{"id":2007448,"date":"2023-08-21T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-head-of-teachers-union-told-to-revisit-schoolhouse-rock-after-posting-a-must-read\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T20:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T00:09:59","slug":"woke-head-of-teachers-union-told-to-revisit-schoolhouse-rock-after-posting-a-must-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-head-of-teachers-union-told-to-revisit-schoolhouse-rock-after-posting-a-must-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher&#8217;s Union leader advised to review &#8216;Schoolhouse Rock&#8217; after sharing a recommended article."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoke-head-of-teachers-union-told-to-revisit-schoolhouse-rock-after-posting-a-must-read%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Woke Head of Teacher&#8217;s\u2063 Union Told to Revisit &#8216;Schoolhouse Rock&#8217; After Posting a &#8216;Must Read&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to picking the most contemptible figures in modern leftist politics, there\u2019s\u2062 no shortage of\u200c heavy hitters from which to choose.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden immediately \u200dcomes to mind, though the argument could be made that he\u2019s more hollow puppet than evil mastermind at this stage of his career. Of \u2062course, Vice President Kamala Harris is just aggressively unlikable, for a\u2063 myriad of reasons. Ditto Hillary Clinton. Chuck Schumer \u200cand Nancy Pelosi are a vile rendition of \u2064Statler and Waldorf for the real \u200cworld. \u2064California Gov. Gavin Newsom is his own\u200d slimy brand of unlikable. And can someone please out an all-points bulletin \u200bfor Pete Buttigieg?<\/p>\n<p>But let this writer suggest a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-desantis-derangement-syndrome-is-spreading\/\" title=\"OPINION: \u2018DeSantis Derangement Syndrome\u2019 Is Spreading\">dark horse candidate<\/a> to be the worst \u2064of them all: Rhonda \u201cRandi\u201d\u2062 Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers union.<\/p>\n<p>If that name sounds \u2064at all \u200bfamiliar to you, it\u2019s\u200c because\u200d Weingarten is the far-left activist who \u2064has been scampering\u200c around\u200b and gaslighting most \u2063Americans into thinking that she\u2019s somehow pro-education.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s just not.<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten is a bully, \u200cliar and \u200bjust all-around unpleasant human being who clearly got drunk with power when COVID-19 countermeasures gave teachers unions outsized influence over reopening society.<\/p>\n<p>Given all that, it should come as little surprise that when Weingarten posted a \u201cmust read\u201d\u200b article from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warning-for-america-the-four-steps-of-marxist-takeover-were-activated-in-2020\/\" title=\"Warning for America: The Four Steps of Marxist Takeover Were Activated in 2020\">left-wing media outlet<\/a> \u2063to X, the platform formerly \u2064called Twitter, she\u2064 was promptly set ablaze in the comments (which, to her minimal credit, she had not turned off \u2014 or had forgotten to turn off).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">American democracy is cracking. These forces help explain why.- must read\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x8ZDBhAFA0\">https:\/\/t.co\/x8ZDBhAFA0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Randi Weingarten  (@rweingarten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1692937329571201353?\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Weingarten on Saturday \u200dshared a Washington Post article that claimed to be \u201cthe \u2064first\u2064 in a series of reports examining what is \u2064fueling the visceral \u200dfeeling many Americans have that their \u2064government does not represent them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Does Weingarten have children\u2019s \u200bbest\u200b interests in mind?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll \u2062entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt\u2063 out at anytime. You also\u2062 agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy\u2063 Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms\u200d of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 100% (10 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Penned by chief correspondent Dan Balz and data intern Clara Ence Morse and titled \u201cAmerican \u2064democracy is\u200d cracking. These forces help explain why,\u201d the article started promisingly\u2062 enough.<\/p>\n<p>It purported to explore the growing division (ironically, perhaps the only thing Americans <em>can <\/em>agree on) in the country, which would be a\u2062 fascinating subject from an outlet not owned by Jeff\u200b Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, however, the lengthy article lost all steam about a quarter of the way through. After covering interesting topics such \u2064as \u201cdistrust in government\u201d and \u201cpolarization,\u201d the report degenerated into some wretched combination of word vomit\u200d and a\u2064 fifth-grade school report.<\/p>\n<p>(It speaks <em><strong>volumes<\/strong><\/em><strong> <\/strong>about the American education system that one of its purported leaders thinks that this article is a \u201cmust read.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>The whole thing became derivative dreck that somehow connected core American tenets such as the Electoral\u200b College and Supreme Court\u200b to the growing division in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The great irony is that people like Weingarten and outlets like The Washington Post are as responsible for the growing division in\u200b this country\u2064 as anyone or\u200d anything \u2014 but, of course, people of Weingarten\u2019s ilk could never have that sort of self-introspection.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, there are other \u200cX users to force that \u200bintrospection onto \u2064them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCivics isn\u2019t your thing, is it?\u201d one person responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHell, Schoolhouse Rock would have \u200cexplained things \u200bfor you in five minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Civics isn\u2019t your thing, is it?<\/p>\n<p>Hell, Schoolhouse Rock would have\u2064 explained things for you in five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Schadenfreudelish (@aggierican) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aggierican\/status\/1692985967353708805?\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Education freedom advocate and frequent Weingarten rival Corey \u200cDeAngelis \u2063got in a couple\u2064 of good\u2063 shots, reminding the union boss that whatever division exists in this country, she had a hand in it:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">this you? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TEIyoIe81f\">pic.twitter.com\/TEIyoIe81f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Corey A.\u2062 DeAngelis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-five-democrats-hate-school-choice-unless-its-for-themselves\/\" title=\"These Five Democrats Hate School Choice \u2013 Unless It\u2019s for Themselves\">school choice evangelist<\/a> (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeAngelisCorey\/status\/1693247623438782482?\">August 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ql4Ne3kTx8\">pic.twitter.com\/ql4Ne3kTx8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeAngelisCorey\/status\/1693248274956718357?\">August 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another X user\u200d also saw fit \u200cto remind Weingarten about how her actions helped to drive division in this country:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThe\u2064 result is that \u2062today, a minority of\u2063 the population can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-head-of-teachers-union-told-to-revisit-schoolhouse-rock-after-posting-a-must-read\/\" title=\"Teacher's Union leader advised to review 'Schoolhouse Rock' after sharing a recommended article.\">exercise outsize influence<\/a> on policies and leadership, leading many Americans increasingly to feel that the government is a captive of minority rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They must be talking\u200c about that\u200c time you told the CDC to recommend\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meredith\u2064 (@Opportunitweet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Opportunitweet\/status\/1693018829557801380?\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There were \u200ccountless other biting responses to \u2064Weingarten\u2019s post \u2014 some fit for reprint and others not so much.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, the overwhelming\u200d consensus was that this was\u200b a bad X post from an even worse representative of education.<\/p>\n<p>Given her actions and the contents of her post, it\u2019s hard to argue with \u2064that consensus.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-head-teachers-union-told-revisit-schoolhouse-rock-posting-must-read\/\">Woke Head of Teacher&#8217;s Union Told to Revisit &#8216;Schoolhouse Rock&#8217; After Posting a &#8216;Must Read&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to selecting detestable figures in modern leftist politics, options abound. President Joe Biden may come to mind, although some argue he is currently more of a hollow puppet than an evil mastermind. 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