Consolidated VA Elections Thread

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That CRT - or anything you want to label as CRT - is not actually being taught in schools?

It is not taught in schools, but it is such a nice dog whistle to white's grievances and it worked.

Who cares if it is not truth? Politicians lie to get what they want. Mitch McConnell is a master when it comes to that. Gotta admire his Machiavellian drive to get the results he wants, no matter the means he uses to get it.

Dems have to learn to be meaner, rather than softy cry babies always worried about "feelings."

OR MAYBE THE Ds should just wake up. Everything is not about race. Maybe it was for some people but the ones you lost in the middle were just hoping the Ds didn't close schools again.

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I'm a liberal Dem who hates Trump, knows that CRT is being taught in our schools and, can't wait to see how Youkin deals with it.

If you know CRT is being taught, it would be interesting if you could point to, you know, evidence that CRT is being taught.

HERE YOU GO:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/virginia-democrats-republicans.html

Nope. This op-ed is crap.

It’s not the Ds fault that Rs are pushing lies about what is being taught in school.

That my 10 year old son who was taken out of a trash can in a Russian village and nearly died from malnutrition and still has health and emotional issues was tokd to stand up in class and labeled as a privileged white make whose ancestors were responsible for enslaving people. Thing is, his ancestors were actually slaves in Russia.
This attitude is why you can’t see the truth about what happened.

Forget about labels. Please articulate what specifically was being taught in classrooms that you think should stop.

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I'm a liberal Dem who hates Trump, knows that CRT is being taught in our schools and, can't wait to see how Youkin deals with it.

If you know CRT is being taught, it would be interesting if you could point to, you know, evidence that CRT is being taught.

HERE YOU GO:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/virginia-democrats-republicans.html

Nope. This op-ed is crap.

It’s not the Ds fault that Rs are pushing lies about what is being taught in school.

That my 10 year old son who was taken out of a trash can in a Russian village and nearly died from malnutrition and still has health and emotional issues was tokd to stand up in class and labeled as a privileged white make whose ancestors were responsible for enslaving people. Thing is, his ancestors were actually slaves in Russia.
This attitude is why you can’t see the truth about what happened.

Forget about labels. Please articulate what specifically was being taught in classrooms that you think should stop.

Which school was this?

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I'm a liberal Dem who hates Trump, knows that CRT is being taught in our schools and, can't wait to see how Youkin deals with it.

If you know CRT is being taught, it would be interesting if you could point to, you know, evidence that CRT is being taught.

HERE YOU GO:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/virginia-democrats-republicans.html

Nope. This op-ed is crap.

It’s not the Ds fault that Rs are pushing lies about what is being taught in school.

That my 10 year old son who was taken out of a trash can in a Russian village and nearly died from malnutrition and still has health and emotional issues was tokd to stand up in class and labeled as a privileged white make whose ancestors were responsible for enslaving people. Thing is, his ancestors were actually slaves in Russia.
This attitude is why you can’t see the truth about what happened.

Forget about labels. Please articulate what specifically was being taught in classrooms that you think should stop.

Which school was this?

No school, because none of these anti-white fantasy incidents ever happened.

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Anonymous wrote:He didn’t actually distance himself from Trump. The attraction to school board issues issues, masking, school openings- all Trumpian. And Trump thanked his base for Youngkin's win.

False. I'm a liberal Dem who hates Trump, knows that CRT is being taught in our schools and, can't wait to see how Youkin deals with it.

Ooooh, maybe he can get Republican state legislators to send lists to school districts to see if their library has books the GOP doesn't like in it.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/26/texas-school-books-race-sexuality/

Who knew McAuliffe was right - parents won't have a say in their children's education, but single members of the House of Delegates can! Book banning has worked so well throughout history. I don't know why we haven't thought of it before.

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I'm a liberal Dem who hates Trump, knows that CRT is being taught in our schools and, can't wait to see how Youkin deals with it.

If you know CRT is being taught, it would be interesting if you could point to, you know, evidence that CRT is being taught.

