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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm part of one of the communities in question, and very politically progressive. My view is that I'd rather stay and work to shape the culture myself than abandon it and let the problem continue. In my particular community, I see enough positive action to make me feel reasonably good about the future direction of things.[/quote]

Pro Kavanagh press conferences?[/quote]
I am personally opposed to Kavanaugh's nomination, but I don't really have an issue with friends of Kavanaugh giving statements of support based on their own interactions with him, just as I assume that these parents don't have a problem with NCS posting pictures on its website of students holding signs in support of intersectional feminism (or of doing a sit-in over Parkland), or of a faculty member publishing in the Feminist Wire. My focus is on what's happening within the school environment itself, which I find very open-minded and inclusive, not what a few parents may do on their own free time in support of someone that they've known personally for decades.[/quote]

I think you’re missing a big component of why people are upset. They feel that some of these very conservative views are coming into their school and affecting their community. What don’t you understand about that? [/quote]
I don't follow what you mean by "these very conservative views are coming into their school". Are you saying that it's bothersome that 100% of the community isn't politically progressive? IIRC, there were some informal polls at Holton and NCS last year that had about 90% of the student body supporting Hillary - speaking as a Hillary supporter, I don't think it's a bad thing to have students exposed to at least a few students who represent the contrary viewpoint. I'm sure the percentage breakdown isn't quite that slanted among parents (or among students at Landon/STA), but having talked openly about politics with a lot of parents, I'm pretty comfortable in saying that the community likely leans left as a whole, even if not as much as GDS/SFS.[/quote]

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