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Engendered Ignorance on the March
In what sort of a society is it even thinkable that school students could be seen, on mass, marching through the streets protesting that governments are not doing enough to … change the climate? That the education system of which they were a part could sanction this? That many of society’s “leaders” could egg them on? And that they would be rewarded with headlines, only to be denied front page billing as a result of the murderous carnage in New Zealand? This bizarre scenario has played out across the country these past days.
A number of issues have been canvassed in response to the kiddies’ climate marches: the role of adult-led activist organisations in encouraging and organising the marches, the apparent acquiescence of schools and principals, the debauching of school curricula, the role of teachers in peddling ideology while pretending it is science, and the sheer nonsense that is climate alarmism. These are all valid topics and, in their own ways, alarming…
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