grte@lemmy.caM to CanadaPolitics@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoHow ‘parental rights’ language smuggles anti-LGBTQ hate into mainstream politics | Ricochetricochet.mediaexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down19
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minus-squareJason2357@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s not understanding, that’s whitewashing (or being naive). Those 3 points don’t actually add up to “parents rights” unless you add one key additional component.
minus-squaresbvlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m not saying they add up to “parents rights”, I’m trying to get across that a lot of parents feel like they’ve been let down by their kids schools. That makes for fertile ground when a right wing campaigner comes along and says “do you trust the school?”
That’s not understanding, that’s whitewashing (or being naive). Those 3 points don’t actually add up to “parents rights” unless you add one key additional component.
I’m not saying they add up to “parents rights”, I’m trying to get across that a lot of parents feel like they’ve been let down by their kids schools.
That makes for fertile ground when a right wing campaigner comes along and says “do you trust the school?”