This. Just read another article about Moms for Liberty trying to reprogram public schools.

@CinnamonGirlE My first thought was Betsy DeVos. Why do Republicans want to destroy education

@JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE
It has a lot to do with fundamentalist Christians -- or that specific brand of republican -- it ties in with them not wanting their children taught evolution.

In the bible belt, there are people who 100% believe that men have one fewer rib than women, that humans walked the earth with dinosaurs, and the story of Noah and the flood was literal and factual. They believe this.

And public education teaches differently.

Plus, it costs money too and is desegregated.

@JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE

In my experience, they can sometimes be decent, family-oriented types of people, but badly misguided. They're terribly, terribly indoctrinated. And...They've gleefully gotten in bed with billionaires who would love to bring back child labor and who are motivated mainly by profit and greed.

@JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE
And then throw in the fact that public school might mean your child meets people of other races or religions, learn about evolution, and potentially do something other than get married and have children, and it just terrifies them. It's very sad, and very, very dangerous.

@JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE
And then... on top of allllll that...

We have colleges engaging in questionable practices and earning their bad reputations, to put it mildly, so people look askew at that and see it as proof that "education is bad!"

AND there is a huge, huge financial incentive to privatize education, so I guarandamntee you some people know this and want to benefit.

And it is just a gigantic clusterfuck.

@janallmac @JusDucky @CinnamonGirlE there was something someone once said about privatization.. let me see if i can find it because momentarily his name escapes me..

@Museek @janallmac @JusDucky
Privatization of education will destroy the country. And sadly, that’s exactly what they want.