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04 May 2023, 6:55 am

https://www.foxnews.com/media/colorado-teachers-union-passes-resolution-declaring-capitalism-inherently-exploits-children-public-schools

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A final version of the resolution that was passed states that "CEA believes that capitalism requires exploitation of children, public schools, land, labor, and/or resources. Capitalism is in opposition to fully addressing systemic racism (the school to prison pipeline), climate change, patriarchy, (gender and LGBTQ disparities), education inequality, and income inequality.

So…they want to teach CRT in public schools or something?

Regardless, they want to do away with teaching the only rational and equitable economic policy there is.



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04 May 2023, 9:34 am

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04 May 2023, 9:36 am

Are they wrong? Or are they just not politically correct? :lol:


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04 May 2023, 9:47 am

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Are they wrong? Or are they just not politically correct? :lol:


Just another ploy to keep their post-menopausal viewers in a constant state of outrage.

If the viewers aren't getting their outrage fix, then they might switch to OAN or Newsmax. Even worse garbage than Fox.


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04 May 2023, 10:40 am

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Are they wrong? Or are they just not politically correct? :lol:

:lol:

It's not propaganda if it's true. The Colorado teachers union really did pass a resolution denouncing capitalism.

As far as being wrong or not, well...that's a matter of interpretation. I would think that opposing capitalism would be the more politically correct move.



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04 May 2023, 10:45 am

McDonals just got busted for using child labor in Kentucky.
Capitalism in action.
https://brownpoliticalreview.org/2021/1 ... st-system/


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04 May 2023, 10:46 am

AngelRho wrote:
So…they want to teach CRT in public schools or something?



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critical-r ... t-history/

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Head of teachers union says critical race theory isn't taught in schools, vows to defend "honest history"

By Caitlin O'Kane

July 8, 2021 / 12:07 PM / CBS News

As the debate over how race is taught in schools continues to be a hot-button issue in many school districts, the president of one of America's largest teachers unions is speaking out against efforts to ban critical race theory. In a speech this week, Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), said critical race theory it is not even taught in elementary schools — and she vowed to fight "culture warriors" who are "bullying teachers."

Republican lawmakers in several states have introduced legislation to restrict how race is taught in schools, many of them aiming to ban critical race theory, a concept developed by legal scholars to examine the ongoing effects of racism in U.S. policies and institutions.

During the AFT conference on Tuesday, Weingarten called the movement against critical race theory a "culture campaign" by Republicans and Fox News that attempts to suppress the truth, "limit learning and stoke fears about our public schools."

"Let's be clear: critical race theory is not taught in elementary schools or high schools. It's a method of examination taught in law school and college that helps analyze whether systemic racism exists — and, in particular, whether it has an effect on law and public policy," Weingarten said. "But culture warriors are labeling any discussion of race, racism or discrimination as CRT to try to make it toxic. They are bullying teachers and trying to stop us from teaching students accurate history."

Opponents of critical race theory claim it is divisive and have sought to ban lessons that they say teach that one group is fundamentally racist. However, scholars say it does not teach that any race is inherently racist or is superior, but looks at how race is ingrained in our history.

Critical race theory is not typically "taught in elementary and secondary schools because it is based in legal theory," Jazmyne Owens, of public policy think tank New America, told CBS News. She said the wave of legislation "is really aimed at erasing and whitewashing American history."

Weingarten said the restrictions on teaching would harm students. "These culture warriors want to deprive students of a robust understanding of our common history," she said. "This will put students at a disadvantage in life by knocking a big hole in their understanding of our country and the world."

Teaching American history, she said, "requires considering all the facts available to us — including those that are uncomfortable — like the history of enslavement and discrimination toward people of color and people perceived as different." She said teachers know they "teach history, not hate."

She said laws restricting lessons on race "impinge on educators' professional obligations — our obligation to teach honest history, as well as to teach current events, like the January 6 attack on the Capitol." ...

..Earlier this year, the National Council for the Social Studies denounced legislation against critical race theory and rejected "any effort by the federal government to silence social studies curriculum that explicitly addresses the centrality of slavery in the historical narrative of the United States."

In addition to legislation being introduced at the state and national levels, parents and administrators are debating the topic at local school board meetings. In a recent article, USA Today Now reporter Ryan Miller detailed how protests and arrests have become common at such meetings.

"This is not necessarily a new thing, to have school board meetings time and time again become a venue for larger national discussions," Miller said in an interview on CBSN.

"You're starting to see national politics latch onto issues around race and racism, ever since the murder of George Floyd last May," Miller said. "As a result, we're seeing a number of conservative think tanks, a number of conservative political groups latch onto critical race theory and then that seeping into the rhetoric of politicians ... and as it starts to go down the chain and onto social media as well, it reaches these meetings and the parents that attend." ...

