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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know that in our house, we will be voting for the most conservative D's in the primaries, and straight R on the state level. Will keep straight-D for national (Congress, Senate). Our experiences with (1) the school opening debacle, and, (2) the consistent, unending drumbeat on equity above everything else have made it very clear that MoCo and MD governments need checks. We have been particularly disappointed with Elrich, and several County Council members.[/quote]

Is it the constant talk of equity itself that bothers you?  Or is it the radical way in which the elected officials want to reach that equity?   I don't mean that in any type of judgmental way.  I'm trying to figure how far removed I am from the reality of most of the county.  (I want equity, but want rational policy changes, not revolutionary ones).[/quote]

A combination of those two things. Language matters. Equality and equity are two different things. Equality (as in all men are created equal) means everyone gets a fair shot and equal treatment; equity means everyone has the same stuff. We are all for government to be enforcers of equality, but we get uncomfortable when the objective function of government shifts to equity. Equity as an objective is fine when it comes to wealth distribution (within reason), but goes way too far when the government starts picking winners and losers based on skin color and the absurd, pseudo-scientific concept of ethnicity. The related concept of antiracism states that any inequity *must* be due to racism, and if you disagree, you are a racist / white supremacist. While Elrich et al haven't stated those objectives plainly, it's clearly driving policy, and it's getting worse year-over-year. This has infected the schools, public and private, and well-meaning white liberals simply accept these tenets without question, probably due to some combination of self-loathing and virtue signaling. [/quote]

I agree.  Focus should be more on equality, than equity.  Republican tribe has complained for decades about unions, particularly unions representing govt workers.  The tribe's complaints are basically why should those workers get those benefits.  The response, of course, should be that why are more workers not getting those benefits.  Dems fail to flip the argument back on the tribe.   On other side, the silly TP crowd seems more focused on taking whatever benefits the "rich" have away from them.  Lets destroy SFH neighborhoods on equity grounds.  The better response is to spend real money beefing up schools (both in terms of physical plants and staffing), libraries, community centers, infrastructure, parks, etc in poorer neighborhoods, combined with housing incentives. I guess the silly crowd is against gentrification but for upzoning.  Do not change poorer neighborhoods, but change wealthier ones.   Better answer is to improve the conditions of poorer neighborhoods.  
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