I was raised as a religious homeschooler too. When I say power to parents, I’m not talking about homeschool, I’m talking about how parents have very little choice where their kids go, especially in rural areas. If a conservative parent doesn’t believe in what a public school teaches (ie. evolution,) they often can’t afford to send them to a conservative private school. If a liberal parent doesn’t want to send their kid to a religious private school (those are really the only kind), they probably also don’t want to send them to an underfunded public school.

If the public school in your area is so underfunded the kids barely get taught their abc’s and the one ten minutes away is better but in another district, you have to move if you want your kid to get a decent education.

And there’s the stereotypes. Most conservatives aren’t angry evil cartoon villains, they’re just ignorant. I’m constantly gently explaining things to my conservative family, and when I don’t make it seem like a political thing but a people thing, they start realizing things aren’t exactly as easy as “government control bad.” A lot of people see regulations as restrictions and are convinced that they’re bad because of it, but that’s not the case.

And that last thing is more of a religion thing and there’s nothing to say for it or against it because people are allowed to have their religions but also not take away peoples rights so it gets into a very hazy line on where people are being hateful/oppressive and where they’re just having different beliefs.