Takoma Park MD if you're not woke

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Anonymous wrote:I'm super lib and a radical feminist and TP is not my cup of tea.

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Can you all say more about why? I’d describe myself the same way and we’ve been contemplating whether a move to TP would be good for our family.

Remember that left Democrats are not tolerant at all to any other perspective. If you are not very liberal you might feel “not among like minded people” and they will never stop trying to convert you.

I’m the +1, and that’s not how I’d put it. I just don’t think a lot of the people there are truly that liberal. I think TKPK has that reputation and there’s a lot of crunchiness (which I find irritating), which isn’t quite the same as progressive. It’s also a very expensive place to live, and to me that limits how truly progressive the citizens are.

Also, I think the line that Democrats are intolerant is tired garbage. Resisting racism doesn’t make you intolerant, it makes you a decent human being. I’m very liberal and very tolerant, but not of bigotry disguised as an alternate perspective or whatever euphemism people want to use. That goes for “Democrats” and Republicans.

[Anonymous]

Your wealth will bring you together more than your politics will divide you.

[Anonymous]

I live in TP. My husband and I are on the conservative side of moderate. We love living here. We have great neighbours, etc. We don't talk politics. I think people commenting for the most part don't live here and haven't experienced the day to day reality.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t. People will just try to argue with you. Some will call you a racist for espousing Republican ideals. Try Kensington. More Republicans there.

Both communities have an outspoken left-leaning contingent and then everyone else is chill. OP’s wife could be called a racist in Kensington just as easily. But it’s not likely to happen either place with the lifestyle OP described.

No. Kensington has a much bigger conservative (mostly Catholic) crowd. I don’t think people in TP would be intolerant, but would you have common ground with your neighbors? It’s a very politically active community.

Yes, Takoma Park is a great community if you’re an activist or want to be.

That describes parts of TKPK, but not the majority of residents. If you want to pretend that the liberal minority living near Old Town is driving everyone else away, how do you account for the huge SDA population that skews socially conservative?

That certainly exists, but I feel fairly sure we are not discussing those neighborhoods in this thread. ie, the unincorporated part of TP that’s in PG county. Or the high rise, subsidized rental apartments closer to the historic downtown.

There is no unincorporated part of TKPK that is in PG County. That part is part of the city limits (and tax base) and part of MoCo since 1997.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm super lib and a radical feminist and TP is not my cup of tea.

+1

Can you all say more about why? I’d describe myself the same way and we’ve been contemplating whether a move to TP would be good for our family.

Remember that left Democrats are not tolerant at all to any other perspective. If you are not very liberal you might feel “not among like minded people” and they will never stop trying to convert you.

I’m the +1, and that’s not how I’d put it. I just don’t think a lot of the people there are truly that liberal. I think TKPK has that reputation and there’s a lot of crunchiness (which I find irritating), which isn’t quite the same as progressive. It’s also a very expensive place to live, and to me that limits how truly progressive the citizens are.

Also, I think the line that Democrats are intolerant is tired garbage. Resisting racism doesn’t make you intolerant, it makes you a decent human being. I’m very liberal and very tolerant, but not of bigotry disguised as an alternate perspective or whatever euphemism people want to use. That goes for “Democrats” and Republicans.

That only gets you so far. Liberals have defined every viewpoint that falls outside of a certain very narrow band of acceptable opinions as “racist” and therefore not worthy of tolerance. You’re tolerant of different viewpoints, as long as they are to the left of Elizabeth Warren (or whoever).

[Anonymous]

You’ll be fine. Modern day TKPK is closer to Chevy Chase than it is to it’s political past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm super lib and a radical feminist and TP is not my cup of tea.

+1

Can you all say more about why? I’d describe myself the same way and we’ve been contemplating whether a move to TP would be good for our family.

Remember that left Democrats are not tolerant at all to any other perspective. If you are not very liberal you might feel “not among like minded people” and they will never stop trying to convert you.

I’m the +1, and that’s not how I’d put it. I just don’t think a lot of the people there are truly that liberal. I think TKPK has that reputation and there’s a lot of crunchiness (which I find irritating), which isn’t quite the same as progressive. It’s also a very expensive place to live, and to me that limits how truly progressive the citizens are.

Also, I think the line that Democrats are intolerant is tired garbage. Resisting racism doesn’t make you intolerant, it makes you a decent human being. I’m very liberal and very tolerant, but not of bigotry disguised as an alternate perspective or whatever euphemism people want to use. That goes for “Democrats” and Republicans.

That only gets you so far. Liberals have defined every viewpoint that falls outside of a certain very narrow band of acceptable opinions as “racist” and therefore not worthy of tolerance. You’re tolerant of different viewpoints, as long as they are to the left of Elizabeth Warren (or whoever).

