• CO5MO ✨@midwest.social
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    4 months ago

    TY for sharing the article!

    “London, who has ties to the anti-government constitutional sheriff’s movement and tried to launch a local chapter of the far-right Oath Keepers militia in 2020, did not respond to questions.” No surprises here.

    Also, homeschooling parents complaining @ a school board meeting? Wtf?? 🤔

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      4 months ago

      Also, homeschooling parents complaining @ a school board meeting? Wtf?? 🤔

      Reactionary entitlement knows no bounds.

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      4 months ago

      Speaking as someone who was homeschooled by people like this K-12, it’s all about control. They only home school because it’s the only way to control what their children learn, but if they can control what all children learn, well, that will do just fine.

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      4 months ago

      I was reading another article about this same town (Granbury, Texas), discussing a massive bitcoin mining operation literally giving the people & animals there sonic damage. Anyhow, the cop there trying to make things better is also noted as a former Oathkeeper. So… I guess that’s part of the local ‘culture’ 🤦‍♀️

      Also, if you want to hear more in-depth coverage of Texas school district fuckery, one of the authors of the above articles, Mike Hixenbaum, has two podcasts and a book about it: Southlake (2021-2022), Grapevine (2023), and They Came for the Schools (2024). I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend any of them.