..."A lot of the legislation is vague, it bans broadly 'racist' or 'sexist' teachings," he said.

Miller said because the language in the legislation is often "nebulous," teachers could fear legal trouble for any teaching about the history of race...


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04 May 2023, 10:46 am

AngelRho wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Are they wrong? Or are they just not politically correct? :lol:

:lol:

It's not propaganda if it's true. The Colorado teachers union really did pass a resolution denouncing capitalism.

As far as being wrong or not, well...that's a matter of interpretation. I would think that opposing capitalism would be the more politically correct move.


It really seems like the only issue that they've made valid (but unacceptable) observations about capitalism.

In a society where condemning capitalism is met with harsh kneejerk reactions, it's clear that speaking ill of capitalism is not politically correct.


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04 May 2023, 10:51 am

AngelRho wrote:

It's not propaganda if it's true. The Colorado teachers union really did pass a resolution denouncing capitalism.



Do you have a link to the actual resolution, passed by the Colorado Teachers Union?

You might not be aware, but the Fox Noise Machine recently settled a law suit for $787.5 million, for amplifying lies about Dominion Voting Machines.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ction-lies

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As far as being wrong or not, well...that's a matter of interpretation. I would think that opposing capitalism would be the more politically correct move.


What do you mean by "politically correct?"


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04 May 2023, 11:34 am

When people condemn Capitalism they typically have different things in mind that outrage them.

The problem with the subject line is that condemning Capitalism is not equivalent to promoting Communism, so the post is blatantly deceptive.


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04 May 2023, 11:42 am

funeralxempire wrote:
AngelRho wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Are they wrong? Or are they just not politically correct? :lol:

:lol:

It's not propaganda if it's true. The Colorado teachers union really did pass a resolution denouncing capitalism.

As far as being wrong or not, well...that's a matter of interpretation. I would think that opposing capitalism would be the more politically correct move.


It really seems like the only issue that they've made valid (but unacceptable) observations about capitalism.

In a society where condemning capitalism is met with harsh kneejerk reactions, it's clear that speaking ill of capitalism is not politically correct.

Kneejerk reactions from capitalists, yes, but I don't see that American power structures are really capitalist.

I guess what I'm saying is that political correctness doesn't favor conservatism.

Even when conservatives practice political correctness, it's "pandering" or "condescending," and that kind of equivocating only underscores a politician's weakness.

If a liberal does it, it's because he's "sensitive" and "empathetic."

I'm not a fan of political correctness. I see the trend of political correctness as being critical of capitalism, not defending it.



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04 May 2023, 12:04 pm

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I guess what I'm saying is that political correctness doesn't favor conservatism...

...I'm not a fan of political correctness. I see the trend of political correctness as being critical of capitalism, not defending it.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyl ... story.html

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How ‘politically correct’ went from compliment to insult

The phrase has become inescapable — again. In campaign speeches, media headlines and your Twitter feed: "politically correct."

But what does it actually mean? Depends what year it is, and whom you’re asking.

These days, for GOP candidates, it’s a catch-all synonym for liberal cowardice or caution — whatever it is that’s keeping America from being great, or something. But “politically correct” is a linguistic weapon that has changed hands many times.

It’s been a literal term. An ironic joke. A snide insult. To some, the term has even represented a positive ideal, a righteous label worn proudly.

1932: “We looked over the program, but are sure that few farmers would ever understand it. Of course, it is politically ‘correct’ to the last letter.”

— Harrison George, a leader of the U.S. Communist Party, on its support for the United Farmers League in the Communist newspaper

The phrase began to circulate in American communist circles in the 1930s and ’40s, at first as a straightforward term meaning “the proper language to use, or the proper position, for a member of the U.S. Communist Party to take on a particular issue,” says L.D. Burnett, an adjunct professor of history at Collin College in Texas. “It was used primarily to demand political orthodoxy.” Until some people within the party began to snicker about it, she adds: “It was also used jokingly — kind of in an eye-rolling, tongue-in-cheek fashion — to refer to those doctrinaire sticks in the mud.”

1934: “All journalists must have a permit to function and such permits are granted only to pure ‘Aryans’ whose opinions are politically correct. Even after that they must watch their step.”

— The New York Times, describing a clampdown in Nazi Germany

Already, the phrase was taking on shades of irony — here used to describe the rigid orthodoxy of a fascist government. Obviously, the Times reporter didn’t consider those Nazi-approved views to be the “correct” ones.

1964: “I’m here to tell you that we are going to do those things which need to be done, not because they are politically correct, but because they are right.”

— President Lyndon B. Johnson at the convention of the United Auto Workers

In the ’60s, the phrase reappeared in left-leaning political and activist circles. Here, Johnson’s use is fairly literal, describing government actions that he saw as not only politically advisable — passing a civil rights bill and a medical-assistance plan for the elderly — but also morally justified.

