Reply #208: They don't have to force anyone. The propaganda will have parents* fighting

[Tansy_Gold]

to get their kids into the "new" and "better" schools.


*Or what pass for "parents" in these troubled times.


The People may be ignorant, but they aren't totally stupid. They know their schools are bad, and they want something better. I listen to people here in Arizona say the same thing Broad and Duncan and the others WANT them to say. "The schools are failing, it's the schools' fault, bring on the charters."

Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to hear a retired union shop steward tell his friends over coffee, "Yeah, Wisconsin's goin' to hell in a hand basket just like Michigan. We used to have lotsa good union jobs until the liberals took over and fucked everything up." This man isn't stupid, but he's ignorant, and his fears are allayed by the bullshit he hears. He's not able to process the bullshit and understand that it's a blatant lie.

Neither will the parents and step-parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles and cousins and foster parents and whoever else is raising the children of Detroit. They'll hear "Your schools are failing and we're here to save the day" and they'll believe it. Hell, wouldn't you believe it, if you were in their shoes?

Dave Bing is -- and you'll pardon the puns again, please -- either out of his league. . . or he's on the first string.



TG