While most failed, the bills rely on talking points developed by right-wing SEL opponents who liken lessons meant to increase students’ emotional intelligence — teaching them skills like empathy, collaborative problem-solving and emotional self-regulation — to a Trojan Horse for left-wing ideologies of race, gender and sexuality.

I mean, they’re not completely wrong. Learning empathy and cooperation does lead to people being loving and accepting, two things authoritarians loathe.

Right wingers suck. They should under no circumstances be allowed to have positions of power or decision making.

Pretty sure the Myanmar military takes boys away at a very young age to train them up in a manner which eliminates emotional ties to their families, or indeed society. Hence their willingness to kill unarmed civilians.

The British public school system (private schools) was similarly designed to silo boys from their families, in the future service of the Empire.

Protect The Children by banning Books and Empathy!

It’s really fucking amazing how we’re going to end up with the absolute fucking dumbest people running our education departments… I can’t stand this place most of the time… And yes right wingers I wish I could leave, but I can’t.

Also, lemmy, really not a fan of the diarrhea brown highlighting going on with my comments lol

Empathy is not a conservative trait. Pretending to have empathy when it benefits them is common conservative behavior, though.

Use great caution when dealing with conservatives. They simply do not value the lives of others the way normal people do.