McAuliffe vs. Youngkin (to live in, rich, racism)

[mountainrose]

Youngkin supporters —YOU NEED TO SHOW UP TOMORROW AND VOTE!

No matter how discouraged you feel with dem election cheating, they can’t win
if it’s a landslide !!

I saw a ton of Youngkin signs all over today!!

[Taratova]

The Young kin of ours are counting on you voting for Youngkin. We must keep porn and hate out of the classrooms and protect the children . If you don't , who will?

[Taratova]

Originally Posted by BHboston

If you re-read my post a little more carefully, I am laying out how Trump's actions from November - December 2020 (BEFORE 1/6) are, in an of themselves, an attempted coup.



He tried to stay in power, despite losing, by lying about the election results, filing dozens of lawsuits, and when all else failed, pressuring local officials to not certify the election results.


Again, Trump supporters may have not perceived all of this as threatening but to non-Trump voters it was very much so. When candidates fail to accept election results, democracy no longer works. This is how other countries become failed states. And with Trump in the November - January period, we were getting pretty damn close.


So to my original point, the fact that Youngkin is playing coy with Trump's "big lie" election narrative as some sort of dog whistle is personally unacceptable to me. He will not get my vote nor will any other politician that is willing to casually undermine democracy. That is all.


I'm not saying anyone has to agree with me or support my perspective. But I'm just sharing myself as an example of a moderate-minded Democrat (who's voted for Republicans before) that is now a straight-ticket D voter as long as Republicans express any hint of undermining our elections.

Apparently you have not looked at all the evidence that there was massive cheating. No judge would either. Afraid of being bullied, and cancelled and smeared.



Barr stated that mail out ballots to everyone would be a huge cheating factor... the lefties went after Barr with threats of impeaching him and this is before the election took place. The radical left uses bully tactics and intimidation to keep everyone from looking . Barr then was threatened with taking his law license away. Then after the election Barr said , no fraud..no one looked .. the day after ,,, nothing to see.. and there is plenty to see. he was intimidated with threats. If you are not smart enough to know what the left is doing then you don't deserve to state any opinion because you don't even know what went on.

[TheMarino]

Originally Posted by mountainrose

Youngkin supporters —YOU NEED TO SHOW UP TOMORROW AND VOTE!

No matter how discouraged you feel with dem election cheating, they can’t win
if it’s a landslide !!

I saw a ton of Youngkin signs all over today!!

People would take you seriously if you didn't just spout "dems cheat" narratives. Both parties can and will cheat if they can get away with it is the big caveat.

[mountainrose]

Tucker exposed McAuliffes lie about CRT last night.
McAuliffe says repeatedly that Virginia doesn’t teach or promote CRT.
Tucker showed the 2021 Virginia teachers manual which clearly stresses and states the importance of teaching CRT !!

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by robbobobbo

Why do you assume Republicans wouldn't take advantage of such things to cheat? Only Democrats?

I think BOTH political parties are corrupt, cheat, steal, beyond our comprehension, but I think the Democrats are better at it than Republicans.

Dems control the heavily populated cities where its easier to cheat by large numbers of votes. Its tougher to coordinate cheating in widely spread out rural areas, so Pub cheating is at a disadvantage demographically.

Conservatives by definition, are more risk averse. It's risky to cheat.

Dems are better at playing politics than Pubs...and cheating is politics.

[rural & red]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

See you used your favorite big word... Good link I missed that on their page but this really isn't a reading list its "references in the development of our work, as well as texts we recommend:" that's all. Try reading the goals of the program https://www.virginiaisforlearners.vi...ov/edequityva/ and the finished work https://www.doe.virginia.gov/edequit...quity-book.pdf . It even promotes citizen participation "Join the conversation and follow our equity work via our twitter by using and searching our hashtag #EdEquityVA on twitter!" I wonder how many have taken them up and contributed.

if you think there aren't disparities in the education system them you are sorely mistaken but this document is one of many that districts can use to evaluate and improve their schools. But like Carlson all the hot button words must be spouted including the infamous CRT to "pushes 'anti-racism in Education'".

Education draws from a multitude of sources and not all of them are always palatable, it wasn't so long ago that To Kill a Mocking Bird was outlawed in Southern Schools, today it is more than acceptable. If your writing a paper on how to update inclusion in the schools your going to have to see how both sides of the spectrum view the argument which is why there is a process which includes getting public input. But for now the far right thinks mob rule and I scream louder makes them the dominate voice, it doesn't it just prevents everyone else that thinks differently from being heard.

Yankee, you are deflecting now.

You asked where on the VA DOE site mentions CRT and I provided two official links backing up our assertions that CRT is being taught, encouraged and advocated for in the classroom.

This is why folks are upset.

