Canadian Politics Today

Indoctrination is teaching a particular set of values.

When "conservatives" (and I use quotes because I don't believe they represent all or even the majority of conservatives) complain about children being indoctrinated in schools, they're saying that they don't ascribe to the values that are being taught. Schools must teach children how to be socially functional. When people say that schools are indoctrinating kids because schools don't allow boys to be boys because they can't punch other kids, call them names, fondle the girls, etc., those people are saying that they don't want children to be given values that promote social functioning and cohesion. Those values need to be taught for a functioning society. However, there is an increasingly large contingent of people that hold an anti-social value system that isn't interested in social cohesion. They're only interested in preserving social stratification and their dominant position within those structures. They were called The Tea Party before and now we're dealing with the Alt-Right. Their views are inherently anti-social and for some reason they believe they should be seriously humoured.