# Why do many conservatives paint the entire public school system with a broad brush? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 5, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-conservatives-paint-the-entire-public-school-system-with-a-broad-brush/943657 "2021-06-05T03:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 78
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-conservatives-paint-the-entire-public-school-system-with-a-broad-brush/943657/78 "2021-06-05T21:54:47Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > And isn’t it odd that they bash teachers unions which might make it hard to fire not great teachers in some cases, but are fine with police unions who protect cops who kill innocent people? Once again, the ignorance and arrogance in this thread is astounding. People, quit running your mouths about things that you know nothing about. Voyager here flatters himself that he knows how conservatives think, when it is clear that he knows nothing about the subject whatsoever. Most conservatives are emphatically **NOT** “fine” with police unions. They are grudgingly tolerated, whereas most other unions are actively despised. And the toleration is partly due to the fact that police unions are weak compared to most others-- in many jurisdictions, it is illegal for public safety workers to go on strike. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-conservatives-paint-the-entire-public-school-system-with-a-broad-brush/943657)._