The other day, the article, "Podcaster Says Home Schooling ‘Crazy Christian Problem,’ DOE Responds" came to my attention, and I thought "here we go again." Then I wondered why people who don't homeschool get so worked up at others who choose to do so. It remains a mystery! It is especially so because the latter are usually proponents of freedom of choice, "live and let live" and claim to be respecters of other cultures and lifestyles.
The absurd insults against homeschooling/homeschoolers by those podcasters and the "caller-in" were adequately addressed in that article already. Similar evidence was put forward in a previous article on the True Restoration site, "A Prism of the Crystallising New World Order", in response to unwarranted accusations in 2020, so there's no need to reiterate.
However, I wanted to see these excerpts from the podcast in context, to ascertain if such things were actually said (checking that the quotes are accurate) and to try and understand why these podcasters (and one of their viewers) are so angry about "Christians" homeschooling and choosing to not jab their children.
The following quotes stood out as causing the most reaction:
- Podcaster Jennifer Welch described homeschooling as a “Crazy Christian problem” and said it is “Trickle down stupidity” and “MAGA on steroids.”
- The discussion about homeschooling came in response to a call-in from a listener, who said: “What I have absolutely had it with is watching some of the stupidest people I went to school [sic: college] with decide they’re qualified to homeschool their children.”
- Welch said: “This is MAHA, this is trad wife, this is unvaxxed and unjacked and all that s***. This is the worst worst worst. And this s*** is, America has a crazy Christian problem. We have a fundamental crazy Christian problem.
After finding the podcast on YouTube (having never heard of this podcast nor the hostesses of it), the appearance and manner of speaking of both presenters was so unseemly that I quickly jumped to reading the transcript; and I will spare our readership from enduring that most unpleasant experience by not including the link. The show is so obviously silly and based on superficial rants peppered with crass and aggressive language (presumably entertainment aimed for those with very low intelligence and equally low standards), that I'm surprised anyone bothered responding to their inane comments. Surely, no one of substance takes such a podcast seriously?
In any case, most of their tirade seemed directed against the Mega-Church Protestant Industrial Complex, yet these entertainers did manage to notice that many homeschoolers are also non-vaxxers (credit where credit is due) which seems indicative that parents who are principled enough, and care enough, to want to protect their children from the harm of mainstream schools, are the same sorts of parents who will take the time to also research and eventually discover that vaccines are both ineffective and harmful.
What the caller-in and the podcasters did not manage to notice is that it's not merely the Mega-Prots who choose to homeschool and are "trad wife and unvaxxed" but there is a very broad spectrum of homeschooling families, as well as non-vaxxers, and the numbers are growing rapidly, which is to be expected in view of how appalling the mainstream schools are and how appalling is the number of vaccine-damaged victims.
And one more thing: granted that many homeschoolers are indeed "unvaxxed," and "trad wives," but if by "unjacked" she meant lacking strength or energy, then she totally missed the memo on that, because most of the homeschooling "Crunchy Mums" I know are seriously "jacked"...hence, be warned you're unlikely to find ennui is their thing if you try and mess with their children!
Relevant Course: Five-Part Restoration Radio series of "The Catholic Home Show" about Catholic Homeschooling: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5
Related Interview: Fr. (now Bp.) Selway on Catholic Schools and the Duty of Parents
Recommended Books:
Mother Love (deluxe leatherette cover)
Conferences to Children on Practical Virtue
