Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on after finding no evidence that students were being indoctrinated by the district’s curriculum. Her defiance has brought her backlash.
If there’s one thing the Right has done much better than the Left over the last 20+ years, it’s engaging people at the local level. Even if they have to lie to do it. There are lots and lots of school boards all across the country, but it only takes a small amount of money to mount an effective campaign in each one.
The Republican M.O. lately has been to create fake controversies in their media, the run against them. This lady proves it - she was elected based on all the objectionable things she thought the school wad teaching, only to land the job and realize none of what she campaigned on was actually true. She at least had enough critical thinking to realize she was being deceived. Most others would double-down on the alternative facts, so they can keep the money coming in.
Absolutely. This is my chief complaint about progressives. Fight and win the small battles first. If you can’t out complete more conservative competitors there, how can you expect to win larger positions, and advance progressive causes?
I’m aware efforts are being made, I’m only addressing malcontents who do nothing but complain about the lack of progressive presidential candidates and wide, global scale economic changes, but never discuss these lower, but critical bureaucratic postings.
If there’s one thing the Right has done much better than the Left over the last 20+ years, it’s engaging people at the local level. Even if they have to lie to do it. There are lots and lots of school boards all across the country, but it only takes a small amount of money to mount an effective campaign in each one.
The Republican M.O. lately has been to create fake controversies in their media, the run against them. This lady proves it - she was elected based on all the objectionable things she thought the school wad teaching, only to land the job and realize none of what she campaigned on was actually true. She at least had enough critical thinking to realize she was being deceived. Most others would double-down on the alternative facts, so they can keep the money coming in.
Absolutely. This is my chief complaint about progressives. Fight and win the small battles first. If you can’t out complete more conservative competitors there, how can you expect to win larger positions, and advance progressive causes?
I’m aware efforts are being made, I’m only addressing malcontents who do nothing but complain about the lack of progressive presidential candidates and wide, global scale economic changes, but never discuss these lower, but critical bureaucratic postings.
Progressives want radical change, and the instinct is that larger elections will enact change faster. That said, you’re right.
Instincts and reality must align, else it’s just teenage dreaming