Most conservative private school?

[Anonymous]

No, I didn’t mean that at all. Thanks for making my point about intolerant liberals however.

[Anonymous]

Omg this is getting ugly. GDS parent here. I think the REAALY right wing socially conservative families (anti-gay, anti-immigration, pro- white supremacy) would have a problem at GDS but the school really supports freedom of expression in general. My best friend is a parent at Stone Ridge- She is a religious catholic- I am agnostic liberal. She is one the the best most open minded people I know. We all need to start listening to each other and talking to each other and i for one would welcome conservative families at GDS to mix up the world views represented.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg this is getting ugly. GDS parent here. I think the REAALY right wing socially conservative families (anti-gay, anti-immigration, pro- white supremacy) would have a problem at GDS but the school really supports freedom of expression in general. My best friend is a parent at Stone Ridge- She is a religious catholic- I am agnostic liberal. She is one the the best most open minded people I know. We all need to start listening to each other and talking to each other and i for one would welcome conservative families at GDS to mix up the world views represented.

I'm an SR alumna and, reading this thread, I can tell you not a lot has changed around here since the 80s. That said, 99.99% of the current and former families I know/knew at SR AND other local schools are open minded, genuinely decent people who care about raising good humans. That is why everyone holds specific political views -- as an outgrowth of a desire for what they believe to be a "good" society. Focus on the end goal, not how we're all going to get there. We have way more in common than not.

Let's not pull our kids into our "grown up worries."

(end kumbaya moment)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg this is getting ugly. GDS parent here. I think the REAALY right wing socially conservative families (anti-gay, anti-immigration, pro- white supremacy) would have a problem at GDS but the school really supports freedom of expression in general. My best friend is a parent at Stone Ridge- She is a religious catholic- I am agnostic liberal. She is one the the best most open minded people I know. We all need to start listening to each other and talking to each other and i for one would welcome conservative families at GDS to mix up the world views represented.

It's unlikely, I think, that any Conservative family would want to wade knowingly into those waters. There are too many other alternatives where they are not in the distinct minority.

Liberalism in 2018 and a willingness to tolerate other points of view are not seen as being consistent.

[Anonymous]

This has been interesting.
As a parent headed to one of the more conservative schools mentioned on this board, we were not getting the impression of, nor expecting an intolerant environment at the new school. DH and I are R and D, respectively; DS has developed pretty liberal views thus far. He's certainly been exposed to more diversity than I ever was and sounds like more than the average kid in the US - I'm grateful for that. I would rather that he was able to experience that "different from me" does not equal bad and would treat people respectfully.

[Anonymous]

It's not the conservative environments you have to watch out for around here, it's the arrogant liberal ones where anyone who disagrees is not only wrong but evil. In real life people who think that way are relatively rare, but they are a noticeable percentage of teachers in many schools, and it's rare to find a HOS with the backbone to control them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not the conservative environments you have to watch out for around here, it's the arrogant liberal ones where anyone who disagrees is not only wrong but evil. In real life people who think that way are relatively rare, but they are a noticeable percentage of teachers in many schools, and it's rare to find a HOS with the backbone to control them.

This is an insightful and correct statement.

A Liberal parent who is anxious to have their worldview and values reinforced in the classroom and the lunch table certainly has nothing to fear in some of these left-leaning Private schools.

But Conservatives can’t assume these places are even slightly sympathetic to their beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Liberalism in 2018 and a willingness to tolerate other points of view are not seen as being consistent.

Do you think white supremacy is a point of view that should be tolerated at any school, public or private?

[Anonymous]

PP - Why don't you tell us? What do yuh do with a white supremacist in public school? Expel them for their belief? Beat it out of them? Send them to a political reeducation camp? What other ideas get you sent to the camp?

[Anonymous]

The answer to my question is no. It shouldn't be tolerated at any school. Thanks for trying to dodge and deflect though. What's your answer?

[Anonymous]

Talk about deflecting . . . Not "tolerated" is pretty vague. What is your remedy. Do you expel the kid for what he thinks or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talk about deflecting . . . Not "tolerated" is pretty vague. What is your remedy. Do you expel the kid for what he thinks or not?

I wasn't the one who used the word tolerate first, but PP who said "Liberalism in 2018 and a willingness to tolerate other points of view." So is your answer to my question yes or no, and if your answer changes depending on what "tolerate" means, then please elaborate on what distinction would change your answer from yes to no or vice versa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Liberalism in 2018 and a willingness to tolerate other points of view are not seen as being consistent.

Do you think white supremacy is a point of view that should be tolerated at any school, public or private?

Let’s start the conversation by you defining “White Supremacy” for us.

[Anonymous]

Wikipedia definition of white supremacy will suffice. Using that, what's the answer to my question?

[Anonymous]

"Do you think white supremacy is a point of view that should be tolerated at any school, public or private?"

Your question is a perfect example of the insidious strain of intolerant and arrogant liberalism that is prevalent in many area schools. Equating non-liberal points of view with "white supremacy" is just a means to shut down debate and attack the character of those you disagree with politically because you aren't able to win a debate based on the substance of your ideas.