Because authoritarians want more power, and any excuse to get more power is used.

They never argue from facts... although they will use facts that support their side.

"How do you tell if a congress-critter is lying? His lips are moving"
This isn't quite true, its that the congress-critter's goals are far different than yours. And so, everything it says has a far different meaning than what you say, even if the words are the same.

Further, kids have died in foster care, even when the parents have said, something is wrong, you need to look into this. The govern-cement failed to protect the child, which was completely under their control.

And if we really wanted to talk about bullying and abuse, comparing minimum security prison inmate training to home schooling is just not a comparison.