Loyalty is not accomplished by fawning sycophants.
Several bloggers who seek to improve what public education is all about are under attack by those who demand “loyalty” to a leader who is weakly going in the wrong direction.
Specifically, Fred Klonsky and others have pointed out the errors of Illinois Education Association President Cinda Klickna. Fred’s detractors have been highly vocal and are accusing him and other bloggers of “disloyalty to the union,” sedition, treason, perfidy, and heresy. Burning at the stake seems to be the only way Fred should be dealt with. (Read Fred’s Loyalty blog HERE.) These “rah-rah” Fred bashers demand “loyalty” as defined by them – unquestioning and unanimous agreement no matter what.
Whoa!
Today, Chris Hedges wrote, “Criticisms, no matter how tepid, will be treated as acts of subversion.” His article (Read HERE.) deals with the syndrome. Fred and others are being treated by mincing, fawning sycophants who bash in the same manner described by