From a loyal reader who was researching Right To Work but found something from the Janus decision that should apply to combating Critical Race Theory.
Reformatted:
“Free speech serves many ends. It is essential to our democratic form of government, see, e.g., Garrison v. Louisiana, 379 U. S. 64, 74–75 (1964), and it furthers the search for truth, see, e.g., Thornhill v. Alabama, 310 U. S. 88, 95 (1940).
Whenever the Federal Government or a State prevents individuals from saying what they think on important matters or compels them to voice ideas with which they disagree, it undermines these ends. When speech is compelled, however, additional damage is done. In that situation, individuals are coerced into betraying their convictions. Forcing free and independent individuals to endorse ideas they find objectionable is always demeaning, and for this reason, one of our landmark free speech cases said that a law commanding “involuntary affirmation” of objected-to beliefs would require “even more immediate and urgent grounds” than a law demanding silence.
Barnette, supra, at 633; see also Riley, supra, at 796–797 (rejecting “deferential test” for compelled speech claims). Compelling a person to subsidize the speech of other private speakers raises similar First Amendment concerns. Knox, supra, at 309; United States v. United Foods, Inc., 533 U. S. 405, 410 (2001); Abood, supra, at 222, 234– 235. As Jefferson famously put it, “to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhor[s] is sinful and tyrannical.” A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, in2 Papers of Thomas Jefferson 545 (J. Boyd ed. 1950) (emphasis deleted and footnote omitted); see also Hudson, 475 U. S., at 305, n. 15.
It certainly is the case that proponents of Critical Race Theory want just one “set of Speech” to be allowed – any dissent, any other ideas concerning the issue of Race is to be denied and silenced. The great example here in NH was Janice Starkey of the Hanover School District in silencing Dan Richards at a PTO Zoom meeting.
Sidenote: the promised contact from Hanover School District Assistant Robin Steiner concerning CRT adherent Janice Starkey never happened. Guess that fun will start!
In this, she perfectly played the role of Totalitarian – there is no other description that so perfectly fits her performance.
Related: It’s Time to Start Suing NH Schools – CRT Violates NH Anti-Bullying Laws
One of the pillars of our Republic is Free Speech – CRT absolutely denies it. So does fights over Transgenderism – you WILL call me by the words (pronouns) I demand. Social Justice Warriors act similarly.
Demand from them WHY they believe they are entitled to your birthright away from you. Demand them to explain why you cannot express YOUR opinion. Keep asking questions to frustrate them because they (well, most of them) can’t give you straight answer. Keep leading them into rhetorical box canyons and let them discover that they are the ones that built it – and can’t get out.
LAUGH at them. Make Merry.
It drives them nuts.
