“London, who has ties to the anti-government constitutional sheriff’s movement and tried to launch a local chapter of the far-right Oath Keepers militia in 2020, did not respond to questions.” No surprises here.
Also, homeschooling parents complaining @ a school board meeting? Wtf?? 🤔
Speaking as someone who was homeschooled by people like this K-12, it’s all about control. They only home school because it’s the only way to control what their children learn, but if they can control what all children learn, well, that will do just fine.
So like I get what you’re getting at, but even in the most altruistic choice to honeschool a child, where you are doing it so you can best meet their educational needs, wouldnt it still be a control level decision? You’d be choosing homeschool over public so you could have more control over meeting your childs needs
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say, exactly. People homeschool for a variety of reasons; sometimes that is to have more control over the learning schedule or to have more control over the level of stimulation a child receives. Most of these seem like responses to an emergent circumstance rather than a wholesale rejection of a system of learning.
That seems like an unnecessary distinction though, since I already specified that this is about controlling what children can learn, not how or when.
My parents didn’t homeschool me to accommodate a strange schedule or to ease any kind of social anxiety I had. They homeschooled me to prevent me from encountering anything that would challenge the idea that the God literally made the earth in 7 days six thousand years ago and that the Bible was the literal and perfect word of God.
Yeah ok, my bad, It was a reading fail on my part. You did indeed specify what they wanted to control and I entirely missed that and read it as control in general, so not only was I being pedantic, I was also wrong xD. Sorry about that!
I was reading another article about this same town (Granbury, Texas), discussing a massive bitcoin mining operation literally giving the people & animals there sonic damage. Anyhow, the cop there trying to make things better is also noted as a former Oathkeeper. So… I guess that’s part of the local ‘culture’ 🤦♀️
Also, if you want to hear more in-depth coverage of Texas school district fuckery, one of the authors of the above articles, Mike Hixenbaum, has two podcasts and a book about it: Southlake (2021-2022), Grapevine (2023), and They Came for the Schools (2024). I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend any of them.
it would be a shame if a group of leftists turned the tables on him and made him feel intimidated. it would be even more despicable if someone just carried through on the threats and we never had to worry about that piece of shit ever again.
So this guy went around reading books found in a children’s library that he thought were disgusting. Then he looked up the names of the children who checked them out?
You know, my kid’s kindergarten librarian would say “anything that gets them reading is progress.” So maybe we should be encouraging more dipshits to be checking out more books.
The targets of the investigation? Three school librarians in Granbury, Texas. The allegation? They had allowed children to access literature — such as “The Bluest Eye,” by Toni Morrison — that the officer, Scott London, a chief deputy constable, had deemed obscene.
Summary of The Bluest Eye from Wikipedia:
The novel takes place in Lorain, Ohio (Morrison’s hometown), and tells the story of a young African-American girl named Pecola who grew up following the Great Depression. Set in 1941, the story is about how she is consistently regarded as “ugly” due to her mannerisms and dark skin. As a result, she develops an inferiority complex, which fuels her desire for the blue eyes she equates with “whiteness”.
The novel is told mostly from Claudia MacTeer’s point of view. Claudia is the daughter of Pecola’s temporary foster parents. There is also some omniscient third-person narration. The book’s controversial topics of racism, incest, and child molestation have led to numerous attempts to ban the novel from schools and libraries in the United States.[1]
Now, if he read the book, like he claims to have read it, he would know that the only obscene thing in the book is that it shows why things like racism and incest are, themselves, obscene. And that sounds like something kids should learn.
Unless, of course, this cop doesn’t find one or both of those things obscene and rather finds the obscene thing to be telling people racism and/or incest is wrong…
Found the article.
It’s so incredibly stupid how he takes himself so seriously; he’s like if Poirot had a satchel of lead beads he would stick up his nose occasionally.
And then like a coward he won’t elaborate on his master plan of making education and edification punishable by law.
He wasted important people’s time and then just fucked off, pretending it never happened.
What a dunce; no wonder he became a cop.
TY for sharing the article!
“London, who has ties to the anti-government constitutional sheriff’s movement and tried to launch a local chapter of the far-right Oath Keepers militia in 2020, did not respond to questions.” No surprises here.
Also, homeschooling parents complaining @ a school board meeting? Wtf?? 🤔
Reactionary entitlement knows no bounds.
Speaking as someone who was homeschooled by people like this K-12, it’s all about control. They only home school because it’s the only way to control what their children learn, but if they can control what all children learn, well, that will do just fine.
So like I get what you’re getting at, but even in the most altruistic choice to honeschool a child, where you are doing it so you can best meet their educational needs, wouldnt it still be a control level decision? You’d be choosing homeschool over public so you could have more control over meeting your childs needs
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say, exactly. People homeschool for a variety of reasons; sometimes that is to have more control over the learning schedule or to have more control over the level of stimulation a child receives. Most of these seem like responses to an emergent circumstance rather than a wholesale rejection of a system of learning.
That seems like an unnecessary distinction though, since I already specified that this is about controlling what children can learn, not how or when.
My parents didn’t homeschool me to accommodate a strange schedule or to ease any kind of social anxiety I had. They homeschooled me to prevent me from encountering anything that would challenge the idea that the God literally made the earth in 7 days six thousand years ago and that the Bible was the literal and perfect word of God.
Seems like a different conversation entirely.
Yeah ok, my bad, It was a reading fail on my part. You did indeed specify what they wanted to control and I entirely missed that and read it as control in general, so not only was I being pedantic, I was also wrong xD. Sorry about that!
I was reading another article about this same town (Granbury, Texas), discussing a massive bitcoin mining operation literally giving the people & animals there sonic damage. Anyhow, the cop there trying to make things better is also noted as a former Oathkeeper. So… I guess that’s part of the local ‘culture’ 🤦♀️
Also, if you want to hear more in-depth coverage of Texas school district fuckery, one of the authors of the above articles, Mike Hixenbaum, has two podcasts and a book about it: Southlake (2021-2022), Grapevine (2023), and They Came for the Schools (2024). I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend any of them.
Bitcoin farm opened, locals take 2D6 sonic damage per day.
Lol, sounds a lot funnier that way.
Anyhow, here’s the article if you want to read it.
it would be a shame if a group of leftists turned the tables on him and made him feel intimidated. it would be even more despicable if someone just carried through on the threats and we never had to worry about that piece of shit ever again.
Fascists aren’t bothered by details. Or consistency. Or reality.
So this guy went around reading books found in a children’s library that he thought were disgusting. Then he looked up the names of the children who checked them out?
That sounds like something a pervert would do.
This is one reason why most libraries don’t keep records of individual’s past checkouts.
You know, my kid’s kindergarten librarian would say “anything that gets them reading is progress.” So maybe we should be encouraging more dipshits to be checking out more books.
Summary of The Bluest Eye from Wikipedia:
Now, if he read the book, like he claims to have read it, he would know that the only obscene thing in the book is that it shows why things like racism and incest are, themselves, obscene. And that sounds like something kids should learn.
Unless, of course, this cop doesn’t find one or both of those things obscene and rather finds the obscene thing to be telling people racism and/or incest is wrong…
Wait until he find out about the internet and all the “obscene” content it has, a simple search away from any electronic device his children have.
As much as i hate quotas and micromanaging, this guy could use some of that.