On a surface level, it makes sense that they want public schools to be reopened, but really, it just shows how hypocritical some of these conservatives are, like Ben Shapiro ("shocking," I know). For years conservatives have been lamenting the public schools as a source of leftist indoctrination (which I agree with), so shouldn't conservatives be more vocal about the value of home schooling? Or would having students be home-schooled (which generally a parent wants to be there for) shine a greater light on a problem conservative politicians and pundits want to ignore?
Home-schooling should definitely be more utilized compared to public schools, so I don't understand why conservatives in general aren't looking a gift horse in the mouth?
Most nominally conservative people still live in a delusional bubble, where public institutions are neutral, competence is valued, and people are generally decent.
When it is their turn to be viciously attacked by the left, they sit there, blinking like a confused rabbit, and ask how could anyone be so mean?
People like us, the aware and alert, are tiny in numbers.