You ever think about how the correct and proper thing to do is put a former general in the Secretary of Defense of position -- even though the law explicitly discourages this for very important reasons But former teachers never get elected to local school boards because "bias"
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Like when we're talking about big constitutional principles, people just shrug off the idea of slow creeping fascism caused by the military being allowed to just run itself without outside input "I don't want a civilian without relevant experience meddling in military business"
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But when talking about oversight of their kids' education people are fucking GUNG-HO about the need for "checks and balances" They FLIP THE FUCK OUT when you say a teacher or a principal should join the school board "Excuse me, the POINT of the board is OVERSIGHT"
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"Do you want this insular class of education professionals, represented by unions that bleed us taxpayers dry without deigning to explain what they spend our money on, to oversee THEMSELVES? To become a wholly unaccountable institution?"
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"No! That's why we have a school board! That's why it's entirely proper and correct that we elect some random retired old fart who owns a plumbing supply company and believes Jesus created Earth in six days to that position! We want outsiders with real-world experience there!"
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I'm sorry that my brain made this connection I don't even care THAT much about Biden appointing Lloyd Austin as SecDef but fuck I hate school board elections so fucking much
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I personally think that, by their logic, I, myself -- a weird young-ish Internet person with no kids and no intention of ever having them -- should be on the school board I also think I should also someday be the Secretary of Defense, or someone like me should
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