I’m very tolerant of it in the sense that you can do what you want in your house. If you bring that garbage to the public square to try to restrict or otherwise impost on other people, expect respectful debate that doesn’t hesitate to call racism racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm super lib and a radical feminist and TP is not my cup of tea.

+1

Can you all say more about why? I’d describe myself the same way and we’ve been contemplating whether a move to TP would be good for our family.

Remember that left Democrats are not tolerant at all to any other perspective. If you are not very liberal you might feel “not among like minded people” and they will never stop trying to convert you.

I’m the +1, and that’s not how I’d put it. I just don’t think a lot of the people there are truly that liberal. I think TKPK has that reputation and there’s a lot of crunchiness (which I find irritating), which isn’t quite the same as progressive. It’s also a very expensive place to live, and to me that limits how truly progressive the citizens are.

Also, I think the line that Democrats are intolerant is tired garbage. Resisting racism doesn’t make you intolerant, it makes you a decent human being. I’m very liberal and very tolerant, but not of bigotry disguised as an alternate perspective or whatever euphemism people want to use. That goes for “Democrats” and Republicans.

That only gets you so far. Liberals have defined every viewpoint that falls outside of a certain very narrow band of acceptable opinions as “racist” and therefore not worthy of tolerance. You’re tolerant of different viewpoints, as long as they are to the left of Elizabeth Warren (or whoever).

I’m very tolerant of it in the sense that you can do what you want in your house. If you bring that garbage to the public square to try to restrict or otherwise impost on other people, expect respectful debate that doesn’t hesitate to call racism racism.

That's my point. If you define all but a very narrow set of views as racist, I imagine that you'd find many of OP's wife's views to be racist, even if those views are mainstream. As a result, she might not feel that it is a particularly tolerant place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in TP. My husband and I are on the conservative side of moderate. We love living here. We have great neighbours, etc. We don't talk politics. I think people commenting for the most part don't live here and haven't experienced the day to day reality.

OP here ... This is what we're intd in ... Living around down to earth ppl entitled to hold various political views & have respectful intg discussions. Don't mind folks spinning out far-left views and ideals, which we generally consider with an open mind (and neither one of us is in the "little bit racist" camp, whatever that means) ... More like she's active in church and turned off by the casual disparagement of faith you sometimes hear from the clever set ... and all-things-equal, leans toward fiscal responsibility. I.e.: Receiving the same kind of respect we give.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm super lib and a radical feminist and TP is not my cup of tea.

+1

Can you all say more about why? I’d describe myself the same way and we’ve been contemplating whether a move to TP would be good for our family.

Remember that left Democrats are not tolerant at all to any other perspective. If you are not very liberal you might feel “not among like minded people” and they will never stop trying to convert you.

I’m the +1, and that’s not how I’d put it. I just don’t think a lot of the people there are truly that liberal. I think TKPK has that reputation and there’s a lot of crunchiness (which I find irritating), which isn’t quite the same as progressive. It’s also a very expensive place to live, and to me that limits how truly progressive the citizens are.

Also, I think the line that Democrats are intolerant is tired garbage. Resisting racism doesn’t make you intolerant, it makes you a decent human being. I’m very liberal and very tolerant, but not of bigotry disguised as an alternate perspective or whatever euphemism people want to use. That goes for “Democrats” and Republicans.

That only gets you so far. Liberals have defined every viewpoint that falls outside of a certain very narrow band of acceptable opinions as “racist” and therefore not worthy of tolerance. You’re tolerant of different viewpoints, as long as they are to the left of Elizabeth Warren (or whoever).

I’m very tolerant of it in the sense that you can do what you want in your house. If you bring that garbage to the public square to try to restrict or otherwise impost on other people, expect respectful debate that doesn’t hesitate to call racism racism.

That's my point. If you define all but a very narrow set of views as racist, I imagine that you'd find many of OP's wife's views to be racist, even if those views are mainstream. As a result, she might not feel that it is a particularly tolerant place.

I’m the +1, but not the poster who replied to you above, though I agree with him/her. Racism is far, far more widespread than most white people think it is, frankly. You don’t have to be in the KKK to be a racist. IME, people who are overly defensive about being called a racist refuse to do any kind of introspection around the issue, which makes me wonder why. I try hard to be anti-racist, but I still have to check my own bias and be open to the fact that it’s there.

People who won’t do that can expect respectful debate, but I’m sure as hell not going to roll over in sympathy for them, as they seem to expect. “But I live in MoCo, I caaaaannn’t be a racist!” Uh...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live in TP. My husband and I are on the conservative side of moderate. We love living here. We have great neighbours, etc. We don't talk politics. I think people commenting for the most part don't live here and haven't experienced the day to day reality.

