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He undeniably differentiated them in his statement. No matter how you twist them, the words he used, clearly show that he is not calling white supremacists, white nationalists, or racists, "good people". He undeniably condemns them.

Yes, they were responsible and Terry McAuliffe used that hoax to attempt to disqualify his political opponent.

I'm not really concerned with what anyone CALLS it. That isn't really the issue. What stands out to me is what the students and teachers are experiencing from whatever you want to call it, that they are employing in schools:





"hostile culture of conformity and fear that has taken hold of our school"

"school’s ideology requires students to see themselves not as individuals, but as representatives of a group, forcing them to adopt the status of privilege or victimhood"

"This is the dominant and divisive ideology that is guiding our adolescent students."


"In my classroom, I see up close how this orthodoxy hinders students’ ability to read, write, and think."

"Students have internalized the message that this is the way we read and think about the world, and as a result, they fixate on power and group identity. This fixation has stunted their ability to observe and engage with the full fabric of human experience in our literature.

In our school, the opportunity to hear competing ideas is practically non-existent."

"How can students, who accept a single ideology as fact, learn to practice intellectual curiosity or humility or consider a competing idea they’ve never encountered?"

"How can students develop higher order thinking if they are limited to seeing the world only through the lens of group identity and power?"

"these students have found comfort in their moral certainty, and so they have become rigid and closed-minded, unable or unwilling to consider alternative perspectives."

"Of course, not all students are true believers. Many pretend to agree because of pressure to conform."

"I’ve heard from students who want to ask a question but stop for fear of offending someone. I have heard from students who don’t participate in discussions for fear of being ostracized."

"One student did not want to develop her personal essay — about an experience she had in another country — for fear that it might mean that she was, without even realizing it, racist. In her fear, she actually stopped herself from thinking. This is the very definition of self-censorship."

"the stifling conformity has only intensified. Last fall, two administrators informed faculty that certain viewpoints simply would not be tolerated during our new “race explicit” conversations with our new “anti-racist” work. They said that no one would be allowed to question the orthodoxy regarding “systemic racism.” The message was clear, and the faculty went silent in response."

"The reality is that fear pervades the faculty. On at least two separate occasions in 2017 and 2018, our Head of School, standing at the front of Hajjar Auditorium, told the entire faculty that he would fire us all if he could so that he could replace us all with people of color."

"During a recent faculty meeting, teachers were segregated by skin color. Teachers who had light skin were placed into a “white caucus” group and asked to “remember” that we are “White” and “to take responsibility for [our] power and privilege.” D-E’s racial segregation of educators, aimed at leading us to rethink of ourselves as oppressors, was regressive and demeaning to us as individuals with our own moral compass and human agency."

"DE claims that we teach students how to think, not what to think. But sadly, that is just no longer true."

"I hope administrators and board members awaken in time to prevent this misguided and absolutist ideology from hollowing out D-E, as it has already hollowed out so many other institutions."
 

I find it a bit confusing that those that voted for Youngkin and Sears are being called racist/white supremists yet the current governor of VA was photographed in black face. Or was he the one in the KKK hood?  I’m still unclear. 

I find it a bit confusing that those that voted for Youngkin and Sears are being called racist/white supremists yet the current governor of VA was photographed in black face. Or was he the one in the KKK hood?  I’m still unclear. 

I’m having dental surgery tomorrow, to remove two roots that broke off when I had an extraction in August. The clinic is in Glasgow, about 25 miles away, and because I’m being sedated, I can’t drive there. So DS and I are going in by train, and will need to get a taxi or Uber back home, which will be expensive. I have asked three different friends if they might be able to pick me up, and these are the excuses I received:
1. That’s the day I go grocery shopping
2. I’m not going in to Glasgow while COP26 is on (the clinic is in a different part of the city)
3. I’m meeting X for lunch that day (she sees X every week.)

Its nice when your friends step up for you, isn’t it? 

And because COP26 is on, there is a much higher demand for taxis and Ubers, so there’s a chance I might have to hang around the clinic for a while, probably drooling and sobbing from the sedation and surgery.   I had thought about postponing the surgery, but I’ve already had to wait three months because of covid restrictions. And one of the roots is sticking out of my gum like a shard of glass, constantly hurting my tongue.  Whenever I accidentally touch it with a fork or spoon, it’s like I’ve been electrocuted!