Getting kids out of public schools is a huge talking point lately.
Parents are questioning whether their kids are safe as shootings and other acts of violence have become terrifyingly common.
They're questioning the education they'll get as many states have embraced policies that mean they don't actually have to teach the truth because it might make White students "uncomfortable."
They're questioning whether their kids will get to eat, or maybe end up suffering at their teachers hands.
Child actor turned Evangelical Christian zealot Kirk Cameron is worried about kids in schools too. He has been pushing home schooling as an alternative (conveniently, his own network) but not for any of the fact based reasons above.
He released a video full of concerns about public school; but they center on non-issues that have been long dismissed by most as little more than right-wing fear mongering.
By that, we mean things like "sexual chaos," "racial confusion" and the belief teachers are pawns for the "progressive left" who are "spreading a terminal disease, not education."
Also, if your kids go to public school they won't believe the United States is "the freest country on earth."
Kirk Cameron certainly delivered an impassioned rant full of reasons to home school, but it may have had the exact opposite effect.
\u201cActor Kirk Cameron continues to push his home schooling network. He says the public school system \u201cis doing more grooming for leftist politics and sexual chaos, and racial confusion, than they are doing any real educating about truth, beauty and goodness.\u201d\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1653994182
People had some ... thoughts ... on this clip.
\u201cBack up...what's racial confusion? Also the killer at Sandy Hook was homeschooled. So what are we talking about?\u201d— \ud83d\udc97Queen of WokeHammer,WokeTech & Hobby ANTIFA!\ud83d\udc97 (@\ud83d\udc97Queen of WokeHammer,WokeTech & Hobby ANTIFA!\ud83d\udc97) 1654044810
\u201c@RonFilipkowski Hmm\u2026such a tough decision: America\u2019s public education system, or a \u201chome schooling network\u201d run by Kirk Cameron?\n\nOff to ponder\u2026\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1653994182
\u201cReally eye-opening, captivating stuff here. Top shelf journalism. Hey, while we\u2019re at it, has anyone checked in with Tina Yothers about possible changes to gun laws?\u201d— Jason Howse \ud83c\udf08 (@Jason Howse \ud83c\udf08) 1654063058
\u201c@RonFilipkowski Two things: first,this is effort at religious Balkanization of the country. Second: what are the odds that Kirk has monetized his "home schooling network", and stands to profit from more families joining up?\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1653994182
\u201cSick and tired of the GQP\u2019s hate campaign against public schools and public school teachers. As the product of an underfunded public school I know most of my teachers gave me a great education. Also, Kirk, two public school teachers were massacred last week. Read the damn room.\u201d— Silas House (@Silas House) 1654016678
\u201c@RonFilipkowski If only Kirk Cameron cared this much about those 19 children who were murdered in Uvalde, Texas. They've gone off the rails if they think books that teach about race are somehow more dangerous than guns.\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1653994182
\u201cThere it is again! SEXUAL CHAOS. \n\nSafe to say that if you're right-wing enough to think that's a good buzzword to scare people with, you also define it as anything beyond "missionary, in which both partners are thinking of England and hoping to have a baby"\u201d— Robyn Pennacchia (@Robyn Pennacchia) 1654015635
\u201c@RonFilipkowski How people who didn\u2019t attend public schools, & never sent their own kids seem to have such strong opinions on public schools is bizarre.\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1653994182
\u201cSo, his father who is a retired TEACHER, did all of these things he\u2019s suggesting?\u201d— Nicholas Ferroni (@Nicholas Ferroni) 1654012321
\u201c@RonFilipkowski I would home school...but for far different reasons. \ud83d\udc94\ud83d\udc94\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1653994182
\u201cKirk Cameron, \n Fuck off, continuously.\n Signed Educators\n\nTeachers do not have time to worry about agendas. What is expected of teachers is overwhelming. And, teachers love children. Teachers want children to thrive.\nTEACHERS ARE HUMAN SHIELDS FOR CHILDREN.\u201d— Tricia \ud83c\udf38 (@Tricia \ud83c\udf38) 1654012470
\u201c@RonFilipkowski Keith Morrison narration: But the grooming was coming from inside Kirk Cameron\u2019s home schooling network.\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1653994182
Cameron has not responded directly, but seems to be aware people are calling him out for the content and timing of this particular bit of criticism.
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