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Eugene

(62,657 posts)
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 12:49 AM Jul 2023

There's a pattern in far-right school takeovers. Corruption follows the ideology

Source: Idaho Statesman

There’s a pattern in far-right school takeovers. Corruption follows the ideology ǀ Opinion

Bryan Clark
Fri, June 30, 2023 at 1:20 PM EDT·3 min read

On Thursday, the West Bonner County School District finalized its contract with serial political entrepreneur and Idaho Freedom Foundation analyst Branden Durst. He will lead the school district, despite the fact that the existing interim superintendent was better qualified and had real experience in the school system.

Along the way, the district declared an emergency, a necessary step for Durst to get his own little kingdom.

Trustee Carolyn Burton — herself no liberal; she described herself as a “Constitutional conservative” — called the board a “fascist dictatorship” as it moved to declare a state of emergency.

(Remember when the far-right thought a state of emergency was tyranny? But that was when it was unjustified — to fight a global pandemic that has only killed around 7 million people — not in circumstances where an emergency was clearly justified — like giving your political ally a job he’s unqualified for.)

The hiring of Durst is sure to be disastrous for the students in West Bonner, which is why parents are organizing an effort to recall two of the far-right trustees on the school board, as the Bonner County Daily Bee reported. But it will be lucrative for Durst, whether this appointment becomes a short-time gig or a long-term position.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/pattern-far-school-takeovers-corruption-172005068.html

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There's a pattern in far-right school takeovers. Corruption follows the ideology (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2023 OP
"Corruption follows the ideology..." dchill Jul 2023 #1
An important topic, but the linked article is only semi-coherent. Mister Ed Jul 2023 #2
Ideology is the means, corruption the end. eppur_se_muova Jul 2023 #3

dchill

(40,475 posts)
1. "Corruption follows the ideology..."
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 01:26 AM
Jul 2023

Now THERE'S a Revelation that doesn't boggle the mind. Corruption IS the ideology - which is why, to them, religion and government are the same thing.

Mister Ed

(6,352 posts)
2. An important topic, but the linked article is only semi-coherent.
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 02:48 AM
Jul 2023

I can't figure out whether it was badly written by AI or badly written by a human.

eppur_se_muova

(37,403 posts)
3. Ideology is the means, corruption the end.
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 09:04 AM
Jul 2023

At least to those who collect the money. Many of the supporters are no doubt dupes -- useful idiots.

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