these people are cray cray |
I support ALL kids. Too bad you don't. I doubt you even live in Arlington. If you do, why are you anon? The overwhelming majority of actual Arlington residents supports our board and our policy. We don't care what you outsiders think. |
APS is, that's the whole purpose of the lawsuit. The Trump Admin is just looking for a reason to take away our funding for these kids. |
This will wind up back at the Supreme Court. It will be expensive for APS and FCPS to litigate along the way. Unwise. |
Or, the school system is picking a fight? They are going to lose. |
Yes, exactly. Grimm is a female who transitioned to male in high school. Grimm was offered a private bathroom, but the ACLU sued, saying that wasn’t acceptable, and they won. It was appealed up to the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. I do think it was intentional that they used a female to male transitioner for this case. I think it would have drawn more attention and garnered more objections if it was a male to female transitioner suing for the right to access the girls bathrooms and locker rooms. |
DP. How would you have any idea if the “overwhelming majority” of Arlington residents support this? Talk to some people one on one. Not in a public forum. Any dissenting opinion in public is swiftly met with the person being called a hateful bigot, and that’s the entire conversation. I live in Arlington. My kids go to school here. I know for a fact that there are liberal Arlingtonians who don’t agree with how APS is handling this and/or do not want biological males in locker rooms with their daughters. It’s not even a fringe opinion. Yes, the Trump administration is awful, but that doesn’t mean everything APS does is right. |
No the Trump admin picked this fight. If you don't like that, go complain to them. But you do like that. |
At the school board meeting, the overwhelming majority spoke in favor of the current policy. The trans haters were far fewer and had to import speakers from outside of Arlington. That is how I know. If your dissenting opinion isn't received well, that is itself evidence that it is a fringe opinion in our community. |
Gaslighting. Trump started this ridiculous attack on our public schools. |
Better than bending over to the fascist king. |
+1 |
It is not a fringe issue. Ww know to keep our mouths shut in public. Arlington taxpayers are not all the same. Just because someone doesn’t speak up at a Board meeting doesn’t mean they don’t exist. |
You seem to think that there is some sort of “silent majority” that opposes this, but lacks the courage to stand up for its convictions. Sometimes the loudest and most numerous voices do really reflect the majority opinion. I generally keep my mouth shut in public because I don’t want to deal with death threats from MAGA pedophiles in flyover country, but I support 100% what the school board is doing. |
Pro-trans are accusing folks who want their kids to have sex aligned bathrooms as being equivalent to separate but equal racists. Of course they are staying quiet in public, since a reasonable discussion of the impacts to all student populations is not feasible. |