Evan Urquhart 🏳️‍⚧️

This WaPo piece on the parents' rights movements plan to destroy public education in the U.S. is essential.

Unlike Assigned, WaPo's stories don't typically include screenshots of batshit crazy stuff they found, so I went and took one (from a link in the piece) that has to be seen to be believed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/29/michael-farris-homeschoolers-parents-rights-ziklag/

The Christian home-schooler who made ‘parental rights’ a GOP rallying cry

On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools

The Washington Post
Aug 29, 2023 at 2:44pmWeb
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Aug 29, 2023
@e_urq "Humble in spirit" 😂
Show threadRiley S. FaelanAug 29, 2023
@Lazarou "Must not think that he might know better than the Christian ajatollah" @e_urq
Show threadΩ 🌍 Gus PoseyAug 29, 2023
@e_urq I don't know if it's more alarming that they're lunatics or that they're simpletons.
Show threadEvan Urquhart 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 29, 2023
@Gustodon I am pretty alarmed by both!
Show threadRhi, the lions and lambsAug 29, 2023
@e_urq "success in business"
Show threaddeilann v -0.2.1.  Aug 29, 2023

@e_urq

Wow, they've managed to narrow down to evangelicals without explicitly stating it.

Without prosperity gospel, those are all mutually contradictory.

Show threadVirginia S. O'PossumAug 29, 2023
@e_urq Where are they going to find someone with $25M who is humble in spirit?
Show threadJonathan DresnerAug 29, 2023
@VirginiaSOpossum @e_urq Are they going to exclude people who inherited their wealth, as unworthy and lacking evidence of business acumen?
Show threadVirginia S. O'PossumAug 29, 2023
@jondresner What could show more business acumen than picking the right parents?
Show threadJonathan DresnerAug 29, 2023
@VirginiaSOpossum “How to succeed in business without even trying”
Show threadPsittacus cafeinaAug 29, 2023

@VirginiaSOpossum @e_urq

Easily! That last bit is a meme

Show threaddave finds out Aug 30, 2023
@VirginiaSOpossum @e_urq they all think they’re humble in spirit 🥴 I know my valet AND my chef’s names! And their kids! Wooowww just like us!
Show threadDudula the DudAug 29, 2023
@e_urq Religious Bigots make me angry.
Show threadAnalog AIAug 29, 2023
@e_urq I guess "humble in spirit" has nothing to do with humility.
Show threadDavid Landon Aug 29, 2023
@e_urq "No one can come to me unless he has a net worth of $25 million"--Blonde American Gun-Toting Jesus, apparently
Show threadDavid SacerdoteAug 29, 2023
@e_urq Here's a gift link so that everybody can read the article about how the goal of the religious right is not just to harass kids for being gay or trans, but to destroy secular education. https://wapo.st/3svRzn7
#USPolitics
The Christian home-schooler who made ‘parental rights’ a GOP rallying cry

On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools

The Washington Post
Show threadWilliam RobisonAug 29, 2023
@e_urq the last point, if enforced, would disqualify anyone who meet the other requirements.
Show threadBob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱Aug 29, 2023

@e_urq

But mostly the $25 mil.

Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️Aug 30, 2023

@e_urq

“Our goal is to take down the #education system as we know it today,” Bohlinger said"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/29/michael-farris-homeschoolers-parents-rights-ziklag/

Here's a #thread of the WaPo article:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/110972808002361971

And here's a #GiftArticle #GiftLink so you can read the whole article even if you don't have a subscription:
https://wapo.st/3svRzn7

#Religion #Christian #Extremism #Education #USA #News

The Christian home-schooler who made ‘parental rights’ a GOP rallying cry

On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools

The Washington Post
Show threaddave finds out Aug 30, 2023
@e_urq just me and my $25 mil that I dole out to far right ideologues, li in’ humbly 😌
Show threadBeeCycling has movedSep 4, 2023
@e_urq Jesus reading that screenshot and being all: "Did these people listen to one single thing I said? Do they have some weird distorted view of the relative sizes of camels and needles?"
Show threadEvan Urquhart 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 4, 2023
@beecycling I KNOW!!!
Show thread𒀭Wiiお姉さん 💜 🏳️‍⚧️Sep 4, 2023
@beecycling Considering how easily these people can often fit their whole heads up their own butts, that wouldn't surprise me all that much.