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[-] TehPers@beehaw.org 19 points 1 day ago

The last thing Oklahoma needs is to filter out more teachers.

[-] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago
[-] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 23 points 1 day ago

If they can read the application they are too woke.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago

What a backwards shithole country.

[-] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago

Lol, they’re going to fuck over the conservatives moving from California and New York that don’t have every conservative culture war talking point memorized.

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago

Oh, I would so like to peruse this 'test'. Anyone have a copy?

[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago

This is PROOF that DEMOCRATS are Indoctrinating Your Children! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

[-] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

"Sorry [applicant], our social media evaluations find that you do not meet the standards of rage, hatred and ignorance expected of Oklahoma teachers."

[-] rimu@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

There can't be many teachers moving FROM California TO Oklahoma anyway. Why would anyone do that.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

One of the most important parts of a propaganda framework is the introduction of code-words, little phrasings that automatically call to mind a particular narrative you're trying to construct. "People are fleeing California to move to red states" may be true, it may not be, it may be because of property values more than anything else. Doesn't matter. By incorporating that same phrasing and framing into as many different contexts as possible, it does two things:

  1. It gives people security. It's like a little affirmation that gives them assurance they're on the right side. They can slip it into conversation on their YouTube channel, in their press conference, at their dinner table. It reminds them that everyone on the "enemy" side is stupid, and losing, and they're on the right side. It gives them camaraderie, it strengthens the bond.
  2. It creates an artificial external reality. If you just walk up to people a few times a week and say, "Democratic policies are a failure," they'll think you're super weird, and they might even disagree with you. But if you just use the code-word, if you allude to it, even in contexts like this that have nothing to do with anything, it'll smuggle its way into their worldview without them even noticing. Eventually, it's reach a point where if someone tries to tell them it's not that way, they'll scoff and decide the person is stupid, because everyone thinks that, they hear it everywhere.

It's very effective.

this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2025
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