republicans" because they cannot win as Democrats. That is an even bigger problem that internal factions within the party.
On the school board, Monica Davis has been a Democrat most of the time she has lived in Beaufort County and only recently switched to "Republican". She has also been a card carrying member of NC's liberal teachers union. The new member for Bath is also a teachers union member and I am told has never shown up for anything in the Republican Party. Then you have our opportunist NC House nominee, the water boy for Big Ag, Darin Armstrong, who was a longtime Marc Basnight Democrat and even a major contributor to Basnight's campaigns. Those candidates all coordinated together along with sheriff challenger Kerry Cox and county commission candidate John Edwards. Of the lot of them, only Cox has ever shown his face at a GOP function before running for office and Cox was forced to resign from the county GOP executive committee for party disloyalty when he publicly supported a Democrat candidate for sheriff in 2022. Another last minute ex-Democrat who did a last minute switch to run under false colors as a Republican was Frankie Waters. As a commissioner, he has always been an ally of the actual Democrats serving on the commission. His "Republican" identity has always been a fake facade. Looking at our county and legislative ticket in November, the only "Republican" candidates who have an actual background in the GOP are Senator Bob Brinson, Commissioner Stan Deatherage, Commission candidate Ashley Woolard, Sheriff Scott Hammonds and school board members Charles Hickman and Terry Williams. The others are all opportunists and mostly warmed over Democrats.. |
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Van Zant, in my race at least, I had solid support from both factions of the party, other than the Walkers. In the vote to fill the vacancy, I was unanimously supported by executive committee members from both sides of the party. The opponent, nominated by Mrs. Walker, received zero votes. In the primary, I had volunteers and contributors from both wings of the party. The factional split in the party was NOT a factor in my race. The main activists in my opponents campaign, other than the Walkers, was a group of school teachers.
In retrospect, I wish our campaign had put more focus on curriculum than we did. |
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Van Zant: Now that the ruling of Louisiana vs Callais, by the U.S. Supreme Court, is judging permanent, precedent setting clarification regarding our 14th Amendment's guarantees; which may now automatically stipulate that Beaufort County's school board is out of constitutional compliance with that Amendment's guarantee that voting citizens may NOT be afforded "Equal Protection Under Our Laws" here in Beaufort County, and furthermore, it should be immediately prudent that Beaufort County change their election method for school board members.
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Walker's target is to replace conservative Stacy Davis with another warmed over Democrat. Longtime liberal Democrat former board member Mack Hodges has or will switch to "Republican" to try to pull the wool over voters eyes in typical Walker style.
The question was asked if curriculum was what motivated Walker, and that probably has something to do with it, but it is broader. She wants to be a loyal functionary of the Raleigh liberal education network. She also wants to be the "Queen bee" of the school board and looks for candidates she can manipulate. Hodes was little more than a seat warmer and is perfect for her purposes.