Primary Season!
If you're in SC, don't forget to vote in the June 11 primaries!
Since the June 11 South Carolina primaries are getting very close, I decided to remove the paywall from a piece I wrote about the ideological war between a certain contingent of far-right activists, led by Chris Rufo, and late-’60s Leftist intellectuals, under the pretense that little-read scholars, like Herbert Marcuse, are somehow responsible for the indoctrination of K-12 and college students in contemporary America.
Rep. Adam Morgan, chair of the SC Freedom Caucus, was an early adopter of this very specific narrative (which strikes me as, essentially, a classic conspiracy theory), and seemed enthusiastic about sharing it with a class full of public school students a few years ago.
This might also be a good time to share a piece I wrote about a similar visit from Senate Education Chair Greg Hembree:
Because of intense gerrymandering, South Carolina’s primaries are often in effect where the final outcome of the election is decided. Because there…
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