OP here ... This is what we're intd in ... Living around down to earth ppl entitled to hold various political views & have respectful intg discussions. Don't mind folks spinning out far-left views and ideals, which we generally consider with an open mind (and neither one of us is in the "little bit racist" camp, whatever that means) ... More like she's active in church and turned off by the casual disparagement of faith you sometimes hear from the clever set ... and all-things-equal, leans toward fiscal responsibility. I.e.: Receiving the same kind of respect we give.

Why are you focused on Takoma Park?

There are other close-in options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in TP. My husband and I are on the conservative side of moderate. We love living here. We have great neighbours, etc. We don't talk politics. I think people commenting for the most part don't live here and haven't experienced the day to day reality.

OP here ... This is what we're intd in ... Living around down to earth ppl entitled to hold various political views & have respectful intg discussions. Don't mind folks spinning out far-left views and ideals, which we generally consider with an open mind (and neither one of us is in the "little bit racist" camp, whatever that means) ... More like she's active in church and turned off by the casual disparagement of faith you sometimes hear from the clever set ... and all-things-equal, leans toward fiscal responsibility. I.e.: Receiving the same kind of respect we give.

Why are you focused on Takoma Park?

There are other close-in options.

Looking at other options too ... Just asking about Takoma Park b/c I generally like it and it's less expensive than Bethesda, for example, but it has a reputation that's a turn-off for her ... which is why I was intd in others' experiences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm super lib and a radical feminist and TP is not my cup of tea.

+1

Can you all say more about why? I’d describe myself the same way and we’ve been contemplating whether a move to TP would be good for our family.

Remember that left Democrats are not tolerant at all to any other perspective. If you are not very liberal you might feel “not among like minded people” and they will never stop trying to convert you.

I’m the +1, and that’s not how I’d put it. I just don’t think a lot of the people there are truly that liberal. I think TKPK has that reputation and there’s a lot of crunchiness (which I find irritating), which isn’t quite the same as progressive. It’s also a very expensive place to live, and to me that limits how truly progressive the citizens are.

Also, I think the line that Democrats are intolerant is tired garbage. Resisting racism doesn’t make you intolerant, it makes you a decent human being. I’m very liberal and very tolerant, but not of bigotry disguised as an alternate perspective or whatever euphemism people want to use. That goes for “Democrats” and Republicans.

That only gets you so far. Liberals have defined every viewpoint that falls outside of a certain very narrow band of acceptable opinions as “racist” and therefore not worthy of tolerance. You’re tolerant of different viewpoints, as long as they are to the left of Elizabeth Warren (or whoever).

I’m very tolerant of it in the sense that you can do what you want in your house. If you bring that garbage to the public square to try to restrict or otherwise impost on other people, expect respectful debate that doesn’t hesitate to call racism racism.

That's my point. If you define all but a very narrow set of views as racist, I imagine that you'd find many of OP's wife's views to be racist, even if those views are mainstream. As a result, she might not feel that it is a particularly tolerant place.

The mainstream is pretty racist though. There’s never been a point in American history where being “mainstream” meant something couldn’t be racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm super lib and a radical feminist and TP is not my cup of tea.

+1

Can you all say more about why? I’d describe myself the same way and we’ve been contemplating whether a move to TP would be good for our family.

Remember that left Democrats are not tolerant at all to any other perspective. If you are not very liberal you might feel “not among like minded people” and they will never stop trying to convert you.

I’m the +1, and that’s not how I’d put it. I just don’t think a lot of the people there are truly that liberal. I think TKPK has that reputation and there’s a lot of crunchiness (which I find irritating), which isn’t quite the same as progressive. It’s also a very expensive place to live, and to me that limits how truly progressive the citizens are.

Also, I think the line that Democrats are intolerant is tired garbage. Resisting racism doesn’t make you intolerant, it makes you a decent human being. I’m very liberal and very tolerant, but not of bigotry disguised as an alternate perspective or whatever euphemism people want to use. That goes for “Democrats” and Republicans.

That only gets you so far. Liberals have defined every viewpoint that falls outside of a certain very narrow band of acceptable opinions as “racist” and therefore not worthy of tolerance. You’re tolerant of different viewpoints, as long as they are to the left of Elizabeth Warren (or whoever).

I’m very tolerant of it in the sense that you can do what you want in your house. If you bring that garbage to the public square to try to restrict or otherwise impost on other people, expect respectful debate that doesn’t hesitate to call racism racism.

That's my point. If you define all but a very narrow set of views as racist, I imagine that you'd find many of OP's wife's views to be racist, even if those views are mainstream. As a result, she might not feel that it is a particularly tolerant place.

The mainstream is pretty racist though. There’s never been a point in American history where being “mainstream” meant something couldn’t be racist.

Curious how the current mainstream is racist

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Takoma Park is a liberal paradise. I knew NO Republicans there but heard of one.

Many low see criminals, so you are right