DiscussionU.S. - Democratic wins in 2 Georgia Senate races, and what that means for LGB rights

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[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say this prediction sounds about as likely as the claims that Obama was going to take everyone's guns. I haven't yet heard a Democrat be anti-homeschooling categorically. Happy to read credible sources to the contrary. Just don't see how this would happen or why, when we have so many better things to do, there would be a focus on caring about this.

[–]mvmlego 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There are a couple of subtle ways in which I hedged my prediction: 1) it's predicated on the homeschooling rate drastically increasing (e.g. to 15%) 2) they're not actually going to try to ban homeschooling--just regulate it out of existence. This is the same legal strategy that the pro-life/anti-abortion movement is currently engaged in, so there is precedent for this prediction.

I'm almost certain that this wouldn't actually happen during the first term of a Biden/Harris administration. Most likely, the only role the Biden/Harris administration would play, at least in its first term, would be to cement gender ideology into the public school system. It wouldn't be until a few years after until the homeschooling movement gained a lot of steam, and it would be another couple of years after that before Democrats took notice and ramped up the anti-homeschooling rhetoric.

[–]wafflegaffWoman. SuperBi. 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Welp, I guess we will have to wait and see. (Ugh.)

[–]reluctant_commenter[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not that I think it's going to happen, it's that I think it's likely to be talked about more.

I haven't yet heard a Democrat be anti-homeschooling categorically.

I have heard a lot of disdain for it, but, again, not heard anyone express that it ought to be outright banned. In particular, I have met quite a few people who dismiss homeschoolers as being mostly religious fundamentalists who indoctrinate their kids into cultlike religions. Most of these people I've heard express that are anti-religion, though, so YMMV.