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Anonymous wrote:I consider myself a Democrat. I have no idea what anti-woke means, but here is my problem with politics today. Anyone who does not agree with a democratic policy gets shot down as immoral. For example if you disagree with the party line, it must be because you are evil, selfish, or stupid. If there is some proposed policy intended to help people, but there might be unintended consequences that actually hurt people, nobody wants to hear about it. This is a dangerous trend for society. Almost as dangerous or perhaps equally dangerous as what is going on within the Republican Party. I do not want my kids to be taught politics as though it were religion. I would love to find a moderate environment where critical thinking and questioning is encouraged on all sides.

Sorry, no, it's not "equally dangerous". Democrats are not historically this lockstep (does anyone remember any political history before 2016? Joe Lieberman and Blue Dog democrats anyone? Sheesh). IMO dems have circled the wagons in recent years as a unified defense against Trump/Trumpism/anti-democratic right. And it has been reasonably effective as a defense of our shared, lower-case-d democratic principles. That is the clear and present danger to our country, as evidenced by Jan 6. Not intolerance to nuanced/more moderate views of specific dem party policies.

Anyone who doesn’t believe a party of the people can be dangerous needs to read about socialist uprisings and dictatorships in other countries. My family actually escaped from one. Some of my family members were executed for holding incorrect political and moral opinions. US Democrats are not as bad as the Republicans yet, as the Jan 6 nuts demonstrate, but I can definitely see the potential for disaster if polarization continues to the extreme.

I'm the PP. Any party "can be" dangerous. Where did I say anywhere above that a party is not capable of being dangerous? It's an order of magnitude and anybody that equates what is happening right now with the Democratic Party and what's happening with the Republican Party in this country is...I don't know what. Trying to be contrarian? Because you can't be serious. Please identify an elected Democratic politician, or even a Democratic party nominee in a major state or national race, that is so intolerant of moderate Democrats as to be "dangerous". Now try the same thing with the Republican Party. Do you see the difference?

PP again. I recognize the above debate is not on-topic, so to actually respond to OP's question, assuming it's coming from a good faith desire to find a school whose curriculum doesn't bend to the slightest breeze: another recommendation for an Episcopal or Catholic school.

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Anonymous wrote:I consider myself a Democrat. I have no idea what anti-woke means, but here is my problem with politics today. Anyone who does not agree with a democratic policy gets shot down as immoral. For example if you disagree with the party line, it must be because you are evil, selfish, or stupid. If there is some proposed policy intended to help people, but there might be unintended consequences that actually hurt people, nobody wants to hear about it. This is a dangerous trend for society. Almost as dangerous or perhaps equally dangerous as what is going on within the Republican Party. I do not want my kids to be taught politics as though it were religion. I would love to find a moderate environment where critical thinking and questioning is encouraged on all sides.

Sorry, no, it's not "equally dangerous". Democrats are not historically this lockstep (does anyone remember any political history before 2016? Joe Lieberman and Blue Dog democrats anyone? Sheesh). IMO dems have circled the wagons in recent years as a unified defense against Trump/Trumpism/anti-democratic right. And it has been reasonably effective as a defense of our shared, lower-case-d democratic principles. That is the clear and present danger to our country, as evidenced by Jan 6. Not intolerance to nuanced/more moderate views of specific dem party policies.

Anyone who doesn’t believe a party of the people can be dangerous needs to read about socialist uprisings and dictatorships in other countries. My family actually escaped from one. Some of my family members were executed for holding incorrect political and moral opinions. US Democrats are not as bad as the Republicans yet, as the Jan 6 nuts demonstrate, but I can definitely see the potential for disaster if polarization continues to the extreme.

I'm the PP. Any party "can be" dangerous. Where did I say anywhere above that a party is not capable of being dangerous? It's an order of magnitude and anybody that equates what is happening right now with the Democratic Party and what's happening with the Republican Party in this country is...I don't know what. Trying to be contrarian? Because you can't be serious. Please identify an elected Democratic politician, or even a Democratic party nominee in a major state or national race, that is so intolerant of moderate Democrats as to be "dangerous". Now try the same thing with the Republican Party. Do you see the difference?

