Is school choice or vouchers being blackballed as an issue by the mainstream media and politicians?
Citizen Tom reblogged my posted titled: Are Pubic Schools Monopolies? …and I commented the following
Tom,
Thanks for your reblog.
Wish more would do the same,,,,,,,,, because for some reason, the issues (double tuitions, religious First Amendment Rights, Democrat’s resistance, private school costing less than public schools, parents concern of teaching values opposite to their religious values, etc.) never seem to be in news or editorials, that I read.
While I seem to remember the issue of two tuitions issue was brought up over 30 years ago before the recent Supreme Court decision, The decision that State Blaine Amendments after the Civil War to prevent public funds be used for Catholic schools was incantational, there seems to be some kind of blackballing by the news media to support or even mention school vouchers to the general public.
I sometime wonder if perhaps Covid, to make us aware of the differences of how private religious schools managed to stay open while public schools could not. Add the CRT theory mandate of politicians interfering to pass laws of what they want children to be indoctrinated, and the high crime rates because kids and parents no longer ever learn in depth religious values in childhood because they have no school choices, and the ever-increasing tax burdens continuing to spiral because anything the government manages always seems to cost more…. should we wonder why the main stream news never brings up the issue of school choice.
Even the religious clergy seem to be silent???????????
Sad.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
The Purpose of This Post
Is to relate a King Solomon verse and question to discern if this issue has been blackballed by the exclusive “gentlemen’s clubs of news media owners, news editors, politicians, and even clergy?
King Solomon
If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. (Ecclesiastes 5:8)
What’s My Point?
Blackballing is not illegal unless it is used as a form of deformation of character.
However, supposedly, the purpose of Journalism is to “to provide people with the information they need to be free and self-governing,”
My point is wonder if news media is blackballing issues, it is not fulfilling their supposed purpose.
In My Opinion,
In a previous post, I explained how news media in the USA has been reduced in numbers for various reasons in our contemporary times and most local news source rely on ‘syndicated news sources” for economic reasons.
However, there is a fine line between news syndication and blackballing issues by opinions of individual journalists or new medial owners who may believe that government monopolies pros and cons of educational issues are better for society if controlled by government rather than religious leaders.
Add that most school teacher unions contribute to Democrat politicians instead of Republican politicians, even though teachers are needed in both public and privates’ schools should not be a fearful issue for teacher unions job security if the same amounts of tax funding are routed to a private religious school as a public school.
If Interested
Read the Source Links below
You Decide
Is now the time, since the Supreme Court has ruled tax funds can be used to fund both private or public schools if legislators pass State laws? Which some States are now doing based on income to benefit both poor and now even middle-class families who cannot afford to pay two tuitions, one in the form or taxes to pay for public schools and one to pay for private schools.
Should we be asking legislators if they will support school choice or school vouchers in upcoming elections before we vote for them in the same manner as the Family Alliance type organization Citizen Tom is associated with?
Do you ever wonder if an issue of your concern is being blackballed by news media even though the purpose of journalism is to “to provide people with the information they need to be free and self-governing?”
Regards and goodwill blogging.
Source Links
Citizen Tom Reblog
Blackball Legal Terms
blackball Definition at Lawyerment Online Dictionary of Legal Terms
Wikipedia – Blackballing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackballing
Previous Posts
School Vouchers
Rudy u Martinka 
I don’t think school vouchers, school choice, et al, are high on anyone’s hit parade at the moment given everything else that’s more important… even in Virginia. People don’t even understand the concepts and applications, imagined or real, regarding this CRT nonsense. All a matter of priorities. If Tom’s organization chooses to go beyond just surveys and actually present the firm and solid pros & cons of a given issue that would seem a big plus to me. But it will be of little value if the “pro” argument has five paragraphs and the “con” argument has 2 paragraphs. To be of any value both have to be equally represented.
