I am writing in response to the shocking"Our View" written by the Daily Herald editorial board in support of new state sex ed curriculum standards approved by the Dist. 211 Board of Education Nov. 10. The editorial was entitled"Knowledge is power and protection."
However, sometimes what people call"knowledge" isn't knowledge. Sometimes it's ideology masquerading as knowledge. For instance, editors wrote,"Gender identity and sexuality are innate. More simply put, you're born that way." That is a statement of ideology -- not fact. Furthermore, knowledge isn't always protection. Sometimes knowledge is corruption. The Daily Herald wrote,"Another aspect of the state's curriculum that has caused an outcry is defining vaginal, oral and anal sex to sixth- through eighth-graders. But that curriculum, too, is designed to be age-appropriate."