You would have liked my private school back in the early 90's, OP. I remember an assembly when we had a pro-choice woman and a pro-life woman debate each other. Every faculty member whose opinion I knew and most (but not all) of the students were pro-choice. As a pro-life student, I really appreciated that the subject was seen as being worthy of debate. I think that it would be really difficult to find both sides of this issue being presented respectfully at a school today. The school was totally nonreligious, but at Commencement (graduation) every year, we did have a short blessing said by a clergyperson. The school alternated between a Catholic priest, Protestant pastor, and rabbi, to respect the major religions represented at the school. I feel like those were the good ol' days.

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Anonymous[b wrote:]I consider myself a Democrat. I have no idea what anti-woke means, but here is my problem with politics today. Anyone who does not agree with a democratic policy gets shot down as immoral. For example if you disagree with the party line, it must be because you are evil, selfish, or stupid. If there is some proposed policy intended to help people, but there might be unintended consequences that actually hurt people, nobody wants to hear about it. This is a dangerous trend for society. Almost as dangerous or perhaps equally dangerous as what is going on within the Republican Party. I do not want my kids to be taught politics as though it were religion. I would love to find a moderate environment where critical thinking and questioning is encouraged on all sides.

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+1. This. And you can see this knee-jerk reaction throughout this thread. OP can't even ask a reasonable question without being ridiculed and vilified.

Exactly.

Anonymous[b wrote:]I consider myself a Democrat. I have no idea what anti-woke means, but here is my problem with politics today. Anyone who does not agree with a democratic policy gets shot down as immoral. For example if you disagree with the party line, it must be because you are evil, selfish, or stupid. If there is some proposed policy intended to help people, but there might be unintended consequences that actually hurt people, nobody wants to hear about it. This is a dangerous trend for society. Almost as dangerous or perhaps equally dangerous as what is going on within the Republican Party. I do not want my kids to be taught politics as though it were religion. I would love to find a moderate environment where critical thinking and questioning is encouraged on all sides.

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+1. This. And you can see this knee-jerk reaction throughout this thread. OP can't even ask a reasonable question without being ridiculed and vilified.

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Anonymous wrote:I consider myself a Democrat. I have no idea what anti-woke means, but here is my problem with politics today. Anyone who does not agree with a democratic policy gets shot down as immoral. For example if you disagree with the party line, it must be because you are evil, selfish, or stupid. If there is some proposed policy intended to help people, but there might be unintended consequences that actually hurt people, nobody wants to hear about it. This is a dangerous trend for society. Almost as dangerous or perhaps equally dangerous as what is going on within the Republican Party. I do not want my kids to be taught politics as though it were religion. I would love to find a moderate environment where critical thinking and questioning is encouraged on all sides.

Sorry, no, it's not "equally dangerous". Democrats are not historically this lockstep (does anyone remember any political history before 2016? Joe Lieberman and Blue Dog democrats anyone? Sheesh). IMO dems have circled the wagons in recent years as a unified defense against Trump/Trumpism/anti-democratic right. And it has been reasonably effective as a defense of our shared, lower-case-d democratic principles. That is the clear and present danger to our country, as evidenced by Jan 6. Not intolerance to nuanced/more moderate views of specific dem party policies.

Anyone who doesn’t believe a party of the people can be dangerous needs to read about socialist uprisings and dictatorships in other countries. My family actually escaped from one. Some of my family members were executed for holding incorrect political and moral opinions. US Democrats are not as bad as the Republicans yet, as the Jan 6 nuts demonstrate, but I can definitely see the potential for disaster if polarization continues to the extreme.

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any schools that are known to be more culturally and politically moderate or neutral... neither "woke" nor super religious or conservative?

It seems like a lot of schools even in Kindergarten are openly very progressive (for example, they'll read board books praising Michelle Obama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, etc., but you'd never see a book about Laura Bush or Sandra Day O'Connor or some other equivalent figure on "the other side"). I'm looking for more of a straight-forward focus on academics without the pushing of any political ideology.

Does this still exist?

You don't want a non-existent moderate school. Just go religious if you have a problem with Michelle Obama or Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

I don’t have a problem with either of them. RBG is a great example of a nuanced thinker. And religious schools are out because we are atheist.

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Anonymous wrote:I consider myself a Democrat. I have no idea what anti-woke means, but here is my problem with politics today. Anyone who does not agree with a democratic policy gets shot down as immoral. For example if you disagree with the party line, it must be because you are evil, selfish, or stupid. If there is some proposed policy intended to help people, but there might be unintended consequences that actually hurt people, nobody wants to hear about it. This is a dangerous trend for society. Almost as dangerous or perhaps equally dangerous as what is going on within the Republican Party. I do not want my kids to be taught politics as though it were religion. I would love to find a moderate environment where critical thinking and questioning is encouraged on all sides.

