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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get what this has to do with liberalism. My politics are very much on the left but I know conservatives who would get it and liberals like OP, who don't. Sometimes I feel like people hide their most intolerant views behind "But I'm a liberal so its OK."[/quote]

It's very simple. Conservatives feel the rights of person A do not trump the rights of person B, because we have individual rights, not group rights.

When a whole classroom is slowed down because of person A, the special needs child, you are doing it at the cost of person B, the OP's child.

I don't know why SN parents would think Ted Cruz would support this, or any conservative for that matter. Ted Cruz would be for finding a way to help person A without person B paying a price for it.[/quote]

Actually, it's not that simple, and I say that as a conservative myself.  Yes, conservatism exalts individual rights over group rights, but this does not imply that we do not help each other out, even at some cost to ourselves.  It's a parody of conservatism to say that it precludes helping out those in one's community who are less fortunate.

I agree with the posters who noted that political labels are essentially useless in this kind of situation.  OP's concerns don't make her illiberal, and no strong correlation should be expected between people's political allegiances and how they would react to this situation.  There's an ample body of research showing that our political attachments are as much a function of tribal habit as they are of actual philosophical differences (witness the famous survey in recent years in which R's and D's either favored/opposed the exact same health care proposal depending on whether it was labeled a Republican or Democratic one).

In a situation like this political labels are a hindrance to understanding one another, not an aid.  I'd encourage OP to just deal with the situation and not worry about what it signals about her political philosophy.[/quote]

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