THe House of Cards is starting to fall. One Loudoun County School Board member is gone just this week. |
Strawman. |
Ian Prior lives in Loudoun County. |
The angry parent still committed a crime. Hammurabi's code still isn't a thing in the US judicial system, you know? Go donate to his Go Fund Me if you're really that upset by it. |
Have you seen the proposed GOP congressional map? It splits Loudoun down the middle, a bit before Leesburg. Why? Because west of Leesburg is red and to the east is blue. And from the way you spell it, you don't even live in Loudoun. https://twitter.com/DemRedistrict/status/1449141187181490180 |
And, so this means that no GOPers live east and no Dems live west of Leesburg. Got it. And, those west of Leesburg get no say on the School Board? |
+100 Come on. Not everything is about politics. |
Right. But when political operatives spin up "issues" and twist and turn the truth along the way it becomes political. They are politicizing issues - wedge issues - to build up "rage" to try to sway votes. Even though the politicians wouldn't actually solve any of these "issues". It's manipulation that detracts from the actual issues and ultimately hurts kids. |
I agree but there are plenty of misdeeds on both sides. For the far left, their perceived moral imperative to get favored measures in place includes bypassing open meetings and other public transparency laws, doxxing those who express any concern or questions about the agenda, and hiding or obfuscating undesirable facts. I'm more worried about this than the right-wing operatives. Do you know why? My fear is that reasonable people will be pushed toward the far right causing irreparable harm to our country. |
Actually many of them don’t actually live in Loudoun. Or in the other jurisdictions like NYC where they are doing the same nonsense. |
It's not even close to equivalent. A meeting got canceled? An individual may or may not be forthcoming? Compared to national-level systematic and well-funded machinations? Your "fear" seems misplaced. |
"Our shenanigans are cheeky and fun! Your crimes against humanity shall be paid for in the gulags." |
There is a weird strain of ostrachism in some parts of nova, it appears. Maybe it’s just a coping mechanism. |
Do you mean ostracism? And, if so, about what? NoVa seems polarized just like the rest of the country, but with more people likely to express themselves about it. At this point, my eyes roll when I see all the left-wing types complain about "astroturfing" by "Koch-funded dark money," just like they do when I see the Daily Caller-type cites complaining about PAC money from Soros organizations. I mean, have at it, but understand that for a lot of us the highly partisan types just end up canceling each other out. So much noise that it's hard to tell who actually wants to focus on education and whether they are capable of doing it without elevating politics over academics. |
+1 |