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Anonymous wrote:The fact that they don’t have a diverse group says volumes. I have Black, Latina, even an Afghani American friend who all voted for Y. It’s not that hard to find.

Who doesn’t have a diverse group?

CNN

CNN has an agenda, through and through. They want everyone to think it’s White women who support Republicans. It’s their narrative. They don’t want to talk about the plethora of women of other races (me included) who are turned off by the ridiculous rhetoric of the current Democratic Party.

THIS. Could they be any more obvious? There are SO MANY POC who voted for Youngkin. And the posters who claim a vote for Youngkin is a vote against "equality" just sound like morons. Not one person has been able to cough up any examples of Youngkin being "against equality." It is utterly absurd to even suggest it.

Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine having to live in Loudoun County.

Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine having to live in Loudoun County.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m also a mom and not happy about schools being closed. But I think that was the best call during a freaking pandemic.

I want a plan to do over a year of school. Delay us graduation option. Improve facilities to prepare if this happens again. Improve vaccination production abilities.

All the education in the world won’t help my girls if they accidentally get pregnant under a R governor. That’s my feeeling sorry not sorry

Yo, who cancelled your sex Ed class? No one accidentally gets pregnant moron. It’s called sperm up the V and trust me that’s no accident. Teach your girls. Novel concept.

Birth control fails, dipsh*t.

^^ this is a good example of what’s wrong with the Ds.

Closing schools affected everyone.

Abortion? You claim nothing will help your daughters if they get accidentally pregnant under an R governor. That’s hysterical and an extreme overreaction. Even in Texas, your daughter can still get an abortion. Simply put your daughters on birth control and teach them to monitor their cycles. I assume you’d want your daughters to have an abortion sooner rather than later anyway. To vote based on the slim chance your daughters get pregnant while on birth control and cant manage to make it to the doctor within a few weeks, is hysterical.

Makes much more sense to vote based on an issue that will absolutely affect you - closing schools. Not some abstract event.

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This hysteria over abortion is really something. Especially, as other posters have pointed out, it's hysteria based on speculation, nothing more. Ridiculous people.

What is happening in Texas right now? Mississippi? Other R controlled states?

What is the SCOTUS doing right now?

What did the Rs do the last time they had the pro-life votes?

Anonymous wrote:I can’t imagine having to live in Loudoun County.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m blonde and voted for Biden and Youngkin. I would’ve voted for trump if he’d just said get the vaccine. I blame him for this crap lasting as long as it has. Voted for Youngkin because I believe in capitalism. He was ceo if Carlyle. I was very close to voting for mcsuliffe, but didn’t because I don’t want schools closed again. I’m also pro life.

You don’t think Terry was pro-capitalism? JFC. I can’t even.

Anonymous wrote:I’m blonde and voted for Biden and Youngkin. I would’ve voted for trump if he’d just said get the vaccine. I blame him for this crap lasting as long as it has. Voted for Youngkin because I believe in capitalism. He was ceo if Carlyle. I was very close to voting for mcsuliffe, but didn’t because I don’t want schools closed again. I’m also pro life.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m also a mom and not happy about schools being closed. But I think that was the best call during a freaking pandemic.

I want a plan to do over a year of school. Delay us graduation option. Improve facilities to prepare if this happens again. Improve vaccination production abilities.

All the education in the world won’t help my girls if they accidentally get pregnant under a R governor. That’s my feeeling sorry not sorry

Yo, who cancelled your sex Ed class? No one accidentally gets pregnant moron. It’s called sperm up the V and trust me that’s no accident. Teach your girls. Novel concept.

Birth control fails, dipsh*t.

^^ this is a good example of what’s wrong with the Ds.

Closing schools affected everyone.

Abortion? You claim nothing will help your daughters if they get accidentally pregnant under an R governor. That’s hysterical and an extreme overreaction. Even in Texas, your daughter can still get an abortion. Simply put your daughters on birth control and teach them to monitor their cycles. I assume you’d want your daughters to have an abortion sooner rather than later anyway. To vote based on the slim chance your daughters get pregnant while on birth control and cant manage to make it to the doctor within a few weeks, is hysterical.

Makes much more sense to vote based on an issue that will absolutely affect you - closing schools. Not some abstract event.

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This hysteria over abortion is really something. Especially, as other posters have pointed out, it's hysteria based on speculation, nothing more. Ridiculous people.

What is happening in Texas right now? Mississippi? Other R controlled states?

What is the SCOTUS doing right now?

What did the Rs do the last time they had the pro-life votes?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m also a mom and not happy about schools being closed. But I think that was the best call during a freaking pandemic.

I want a plan to do over a year of school. Delay us graduation option. Improve facilities to prepare if this happens again. Improve vaccination production abilities.

All the education in the world won’t help my girls if they accidentally get pregnant under a R governor. That’s my feeeling sorry not sorry

Yo, who cancelled your sex Ed class? No one accidentally gets pregnant moron. It’s called sperm up the V and trust me that’s no accident. Teach your girls. Novel concept.

Birth control fails, dipsh*t.

^^ this is a good example of what’s wrong with the Ds.

Closing schools affected everyone.

