The right wants to stop ‘indoctrination’ by indoctrinating us
‘Anti-woke’ legislation around the country is all about limiting what students can learn—which is how classic authoritarian brainwashing works.
It’s become something of a commonplace to observe that every controversy generated by the American right is simple projection: claiming that your political foes are engaging in the very conduct in which you are yourself engaging. “Every accusation is a confession” has become conventional wisdom for anyone grappling with their bad-faith politics.
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