Basically, although most schools work on SEL way past kindergarten. It’s a super broad topic, and really has nothing to do with CRT. The weird AIM video tried to link them, but it didn’t really make any sense. Which I guess was expected.

Social-emotional learning, or SEL, is not related to critical race theory. I watched the video (ugh), and although there were a lot of claims about SEL being the same thing as CRT, there’s really no evidence presented for that. Given that schools really aren’t teaching CRT in the first place, I don’t understand what…

Right? Although they were a diverse group, and I’ll bet some of them had very different positions.

Many of the Founders were quite explicit that religious freedom/tolerance extended to non-Christian faiths, including Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism (https://www.hinduismtoday.com/magazine/jul-aug-sept-2021/john-adams-view-of-hinduism/, https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0205/tolerance.html). They could also be quite explicit…

He is the gross gift that keeps on giving.

Yeah, QAnoners are generally all gold medalists in mental gymnastics.

Yes, also that. Although she may be too old for his tastes at this point.

Donald Trump has actually sexually assaulted people, was a friend of Epstein, has made inappropriately sexual comments about girls, supported Roy Moore, and almost certainly exposed children to trafficking given his horrible immigration policies but he’s somehow the god-emperor of people who pretend to care about…

Yeah, it sort of was. And I knew it, but was still surprised. It’s especially frustrating since I only get one NPR station where I live, and I didn’t have a lot of options.

I listened to some of the hearings yesterday. I was very impressed with the nominee, although I also don’t know nearly enough to have an informed opinion. I did find the grandstanding, from both the Republicans and the Democrats, the be tedious. The senators should have spent more time listening and less time…

No one does elite entitlement quite like a GOP populist.

I don’t have a name for it, but there are quite a few drivers in Maine who think that the lines on the roads are just gentle suggestions. Lots of people drifting across the center line because it’s too much both not to.

the gubernatorial hopeful who said abortion shouldn’t be allowed in cases of rape because the fetus “may be the next president.”

Also, hurt mosquitos. They’re even worse than flies.

There’s one right outside my local grocery store, and it creates so much excess traffic in the parking lot on Saturdays....

Seems entirely plausible, but unless there was video evidence or someone confessed, it seems like it would be hard to prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt.

Yes, according to the DA. Here’s a brief summary from https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2022/03/15/venango-county-district-attorney-peter-spencer-shooting-death-self-defense/.

Jesus, why the fuck would people bring so many weapons on a camping trip? Especially a camping trip where you plan to use hallucinogens?

Personally I think sex is a great thing, and kids should absolutely be educated about it (although the specific content of the lessons will differ based on the ages of the kids). But even people like Ben Shapiro who are terrified of healthy sexuality should realize that kids are going to get this information…

Right, science doesn’t require “proof” in the way that math does, and we should always keep looking for better theories, but right now this is the best there is.