1979: "In America among many political lesbians, bisexuality is regarded as a betrayal
. . . [therefore] the politically correct thing is to define oneself as a lesbian."

— Anthropologist Deborah Goleman Wolf in her book, "The Lesbian Community"

By the dawning of the feminist “sex wars” of the ’60s and ’70s, the phrase was applied in a variety of ways — sometimes as a fairly neutral term to describe another group’s orthodoxy or vulnerability to political pressure, and sometimes with a tiny hint of judgment, as in this quote. But it became a blatant insult only as the feminist debate over sexuality escalated, hitting a fever pitch in . . .

1982: “Politically Correct/Politically Incorrect Sexuality”

— The title of a controversial panel discussion at the Barnard College Conference on Sexuality

This conference marked a pivotal point in that debate, Burnett says. Feminists who opposed pornography and certain sexual behaviors were labeled “politically correct” by their “pro-sex” counterparts in the movement — a term meant as a sneer, suggesting that those women were succumbing to patriarchal influence.

1985: “If both Democrats and Republicans believe the deficit is the key issue for the 1986 elections, then voting for a balanced budget is the politically correct thing to do.”

— The New York Times

Even into the 1980s, you still saw the phrase being used almost literally, though hints of cynicism were creeping in. Here, the writer suggests that cutting federal spending was very much in vogue.

1986: “ ‘The Cosby Show’ is, to use a hideously canting phrase, ‘politically correct.’ ”

— Terry Teachout in National Review magazine

By the mid-’80s, “politically correct” was being leveled by some conservative critics with heavy doses of irony against what they viewed as feel-good liberal pieties. In a disdainful review, Teachout scolded the sitcom for glossing over the complexities of race relations.

1986: “It’s delicious . . . and even more important, it’s politically correct.”

— A waitress quoted in a Washington Post article about fair-trade Nicaraguan coffee

And yet! There were still the liberal activists who wholeheartedly embraced the term, such as at a restaurant in the ever-earnest Maryland enclave of Takoma Park.

1988: “It was politically correct not to go in there.”

— A community preservation society leader quoted in the New York Times

This guy also used the phrase proudly to explain why locals in the staunchly left-wing Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in San Francisco boycotted a chain restaurant.

1989: “P.C. and Proud”

— A slogan and general attitude assumed by certain campus activist groups in the late '80s and early '90s

Melanie Huff and her friends adopted the phrase during their years as AIDS advocates in graduate school. “We were into the idea of using inclusive language,” says Huff, now an associate dean at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. “There was nothing at all negative about trying to attain language usage that was non-offensive.” Still, the phrase was hardly mainstream, until . . .

1991: “The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris of racism and sexism and hatred, it replaces old prejudice with new ones.”

— George H.W. Bush, in a commencement address at the University of Michigan

By the early ’90s, more people were growing outraged by “political correctness” in higher education, and fewer activists were flying the “P.C.” banner as a glorified ideal. When the first President Bush declared that free speech was under siege by P.C. culture, “mainstream America [began] to latch onto this term,” Burnett says. “That’s when ‘political correctness’ appeared on the nightly news.”

More than 25 years later, you can still find it there. But instead of describing a culture clash within academia, it’s now a broad-brush insult directed against any ideological opponent.

As someone who has spoken the phrase with pride, Huff now thinks it’s not salvageable, even for those who once used it in what they hoped was a spirit of inclusiveness and open-mindedness.

“It’s such a term of ridicule,” she says. “Even those of us who would still want to strive to that as a conceptual goal wouldn’t use that term.”


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04 May 2023, 12:09 pm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions ... story.html

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The GOP turns ‘political correctness’ into the mother of all straw men

Back in the summer, when Megyn Kelly confronted Donald Trump with a few of the nasty things he had said about women, the candidate had a simple retort.

“The big problem this country has is being politically correct,” he said.

The big problem? Not economic growth, or terrorism, or war against the Islamic State. No, the big problem in these United States is political correctness.

Since that first debate, Trump and his fellow Republican presidential candidates have connected political correctness to virtually every issue: Vladimir Putin. Immigration. The San Bernardino shooting. Planned Parenthood. David Cameron. The Islamic State. Gun ownership. Social networks. Demagoguery. Muslims. Women in the military. Israel. American exceptionalism. Climate change. Education. The mental-health system. The media. The national debt. Drug addiction. Prisoners of war. Women. Torture. Trans fats.

“Political correctness is killing people,” Ted Cruz said at last week’s debate.

Ben Carson warned of a conspiracy “to give away American values and principles for the sake of political correctness.”

