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25. K&R
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 01:20 AM
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Well, Katya, your reply is the deepest rabbit hole I've been down lately and boy did I get an EDUCATION!
Ryan Walters MO is: "to erase the line between church & state.

He is the Oklahoma State Superintendent of Schools that we have been hearing about the last few years.
Now that he has the Ten Commandments & Bibles in every school in the state, he's going full hog on the far right wing's drive
to turn every school in the state into institutions of Christian Nationalism.

The famous "Prager U" is an NGO (supposedly, I'd like to read it's mission statement) that $ells it's conservative school curriculum to
Schools. in the United States, The article I read said (some) schools in Alaska, Idaho, South Carolina, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Montana, Texas, Florida and Arizona have already adopted their religious curriculum.

What's different is that the curriculum will be in EVERY school in Oklahoma. American tax dollars are going to pay for Christian Nationalist K-12 schools in Oklahoma.

ALSO, (if all that isn't enough) all teachers will have to take a 50-question test in which they will fail if they don't answer every question right. Let me repeat: in order to teach in any school in OK, one must pass this test in order to get an OK teaching certificate.

Having accomplished his mission to erase the line between church and state in all of OK schools, Walters has resigned his OK schools post. He's either going to run for governor or (get this) might be edging into some kind of position with Charlie Kirk's Turning Points USA. Don't know if the TPA position is state or national.

That's what I learned down in that rabbit hole. Whew. I feel sick.

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Walter's is a sad, pathetic human BOSSHOG Sep 24 #1
Ryan Walters has been nibbling on his bullets Turbineguy Sep 24 #2
"Neo-Nazi Knuckle-Dragger to Force Hitler Youth Membership In Schools." lastlib Sep 24 #3
Is it possible to be a regular old Leftist anymore? maxsolomon Sep 24 #4
All of "us", yes. I think Reagan hasn't been declared a "radical" yet. muriel_volestrangler Sep 24 #11
Thank you for that most interesting read. niyad Sep 24 #16
Old Leftist Scarlet Begalas Thursday #24
Mandatory Civics, no. TPUSA, yes. no_hypocrisy Sep 24 #5
I can just hear the intercom announcement: "Remember, kids Tuesday is Brown Shirt Day !" nt eppur_se_muova Sep 24 #6
Let me guess... Dulcinea Sep 24 #7
HUH?! Jimvanhise Sep 24 #8
Not all teens are created equal. But... littlemissmartypants Sep 24 #9
I was thinking along those lines, too NJCher Thursday #26
"further to the right?" PSPS Sep 24 #10
Still watching porn on your work computer, Ryan? paleotn Sep 24 #12
Local news is currently reporting that he is going to resign, KatyaR Sep 24 #13
K&R ReRe Thursday #25
No wonder nwduke Sep 24 #14
Nah, school districts can be threatened with loss of federal $$ but they don't amount to much anyway, no more ancianita Sep 24 #15
He seems to be the state superintendent, not a federal official. reACTIONary Sep 24 #18
If the students want a chapter SickOfTheOnePct Sep 24 #20
More is involved. I taught in two major high schools for 34 years, substitute taught across at least 20 before that. ancianita Thursday #22
Fair enough SickOfTheOnePct Thursday #30
Sounds as if you're endorsing the GOP's establishing of TPUSA clubs, which is the politicizing of children. ancianita Thursday #36
I'm endorsing free speech in public schools SickOfTheOnePct Thursday #38
If you think TPUSA is for free speech, you don't know TPUSA, an organization ancianita Thursday #39
What? SickOfTheOnePct Thursday #40
If I were in HS I would absolutely join the TP club .... reACTIONary Sep 24 #17
Walters is head of Education SCantiGOP Sep 24 #19
Authoritarian little prick, isn't he...? Grins Sep 24 #21
He just resigned pfitz59 Thursday #23
And they'll claim that refusing this partisan plan is tantamount to leftist political grooming. Beartracks Thursday #27
Anything to feather the rightwing nest and ignore Oklahoma's dismal education ranking. n/t Beartracks Thursday #28
Germanys govt did this also in the 1930's and called it "Hitler Jugend" Pachamama Thursday #29
Since this is supposedly a Christian organization, Ron Reagan's FFRF will take them to court. everyonematters Thursday #31
Schools receiving federal dollars can't discriminate based on viewpoint... SickOfTheOnePct Thursday #33
This message was self-deleted by its author everyonematters Thursday #32
Need to lable these fuckers the christian Taliban. Attach that name to them. They're thin skined and won't like it. Hotler Thursday #34
Kick dalton99a Thursday #35
No need to test the water for heavy metals. Aristus Thursday #37
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