Daniel Greenfield, writing at Front Page Magazine, offers this gem:
“Elizabeth
Bartholet, the director of Harvard Law's Child Advocacy Program,
described the ‘homeschooling phenomenon’ as a ‘threat’ to society,
claiming that conservative parents ‘homeschool because they want to
isolate their children from ideas and values central to our democracy’,
‘promote racial segregation and female subservience’, and ‘question
science’.”
“Her
paper called for a ‘presumptive ban on homeschooling, with the burden
on parents to demonstrate justification for permission to homeschool.’
These views are not fringe.”
Of
course, this elite Harvard titan, Bartholet, knows which ideas and
values are central to our democracy; and the place to drill them into
children’s heads is public school.
Which pretty much sums up what public schools are for.
She
also has a complete grasp of science in all fields, and she can
identify disruptive questions which would lead unsuspecting people down
the wrong track.
Appoint her the head of Something Big immediately.
Like
all of her super-educated colleagues, she manages to forget that the
United States is a Republic, not a democracy. But a democracy is what
she needs, because under that system the well-oiled systems of money
determine which voices are heard and which are silenced.
The
voices that are heard are called “the will of The People.” So says the
press, which is basically a PR and marketing operation on behalf of
Money. As a cover, the press pretends to be an advocate for the poor and
the underserved.
Elizabeth
Bartholet should be pumping gas and collecting tumbleweed at a station
in Death Valley, where she can talk to herself and right all the wrongs
of society.
It’s
always this way with elites; they know what we need because we can’t
know it. They labor to supply us with their values because ours are
worthless.
Their
bottom line, when it comes to education? Children don’t belong to their
parents. They belong to the State. So you see, their territory of
operation is far wider than schools. They’re werewolves, and parents are
silver bullets.
In
2020, Bartholet was a co-organizer of a Harvard summit on
homeschooling, along with law professor James Dwyer. The announcement
for this summit included the following profile of Dwyer. Buckle up:
“James
Dwyer, a law professor at the College of William and Mary. He is the
professor famous for claiming that ‘The reason parent-child
relationships exist is because the State confers legal parenthood …’ In
his 1994 law review article ‘Parents’ Religion and Children’s Welfare:
Debunking the Doctrine of Parents’ Rights’ (82 Calif. L. Rev. 1371),
Dwyer argued that ‘the claim that parents should have child-rearing
rights---rather than simply being permitted to perform parental duties
and to make certain decisions on a child’s behalf in accordance with the
child’s rights---is inconsistent with principles deeply embedded in our
law and morality’.”
Yes. Democracy. Certainly.
Isn’t this what you’ve always wanted? Permission from the State to perform certain limited parental duties?
Dwyer’s
deep understanding of the Constitution is evident here. He realizes
that, contrary to popular belief, the founding document never intended
to limit and constrain central government and guarantee wide freedom to
the individual.
No. Instead,
it embedded government EVERYWHERE, especially within the
family. Parents, the Founders reasoned, were no better than British
Kings. They had to be hamstrung and placed in homes as carefully watched
and monitored agents of the State, to carry out instructions on how to
raise children.
Aha. Yes. Of course. How could we have missed that?
And
it’s only fitting that we should receive such wisdom from Harvard,
where posing as guardians of the disenfranchised while sitting on a pile
of endowment money that reaches to the moon has been raised to an art
form.
At Harvard, the elites play in the fields of the Lord and stoop to offer us mandates about the basics of life itself.
Mother? Father? Son? Daughter? These are grave misnomers which arose owing to parental ignorance and overreach.
A vast course correction is needed, and our rulers will define the law and guide the way.
Bow the head, bend the knee, and give thanks.
Or you could build a moat around your home and fill it with crocodiles. While you home school your children.
You know, mothers---the children YOU GAVE BIRTH TO.
Unless you believer sex, conception, pregnancy, and birth are mere footnotes of State law.
Decreed by Harvard.
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(The link to this article posted on my blog is here.)
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