HERE YOU GO:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/virginia-democrats-republicans.html

Nope. This op-ed is crap.

It’s not the Ds fault that Rs are pushing lies about what is being taught in school.

That my 10 year old son who was taken out of a trash can in a Russian village and nearly died from malnutrition and still has health and emotional issues was tokd to stand up in class and labeled as a privileged white make whose ancestors were responsible for enslaving people. Thing is, his ancestors were actually slaves in Russia.
This attitude is why you can’t see the truth about what happened.

Forget about labels. Please articulate what specifically was being taught in classrooms that you think should stop.

Which school was this?

No school, because none of these anti-white fantasy incidents ever happened.

Certainly seems unlikely to have happened in a VA public school.

If this had actually happened, we would have heard about it endlessly from the aggressive RWNJs on Twitter. The teacher would have received death threats, etc.

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This piece sums up how Youngkin won and demonstrates how it falls neatly into place with strategies used in recent American history: "Youngkin delivered fear with a smile."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/youngkin-virginia-race.html

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Anonymous wrote:This piece sums up how Youngkin won and demonstrates how it falls neatly into place with strategies used in recent American history: "Youngkin delivered fear with a smile."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/youngkin-virginia-race.html

I’m liberal, but can see much of the media is left of center, notably the NYtimes. The coverage from these outlets, like Wapo, won’t center on the average voters frustration with wokism, as it wouldn’t fit the narrative, but will most likely foist the blame on “racism”. I see the progressive wing is blaming losses on Washington not delivering on progressive promises soon enough, which is another take, which is probably partially true, but albeit mostly incorrect.

Really most people are tired of the acceptability of bashing certain cultures. If democrats paid attention they’d shun ideological purity tests, stop pushing racism as an excuse for every ill, and focus on meat and potato everyday concerns. They won’t. The progressives already want to double down. So anyway, that’s life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This piece sums up how Youngkin won and demonstrates how it falls neatly into place with strategies used in recent American history: "Youngkin delivered fear with a smile."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/youngkin-virginia-race.html

I read that, and I thought - I am never reading a Charles Blow article again. He is claiming racism when he wasn't here on the ground. Yes - the R base is probably racist but the ones who cost us the election were the swing voters in the middle who literally just wanted the party more likely to keep kids in school regardless of whatever future variant comes our way.

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The swing voters swing because of “crt.” The opinion pieces demonstrates how many times these appeals to race have worked in America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This piece sums up how Youngkin won and demonstrates how it falls neatly into place with strategies used in recent American history: "Youngkin delivered fear with a smile."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/youngkin-virginia-race.html

"There are people who want to believe the fabrication because it justifies their fears about displacement, powerlessness and vulnerability."


"So it’s no wonder Youngkin’s critical race theory lie worked. The parasite of white racial anxiety needed a new host, a fresher one."


"You could argue that the Democrats made missteps in Virginia. Absolutely. But, to win, Democrats also needed to tamp down white people’s fears, which is like playing Whac-a-Mole.

Some of the very same people who voted against Donald Trump because they were exhausted and embarrassed by him turned eagerly to Youngkin because he represented some of the same ideals, but behind a front of congeniality.

Youngkin delivered fear with a smile."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This piece sums up how Youngkin won and demonstrates how it falls neatly into place with strategies used in recent American history: "Youngkin delivered fear with a smile."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/youngkin-virginia-race.html

Hammers see nothing but nails everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:This piece sums up how Youngkin won and demonstrates how it falls neatly into place with strategies used in recent American history: "Youngkin delivered fear with a smile."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/youngkin-virginia-race.html

I’m liberal, but can see much of the media is left of center, notably the NYtimes. The coverage from these outlets, like Wapo, won’t center on the average voters frustration with wokism, as it wouldn’t fit the narrative, but will most likely foist the blame on “racism”. I see the progressive wing is blaming losses on Washington not delivering on progressive promises soon enough, which is another take, which is probably partially true, but albeit mostly incorrect.