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Doug,
I plan to post the explanation why you and many Americans may believe like you that…“I don’t think school vouchers, school choice, et al, are high on anyone’s hit parade at the moment,”
Maybe tomorrow. And I will reference the pros and cons as you suggested, based on a Chicago Tribune news article which may be published tomorrow.
Regards and goodwill blogging
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@Doug
School vouchers are high on Rudy’s and my list of priorities. Most Conservatives support the idea, but we don’t have news media dominance, and we don’t control institutions that rely heavily on government funding. So, we have a difficult time getting through to people like you, people who don’t pay serious attention to anything except politically correct sources.
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Doug, Tom
I am considering the title of he post I mentioned I am pondering on to be:
Critical Thinking Wisdom or Folly Conundrum?
Still pondering the pross and cons you are interested in understanding in your comment. addressed to Tom.
If you have a one sentence explanation of what you understand the definition of believe critical thinking, I would appreciate what you believe it is to help me discern this conundrum.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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@Scatterwisdom
We laud critical thinking because most ideas are flawed, and we don’t want to be taken in by a back idea. Hence, the expression “critical” thinking. However, the goal in thinking is to come up with good or improved ideas. So, I don’t think that by itself “critical” thinking is a worthy goal. Everybody learns to be a critic, but very few people know how to be inventive.
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@Scatterwisdom
I hope that was helpful. Thanks for the question. Look forward to seeing your post.
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Tom, Doug
I posted this morning my opinions of CRT titled: The Real Culprit Reason of CTT Conundrum
https://rudymartinka.com/2021/11/02/the-real-culprit-reasons-of-crt-conundrum-king-solomon-wisdom-blog/
Thanks for your comments on CRT and Critical thinking.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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I’ve done many posts regarding critical thinking skills in my past venues and I am sorry that I cannot readily point you to any for review… and I suppose I can do another one as a kind of update. Perhaps I can add to your own soon-to-be post and cite you as the inspiration for my post. But critical thinking is a personal process not unlike that concept we call “common sense”. There is no unique formula, although there is the book definition online somewhere. Common sense is anything but “common” due to the variety of man…. and while most everyone (especially political bloggers) thinks of themselves as being nothing but critical thinkers… few actually fit the definition entirely under all human situations. A cousin is pragmatism.
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Oh I dunno that I am completely against vouchers, etc. There’s just more important issues on the table. My issues on this with you has been this stuff about parents knowing better what to teach their children.. which I do not agree. The vast majority of parents have no idea about scholastic education. Home schooling is (sorta) fine as long as their kids test out appropriately at the correct milestones. My personal apprehension with home schooling is that kids don’t learn the social skills and learn elements of teamwork, adapting to human competitiveness, etc. Religious education.. fine. Parents can find an outside resource. I had Sunday School, confirmation classes to educate me in my family’s preferred religion and I certainly do not consider myself any less of being able to utilize that application in my relationships than any Evangelical.
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Doug
You really do not consider yourself any less being able to understand same as a 4 year college graduate with a degree in relogious philosophy and education who has experieced perhaps a lifetime ministering to his community?
Regards and goodwill blogging
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I’m sorry.. we now have a class structure on who is more “deserving” based on studying the Bible? Seems to me if one person follows the Commandments, no matter their stature in life, they have equal billing at the Pearly Gates with the Pope, correct? Studying the Word and preaching the Word is not LIVING the Word. At least that is what I was taught.
If one studies the Bible to get a better seat in the After Life is that not itself a sin?
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Doug,
Did i use the word deserving or understandiinh?
In, my opinion and personal beiief.only our Creater has the right qualifications to judge who will enter His Kingdom?
Regards and goodwill blogging
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Yep.. He even has more qualification than my ex-mother-in-law.
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@Doug
Fine. Let’s put Donald Trump back in charge.
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Not sure what context you mean there since there’s a couple threads going here.
Although taking this on the surface… why would I want another four years of imbecile chaos and threats to democracy?
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