Readers of this site are familiar with the Chino Valley Unified School District (in California) because of its completely irresponsible Board of Directors. The majority of the five-member board promoted Christianity at meetings, were sued over it, eventually lost, and were on the hook for more than $200,000 in legal fees. They appealed the decision and lost again. We don’t know how much that will cost them. And then they decided to appeal yet again to the Supreme Court, a decision that will further screw over the students they’re supposed to be helping.
My point is that these are not smart people. And the worst of the bunch is Andrew Cruz, a conservative Christian who once trashed gay marriage, invoked the Confederate Flag, argued that racism was over, and complained about California’s mandatory vaccination laws — all in one speech. Another time, Cruz brought up the Charlie Hebdo massacre to defend prayers at board meetings.
Last week, Cruz outdid himself.
During a rant against transgender rights, gender-neutral bathrooms and abortion — you know, typical fare for a school board meeting — he found a way to let Hitler off the hook.
You can hear it around the 2:01:32 mark in the video below, though his full speech begins at 1:57:26.
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… Common sense tells you — the sermon tells — the direction of our country. So we have to give parents rights. Even though there’s policies that tell us not to, forget that.
You know, Hitler, with Germany, it wasn’t Hitler that was bad. It was the people that followed the laws and the agenda. And it went further and further and went out of control. Local [control] is so important. And we take charge for our own community and for our own kids…
(Zoom in on the reaction from the board member in the middle of the screen. Priceless.)
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say, yes, Hitler was bad. Very bad, even. Kind of a monster, that guy.