Abortion? You claim nothing will help your daughters if they get accidentally pregnant under an R governor. That’s hysterical and an extreme overreaction. Even in Texas, your daughter can still get an abortion. Simply put your daughters on birth control and teach them to monitor their cycles. I assume you’d want your daughters to have an abortion sooner rather than later anyway. To vote based on the slim chance your daughters get pregnant while on birth control and cant manage to make it to the doctor within a few weeks, is hysterical.

Makes much more sense to vote based on an issue that will absolutely affect you - closing schools. Not some abstract event.

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This hysteria over abortion is really something. Especially, as other posters have pointed out, it's hysteria based on speculation, nothing more. Ridiculous people.

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Anonymous wrote:The women on that CNN report make me want to puke, frankly. Several previous posters have suggested that everyone thinks as selfishly as those women do, but that's BS. Those women are privileged, as are many of the on here agreeing with them. Yes, the pandemic was hard on kids because schools were closed, but it was way harder on many other families -- with or without kids -- than it was on those women. I guarantee you none of them had a family member die from covid, for one thing.

If you vote Republican, you're voting selfishly almost by definition. Those women care only about themselves and their families. I didn't hear a word out of any of their mouths expressing one iota of concern or empathy for anybody else.

Not "everyone" thinks selfishly, but most people do, including many who claim not to. IMO the people who point out other people's selfishness are the most selfish of all.

Sorry, but those who point out other people's selfishness while also walking the walk -- that is, voting against their own self interests -- are not, by definition, more selfish than people who only vote for what they think will benefit them.

Sorry, but you are just being self-righteous and non-progressives see right through it.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone please summarize? If not school then what

It is school, just not the CRT stuff or vaccine or mask mandates. They’re angry that schools stayed closed for as long as they did and that the Democrats seemed dismissive of parents’ concerns about the resulting disruption and learning loss. I certainly understand their concerns but they do come off a bit self centered… like all that matters is them and their family, not the healthcare workers or teachers or the medically vulnerable. I think Democrats’ biggest mistake wasn’t necessarily closing schools, but for not showing more concern about the fallout now. Terry couldn’t even manage to fake it. He just didn’t connect with suburban women as much as he needed to.

Early last school year, there came a point where:

- over 90% of FFX teachers were vaccinated, but:

- the teachers union still demanded that schools could not fully reopen.

Fact is: the schools listened to the unions over the parents.

Any parents who were still on the fence were pushed into the Youngkin camp with:

“I don’t believe parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”

I believe you Terry. I believe your statement expresses exactly how you and most democrats feel.

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I actually think that what is being called anti-CRT backlash and anger about school closings are related in the minds of angry Dem. voters. Everything in public schools is being viewed through an "equity lens." It's important to provide additional resources and support to close the achievement gap between the races and between students of different socioeconomic levels. It's all about equity. I'm a Dem. voter, and I believe that. Why should some students be more like to have worse educational outcomes than others?

So then COVID happens, and I say to myself, "Hmm. Keeping kids out of school buildings for an extended period is pretty hard on my family, as we work from home, but it seems like it would be worst for families in which adult caregivers don't work from home and aren't around to supervise learning. I think that reopening schools with mitigation measures in place is pro-equity and especially necessary for low-income and special needs students." When I stand up and say this, the response is, "Shut up. Your privilege disqualifies you from speaking on this issue. We know best and distance learning is absolutely fine. And by the way, you are obviously a racist who wants black and brown children to die. We will worry about equity when we are good and ready." I can't have any idea that questions the progressive line, which is that schools needed to be closed as long as possible, because I'm clueless, privileged, and a racist. OK then. That's why some, non-racist, equity-concerned people are alienated.

At the Arlington SB meeting, the rich, white parents yelled at the Hispanic woman who was trying to explain why many in the low-income communities wanted to stick with virtual learning. Maybe just let them speak for themselves.

Great. And there are also people in low-income communities of all races who did not want to continue with distance learning, as well as students who became completely disconnected. But as long as you are sure your way is the right way. Equity is whatever the far-left says it is and no one is allowed to think otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:The women on that CNN report make me want to puke, frankly. Several previous posters have suggested that everyone thinks as selfishly as those women do, but that's BS. Those women are privileged, as are many of the on here agreeing with them. Yes, the pandemic was hard on kids because schools were closed, but it was way harder on many other families -- with or without kids -- than it was on those women. I guarantee you none of them had a family member die from covid, for one thing.

If you vote Republican, you're voting selfishly almost by definition. Those women care only about themselves and their families. I didn't hear a word out of any of their mouths expressing one iota of concern or empathy for anybody else.

Yeah see I’m not sure, you might want to poll the Afghanis about which party they think resonates with “selfish”.

You call that a retort? Ridiculous. None of those women gives a rats ass about Afghanistan either.

Anonymous wrote:The women on that CNN report make me want to puke, frankly. Several previous posters have suggested that everyone thinks as selfishly as those women do, but that's BS. Those women are privileged, as are many of the on here agreeing with them. Yes, the pandemic was hard on kids because schools were closed, but it was way harder on many other families -- with or without kids -- than it was on those women. I guarantee you none of them had a family member die from covid, for one thing.

If you vote Republican, you're voting selfishly almost by definition. Those women care only about themselves and their families. I didn't hear a word out of any of their mouths expressing one iota of concern or empathy for anybody else.