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[–] TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if they feel the same way about police unions, or wait no I don't wonder.

[–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 7 points 1 day ago

They'll save them for last. The brownshirts always get what's coming.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 day ago

I already support unions (in one) and adore teachers because I pretty much worship at the church of education. They have one of the most important jobs in society. It's kinda hard to make me more sympathetic to their plight, but hey, you did it.

[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago

The weakest union with the lowest paid members? Clearly doing the Lord's work here

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I bet every one of the ghouls doing this were shitkids in school and resent teachers because they tried to do their fucking jobs

[–] Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Great so teachers have no support, and people wonder why we have a shortage of teachers

[–] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.zip 37 points 1 day ago (8 children)

It's by design.

Once upon a time, the USA had a strong middle class. Billionaires got taxed heavily, and our public schools were the envy of the world. Well funded and produced a lot of great students.

But educated people are difficult to control and even harder to dupe. The GOP realized that if they can gut public education, the masses will become malleable again. Meanwhile, the children of the rich can continue to go to expensive private institutions for their own education. So the rich stay educated, and the poor's go in the gutter.

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[–] bequirtle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

WE'RE ASSEMBLING A TEAM TO TRIPLE WORLD HUNGER!! BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!!

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 72 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Conservatives hate teachers because teachers don’t need to work when kids aren’t in school for the summer. That’s the only complaint I’ve ever truly heard from them. Meanwhile, those same teachers are up stupid early, on time every fucking day, dealing with over-filled classes of every type of child, and then doing even more labour in the evenings as they aren’t officially given much of any time to create plans or mark work.

[–] LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They also do work during the summer, making lesson plans, teaching summer school, working a second job, etc.

But if Republicans made policy decisions based on reality they wouldn't be Republicans.

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[–] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 days ago

Their pay is insanely low as well, and they can either not get paid for summer, or take their pay even lower per month to cover summer too

[–] PissMissile@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

There's plenty more that they complain about with teachers. They complain that they are ineffective, promote progressive ideals, target their children's shitty behavior, aren't held accountable, and the whole "those who can't do, teach" bullshit.

I used to be a teacher. I've seen it all, heard it all.

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[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Those public school teachers have had it too good for too long.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 103 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Corey A. DeAngelis is an American advocate for school choice.

DeAngelis was an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. He worked for the American Federation for Children, a conservative education nonprofit group founded by Betsy DeVos, from 2021 to 2024.

He joined the board of directors of the Liberty Justice Center in 2022. He has appeared on Fox News multiple times to as a commentator on education policy.

DeAngelis has described school choice as "a winner for Trump". He contributed to the Project 2025 document, in the section discussing education and the dissolution of the U.S. Department of Education.

In 2024, he released the book The Parent Revolution.

This guy's literally done nothing his entire life besides get paid by right-wing think tanks to undercut public schools

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 43 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Why do people in the US equate "choice" with destroying other people's protections?

  • "School choice" = removing teacher's work protections.
  • "Health care choice" = no healthcare unless you can pay through the nose.
  • "Food choice" = some of the worst food standards in the hemisphere.
[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago

Almost all of it is, or at least originates, from racism, at least with schools.

When public schools allowed racial integration , school choice became a mechanism for racists to pull their kids from mixed schools.

It grew into things like charter schools that are private, often religious, schools that get public funding and maintain segregation.

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[–] Furbag@pawb.social 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can't you guys just rob banks like normal crooks?

[–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 6 points 1 day ago

The crooks run the banks actually

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They’ve done the decades of work to turn people against unions, convincing MAGAts that unions are proto-communist organizations that extort unfair wages though dishonest practices while sitting around not working. They have people looking over at them saying “how come you get paid so much?” Instead of “I should get paid that much too.”

People are dumb. Whatcha gonna do.

They never stop to question how successful long lasting companies that have been unionized for decades are still around

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 173 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

US politics as seem by Europeans:

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 57 points 2 days ago (27 children)

except blue is more like "we're strongly opposed to diarrhea forever, but this undercooked fish should be good in the fridge for another few days right?"

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[–] el_twitto@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 day ago

That is a sack of shit in a blue coat. He can fuck right off.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

"I love the poorly educated! " - trump

They're just so much easier to fool into voting against their own best interests

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 241 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If they want to dismantle a union, start with police unions. But I'm sure that's the one and only union they would support. Tells you something about these assholes. And police.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 110 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: Unions who break up strikes aren’t unions

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 58 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Police aren't working class, I don't make the rules

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[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I never understood why they burned witches but now I see how that would be a satisfying conclusion to some events.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Burn the rich! Burn the rich!

[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Why? They were well-read women, aka "woke women" so they "sent a message" (don't mess with the patriarchy). Also, King James, his Witch General Finders, and the "demonologists" were all men, and they found women an easier target to do bad things too. They argued that "their feminine wiles" misled many men; therefore, they're in cahoots with the dark side.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Reminder that the Republican party are traitors to the United States of America who work tirelessly to weaken our nation and harm our populace.

And that makes anyone who still supports them traitors too. Ignorance isn't an excuse.

Smart people don't vote Republican. That is why they are destroying our educational system.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago (4 children)

My conservative civics teacher once said that all unions, with the exception of Teacher Unions were obsolete. I wonder how he's feeling right now.

[–] bejergalbam@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"All unions are bad except my union" is the much more consistent application of inherently hypocritical conservative values, compared to what they can say to a broad audience through right wing media. Hilarious.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If an elementary school teacher starts offing these people, I would not convict

[–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 4 points 1 day ago

I'd nullify that jury for sure.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A healthy, broadly educated population, which feels safe and secure, is incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.

They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I'd take that job and sabotage the shit out of their efforts. Anyone in the position actually get on that team should do the same.

[–] Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

is this real? or just rage bait?

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Actually, thank you for asking this; with so much insanity coming from this administration I accepted it as real without question. However, after some searching it's unfortunately a real Facebook post by a real asshole. (hopefully that works, Facebooks interface is such garbage)

[–] Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago

Fuuuuuuuck that guy, holy moly!

[–] PissMissile@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That guy beats his wife and kids, I guarantee it.

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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 70 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You can tell Trump has dementia: in the retirement home my grandpa was in at the end of his life, they also labeled the different rooms for when the residents got confused and lost.

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