They are in crisis

Owen_Day – the proof and the truth is out there for everyone to see (except for those practicing willful ignorance). You just need to make an effort to look for the truth instead of blindly following. I’d suggest you start with statistical indicators for our economy and illegal immigration… BTW, you may not realize it now, but chances are that President Trump will be the greatest President in your lifetime.

Owen - you presume that the school system can do a better job than parents, in general? Schools engage in "group think", employ biased counselors, and that is far more dangerous than the occasional aberrant parental shortcoming. "Folks like you" have an agenda that most parents do not agree with. Why would it be that suddenly almost 60% of young women are depressive and have severe anxieties? Not related to this overblown identity crisis? You reap what you sow.

https://www.businessinsider.com/abbott-cut-mental-health-services-funding-in-texas-2022-5. There is your evidence. One of the most powerful Republicans in the US is cutting mental health funding, even after he said mass shootings were a mental health issue.

Now I feel obligated to go point by point and debunk your claims because some of them are so blatantly wrong that they must be said in writing. No one on the left throws minors into a state of confusion; they open up roads not previously thought possible to many youth. It is not a bad thing that people are pushing for kids to understand their gender identities. It has been proven time and time again that queer kids are at a higher risk of suicide, and that is because people like you peddle the idea that gender identity is a leftist hoax and that anything other than heterosexuality is just the "woke agenda."

Next, equity is a concept put forth by many on the left. However, it is clear you don't know what it means. Here is a definition: Equity is everyone getting what they need rather than everyone getting the same thing. This is a good idea because people have different needs, and thus different needs must be met in different ways.

Racial imbalance is a term in law denoting a school that does not reflect the racial makeup of the community as a whole, and you are saying that the left did that?

No one is saying abortion is a form of birth control; they are two separate things that should both be available to anyone who needs or wants them. Birth control prevents a pregnancy from happening, and an abortion stops an existing pregnancy. It is not the place of the government to ban a safe medical procedure that saves lives (it should not just be allowed, however, in situations where the pregnant person's life is at risk, it should be allowed to whoever wants it).

There was not a time in which this country was beautiful. In my opinion, the most patriotic thing you can do is criticize your country's flaws and make changes to make it better for everyone, not just the privileged. To blindly accept the idea that this country was ever perfect shows a lack of understanding of US history and a reluctance to open your eyes to the actual truths of this nation.