Hickenlooper’s gun law was shockingly evil - trampling our God-given and constitutionally-protected natural right to defend ourselves. That single sin is decisive, and it requires a response similar to my reaction to a rapist (for the good reason that he reduced the ability of women to defend themselves against bigger, stronger attackers), so that I would not trust him or support him for any office under any circumstances. However, even someone as disgusting as that petty tyrant should be criticized only when it is deserved.
“Government should do what people individually can’t do, or can’t do well themselves. You know, educating our young people . . .” It is my absolute responsibility to ensure that my children are educated, but the government has an essential role in supporting me in that responsibility. I am extremely good at math (multiple prestigious degrees in the field, followed by a long and lucrative career applying that math). I am more than proficient in communicating clearly and grammatically. I know science up to a high school level and beyond. But when it comes to the arts, most foreign languages, and some other fields, educating my kids would not have gone well. Education is a shared responsibility, where we should expect to pick up the slack and correct errors in government schools, while the government picks up the slack and fills in gaps in what we do with our children.
“Education is a shared responsibility, where we should expect to pick up the slack and correct errors in government schools, while the government picks up the slack and fills in gaps in what we do with our children.”
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I couldn’t disagree more with your statement. Educating and training a child is the parent’s responsibility. The Prussian model of education was not the original method of education used in the United States, you would be well served to investigate the history of public education in the US. If parents have to “pick up the slack” and correct errors from a government education then what is the point of sending them there?
If we concede that the education of one’s own children is something that an “individual can’t do, or can’t do well” then all individuals will lose the right to choose a better way to educate their children by homeschooling.
I bet you would be surprisingly resourceful if government schooling disappeared tomorrow.