http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/10/30/dont-turn-washington-state-into-massachusetts Comments On: Don't Turn Washington State into Massachusetts! by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:08:15 -0700 The Stranger
None of my students ever had to leave the class during sex ed unless I sent them out because they were making others uncomfortable with their immaturity (which typically resulted in begging, pleading and grand promises to shape up).
Posted by MK1]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:56:34 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Doctor L]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:07:52 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:51:52 -0700 The Stranger One "teaches" same-sex marriage by acknowledging its existence. The same way one "teaches" Darwin's theory of evolution or the big bang theory.

In all three cases, there is a large contingent of voters who don't want their kids exposed to ideas with which the parents disagree. God forbid that kids be exposed to multiple points of view! Heaven forfend that kids listen to competing views and then make up their own minds!
Posted by Clayton]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:47:19 -0700 The Stranger Posted by MacCrocodile]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:25:43 -0700 The Stranger
When there is a victory for marriage equality THEN you can lay their lies at the feet of the public and call them out. Doing so now, after 32 loses to such lies is not helpful.
Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:08:06 -0700 The Stranger Posted by kamsbry]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:00:57 -0700 The Stranger
In case this sounds like a poor understanding, here's the line I see:

1. They compare teaching same-sex marriage in schools to something done in Massachusetts (subtext: making us more like that head-in-the-clouds socialist academic land of sin)
2. You take that vapid remark and rightly point out that Mass. has by some measures the highest performing school system in the country.
3. (The problem move) You accept their implication that adding same-sex marriage to the curriculum would draw our system closer to Massachusetts in terms of quality. Their completely unrelated, except for that the same political situation that has fostered a decent education system has fostered greater acceptance of same-sex marriage.

My panties are in such a bunch about this mainly just because while both these issues are important, school performance is one where there are far fewer cut and dry truths of the matter, and therefore it's already muddied even in the minds of many who genuinely care, let alone those who don't. Seeing as you're someone whose work usually shows decent restraint and thought regarding this kind of thing, it's troubling to see this blindness so easy to critique.

TL,DR: Be careful of accepting it's implications when you're countering stupidity.
Posted by ib+]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:44:05 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Gordon Werner]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:57:13 -0700 The Stranger Posted by NotSean]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:54:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Matt the Engineer]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:46:03 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Matt the Engineer]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:45:07 -0700 The Stranger
There are some people I just can't understand.
Posted by Matt the Engineer]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:43:14 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Chali2Na]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:41:49 -0700 The Stranger