sturg33
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Dude is a total joke. Chairman Mao would be proud
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sturg33
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An opposition party thos weak should lead to unimaginable victories for the right
Instead we are stuck with the clown show
One thing that’s stuck with me for years now is Obama scolding Dems for political purity tests. Liberals scoffed at it loudly at the time, but it’s been one of the biggest issues within the party since. There’s a *large* coalition of voters who are open to policies that are going to be endorsed by more Dems than Republicans. Hell, look at the subsection of voters supportive of Trump’s trade policies that have gone knives out on corporations. But by doing shit like forcing out Hogg for being a young white guy (even if it was a cop out excuse) or pretending everyone is a racist if they don’t agree with you is very politically counterproductive.
Tapate50
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Shits crazy but very true
Tapate50
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Just remember how the media treats the two so differently.... amazing stuff.
I think there is some nuance missing here, though I do agree with your main point on standards generally. The question I have isn’t whether or not we need to make learning more equitable but rather whether or not the main point of education is to achieve the outcomes that things like homework deadlines and high pressure exams you only take once will help to bring about.
If one student has severe test anxiety or a home environment that makes consistent homework/study habits less tenable, they might benefit from these changes and have more success academically. Where that leads to a conflict in my view is in preparing that student for a more rigorous academic environment like a 4-year university. In that sense, this type of policy would lead to worse outcomes for students who are steered toward these environments more due to lowered standards for achievement. But if a student’s academic performance improves as a result of a new way of looking at education and they can build upon that success to move into something like a trade school or an apprenticeship that suits them better than school, I can see some genuine potential societal benefits to such a change.
If one student has severe test anxiety or a home environment that makes consistent homework/study habits less tenable, they might benefit from these changes and have more success academically. Where that leads to a conflict in my view is in preparing that student for a more rigorous academic environment like a 4-year university. In that sense, this type of policy would lead to worse outcomes for students who are steered toward these environments more due to lowered standards for achievement. But if a student’s academic performance improves as a result of a new way of looking at education and they can build upon that success to move into something like a trade school or an apprenticeship that suits them better than school, I can see some genuine potential societal benefits to such a change.
Meh, I’m not going to absolve people of their willingness to deny gay people of their rights because of trans people.
sturg33
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moving the goal posts from "we just want to live the way we want to live" to "we are going to walk the streets naked in front of your children for a month and if you object we will destroy you. bake the cake, bigot!" would lead rational thinker to think twice about being so accommodating
Only if we also agree that straight people doing something you object to means that we should end the institution of marriage outright. Otherwise you’re tying the rights of a person to their sexual orientation because of what others are doing. Which you’re free to do, but let’s not pretend that’s the fault of gay people.
None of these have anything to do with whether or not an individual gay person deserves to be afforded the right to marry the person they love and enjoy equal protection under the law.