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.

We all k…