didn't take long

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by scottw

the difference between you and pete is.... you would never want to force pete's kids to learn those things, if pete wants to teach his kids those things at home that's fine...but pete is happy to have your kids forced to learn those things at school

that makes pete a good person in his mind, and you a bad person and anti-intellectual...see how it works?

Silly troll, the straw man of one book becomes justification.

The party of book burning, banning local gov'ts from decisions, enabling lawsuits against teachers over hurt feelings, bounties on women seeking medical help, laws restricting voting access for all, & trying to legislate LBGTQ to not exist... has concerns about gov't overreach...
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Silly troll, the straw man of one book becomes justification.

The party of book burning, banning local gov'ts from decisions, enabling lawsuits against teachers over hurt feelings, bounties on women seeking medical help, laws restricting voting access for all, & trying to legislate LBGTQ to not exist... has concerns about gov't overreach...
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^^^someone needs his medication

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Silly troll, the straw man of one book becomes justification.

The party of book burning, banning local gov'ts from decisions, enabling lawsuits against teachers over hurt feelings, bounties on women seeking medical help, laws restricting voting access for all, & trying to legislate LBGTQ to not exist... has concerns about gov't overreach...
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schools having books with illustrations of boys blowing each other isn’t government overreach. it’s government stupidity.
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

schools having books with illustrations of boys blowing each other isn’t government overreach. it’s government stupidity.
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you are an incompetent parent who won't teach them these skills at home...so it's up to the schools

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

schools having books with illustrations of boys blowing each other isn’t government overreach. it’s government stupidity.
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Yes the plan is to make sure that book is in every school
You believe that?
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[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Yes the plan is to make sure that book is in every school
You believe that?
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Something tells me you wrote the book & have lots of experience in the subject

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

Something tells me you wrote the book & have lots of experience in the subject

Poor boy
If you were to imagine the littlest whiny weenie, of all the whiniest little weenies ever and bark like a little purse dog, it would be you. I’m glad you exists as the reciprocal of what it means to be a man.
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Yes the plan is to make sure that book is in every school
You believe that?
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i want to know how you concluded that from what i said.

i’m not worried it’s going to be in every school. but it doesn’t belong in any school:

you criticized parents who didn’t want that crap in their school. Meaning, you think it’s ok for kids to stare at that when they could be learning algebra or chemistry.

i’m comfortable with my side in this one. you’re going off the deep
end, as usual responding to things that i never even came close to saying.
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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

i want to know how you concluded that from what i said.

i’m not worried it’s going to be in every school. but it doesn’t belong in any school:

you criticized parents who didn’t want that crap in their school. Meaning, you think it’s ok for kids to stare at that when they could be learning algebra or chemistry.

i’m comfortable with my side in this one. you’re going off the deep
end, as usual responding to things that i never even came close to saying.
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Jim, every public school in the USA has LOCAL control.
Why do you think that State or Federal government needs to control this?
Or are you, once again, playing your victim card.

For you, the straw man of one book becomes justification.

The party of book burning, banning local gov'ts from decisions, enabling lawsuits against teachers over hurt feelings, bounties on women seeking medical help, laws restricting voting access for all, & trying to legislate LBGTQ to not exist... has concerns about gov't overreach...
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[wdmso]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Jim, every public school in the USA has LOCAL control.
Why do you think that State or Federal government needs to control this?
Or are you, once again, playing your victim card.

For you, the straw man of one book becomes justification.

The party of book burning, banning local gov'ts from decisions, enabling lawsuits against teachers over hurt feelings, bounties on women seeking medical help, laws restricting voting access for all, & trying to legislate LBGTQ to not exist... has concerns about gov't overreach...
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The answer from the politicians passing these laws

It’s what our gerrymander constituents want .

They called it leadership when it’s just playing to the Mob

These same people will be ok with camps …. to house these deviants
! If that’s what their constituents want !

All the pieces are in place , They just need Trump back in office.

Because they know he will willingly destroy whatever they want and He’s the key
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

The answer from the politicians passing these laws

It’s what our gerrymander constituents want .

T
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Please explain how a governor benefits from gerrymandering. A governor wins a statewide election. Do you know what "statewide" means?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by wdmso

The answer from the politicians passing these laws

It’s what our gerrymander constituents want .

They called it leadership when it’s just playing to the Mob

These same people will be ok with camps …. to house these deviants
! If that’s what their constituents want !

All the pieces are in place , They just need Trump back in office.

Because they know he will willingly destroy whatever they want and He’s the key
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"These same people will be ok with camps …. to house these deviants "

Who is saying they want camps?

"They just need Trump back in office. Because they know he will willingly destroy whatever they want"

What, exactly, did Trump destroy during his term at the behest of the right wing mob?

Wayne, are liberals more tolerant of differing opinions? What happens to Christian bakers who would rather not participate in a gay wedding for religious reasons? Does the left say "we respect your right to religious freedom"? Or does the left try to force them out of business?

Conservative speakers are regularly hounded from college campuses. Does it ever happen to liberal speakers?

Plenty of close-mindedness on your side too. But you'll never, ever admit it, despite endless video evidence.

The left describes everyone not on the left, as a hatemonger. Hilarys deplorable a speech was the single greatest example of liberal
tolerance and willingness to embrace differing ideas. In November, we'll see how America feels about that. Trumps not on the ballot in november, neither is january 6. it’s a referendum on biden’s first two years, and unless something changes ( which it easily can), it’s going to be a disaster for democrats.

Won’t be a permanent disaster, if the gop takes control they’ll screw it all up too, and the pendulum will
swing back.

But it’s shaping up to be a real shellacking. i’m sure you don’t see it that way.

And the vast majority of america doesn’t watch fox. they are coming to these conclusions on their own. They see how rapidly things have deteriorated since Pudding Brain took office. Ever since rhe Afghanistan withdrawal, it’s been one disaster after another, except for the stock market and jobs.

america knows Putin didn’t cause the overall inflation. they know biden’s lying.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Jim, every public school in the USA has LOCAL control.
Why do you think that State or Federal government needs to control this?
Or are you, once again, playing your victim card.

For you, the straw man of one book becomes justification.

The party of book burning, banning local gov'ts from decisions, enabling lawsuits against teachers over hurt feelings, bounties on women seeking medical help, laws restricting voting access for all, & trying to legislate LBGTQ to not exist... has concerns about gov't overreach...
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"every public school in the USA has LOCAL control."

(1) wrong. Every public school in the USA has state and federal guidelines that they must abide by. I'm fine with less federal/state control, and more local control. I taught in CT, and there were ALL KINDS of state and federal rules that dictated some of what we had to do. There's nothing remotely new about state or federal intrusion.

(2) You're saying you're a proponent of local control, yet when local parents show up at local school board meetings to express local concerns, you dismiss them as crackpots. So you're kind of all over the place.

"once again, playing your victim card"

Again, not sure how you could conclude that. I'm saying you're demonstrably, laughably wrong if you think that Republicans are inventing the idea of state control.

With masks, Desantis wanted control to be at the most local level - the individual. Desantis didn't forbid anyone wearing masks in school. He forbid towns from forcing people to wear them. That's a big, big difference.

As to teaching sexuality to elementary school kids, I don't like it, but if a town wants to do it, I think they should be allowed to do it. If parents don't like it, they can elect a new school board. I think states and the feds should but out. But if you think Democrats want to leave education to local boards, you're wrong.

Pete, you just can't handle it when anyone isn't on 100% board with pure, unchecked liberalism, on any single issue. Which is why you may well need to check into rehab after the midterms.