Where I live, the homeschoolers are split 50/50 liberal/conservative, with most in the in-between range. I have come across extreme left-leaning homeschoolers, the Michael Moore types. I live in a Democrat-controlled state, and I guess the homeschool community reflects the community as a whole.
Anyway, last election, some homeschoolers around here got into a discussion about Bush vs. Kerry, and I made a lot of enemies, got the silent treatment at the next get-together, and was glad to finally know who those people really were and move on. ;-) That's the whole beauty of free association - we can pick and choose our friends. :-)
So, if government-controlled schools were shut down, yes, there would be "liberal enclaves" of homeschoolers here and there. But, there would also be conservative groups and everything in-between. That's the beauty of educating in the free marketplace. Free association is the rule. We are free to pick and choose for our children. We can decide to associate with one group and not another.
Not so in a public school. You're stuck with your local school system. I had one child in public school for a short time, and I was the "speak-up" type of parent. The problem is, when you're outnumbered, you can speak up every single day and majority-rule will still dictate what your children do and learn.
Not so in a public school. You're stuck with your local school system. I had one child in public school for a short time, and I was the "speak-up" type of parent. The problem is, when you're outnumbered, you can speak up every single day and majority-rule will still dictate what your children do and learn. ( Tired of Taxes)
To Tired of Taxes,
Ah! YOU are are TRUE conservative. YOU understand that freedom of conscience is not up for "mob" vote.
YOU understand that we have a human right ( it is part of the human condition or an endowment of our Creator) to be free to associate with those of mutual choosing. This is a First Amendment Right that is enshrined in our federal Bill of Rights and is upheld, as well, in our state constitutions.
YOU understand that government schools trash our human right to free association every day of every school year.
This is something that Ichneumon doesn't get and therefore fails the most basic of conservative litmus tests.