Please reassure me that MCPS teachers aren't this radicalized

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I am a midwesterner also. And I admit I'm mildly annoyed with your post. You're asking for reassurance that people with poor judgment don't exist here. Of course they do. That MN teacher didn't talk about assassination because she is from MN. She did it because she is a nut. You can't honestly be asking if MD has less nutty teachers than those in the mldwest. Nuttiness isn't tied to any region.

+1

+2 - signed another midwesterner from a very red state

+3 another Midwesterner who thinks the Hate has no Home here feels very midwestern. But I lived in a relatively diverse city in the Midwest and was thrilled at the even more diverse community here.

The Hate Has No Home Here sign comes from the Midwest. (Chicago, but still!)) You can get it in red if that feels more welcoming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The "Everyone is welcome" signs do not mean Everyone.

Conservatives, republicans, Trump people, blue collar folks, traditional Christians and those from flyover country are not included in "Everyone".

Also include people of a lower SES. That is why the schools are so segregated by SES. People pay a 300-600k premium on a property in Potomac or Bethesda so their kids dont have to mix with the poors.

[Anonymous]

We seem to be mostly in agreement that the question doesn't make any sense.

[Anonymous]

OP, you seem like you are picking a fight.

You: crazy people are in MN. Can you assure me there are no crazy people?

DCUM: of course not. There are crazy people everywhere, and btw, your post seems a bit politically intolerant.

You: See? I told you that you are all crazy like this one lady in MN.

Guess what? You moved here. We all did. You are one of us now. If you continue to seek out crazy, you will find it. I recommend you find friends instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are transplants coming from Midwest. Mostly apolitical middle 'flyover' America (but a bluish leaning state)...

School systems were much smaller but fairly good. Nowhere near the resources of MCPS but smaller so not necessarily needing such resources. Overall MCPS schools seem pretty good but we've noticed a Democrat leaning favoritism in the schools we've been (IE going to the Library and seeing President Books displayed... all Dems with the lone Republican being Teddy Roosevelt). No real biggie as most schools tend towards the Left side of the political spectrum. Kind of a given.

Maryland is a bit of a conundrum for us, MoCo seems very Liberal (Baltimore too) I.E. neighbors have 'hate has no home here' signs, impeach trump placards, the many language welcome sign, yet the state elected a Republican Governor. Except for a few days before elections, back home you would never see lawn placards.

Anyway the point of all this is... there is definitely a partisan vibe here even though it seems a blue state open minded enough to elect a 'red' governor. Then I read this:

http://www.startribune.com/rosemount-educator-on-leave-after-tweeting-kill-kavanaugh/495903561/

(essentially a School teacher from mild mannered Minnesota tweeting assassination recommendations. A school teacher!.)

My impression of MCPS is despite its bias towards the Dems, everyone seems pretty amiable and reasonable.

Please reassure me we don't have teachers like this here... because if this can happen in Minnesota... (close to my home and we don't see any of the partisanship displayed on the streets as we see here) could such be here within MCPS? We want my children to be exposed to all kinds of peoples, beliefs, and political view points... but not radical view points... so whats your feelings regarding MCPS? Does everyone get a fair shake or are the children taught to hate (right or left)?

One of my daughters teachers consistently engages the class in anti-trump dialogue. The books that show up on reading lists always have a progressive/SJW message. I'm not sure it's as bad as the right-wing bias in some southern states, but it's honestly pretty bad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The "Everyone is welcome" signs do not mean Everyone.

Conservatives, republicans, Trump people, blue collar folks, traditional Christians and those from flyover country are not included in "Everyone".

Well, waddya know - "Everyone" does not include those who think "Only some are welcome."

Jokes aside, this is BS - this is the county that kept electing Connie Morella year after year while voting for Dems in other races.

She has been out of office for close to 15 years, she would never win now in MC with a Republican tag. Please...

I agree - but the claim that republicans are not welcome here is crazy. Electoral history would indicate that this area has always been more moderate than what people like the previous poster claim. Nancy floreen, running to the right of Marc Elrich, will probably be the next county executive. Connie Morella used to win even as the rest of the Reps were going crazy with clinton impeachment, etc., and finally had to be gerrymandered out. Ike Leggett has no problem vetoing a minimum wage increase...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "Everyone is welcome" signs do not mean Everyone.

