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		sokoloff on Oct 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Schools for children of military achieve results r... “I don’t want my kids to go to school with people of a different race” makes you an asshole. “I don’t want my kids to go to a school that will fail to educate them” makes you exactly the opposite.

seanmcdirmid on Oct 13, 2023 [–]

> “I don’t want my kids to go to a school that will fail to educate them” makes you exactly the opposite.

And if you just happen know that the second overlaps with the former, you can convince yourself that you aren't an asshole. The segregationists of the 60s were self convinced they weren't assholes.

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