I didn't say its nonsense, I said people on the right think its nonsense. I will now say that its mostly nonsense. Not much fact behind it. If there is any point behind it at all its a small one. Those issues are mostly serious issues in their own right.
States rights - Involves serious constitutional and rule of law concerns, also the benefits of subsidiarity and diversity of legal options which helps liberty and helps achieve better practical results in some areas through competition.
Forced bussing - Is a practical problem, it increases expense, and increases the time required to transport kids to schools, and pushing many kids to different schools often create disruption and resentment. Also to the extent its forced by the feds it also reflects back on the last issue. And the policy has generally been very unpopular not just among whites but also among black Americans. *
Not that either issue is at all absolute. Constititionally the feds properly have fully authority in some areas, and extra time and expense and disruption and resentment can be worth it for other benefits. But they are serious issues.
* - In a Gallup poll taken in the early 1970s, very low percentages of whites (4 percent) and blacks (9 percent) supported busing outside of local neighborhoods. [3] A 1978 study by the RAND Corporation set out to find why whites were opposed to busing and concluded that it was not because they held racist attitudes, but because they believed it destroyed neighborhood schools and camaraderie and increased discipline problems. [3] It is said that busing eroded the community pride and support that neighborhoods had for their local schools. [3] After busing, 60 percent of Boston parents, both black and white, reported more discipline problems in schools. [3] In the 1968, 1972, and 1976 presidential elections, candidates opposed to busing were elected each time, and Congress voted repeatedly to end court-mandated busing. [13]
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