Yes, there are baseless assertions being flung around on both sides but official DOE policy is to encourage the teaching of 'anti-racism' from the lens of CRT. In fact the VA DOE's definition of 'white supremacy' and 'racial policy' is derived directly from CRT or it's chief proponent Ibram x Kendi, as shown on their website:

–White Supremacy: the idea (ideology) that white people and the ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions of white people are superior to people of color and their ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions. While most people associate white supremacy with extremist groups, white supremacy is ever present in our institutional and cultural assumptions that assign value, morality, goodness, and humanity to the white group while casting people and communities of color as worthless (worth less), immoral, bad, and inhuman and “undeserving.” Drawing from critical race theory, the term “white supremacy” also refers to a political or socio-economic system where white people enjoy structural advantage and rights that other racial and ethnic groups do not, both at a collective and an individual level. (Dismantling Racism Works. (2020). Racism Defined)

–Racist Policy (Structural Racism or Systemic Racism): any measure that produces or sustains racial inequity between or among racial groups. Policies are written and unwritten laws, rules, procedures, processes, regulations and guidelines that govern people. There is no such thing as a non-racist or race-neutral policy. Every policy in every institution in every community in every nation is producing or sustaining either racial inequity or equity between racial groups. (Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an Antiracist. New York: One World)

https://www.virginiaisforlearners.vi...-in-education/

It's real.

[ersatz]

Over the past couple of months, I have been more and more convinced that the Virginia 2021 gubernatorial election will swing to the Republicans. As public media puts it - Youngkin has been fairly skillful at "threading the needle" by posing as a moderate in Democratic-predominated areas while winking and nodding to the Trumpist base. The McCauliffe campaign has been fairly ham-handed and mostly pinned its strategy to tying Youngkin to Trump. Guess we will find out if Youngkin will genuinely try to reach out to moderates if he wins office or if that was just a fake-out.

If Youngkin is not too extreme in governing, it can even be a good thing. It will prove (again) that Virginia is a purplish state that cannot be taken for granted by either the Democratic or Republican parties when each party is dragged to the hard left or the hard right. If Youngkin does take a moderate approach to governing, it may persuade other Republicans that Trumpism is not the only path. Then again, if Youngkin does turn to the hard right once in office, then other Republicans will see that a "fake it till you make it" advertising campaign in blue or purple areas could be a successful election strategy.

[VA Yankee]

Originally Posted by rural & red

Yankee, you are deflecting now.

You asked where on the VA DOE site mentions CRT and I provided two official links backing up our assertions that CRT is being taught, encouraged and advocated for in the classroom.

This is why folks are upset.

Yes, there are baseless assertions being flung around on both sides but official DOE policy is to encourage the teaching of 'anti-racism' from the lens of CRT. In fact the VA DOE's definition of 'white supremacy' and 'racial policy' is derived directly from CRT or it's chief proponent Ibram x Kendi, as shown on their website:





https://www.virginiaisforlearners.vi...-in-education/

It's real.

I acknowledged the validity of the links but CRT is a catch phrase not a curriculum and as I pointed out a diverse group of materials were ""references in the development of our work, as well as texts we recommend:" thats all. The items show on the site are tools that a school division can use to self evaluate, not required curriculum from the state.

Ibram x Kendi is one out of how many inputs, 20, 30 as I said before you need to look at the subject from both sides to find the right path down the middle. Whether you or I agree or disagree on what he says he is still highly regarded as an opinion for one side of the argument. I know why folks are upset, their upset because historically they gave no thought to what their kids were learning. Their upset because social media keeps waving the red flag that whatever is evil, their upset that just because they want something to change and its not. None of this is new and until a year or two ago none of these parents said 2 words until the conspiracy theorists on the right starting using this.

How do you think kids feel after over a year of all the anti-Chinese comments, derogatory comments against Hispanics & immigrants the comments over keeping schools named after Confederate leaders/generals. Its not just black & white and you explain to an 8 year old why their teacher uses whatever words without thinking about the effects to those it is mocking, that's what the discussion is trying to address..

[VA Yankee]

Originally Posted by mountainrose

WRONG — McAuliffe lies. It is being promoted to be taught in VA schools.
Tucker showed it being written and promoted clearly to VA teachers
Here is another reference besides Tucker
https://nypost.com/2021/10/30/va-edu...auliffe-claim/

Quote:
Virginia’s education department promotes critical race theory — despite claims by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s the ideology has “never been taught” in the state.

The Virginia Department of Education’s website features a presentation urging teachers to “embrace critical race theory,”

Read the whole article — Even Gov. Northan and the VA school superintendent have publically endorsed and pushed the importance of teaching CRT.
His quotes are there…FACTS — a real problem for you liberals…..

More proof —“McAuliffe’s CRT lie”
https://christopherrufo.com/mcaullifes-crt-lie/

The Post, why not just pick Breitbart their about the same bias. How about a link to this VDOE Presentation, I hope your not referring to "Virginia’s Roadmap to Equity" because heaven forbid their shouldn't be a picked on class of people in the schools...