Union Head Randi Weingarten Says Parents Are Stoking the Flames Of War – Opinion

Randi Weingarten is President of American Federation of Teachers. She is probably the most at fault for the horrific abuse children have endured in the public school system the last two decades.

Her union and affiliated members have helped her to gain access to federal COVID policies, CDC discussion about health and CDC policy. But the real victims are voters and taxpayers. They have not had any say or control in the representation of Weingarten. Weingarten is a union representative who’s interests only lie with her organization, which is not exactly surprising. In fact, it’s expected; it’s right there in the name…TEACHERS. Her strong-arming would not be limited to teacher interests. However, Weingarten cloaks her activism in the language of “justice” and the outcome of her activism is to disadvantage students and parents. That is a combative stance, and yet Weingarten recently had the nerve to say that pushback in the form of parental rights legislation and discussion is how “wars start.”

On a recent podcast, the AFT President suggested the current trend of parental interest and parental rights activism is “propaganda” and intimated that parents fighting for their liberties is akin to stoking warfare.

“This notion – we’ve been very lucky in America, and we in some ways live in a bubble for a long time…this is propaganda. It is misleading information. This is where wars get started. This is the way in which hatred starts.”

Weingarten argues that teachers and their union members colluding in government override parental power and establish local and federal policies on health is fine. Parents who object to that collusion, however, are war criminals.

In a statement to Fox News, the union head accused “vocal minorities” of harming gay children, teachers, and book banning.

“Educators welcome parent involvement in schools because our kids do best when teachers, parents and caregivers work together,” said AFT president Randi Weingarten in a statement to Fox News earlier this week. “We have a lot to do to help kids recover and thrive this year after two years of an unprecedented pandemic. So rather than help us help our kids socially, academically and emotionally, these vocal minorities want to marginalize LGBTQ kids, censor teachers and ban books.”

It would be an excellent time to remind Weingarten she was the one who fired the first shots. It is possible that, if Weingarten’s union kept the grubby people out of this pandemic response, then their overreach and indoctrination might have gone on for years. It’s her fault that schools across the nation stayed closed for as long as they did. Districts followed her lead.Orders Their local unions were urged to recommend openings or COVID mitigations. AFT was a great example of how local unions can follow the AFT’s lead. We had the chance to visit classrooms while we were home and were surprised by how many parents responded.

It was an education, that’s for sure, and we know education is empowering. Weingarten can be held responsible for giving parents the tools to stand for themselves. What she calls “misinformation” is simply average Americans providing evidence that disagrees with her assumptions and political will. What she calls “marginalizing” is simply average parents asking that any discussion around sensitive topics like sex and sexuality be be left out of classroom instruction. What she calls “book banning” is liberal projection. Is Weingarten aware that liberals are trying to ban works by Mark Twain, and other classics like To Kill A Mockingbird for years now because they don’t want children to have to read about racism? Here’s a story from all the way back in 2012 about liberals seeking to ban the classics. This isn’t new, but Weingarten’s claims should put her in the realm of “misinformation”…if we’re playing by her rules.

It appears that Weingarten is comparing physical, actual war to the comments. It seems that Weingarten believes citizens standing up to their human rights constitutes a first step towards murderous war.

However, I will digress.

Madame President, if I may address you directly in this column for just a moment…

Parents who are good willed do not seek war. A parent’s sole drive is to protect children. If you’re seeing a lot more angry parents lately, it’s because we love our children, not because we hate someone else’s children. You are the one who is pushing us towards physical violence. Your seeming approval of designating angry parents expressing their views to elected officials as “domestic terrorists,” your lies about the effectiveness of masking and the rates of school transmissions, your lies about the motives of parents…this is all propaganda. This is propaganda to enrich your union. Parents don’t have a union. We are only motivated by our children. You can see the reflection in your mirror, if you believe propaganda and misinformation is what leads to wars. Congratulations, you’re a warmonger.

I can assure you that we do not seek violence, but if it’s a culture war that you want, you got. You could have simply sent the kids back to school and many of us would have gone back to accepting the status quo (I hate to say that, but it’s true). You instead doubled down on your power grab. Don’t blame us for this war. It was you who fired the first shots.

This can only be ended by surrender.