A militia goes back to school

It happens over and over again: the “woke” left does something outrageous and gets me riled up, and then the extreme right responds with its own equivalent, takes it to the next level and puts it all in perspective.

I have railed against the progressive nuttiness of some school boards in recent years, especially in (where else?) San Francisco. Right-wing activist/journalists like Andy Ngo and Chris Rufo are extremely flawed messengers, to put it mildly, but they do also dig up some crazy stuff that more mainstream outlets either don’t know about or would rather you don’t know about.

(Side note: I’ve recently started using Ground News, a Canadian-made app that compiles news stories and keeps track of how much they’re being covered by right-wing, left-wing and straight-down-the-middle news organizations. It still needs some work - I’ve noticed The Guardian and Business Insider both listed as “left” outlets - but it does useful work in showing “blindspots” among certain segments of the m…