Some odds and ends from Twitter on Confederate Memorial Day
CRT, journalism, Obama and Morrisey
An explanation for the Republican emphasis on a theory that no one is teaching
2/2 All of the CRT panic, book banning and anti-protest laws are a direct response to this. They are trying to push white children’s exposure to - and sympathy for - racial issues back to the dark ages of Jim Crow ignorance. It is a simple as it is shocking.
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) April 24, 2022
(Charles M. Blow is a New York Times columnist.)
How do we teach Jackie Robinson, then?
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) April 23, 2022
An interesting insight from our former president
“People like Putin, and Steve Bannon for that matter, understand it’s not necessary for people to believe disinformation … You just have to flood a country’s public square with enough raw sewage.”
— The Recount (@therecount) April 21, 2022
— President Obama on how disinformation leads to people losing faith in democracy pic.twitter.com/mZvidysEB9
And one from a journalist
"Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions."
— PETER MAER (@petermaer) April 25, 2022
“I simply cannot accept that there are, on every story, two equal and logical sides to an argument.”
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
--Edward R. Murrow, born April 25, 1908. pic.twitter.com/bu6VUqdcSq
Confederate Day
Celebrated today in a number of southern states:
Heads up: State offices will be closed Monday in Alabama for Confederate Memorial Day. https://t.co/BZvxOAty9w pic.twitter.com/z852DALbhr
— AL.com (@aldotcom) April 24, 2022
Finally, here are the important results from WV AG Patrick Morrisey's most recent poll:
How important is it to you to oppose the woke-left agenda?
— Patrick Morrisey (@MorriseyWV) April 23, 2022
And:
Do you support Governor Ron DeSantis’ position on Disney or do you stand with Mickey Mouse? (Hint: Mickey is overrated).
— Patrick Morrisey (@MorriseyWV) April 23, 2022
Is he trying to be funny?
