I think the anon has a point, because optimistically speaking, the thing about rural school districts is that ... it's basically everybody knows everybody, so Frankie Joe Rural Conservative may think Bobby Mae Teacher is a liberal dingbat, but, you know, they're neighbors (even if they actually live 20 miles away).
Less optimistically, even the teachers are hardcore conservatives in a lot of rural areas.
Edit because I got busy and didn't have time to make the actual point I wanted to make, but most OK conservative parents know their kid's district isn't "doing an anthropormorphism" or whatever, in fact may even know the AP English teacher is having her students read Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Animal Farm, but are okay with that because it's Mrs. Smith who's been in the position since they were in school (and before), but they also suspect that probably there's homosexual groomer liberals, like, all over the OKC or Tulsa or wherever on the other side of the state school districts, and somebody has to protect those children. So I don't think rural OK conservatives will feel like they're getting the short end of the stick, partially because, well, they're idiots a lot of the time, but mostly because, ironically, it will make them feel like they're the one sticking it to the "urban elites".
Basically, this feels more like a "get conservatives to the polls" issue, because while they're there they'll probably vote for whatever Republicans are up for office, than a real thing. I doubt the bill sponsors actually think this will result in anything happening, and if it does actually drive a few kids to private schools or get some teachers fired, well, that's extra bonus points but not the main reasoning.
I think the anon has a point, because optimistically speaking, the thing about rural school districts is that ... it's basically everybody knows everybody, so Frankie Joe Rural Conservative may think Bobby Mae Teacher is a liberal dingbat, but, you know, they're neighbors (even if they actually live 20 miles away).
Less optimistically, even the teachers are hardcore conservatives in a lot of rural areas.
Edit because I got busy and didn't have time to make the actual point I wanted to make, but most OK conservative parents know their kid's district isn't "doing an anthropormorphism" or whatever, in fact may even know the AP English teacher is having her students read Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Animal Farm, but are okay with that because it's Mrs. Smith who's been in the position since they were in school (and before), but they also suspect that probably there's homosexual groomer liberals, like, all over the OKC or Tulsa or wherever on the other side of the state school districts, and somebody has to protect those children. So I don't think rural OK conservatives will feel like they're getting the short end of the stick, partially because, well, they're idiots a lot of the time, but mostly because, ironically, it will make them feel like they're the one sticking it to the "urban elites".
Basically, this feels more like a "get conservatives to the polls" issue, because while they're there they'll probably vote for whatever Republicans are up for office, than a real thing. I doubt the bill sponsors actually think this will result in anything happening, and if it does actually drive a few kids to private schools or get some teachers fired, well, that's extra bonus points but not the main reasoning.