The Clarion Ledger Organizes a Strike

From Today's Edition

I guess they've decided that Magnolia State Live and Mississippi Today (or is that reversed? I can't even remember) aren't liberal enough, and they're going to out-leftist them. Good luck with that

Seriously. They are openly advocating at this point for teachers to walk out of schools, and to "punish" businesses that support "anti-education" candidates. If they were any more in the pocket of the MAE, they'd be choking on lint. A majority of 1700 teachers responded to a survey...out of about 63,000 teachers in the state.

It's no wonder people have "punished" the CL to the point where I don't even know who the beat writer for my college team is.  If that's going to be the case...if you're going to "punish" people for disagreeing with you...then why would those people ever do business with someone who advertises with the Gannett company? See, this works both ways.

Here's a dirty little secret: The majority of teachers aren't members of the MAE. They aren't even members of the MFT. They avoid those two like the plague because they are political organizations that have teachers as members, not the other way around.

If we're going to have economic warfare, that's fine. But the CL should remember that they're in a far more precarious position than, say, the local grocery store or outdoor supply company.

EDITED TO ADD: Strange coincidence that is article was published the week after State Auditor Shad White dropped a ridiculous stat about school funding in regards to the increase in administrative positions relative to the number of teachers and students decreasing. Million to one chance that happened I guess.