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Column: How DeSantis’ attack on education draws from Ronald Reagan’s war on UC Berkeley
latimes ^ | 03/22/2023 | MICHAEL HILTZIK

Posted on 03/23/2023 8:35:42 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The candidate strides to the podium and launches into his attack on his state’s educational system. Students are being “indoctrinated” with leftist propaganda by radical professors, he declares.

In office, he establishes a system of surveillance over what students are learning and doing. He advocates firing faculty members who stray from the official line, calls for narrowing the topics covered in textbooks (especially those dealing with minorities), and takes steps to replace administrators with people closer to his own politics. It’s all about “saving” the system, he insists, not tearing it down.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, marching toward the Republican Party nomination for president? Nope. It’s Ronald Reagan, stirring up public discontent with the University of California and riding it toward the California governorship and, eventually, the White House.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: berkeley; desantis; education; michaelhiltzik; reagan
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1 posted on 03/23/2023 8:35:42 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Calling what we have today “education” is like calling the WH occupant “senile”.


2 posted on 03/23/2023 8:43:30 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, that is one interpretation of what DeSantis is doing, not surprised that it is coming from the LA Times.


3 posted on 03/23/2023 8:43:47 AM PDT by Eva
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Wow! A backhanded compliment from the LA Times. First it was Soros and his compliment. Now LA Times is connecting him with Reagan.

DeSantis is gaining "bipartisan" support from the far left and RINO establishment.

4 posted on 03/23/2023 8:48:27 AM PDT by Moorings
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To: ChicagoConservative27

DeS is not attacking education. He’s attacking the marxist element that has infiltrated the education establishment and turned it into an instrument for destroying the faith and morals of our kids.


5 posted on 03/23/2023 8:49:32 AM PDT by I want the USA back (News media and democrats are pond scum. My pronouns: Haha, heehee, hoho, hoo )
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To: Eva

Interesting how liberals use language.
“Attack on education”
Is that like an:
Attack on crime?
Attack on car jacking?
Attack on robbery?
Attack on theft?


6 posted on 03/23/2023 8:49:54 AM PDT by sjmjax
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To: Eva

A change in the so called “don’t say gay” bill is probably going to be expanded to all grades thru 12th grade currently it’s K-3rd grade


7 posted on 03/23/2023 8:56:21 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s not an attack on “education”. It’s an attack on the swamp that has destroyed education.


8 posted on 03/23/2023 8:59:15 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how thery control you. )
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To: srmanuel

You mean the bill which prevents the school from teaching that kids can pick whatever gender they want to be? I prefer to all it the anti-grooming bill. I wouldn’t even use that term.


9 posted on 03/23/2023 9:06:28 AM PDT by Eva
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What attack on education?


10 posted on 03/23/2023 9:07:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Eva

Exactly


11 posted on 03/23/2023 9:09:34 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When the LA times tart to pimp Ron DeSantis that’s a big give away.


12 posted on 03/23/2023 10:21:56 AM PDT by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Marxist brats then. Marxist brats now.


13 posted on 03/23/2023 11:59:05 AM PDT by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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