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Yeah, this shit is pretty disgusting and horrible, though I wouldn't describe it as shocking. Nothing about this is surprising. If stupid, ignorant, gullible, hateful assholes are going to be allowed to homeschool their children, then it's inevitable that A) they're going to display their stupid, ignorant, gullible, hateful asshole mindsets at these homeschool conferences and that B) likeminded stupid, ignorant, gullible, hateful assholes (or, perhaps, cynical, disingenuous, vile, hateful assholes) are going to be there to sell them the shit they want to hear.
And all we're going to end up with are stupid, ignorant, gullible, hateful asshole children, who will grow up to be stupid, ignorant, gullible, hateful asshole adults, who will probably then homeschool their own children to be stupid, ignorant, gullible, hateful asshole members of society, in an endless cycle of stupidity, ignorance, gullibility, hate, and assholery.
"That evening, I finally tell B that I am throwing up before the conferences. He asks if we need to stop going. I want to say yes, but I don’t.
"Although throwing up is new, this conversation isn’t. One thing about B — he will follow my lead. He gets the double standard without me needing to verbalize it. Deep down, neither of us is ready to be forced out. So once more, over drinks, we hammer out reasons why we want to be in places that cause strife.
"'We make a lot of money at these events,' I say. It feels dirty coming out of my mouth. B nods and orders another round."
Well, think about it this way... it's better that at least some of these people are spending that money on something that's actually good and worthwhile, rather than on the rhyming Jesus shit or the gun rights shit or the "anti-woke" shit, right?
(Also, consider the source, here, and take it all with a grain of salt. I don't usually link to HuffPost articles, precisely for that reason, but this was mostly just an opinion piece, with descriptions that line up with several other similar views of homeschooling that I've seen and heard over the years, rather than some ludicrously skewed attempt at "hard-hitting journalism" or whatever, so it seemed safe enough.)
And all we're going to end up with are stupid, ignorant, gullible, hateful asshole children, who will grow up to be stupid, ignorant, gullible, hateful asshole adults, who will probably then homeschool their own children to be stupid, ignorant, gullible, hateful asshole members of society, in an endless cycle of stupidity, ignorance, gullibility, hate, and assholery.
"That evening, I finally tell B that I am throwing up before the conferences. He asks if we need to stop going. I want to say yes, but I don’t.
"Although throwing up is new, this conversation isn’t. One thing about B — he will follow my lead. He gets the double standard without me needing to verbalize it. Deep down, neither of us is ready to be forced out. So once more, over drinks, we hammer out reasons why we want to be in places that cause strife.
"'We make a lot of money at these events,' I say. It feels dirty coming out of my mouth. B nods and orders another round."
Well, think about it this way... it's better that at least some of these people are spending that money on something that's actually good and worthwhile, rather than on the rhyming Jesus shit or the gun rights shit or the "anti-woke" shit, right?
(Also, consider the source, here, and take it all with a grain of salt. I don't usually link to HuffPost articles, precisely for that reason, but this was mostly just an opinion piece, with descriptions that line up with several other similar views of homeschooling that I've seen and heard over the years, rather than some ludicrously skewed attempt at "hard-hitting journalism" or whatever, so it seemed safe enough.)
