{"id":17073,"date":"2020-09-17T01:22:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T08:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17073"},"modified":"2020-09-17T01:22:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T08:22:41","slug":"the-cowardly-propaganda-of-courageous-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/09\/17\/the-cowardly-propaganda-of-courageous-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cowardly Propaganda Of Courageous Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For far too long far too many have rejected the notion that \u201cCritical Race Theory\u201d is a danger\u2014dismissing it as a fringe or wacky idea that most people wouldn\u2019t put up with\u2014but even when the danger is recognized the sheer depth of the <em>institutional <\/em>and even <em>systemic<\/em> infiltration can still allow one to think that they can shield their children from it or that at the very least their being good parents is all that is needed to raise their children right when they don\u2019t even grok the nature of the propaganda and the form of the indoctrination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One such use of propaganda to infuse woke indoctrination can be seen by a company called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/courageousconversation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Courageous Conversation<\/a>\u201d, which is neither courageous nor a conversation. \u00a0 Your humble author have <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2017\/02\/07\/public-education-and-the-jousting-with-kyriarchical-windmills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pointed them out before<\/a>. In reality, to presents their worldview, beliefs, and definitions as unquestionable truths against which any dissenter is labeled \u201cracist\u201d. This \u201cconversation\u201d is framed so as to trick people into thinking that they\u2019ve reasoned out for themselves that \u201cWhiteness\u201d is wrong and \u201canti-racism\u201d is the only cure for this pandemic of pallidness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17074\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Soviet_students_Courageous_Conversations.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Soviet_students_Courageous_Conversations.jpg 582w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Soviet_students_Courageous_Conversations-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A concerned father\u2014who\u2019s child, as well as students throughout the Montgomery County Maryland Schools, was being taught this drivel\u2014has helped <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackmurphylive\/status\/1303418695520342034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shed light<\/a> on this. \u00a0 Unsurprisingly, the program is intended to make children\u2014especially White children\u2014\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackmurphylive\/status\/1303421567481851908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uncomfortable<\/a>.&#8221; It will \u201cexamine how conversations about gender and race can challenge the dominance of Whiteness\u201d. That\u2019s not a conversation, it is a struggle session that presumed guilt and only demonstrate what that guilt is; it\u2019s like they are running a Cardassian court!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But this is not just an attack on people because of their race, but an attack on America itself by associating the broader American culture with \u201cWhiteness\u201d (which has become increasingly more <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronYork\/status\/1283372233730203651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/john-s-2\/2020\/07\/16\/ny-times-lies-beneath-anti-racism-training-attack-capitalism-rationalism-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mainstream<\/a>) which they\u2019ve axiomatically declared evil, thus they simply see themselves as pointing out how America is systemically evil and that the system is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackmurphylive\/status\/1303423720569143305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unreformable<\/a>, with \u201csolutions\u201d coming from the outside, which from their support for #BlackLivesMatter is a <em>revolutionary<\/em> \u201csolution\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The \u201ccourse packet\u201d can be found here or read below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Courageous Conversation Course Packet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/475947778\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-xUvvTvNxVu8maKESt2zI\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p  style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto;   font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;   font-style: normal;   font-variant: normal;   font-weight: normal;   font-size: 14px;   line-height: normal;   font-size-adjust: none;   font-stretch: normal;   -x-system-font: none;   display: block;\"   ><a title=\"View Courageous Conversation Course Packet on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/475947778\/Courageous-Conversation-Course-Packet#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Courageous Conversation Cou&#8230;<\/a> by <a title=\"View ThePoliticalHat's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/188606198\/ThePoliticalHat#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ThePoliticalHat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The school\u2019s defense was deflective and dishonest, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackmurphylive\/status\/1303437786272456704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">principal saying<\/a> it was &#8220;just a conversation&#8221;, that it &#8220;focus[ed] kids on bias&#8221;, and &#8220;create[d] a safe space&#8221;. A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jackmurphylive\/status\/1303504611114979329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clear narrative was disguised<\/a> as a \u201cconversation\u201d. This man\u2019s request to observe this \u201cconversation\u201d was denied. The cockroaches can\u2019t let light be shined on them, after all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The protocol overview for \u201cCourageous Conversation\u201d can be read below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"G10 Courageous Conversation Protocol Overview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/475947966\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-8Sg7FnMe2XOpuPEOSEgL\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p  style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto;   font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;   font-style: normal;   font-variant: normal;   font-weight: normal;   font-size: 14px;   line-height: normal;   font-size-adjust: none;   font-stretch: normal;   -x-system-font: none;   display: block;\"   ><a title=\"View G10 Courageous Conversation Protocol Overview on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/475947966\/G10-Courageous-Conversation-Protocol-Overview#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">G10 Courageous Conversation&#8230;<\/a> by <a title=\"View ThePoliticalHat's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/188606198\/ThePoliticalHat#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ThePoliticalHat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The full toolkit for \u201cCourageous Conversations\u201d can be read below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Toolkit for Courageous Conversations\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/475948114\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-hkRXsTST4hmXyGpGCVN2\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p  style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto;   font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;   font-style: normal;   font-variant: normal;   font-weight: normal;   font-size: 14px;   line-height: normal;   font-size-adjust: none;   font-stretch: normal;   -x-system-font: none;   display: block;\"   ><a title=\"View Toolkit for Courageous Conversations on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/475948114\/Toolkit-for-Courageous-Conversations#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Toolkit for Courageous Conv&#8230;<\/a> by <a title=\"View ThePoliticalHat's profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/188606198\/ThePoliticalHat#from_embed\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ThePoliticalHat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Don\u2019t think that this isn\u2019t being taught to your kids, even if they are in a charter or private school. Confront and question. Never back down and never ever believe the schools without proof. If they don\u2019t want to tell you what they are teaching your children, then they are hiding something.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Cowardly Propaganda Of Courageous Conversation\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"For far too long far too many have rejected the notion that 'Critical Race Theory' is a danger\u2014dismissing it as a fringe or wacky idea that most people wouldn\u2019t put up with\u2014but even when the danger is recognized the sheer depth of the institutional and even systemic infiltration can still allow one to think that they can shield their children from it or that at the very least their being good parents is all that is needed to raise their children right when they don\u2019t even grok the nature of the propaganda and the form of the indoctrination.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Soviet_students_Courageous_Conversations.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For far too long far too many have rejected the notion that \u201cCritical Race Theory\u201d is a danger\u2014dismissing it as a fringe or wacky idea that most people wouldn\u2019t put up with\u2014but even when the danger is recognized the sheer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2020\/09\/17\/the-cowardly-propaganda-of-courageous-conversation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[19,24,20,48],"class_list":["post-17073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-communism","tag-leviathan","tag-occupy","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17075,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17073\/revisions\/17075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}