An Indiana Moms for Liberty chapter has followed the conservative group’s national playbook, challenging diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in school districts as part of its “parental rights” mission. But the chapter’s aims and use of a quote from Adolf Hitler in its inaugural newsletter unexpectedly spilled over this fall into a mayor’s race previously defined by local development.
The polarizing nature of Moms for Liberty, which has gained name recognition for its push to pack school boards with its endorsements, has spurred some left-leaning candidates to capitalize on opposition to the group and stir voters against their conservative opponents.
In Carmel, Indiana, the Democratic candidate for mayor has repeatedly used the group when attacking his opponent, even though the mayor’s office has no administrative power over school districts, and the local chapter has publicly remained silent on the race outside of its traditional battleground.
MOL is solidly a hate group and anyone they endorse is a red flag.
You mean a red hat
You mean a brown shirt.
America’s brand was Silver Shirts.
Moms For Hitler
I wish people would use the right name
More accurately, Moms for Privilege. That’s what liberty means to them.
You’re both right. Hitler was big into white privilege too, actually!
imho groups like Moms get funded because the Far Right wants to induce voter fatigue in the rest of us. ‘The Gish Gallop’ is a debate technique where you throw out so many lies that the other side never gets a chance to make their point; they are too busy refuting BS to actually make a point or advance a program.
And, sadly, it works. If we were debating, I could spew 10 falsehoods in a minute. (Well, theoretically. Lying doesn’t come as easily to me as it does to certain folks.) Disproving each one of those would take a few minutes, but by then I’ve spewed two dozen more lies.
At some point, you need to concede some points - despite them being outright lies - just to try to keep up. Do it enough and the liar can make plenty of their lies seem to be true. After all, if Points 3-10 weren’t true, why did you skip from disproving #2 to disproving #11!
It’s a DOS attack on the truth.
(Well, theoretically. Lying doesn’t come as easily to me as it does to certain folks.)
I was reading an article on the ‘Trump bucks.’ They look like US currency with Trump’s picture. Apparently people were buying and trying to cash in like real money. The names of the companies involved were ‘USA Patriot’ and similar.
They eat their own.
Klanned Karenhood
Oooh, I love it. I’ll have to remember that one. :)
MfL is nothing more than a terrorist fan club.
Carmel, because of course. What a weird town.
I’m always a bit weirded out that Carmel makes the news more often than Indy (or so it seems). And totes agree it’s a weird place.
TBF Carmel actually does a lot of neat stuff, while other cities is just cUT tAxEs
James Brainard, the current mayor, is probably going to vote Democrat this time around, because Moms of Liberty are 100% against all of this policies despite him being a republican
Moms for Fascism is “polarizing”.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
(AP) — An Indiana Moms for Liberty chapter has followed the conservative group’s national playbook, challenging diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in school districts as part of its “parental rights” mission.
But the chapter’s aims and use of a quote from Adolf Hitler in its inaugural newsletter unexpectedly spilled over this fall into a mayor’s race previously defined by local development.
The polarizing nature of Moms for Liberty, which has gained name recognition for its push to pack school boards with its endorsements, has spurred some left-leaning candidates to capitalize on opposition to the group and stir voters against their conservative opponents.
Democratic candidate and Carmel city councilman Miles Nelson asked his opponent on stage earlier this month to denounce the local Moms for Liberty chapter.
The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty told The Associated Press it can only endorse candidates for school board, but also accused Nelson of campaigning on “silencing parents.”
Jon Valant, director of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution, said while Moms for Liberty has rallied a base to its cause, the group also has generated staunch opposition.
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