On Jan. 30, students all over the country took part in walkouts in protest over the increased power and encroachment over individual rights by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In even the red heart of Texas, there were protests held to defy the chaos committed against people whose skin is brown, who spoke Spanish, or voted blue.
There was a protest in solidarity in our very city of Corpus Christi. And where there is the people’s voice to be heard, there is a senior citizen of power to yell that the sound is an affront to his ears. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is our elected elder and was displeased with the recent assemblies, and specifically with Austin Independent School District. Their protest was no different than others, except the fact that the school opted to ensure their students’ safety as they went to protest off campus grounds and be safely monitored by Austin ISD Police.
For Abbott, that was not the right thing to do. He fumed on social media, deigning to say that “AISD gets taxpayer dollars to teach the subjects required by the state, not to help students skip school to protest,” and that he would be directing the Education Commissioner to investigate…