[Chgogal]

Because we conservatives in general are gutless sheepeople. Why else would we pay thousands of dollars to left wing profs to teach our children?

[MartinStyles]

Conservatives aren’t ‘gutless’ on most issues, but when it comes to standing up against liberals, phew.. I dunno. There’s a certain fatalism involved often, which gets the GOP and conservatives both in bad shape way too often.

[mek1959]

You sir have completely identified the problem. Conservatives either lack the courage of their convictions or are completely asleep at the wheel.

[Gondring]

Because we conservatives in general are gutless sheepeople. Why else would we pay thousands of dollars to left wing profs to teach our children?

You are right.

I wonder how many FReepers who love to bloviate and decry the problem have actually taken the time, effort, and money to go to schools and volunteer, substitute teach, or provide materials for the teachers to use.

Leftist groups do these things. For example, by providing free posters of animals, Greenpeace and similar groups lay the groundwork for their message without providing overtly partisan materials. But conservatives sit in thinik tanks publishing another white paper on how bad things are.

I have gotten emergency certification to substitute teach, and I have seen how bad it is. I saw lesson plans where the negative effects of price controls were excised, not to be taught (I finished the lesson I was assigned--and then ran a price-control roleplaying exercise >}:-)

I have volunteered, going to various schools around the state.

I have provided materials--subversive, non-partisan things like posters of the Founding Fathers.

I ran a news journal that constrasted reality with what a college newspaper ran.

I encourage my fellow FReepers to do similar tasks, if they truly love the Republic. If they just want to whine and complain, then I wish they wouldn't pretend to care.

[browniexyz]

I think it must be that we are fearful that our children won’t be able to make any money. The liberals have it all!! But as for gutless, I have wondered why conservatives WON’T use the court system and make it work for them, while the liberals use it constantly, even filing “lawsuits” that are basically settlement agreements to get what they want from government.

[NucSubs]

Because we conservatives in general are gutless sheepeople. Why else would we pay thousands of dollars to left wing profs to teach our children?

Is it too early for "comment of the year"?

Boy en how are you right. Have you ever read the comments here from the pro-government school warriors? Woa boy! Talk about justification and cognitive dissonance!

You may have been referring to "higher" education, in which case I still agree 100%.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Because we conservatives in general are gutless sheepeople.

Its really because we don't care about politics and journalism - we are too busy living our lives. So we cede the battlefield to the enemy without firing a shot. And the people who do take up politics under the Republican banner tend to be glory-seeking ne'er-do-wells who talk the language of conservatism but are really more interested in remaining in office to enjoy the power and perks.