Really most people are tired of the acceptability of bashing certain cultures. If democrats paid attention they’d shun ideological purity tests, stop pushing racism as an excuse for every ill, and focus on meat and potato everyday concerns. They won’t. The progressives already want to double down. So anyway, that’s life.

It's an op-ed.

The NYT also had the conservative Douthat op-ed that has been posted multiple times already.

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Anonymous wrote:The democrats lost my vote in the past couple of years. I voted democrat on EVERY single ticket since Bush v. Gore, but I have not voted since painfully casting a vote for Hilary nor do I intend to ever again. I can't in good conscience vote for a party who comes to conclusions like, "Advanced programs racist because too many asians, so eliminate them" (I am white). Sorry, you lost me and I hope you lose others with your race baiting

And yet you’re perfectly fine with Donald’s position on race? OK cool. We know now not to give a flying F**k what you think.

Did I say I was okay with his position on race? lol. I never voted for him or any republican so they didn't lose my vote, genius

If you’re voting for Republicans - the party that made its platform “Donald Trump” (literally) - you’re ok w/ their position on race, moron

Do you also say that to the blacks, latinos, and asians who voted Youngkin?

Yes, I do. And if you think it’s impossible for a black person to vote for a candidate who will not act in the best interests of black people generally…you’re not quite understanding reality.

Wait, what positions on race are we talking about here? What are the Republican positions on Asians exactly?

Honest answer: republicans see Asians as a useful tool to dismantle affirmative action.

That’s pretty much it.

No truer words have ever been written on DCUM.
The sad part is they go along with it and think that Republicans actually care about them.

Actually, Asians see Republicans as the party that will protect them from the discrimination served up by the Dems these past few years.

I don't know. I think Asians are all over the map politically. Asians are hardly a monolith and their experiences immigrating to this country are very different. Also, they are also all over the map in terms of religion and how religious they are.

So are all POC. None of them are the monolithic groups that Democrats love to paint them as.

The only monolith, really, are the non-college educated, suburban white females. Dolts, the lot of them.

But hate has no home here, amirite?

I was the person who started this post thread and I just want to reiterate, at no point in my life have I ever voted for a Republican. It's just that from now on I also will never vote for a Democrat. Which, in America, means that I will not be voting for the remainder of my life. And that's fine with me. Whoever originally kept replying to me and accusing me of being a racist trump supporter has a low IQ.

[Anonymous]

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I'm a liberal Dem who hates Trump, knows that CRT is being taught in our schools and, can't wait to see how Youkin deals with it.

If you know CRT is being taught, it would be interesting if you could point to, you know, evidence that CRT is being taught.

HERE YOU GO:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/virginia-democrats-republicans.html

Nope. This op-ed is crap.

It’s not the Ds fault that Rs are pushing lies about what is being taught in school.

That my 10 year old son who was taken out of a trash can in a Russian village and nearly died from malnutrition and still has health and emotional issues was tokd to stand up in class and labeled as a privileged white make whose ancestors were responsible for enslaving people. Thing is, his ancestors were actually slaves in Russia.
This attitude is why you can’t see the truth about what happened.

Forget about labels. Please articulate what specifically was being taught in classrooms that you think should stop.

WTF? You need to take a seat already. Doubtful that CRT (the theory) is taught to school children. Whether CRT is used as the framework for constructing curricular activities, making choices about what materials are available to students, or selecting guests to speak to students or teachers though is moot as far as this thread goes. TMac lost.

FWIW i recall being taught about gender stereotyping without anyone ever using that term or anything like it in the 70s/80s via filmstrips, books and records. The most popular one that I recall was Free to Be You and Me. I think Marlo Thomas was heavily involved in the project. I loved everything in the book and on the record which taught things like that it was OK for a boy to have doll or that women (or anyone) didnt necessarily like housecleaning despite all the happy looking women doing so on TV commercials (and it was always women seen cleaning on those commercials!).