We ban pseudoscience and crackpot theories from being taught as fact in schools all the time without it being a freedom of expression issue. We wouldn't allow a Klansman to teach a class on racial hierarchy, so why should we allow a CRT peddler to do the same just because their hierarchy is different?
The problem isn't "Can we ban pseudoscience from being taught in class?", but "Who gets to decide what is pseudoscience?" Generally it's people in the field and this works well. However, critical race theory is different because there's a moral dimension. The result is that critical theorists are incapable of looking at their field objectively and can't be trusted to detect pseudoscience in their field.
We ban pseudoscience and crackpot theories from being taught as fact in schools all the time without it being a freedom of expression issue. We wouldn't allow a Klansman to teach a class on racial hierarchy, so why should we allow a CRT peddler to do the same just because their hierarchy is different?
The problem isn't "Can we ban pseudoscience from being taught in class?", but "Who gets to decide what is pseudoscience?" Generally it's people in the field and this works well. However, critical race theory is different because there's a moral dimension. The result is that critical theorists are incapable of looking at their field objectively and can't be trusted to detect pseudoscience in their field.