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Jazzta said:
Oof. Politics isn’t as black and white as you make it out to be. Gabbard has rejected their support what else is there to see here.
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I didn't say there was anything else to see. What have I actually said on this issue that you think was incorrect?
 
One Brow said:
I didn't say there was anything else to see. What have I actually said on this issue that you think was incorrect?
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Correct me if I’m wrong but it sounded like you were trying to make a point not to support her based on the article that we’re discussing. Sounds like we can move away from this topic then.
 
One Brow said:
Then we'll strongly disagree. People used to say that have open homosexuals in elementary schools were harmful to children; your position is similarly out-of-place. Teachers will make mistake, and I agree this teacher could have handled things better, but pretending transgenderism does not exist, or that children won't be confused by it when they are transgender does, is a bad solution.
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Who says anything about pretending it doesn't exist? Just because I don't think it should be an active part of the curriculum doesn't mean I think it should be buried and shamed out of existence. I think that's a family matter and I think it will be more confusing to the overwhelming majority of elementary aged kids to make it part of the curriculum than for the very small minority of elementary aged kids that might have that inclination. I think teachers should be prepared in the case a child has questions in that regard, but I don't think at that age it should be an active part of the curriculum.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Who says anything about pretending it doesn't exist? Just because I don't think it should be an active part of the curriculum doesn't mean I think it should be buried and shamed out of existence. I think that's a family matter and I think it will be more confusing to the overwhelming majority of elementary aged kids to make it part of the curriculum than for the very small minority of elementary aged kids that might have that inclination. I think teachers should be prepared in the case a child has questions in that regard, but I don't think at that age it should be an active part of the curriculum.
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I think you should teach about the issues faced by dark-skinned people even when the entire classroom is white, by females even in an all-boys school, by homosexuals even when the class is straight or to young to know, in a manner that is appropriate to that age level. I see no reason to make an exception for transgender people.

That said, perhaps I misunderstood you, and you just mean that students shouldn't be personally addressed (in which case, I would tend to agree).
 
LogGrad98 said:
Who says anything about pretending it doesn't exist? Just because I don't think it should be an active part of the curriculum doesn't mean I think it should be buried and shamed out of existence. I think that's a family matter and I think it will be more confusing to the overwhelming majority of elementary aged kids to make it part of the curriculum than for the very small minority of elementary aged kids that might have that inclination. I think teachers should be prepared in the case a child has questions in that regard, but I don't think at that age it should be an active part of the curriculum.
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The amount of damage caused by teaching tolerance of the issue to a group of non-trans kids is far smaller than the damage of not teaching it to a class with a single trans kid. Or so it seems to me, I don't know if there have been any studies on it.
 
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