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Old 05-31-2021, 10:02 PM
 
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We have had our kids attend 2 different private schools in Dallas. I know parents from across the political spectrum at both schools, and I've had parents incorrectly assume I agree with their views at both.

I know what my convictions are and don't shy away from expressing them to people who don't agree (in an uncombative way.) If you don't feel comfortable doing that, the problem isn't other people.
It is hard for me to illustrate the extent of the situation here without disclosing too many details, but the culture of this school is that EVERYONE is liberal. It's not a matter of standing up for oneself. It is a single-culture school with simply no tolerance for diversity. I think it would be a disservice to my kids to keep them in such an environment.

 
Old 05-31-2021, 10:06 PM
 
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I know what my convictions are and don't shy away from expressing them to people who don't agree (in an uncombative way.) If you don't feel comfortable doing that, the problem isn't other people.
I would have agreed with your last statement 5 years ago. The extreme right GOP has lurched even farther to the right since then, and OP is correct in that if he strongly identifies with the most extreme beliefs in that fringe (The Big Lie about the election, Jan 6th insurrection, “Chinavirus” hoax, Q-Anon beliefs, etc), it’s going to close a lot of doors socially in Dallas if he discloses that.

According to a recently released poll, 23% of Republicans believe “the government, media and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex-trafficking operation.” 28% agree that there is a “storm coming soon,” which will “sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders.” 40% say their “most trusted news source” is faaaaar right networks like Newsmax and OAN. These people are not steeped in reality and while these beliefs may play well in small town America and bright red suburbia, they are ridiculed in most educated circles.

This is sooo far to the right from what were traditional GOP values like pro-life, low tax, low regulation, pro 2A, etc. I’m not saying OP believes in lies and conspiracy theories but if that is the type of “conservative” beliefs he holds, I wouldn’t recommend disclosing that either. And to that, he will find plenty of like minded people in the small suburban Christian private schools like McKinney Christian, Wylie Christian, etc.

If he is a traditional Republican, then it sounds like he is at a school like Greenhill and would fit in better at a more conservative school like a First Baptist or TCA, except for his other criteria of not vaccinating his kids.
 
Old 05-31-2021, 10:42 PM
 
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The OANN/QAnon/Big Lie proponents can't disclose their beliefs in educated circles because they can't defend them with facts and logic. Not ”steeped in reality” covers it pretty well.

There should be no mystery that people who value education enough to shell out big bucks for their kids to go to the non-denominational privates are not going to themselves indulge in these conspiratorial fever dreams. And take a dim view of those that do.
 
Old 05-31-2021, 10:43 PM
 
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I would have agreed with your last statement 5 years ago. The extreme right GOP has lurched even farther to the right since then, and OP is correct in that if he strongly identifies with the most extreme beliefs in that fringe (The Big Lie about the election, Jan 6th insurrection, “Chinavirus” hoax, Q-Anon beliefs, etc), it’s going to close a lot of doors socially in Dallas if he discloses that.

According to a recently released poll, 23% of Republicans believe “the government, media and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex-trafficking operation.” 28% agree that there is a “storm coming soon,” which will “sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders.” 40% say their “most trusted news source” is faaaaar right networks like Newsmax and OAN. These people are not steeped in reality and while these beliefs may play well in small town America and bright red suburbia, they are ridiculed in most educated circles.

This is sooo far to the right from what were traditional GOP values like pro-life, low tax, low regulation, pro 2A, etc. I’m not saying OP believes in lies and conspiracy theories but if that is the type of “conservative” beliefs he holds, I wouldn’t recommend disclosing that either. And to that, he will find plenty of like minded people in the small suburban Christian private schools like McKinney Christian, Wylie Christian, etc.

If he is a traditional Republican, then it sounds like he is at a school like Greenhill and would fit in better at a more conservative school like a First Baptist or TCA, except for his other criteria of not vaccinating his kids.
Your last paragraph about sums it up. We are pretty traditional Republicans, definitely not far right. But we are also not Christian, and worry about being the odd ones out in a Christian school. The vaccines add an additional layer of complication.
 
Old 05-31-2021, 11:00 PM
 
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Your last paragraph about sums it up. We are pretty traditional Republicans, definitely not far right. But we are also not Christian, and worry about being the odd ones out in a Christian school. The vaccines add an additional layer of complication.
Hmm... Does it have to be a private school? There are tons of families just like yours all over the north suburbs - in Frisco, Prosper, Allen, Lovejoy ISD. And also in Colleyville, Southlake, etc.
 
Old 05-31-2021, 11:06 PM
 
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I would have agreed with your last statement 5 years ago. The extreme right GOP has lurched even farther to the right since then, and OP is correct in that if he strongly identifies with the most extreme beliefs in that fringe (The Big Lie about the election, Jan 6th insurrection, “Chinavirus” hoax, Q-Anon beliefs, etc), it’s going to close a lot of doors socially in Dallas if he discloses that.

According to a recently released poll, 23% of Republicans believe “the government, media and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex-trafficking operation.” 28% agree that there is a “storm coming soon,” which will “sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders.” 40% say their “most trusted news source” is faaaaar right networks like Newsmax and OAN. These people are not steeped in reality and while these beliefs may play well in small town America and bright red suburbia, they are ridiculed in most educated circles.

This is sooo far to the right from what were traditional GOP values like pro-life, low tax, low regulation, pro 2A, etc. I’m not saying OP believes in lies and conspiracy theories but if that is the type of “conservative” beliefs he holds, I wouldn’t recommend disclosing that either. And to that, he will find plenty of like minded people in the small suburban Christian private schools like McKinney Christian, Wylie Christian, etc.

If he is a traditional Republican, then it sounds like he is at a school like Greenhill and would fit in better at a more conservative school like a First Baptist or TCA, except for his other criteria of not vaccinating his kids.
It's absolutely bonkers. It's almost as nuts as the stuff about believing Bill Gates was trying to inject tracking devices through the Covid vaccine.
 
Old 05-31-2021, 11:14 PM
 
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Hmm... Does it have to be a private school? There are tons of families just like yours all over the north suburbs - in Frisco, Prosper, Allen, Lovejoy ISD. And also in Colleyville, Southlake, etc.

Yes, and since public schools are no longer required to teach "current events" they should be a "safe space."
 
Old 05-31-2021, 11:15 PM
 
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Your last paragraph about sums it up. We are pretty traditional Republicans, definitely not far right. But we are also not Christian, and worry about being the odd ones out in a Christian school. The vaccines add an additional layer of complication.
We know plenty of traditional Republicans at our school who have no issue being open about their political leanings. I will say, though, I think they're all vaccinated.
 
Old 05-31-2021, 11:25 PM
 
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Hmm... Does it have to be a private school? There are tons of families just like yours all over the north suburbs - in Frisco, Prosper, Allen, Lovejoy ISD. And also in Colleyville, Southlake, etc.
Not happy with the quality of education at public schools.
 
Old 05-31-2021, 11:26 PM
 
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We know plenty of traditional Republicans at our school who have no issue being open about their political leanings. I will say, though, I think they're all vaccinated.
May I ask what school you are at?
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