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gotnoh8 t1_it45lp9 wrote

Reply to comment by setho212 in previous post with info about candidates by Southern-Score2223

we have different value systems. I value educational integrity, pragmatism, and serving students who want to achieve and have the potential -- for these things, Dr. Chen is easily the best and only option. I have full faith that he will get things done. He is not distracted by the circus

you seem to be entirely preoccupied with the plight of gay students and generalize that if he doesn't pay special attention to this community it means he doesn't care. it's an absurd leap of logic and if you insist on looking at everything through intersectional lenses, there's no chance that we'll agree.

Dr. Chen is holding everyone to the same standard and whomever is willing to step up to that standard will find an advocate and a champion in him. If you want to make excuses and live in a world of victimhood, then pick someone else

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setho212 t1_it479ym wrote

If Dr. Chen truly believes in working to ensure all students are successful he should at least make a basic attempt to hear the concerns of all students. He has not held back on listening to and championing the “plight” of those who have been redistricted and who oppose redistricting even if they haven’t been directly impacted by it, but he hasn’t even made a basic attempt to listen to LGBTQ students who frequently suffer much worse conditions. LGBTQ youth are at a higher risk of mental illness and suicide as a result of the treatment they receive, but I guess that’s meaningless compared to what students experience having to take a longer bus ride to school or seeing their friends less frequently. But yeah only LGBTQ students are playing the victimhood card.

You just don’t get it. No one is asking Dr. Chen for special treatment. He has expressed a desire to listen to people’s concerns and yet when given the opportunity to listen to the concerns of the LGBTQ community he has turned down the opportunity more than once.

This whole isssue combined with Dr. Chen’s recent statements denigrating FARMs kids just demonstrates how little regard he has for some parts of the county. And yes I saw his pathetic attempt to walk back those horrendous comments.

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