The notion of political correctness became popular on college campuses a quarter-century ago but has recently grown into the mother of all straw men. Once a pejorative term applied to liberals’ determination not to offend any ethnic or other identity group, it now is used lazily by some conservatives to label everything classified under “that with which I disagree.” GOP candidates are now using the “politically correct” label to shut down debate — exactly what conservatives complained politically correct liberals were doing in the first place.

When CNN’s John Berman last week asked Rick Santorum about Trump’s plan to ban Muslims from entering the country, Santorum employed the familiar evasive maneuver.

“Republicans are sick and tired of the political correctness that we can’t talk about this,” he said. “You can’t say the word ‘Muslim.’ ”

It wasn’t clear which officer in the P.C. Police told Santorum he couldn’t say “Muslim.” Presumably it was the same officer who provided Chris Christie with this straw man:

“Some people believe that borders have become outdated,” the New Jersey governor said. “They don’t believe in nation-states. They believe in a post-American world. . . . We have to speak out against it even when it becomes politically incorrect to do so.”

CNN’s Jake Tapper exposed the intellectual laziness in the label when Cruz said “political correctness” prevented U.S. officials from seeing radical Facebook postings by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Tapper pointed out that the posting in question was under a pseudonym and was in a private message that the government can’t access. “How is that political correctness and not just privacy issues?” he asked.

Cruz changed the subject.

For Trump, the politically correct label has become a tic.

How does he explain his praise of Putin? “I’m not going to be politically correct.” How does he respond to the British prime minister’s criticism? “You want to be so politically correct all the time.” Does his anti-Muslim rhetoric radicalize more jihadists? “We can be politically correct, and I could say, ‘Oh well, no, there’s no problem.’ ”

He said there are “major problems” with having women in combat but the military is proceeding because “they want to be politically correct.” He defended profiling of Muslims by law enforcement and said anybody who disagrees “wants to be politically correct.”

If you don’t support his (false) allegation that thousands of New Jersey Muslims celebrated the World Trade Center collapse, Trump said, that is because “it might be not politically correct for you to talk about it.” Defending his plan to deport 11 million illegal immigrants, Trump warned that we will “become so politically correct as a country that we can’t even walk. We can’t think properly. We can’t do anything.”

The tic is contagious.

Marco Rubio thinks the “radical left” has found “a clever, politically correct way to advocate Israel’s destruction.”

Carly Fiorina alleges that “our government has become inept, sometimes because it is politically correct.”

Mike Huckabee thinks François Hollande is a “politically correct French president” and France is a “politically correct country.”

Jeb Bush laments the “politically correct kind of curriculum.”

John Kasich believes it’s “politically incorrect to call America exceptional.”

And Carson, who has nearly equaled Trump in the politically correct primary, says of enhanced interrogation techniques, “There’s no such thing as political correctness when you’re fighting an enemy who wants to destroy you.”

Voters, told repeatedly that political correctness jeopardizes their way of life, are alarmed. “We’re tired of political correctness,” one Trump voter said in a focus group conducted by Frank Luntz for CBS. “I think we’re being burdened with it. I think it’s making us weaker as a country globally.”

He just doesn’t know what it is.


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04 May 2023, 12:39 pm

Really stupid. Like, it's obviously nonsense to say that capitalism is causing those things - plenty of racists, misogynists, pollution and inequality in non-capitalist societies. Also stupid to say that this means schools are promoting communism. The teachers unions aren't actually the school, as much as they'd like you to think they are.



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04 May 2023, 12:49 pm

AngelRho wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
AngelRho wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Are they wrong? Or are they just not politically correct? :lol:

:lol:

It's not propaganda if it's true. The Colorado teachers union really did pass a resolution denouncing capitalism.

As far as being wrong or not, well...that's a matter of interpretation. I would think that opposing capitalism would be the more politically correct move.


It really seems like the only issue that they've made valid (but unacceptable) observations about capitalism.

In a society where condemning capitalism is met with harsh kneejerk reactions, it's clear that speaking ill of capitalism is not politically correct.

Kneejerk reactions from capitalists, yes, but I don't see that American power structures are really capitalist.

I guess what I'm saying is that political correctness doesn't favor conservatism.

Even when conservatives practice political correctness, it's "pandering" or "condescending," and that kind of equivocating only underscores a politician's weakness.

If a liberal does it, it's because he's "sensitive" and "empathetic."

I'm not a fan of political correctness. I see the trend of political correctness as being critical of capitalism, not defending it.


Conservatives have and enforce their own standards of political correctness. They only whine about it and label it as political correctness when they encounter standards that aren't aligned with their own.


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04 May 2023, 1:18 pm

I agree with the teachers union.

And I would also add it makes rent and food prices unbearable. A little capitalism is ok but there needs to be enough socialism to reign it in or it goes feral.


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