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Get your children out of Oklahoma, NOW (Original Post) ihaveaquestion Friday OP
Post removed Post removed Friday #1
F that porn boy!! sunflowerseed Friday #2
Thanks Ryan (porn boy) sunflowerseed Friday #3
The new Brown Shirts!! sunflowerseed Friday #4
I get that you can't rig the birth lottery, but... paleotn Friday #5
I know it's hard to believe, but 16 years ago under a Democratic governor the OK education system was ranked 16th flashman13 Friday #14
Christian Taliban. nt Hotler Friday #6
Just saw something similar about Florida on Youtube yesterday. Scrivener7 Friday #7
Turning Point indoctrinates kids with violent, radical, racist rhetoric. louis-t Friday #8
Ryan Walters resigned yesterday. chowder66 Friday #9
True BannonsLiver Friday #10
I would certainly hope that is the case. He's a nut job. chowder66 Friday #11
Guess he couldn't do enough damage as he wanted to as super. ihaveaquestion Friday #12
Thank you for that piece of news!!!! liberalla Friday #13

Response to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

paleotn

(20,938 posts)
5. I get that you can't rig the birth lottery, but...
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 10:14 AM
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why would anyone BE in Oklahoma? This isn't anything new. It's been like this for decades. OK is in this weird competition with TX. "We're smaller, less well known, and less rich.....but we're even more psychotic than those guys!!"

flashman13

(1,531 posts)
14. I know it's hard to believe, but 16 years ago under a Democratic governor the OK education system was ranked 16th
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 11:29 AM
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in the nation. Now, after enlightened Republican administrations, it is literally dead last. Why? Because right wing religious freaks know that if they can keep their children ignorant, they can spoon feed them their ridiculous christo-fascist religious nonsense. Once they are indoctrinated, very few will ever learn to question and think for themselves. That is the last thing they want. Those children will grow up to be perfect worker bees for the wealthy to exploit. Plain and simple it is child abuse.

One further note as per the 2025 NEA report: Idaho ($9,942), Utah ($11,289), and Oklahoma ($11,311) had the lowest per-student expenditures (in the nation). You get what you pay for. At least OK had sufficient funding to buy Trump bibles.

louis-t

(24,473 posts)
8. Turning Point indoctrinates kids with violent, radical, racist rhetoric.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 10:41 AM
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It teaches them that they can solve all their problems by shooting someone.

ihaveaquestion

(4,096 posts)
12. Guess he couldn't do enough damage as he wanted to as super.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 11:00 AM
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He joined the "Teacher Freedom Alliance"

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/25/ryan-walters-resigns-what-happens-next-in-oklahoma-role-election-gov-kevin-stitt/86334915007/

Here's their announcement of him...

Big News: Ryan Walters is the Incoming CEO of Teacher Freedom Alliance!

Teacher Freedom Alliance is entering a bold new era of leadership with Ryan Walters at the helm.

Walters fearlessly fights the woke liberal union mob. TFA will take the fight straight to the unions and we will not stop.

Together, we will build a national movement that is centered on freedom and common sense, not on bullying and intimidation. Educators will now be able to break free.

Stand with us now. We will fight for your conservative values. We will never compromise. We will restore your freedom.


liberalla

(10,705 posts)
13. Thank you for that piece of news!!!!
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 11:15 AM
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I did not know that! He should've resigned sooner but....
Very glad to hear he's gone now!!!

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