we've won the debate against crtc. now, it's time to dismantle dei. deede i meaning diversity, equity, and inclusion. dei dei is the new crt. get ready to hear about it this thanksgiving. and that is why -- at its colleges. but this isn't just the work of christopher ruffo. this is also the work of fox news. fox platformed ruffo and helped make crt, and by extension, dei, the right-wing buzzwords that they are today. as unfortunate as that is, if you care about diversity and equity and inclusion in society, as unfortunate as that is, it shouldn't be surprising. because this focus on stoking grievance and division, that is fox news's bread and butter. when you think back to the early 2010s, it is easy to just think of donald trump when you think of the rise of birtherism. the completely unfounded conspiracy that barack obama wasn't born in this country. yes, donald trump was definitely obsessed with that conspiracy. but the platform that was his microphone, the platform that is made that conspiracy theory a mainstream talking point, the platform is fox

saying the crtc is in our classrooms, absolutely not true.e you heard ron desantis say it, because she heard donald trump say it, now she is exercising power at the local level. this is what we mean when we say that elections matter. we want teachers to be everything. teachers have to put their lives on the line for their children, at a time where mass shootings are rampant, and so they have to be g.i. jane in the classroom, but at the same time, they can't show a movie because they could lose their jobs. it is just an absolute insanity what we are seeing playing out in our classrooms. you can't legislate this. this is a total violation of what it means to have the american ideal of freedom that we have. this is the opposite of that. i think the children are reacting to that, the teachers are reacting to that, and the idea that it was a teacher who started this petition to get the school board members to stand down makes sense, because teachers are on the frontlines right now. >> paul, your thoughts? >> i think we can step back for a second l

i think there may be because of the fact that this crusade against dei, and crtc, and what have you,s seems to be some term of abuse, this crusade against that doesn't actually seem to be resonating with american voters very much. again and again, when you ask voters, do you think your kid should learn about slavery in school? do you value diversity in schools and the workplace? americans say yes. maybe this doesn't necessarily filter down entirely to the political commitments, but it does suggest that, like, the republican obsession with this may not be paying the political dividends they may hope. ron desantis's decline as a presidential candidate may indicate this. if there's any chance for introspection, it's gonna be because the stuff isn't really working the way they hoped it would work to win elections. and not to repeat myself too much, but i also think it's worth saying that part of the goal of this, talking about what fox -- part of the explicit goal of this is to take people's salience and remove it from the real questions of education. adequate funding for schools, making

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