Sorry, no, it's not "equally dangerous". Democrats are not historically this lockstep (does anyone remember any political history before 2016? Joe Lieberman and Blue Dog democrats anyone? Sheesh). IMO dems have circled the wagons in recent years as a unified defense against Trump/Trumpism/anti-democratic right. And it has been reasonably effective as a defense of our shared, lower-case-d democratic principles. That is the clear and present danger to our country, as evidenced by Jan 6. Not intolerance to nuanced/more moderate views of specific dem party policies.

Case in point.

It's as if everyone who is into politics suffers from the same disease of the brain.

OK, maybe it is not equally dangerous. But it is still dangerous. And what is worse, it is fuel for the far right.

Anonymous wrote:Yes they exist:
Potomac School
St Stephens St Agnes
Stone Ridge
Georgetown Prep
St Albans
St Anslems
Visitation

These schools are inclusive but not pushing ideology of any kind in the classroom

The bolded are religious schools. Did you read the OP's first post?

Anonymous wrote:I consider myself a Democrat. I have no idea what anti-woke means, but here is my problem with politics today. Anyone who does not agree with a democratic policy gets shot down as immoral. For example if you disagree with the party line, it must be because you are evil, selfish, or stupid. If there is some proposed policy intended to help people, but there might be unintended consequences that actually hurt people, nobody wants to hear about it. This is a dangerous trend for society. Almost as dangerous or perhaps equally dangerous as what is going on within the Republican Party. I do not want my kids to be taught politics as though it were religion. I would love to find a moderate environment where critical thinking and questioning is encouraged on all sides.

One side wants to make sure people have access to clean and safe food, water and air.

One side wants to ensure billionaires and businesses have freedom to do what they want.

bOtH sIdEs.

Anonymous wrote:Are there any schools that are known to be more culturally and politically moderate or neutral... neither "woke" nor super religious or conservative?

It seems like a lot of schools even in Kindergarten are openly very progressive (for example, they'll read board books praising Michelle Obama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, etc., but you'd never see a book about Laura Bush or Sandra Day O'Connor or some other equivalent figure on "the other side"). I'm looking for more of a straight-forward focus on academics without the pushing of any political ideology.

Does this still exist?

You don't want a non-existent moderate school. Just go religious if you have a problem with Michelle Obama or Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Anonymous wrote:I consider myself a Democrat. I have no idea what anti-woke means, but here is my problem with politics today. Anyone who does not agree with a democratic policy gets shot down as immoral. For example if you disagree with the party line, it must be because you are evil, selfish, or stupid. If there is some proposed policy intended to help people, but there might be unintended consequences that actually hurt people, nobody wants to hear about it. This is a dangerous trend for society. Almost as dangerous or perhaps equally dangerous as what is going on within the Republican Party. I do not want my kids to be taught politics as though it were religion. I would love to find a moderate environment where critical thinking and questioning is encouraged on all sides.

Sorry, no, it's not "equally dangerous". Democrats are not historically this lockstep (does anyone remember any political history before 2016? Joe Lieberman and Blue Dog democrats anyone? Sheesh). IMO dems have circled the wagons in recent years as a unified defense against Trump/Trumpism/anti-democratic right. And it has been reasonably effective as a defense of our shared, lower-case-d democratic principles. That is the clear and present danger to our country, as evidenced by Jan 6. Not intolerance to nuanced/more moderate views of specific dem party policies.

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Anonymous wrote:Which schools - esp HS/US - teach students how to think rather than what to think?

Hard to find the former in DC.

i don't think you're really looking for a school to teach your kid how to think, unless it's to think like you do.

I think you are feeling defensive. Do you have trouble having a reasoned conversation with anyone who disagrees with you?

I think you like to spout meaningless double talk and think it passes for intelligent conversation.

Wow. Yes, you are defensive. So your kids go to a school that tells them what to think (i.e., what you think). Because everything else is evil and immoral.

Yes they exist:
Potomac School
St Stephens St Agnes
Stone Ridge
Georgetown Prep
St Albans
St Anslems
Visitation

These schools are inclusive but not pushing ideology of any kind in the classroom