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Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

This should have been prefaced with:

Soxboy: If you knew and understood anything, OR CARED, about how this district, and in fact how the city itself systematically treats those of color or any deemed "other," you would not need to ask your question.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Dissenter: How pleasant! Particularly humorous after a rant like yours when you wonder why I'm not banned from the site. I seem to have hit a nerve. Once again, the buzzword bingo hits are fast and furious: "systematically", "Other", "systemic racism", "bigoted". I also enjoyed your characterization of people and things you apparently don't agree with as "ignorance", "dirty", and "utterly bigoted".

Nice job!

Again, I never mentioned race in criticizing the Superintendent's letter. I agree it's a tough job, but I believe even she would admit the Halloween thing was unhelpful to her overall agenda - which I hope betters the school system. You and another poster threw the racism card, I assume because calling any deviation from suburban pseudo-progressive dogma "racist" is your only tool and when your only tool is "racist" everything appears to be racism.

Tuesday's Virginia election loss, as well as the tight race in NJ, should be seen as the beginning of the end for the base-pandering politics practiced by the far left and the far right over the past decade or so. Good riddance, it's time for the center-right and center left to reassert dominance and get this country working again.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Soxboy epitomizes so much that is just offensive and harmful for all of us.

That "centrist" argument is pure bunk. What would qualify for center-anything right now would have been considered EXTREME RIGHT and FASCIST even by Ronald Reagan standards (and the facts are there to spell this out, but the effort in this case isn't even close to being worthwhile, since these kinds of people who spew this kind of nonsense aren't reasonable people).

And as is so often the case, this kind of individual is so limited in his thinking that he can't see his own forest for the trees. He wouldn't be able to understand the concepts around privilege, racism, systemic, or any of it, even if the crayons were the fat ones for toddlers.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Can you please show me examples of systemic racism in our city? Other then your buzz words, not sure what your talking about?

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Maybe you are out to lunch.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Ugh - I was a (Bill) Clinton Democrat. For your information, and apologizing for not being able to present it in HTML, I present the 1996 Democratic Party platform

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/1996-democratic-party-platform

Its prime tenet "Opportunity. Responsibility. Community. These are the values that made America strong. These are the values of the Democratic Party. These are the values that must guide us into the future"

These concepts are anathema to today's statist, woke-racist progressive wing. However, that was the center in 1996 and remains the center today

Now for the 1996 Republican Party Platform, with the same apology for plain text.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-party-platform-1996

It's prime tenet: "This is what we want for America: real prosperity that reaches beyond the stock market to every family, small business and worker. An economy expanding as fast as American enterprise and creativity will carry it, free from unnecessary taxes, regulation and litigation. This is what we want for America: the restoration of self-government by breaking Washington's monopoly on power. The American people want their country back. We will help them to regain it."

Now, honestly, which party has moved farther off their 1996 platforms - Republican or Democrat?

Please stop tossing terms like facist, privilege, racism, systemic, etc. around like confetti. You sound like you just got back from Camp Mao. While I'm sure these words play well in the denunciation sessions you and your insular bubble love so much, they're slogans not facts.

If the Democrats continue to let their religiously woke progressive wing dictate their political philosophy, the Trumpists will win again in '22 and '24. I assure you, I don't want that but if it should happen it will be posters like those above that allow it to happen.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

People you need to wake up fast. After the blow out in Virginia's election it proves Racism is DEAD! This president needs to resign and he and his administration has to move on from attacking Trump and his family. This is all about tearing apart Trumps great work and the HATE from the left to hurt him for 2022. Biden lied the day he took his oath on Unity. The Biden camp only knows how to laugh and it's insane to hear.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Soxboy
Ugh - I was a (Bill) Clinton Democrat. For your information, and apologizing for not being able to present it in HTML, I present the 1996 Democratic Party platform

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/1996-democratic-party-platform

Its prime tenet \"Opportunity. Responsibility. Community. These are the values that made America strong. These are the values of the Democratic Party. These are the values that must guide us into the future\"

These concepts are anathema to today\'s statist, woke-racist progressive wing. However, that was the center in 1996 and remains the center today

Now for the 1996 Republican Party Platform, with the same apology for plain text.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/republican-party-platform-1996

It\'s prime tenet: \"This is what we want for America: real prosperity that reaches beyond the stock market to every family, small business and worker. An economy expanding as fast as American enterprise and creativity will carry it, free from unnecessary taxes, regulation and litigation. This is what we want for America: the restoration of self-government by breaking Washington\'s monopoly on power. The American people want their country back. We will help them to regain it.\"

Now, honestly, which party has moved farther off their 1996 platforms - Republican or Democrat?

Please stop tossing terms like facist, privilege, racism, systemic, etc. around like confetti. You sound like you just got back from Camp Mao. While I\'m sure these words play well in the denunciation sessions you and your insular bubble love so much, they\'re slogans not facts.

If the Democrats continue to let their religiously woke progressive wing dictate their political philosophy, the Trumpists will win again in \'22 and \'24. I assure you, I don\'t want that but if it should happen it will be posters like those above that allow it to happen.
Who cares if you worked on the Clintons platform. He and his wife are the ones that started the Russian spying. Thanks to the Durham report coming out and more to come!!!

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Agreed. Just trying to show the Democrats have drifted over the past 25 years farther left off their values than the Republicans have.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Soxboy
Agreed. Just trying to show the Democrats have drifted over the past 25 years farther left off their values than the Republicans have.
Show the all have drifted over the past 2 years farther left off their values.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

That's making the "UGE" assumption that Republicans still have any values, which I think is very disputable!

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

It is what it is .This is Melrose.Yes we can change things at what cost.Maybe we all should be honest with yourself is key to living life to the fullest.No apologiess, no regets. Being honest with yourself. Is good for all.Growing and being self.To live the truth,Start by Being Honest with Yourself.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Dark Side Politics for Melrose Schools.CORONAVIRUS IS NO JOKE.

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

There are still WAY too many fools who think it is!

Re: Halloween Celebrations Canceled in Melrose Schools

Come on Man