Conservatives, republicans, Trump people, blue collar folks, traditional Christians and those from flyover country are not included in "Everyone".

Well, waddya know - "Everyone" does not include those who think "Only some are welcome."

Jokes aside, this is BS - this is the county that kept electing Connie Morella year after year while voting for Dems in other races.

She has been out of office for close to 15 years, she would never win now in MC with a Republican tag. Please...

I agree - but the claim that republicans are not welcome here is crazy. Electoral history would indicate that this area has always been more moderate than what people like the previous poster claim. Nancy floreen, running to the right of Marc Elrich, will probably be the next county executive. Connie Morella used to win even as the rest of the Reps were going crazy with clinton impeachment, etc., and finally had to be gerrymandered out. Ike Leggett has no problem vetoing a minimum wage increase...

Connie Morella was not gerrymandered out. Connie Morella lost her seat because she voted for Newt Gingrich for speaker and because she couldn’t articulate a single reason for being a Republican other than “I believe in the two party system.” (Which you can obviously do while being a Democrat as well). If she had been willing to run with an I next to her name and caucus with the Dems she probably would have stayed in office.

[Anonymous]

Also, it’s not that Republicans are not welcome here, it’s that they are a minority here. And some of them who are used to always being in the dominant group in an area feel oppressed by being a minority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "Everyone is welcome" signs do not mean Everyone.

Conservatives, republicans, Trump people, blue collar folks, traditional Christians and those from flyover country are not included in "Everyone".

Well, waddya know - "Everyone" does not include those who think "Only some are welcome."

Jokes aside, this is BS - this is the county that kept electing Connie Morella year after year while voting for Dems in other races.

She has been out of office for close to 15 years, she would never win now in MC with a Republican tag. Please...

I agree - but the claim that republicans are not welcome here is crazy. Electoral history would indicate that this area has always been more moderate than what people like the previous poster claim. Nancy floreen, running to the right of Marc Elrich, will probably be the next county executive. Connie Morella used to win even as the rest of the Reps were going crazy with clinton impeachment, etc., and finally had to be gerrymandered out. Ike Leggett has no problem vetoing a minimum wage increase...

Connie Morella was not gerrymandered out. Connie Morella lost her seat because she voted for Newt Gingrich for speaker and because she couldn’t articulate a single reason for being a Republican other than “I believe in the two party system.” (Which you can obviously do while being a Democrat as well). If she had been willing to run with an I next to her name and caucus with the Dems she probably would have stayed in office.

I suggest you brush up your history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Morella

She lost in 2002 - four years after Newt left Congress. And her district was redrawn by the Dems. (She still made it pretty close, losing only 47-52.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, it’s not that Republicans are not welcome here, it’s that they are a minority here. And some of them who are used to always being in the dominant group in an area feel oppressed by being a minority.

Excellent point.

[Anonymous]

Reality has a liberal bias.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hogan laughed at MoCo over the opposition to the Ocean City school calendar policy. He hates MoCo and does not respect the school’s here.

This is true, and he especially hates MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, it’s not that Republicans are not welcome here, it’s that they are a minority here. And some of them who are used to always being in the dominant group in an area feel oppressed by being a minority.

We are a Republican family (basically- I am an independent who has shifted right, husband is Republican). We feel completely at home in MoCo and no one has ever treated us poorly for having a differing view.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, you seem like you are picking a fight.

You: crazy people are in MN. Can you assure me there are no crazy people?

DCUM: of course not. There are crazy people everywhere, and btw, your post seems a bit politically intolerant.

You: See? I told you that you are all crazy like this one lady in MN.

Guess what? You moved here. We all did. You are one of us now. If you continue to seek out crazy, you will find it. I recommend you find friends instead.

We didn't all. I know plenty of people who were born and raised in Montgomery County.

(Also, as a Midwesterner myself, who did move here, I am tickled by the idea that Chicago isn't really-REALLY the Midwest... )

[Anonymous]

I'm from the Twin Cities, and now live in MoCo. With all due respect, the entire premise of this thread is kind of absurd. If anything, I would argue that the Twin Cities are more outwardly radical - you have BLM blocking the governor's mansion for weeks and nobody bats an eye. Keith Ellison is an elected official. From my observations, MoCo is actually pretty moderate by comparison.