The children be darned! Tobacco taxes.

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Well, for starters, he is a EXTREME anti-gun advocate. Which by itself is fine. Every person is entitled to their opinions on the subject.

(For the record, what comes next is off the top of my head, my references are not in hand right now.)

While a member of the Chicago school system, he lead a mass protest of a legal gun store. During the protest, several people, including (IIRC) Jesse Jackson and "Rev." Micheal Pfleger were arrested. Further, during this protest Mr. Duncan literally threatened the store owners LIFE. He later claimed that he did not fully understand the meaning of the term "snuff out". Not good for a "educator", would you not agree?

IF pure education was this mans goal, more power to him. But like most people of his line of thought, his goal is not to teach young people TO think. His goal is to teach young people WHAT to think.

So you oppose him because of his stance on guns, not his education policies?

But like most people of his line of thought, his goal is not to teach young people TO think. His goal is to teach young people WHAT to think.

Source - or is this just your own opinion based on the gun thing?

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So you oppose him because of his stance on guns, not his education policies?

Because his education policies delve deep into things other than education. He sees himself as an arbeiter of what is right "for the children." His job is to provide an education for our kids, not to impose HIS world view.

I've got more, but time is short. Din din in the over. I will ad some more, if you like, tomorrow.

Source - or is this just your own opinion based on the gun thing?

My own, IMHO, educated opinion. I look at his past, the things he has done in other education leadership roles and come to this opinion.


I'll toss some source at ya later if you like. But if you Google him, you will get the current administrations take on him, which of course is glowing.