tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post7771183137199601297..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Betsy DeVos is a MenaceMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-72199751353204287752017-06-16T14:14:26.719-07:002017-06-16T14:14:26.719-07:00Parent, start one. As for "organically" ...Parent, start one. As for "organically" we have Open Threads twice a week (with the second one coming from readers' requests).<br /><br />I don't delete subjectively very often but when comments are off topic or go after me, yes, then I delete them. <br /><br />I think readers would be surprised at how they view might changed from the other side.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-13373585235949280462017-06-16T13:24:57.110-07:002017-06-16T13:24:57.110-07:00It would be nice to have another blog were the con...It would be nice to have another blog were the conversation could be more organic and were opposing comments are not subjectively deleted.<br /><br />ParentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83268061954083883442017-06-15T16:24:10.086-07:002017-06-15T16:24:10.086-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-46137528940417717112017-06-15T13:33:40.292-07:002017-06-15T13:33:40.292-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-19686778360792728332017-06-15T11:26:43.002-07:002017-06-15T11:26:43.002-07:00Again, the topic is the Secretary of Education. S...Again, the topic is the Secretary of Education. Stay on topic, please or your comments will be eliminated.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66068207044514713132017-06-15T11:23:06.038-07:002017-06-15T11:23:06.038-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66377459496529535622017-06-15T10:48:50.564-07:002017-06-15T10:48:50.564-07:00Hey Chris! (Who apparently can't discuss the t...Hey Chris! (Who apparently can't discuss the topic at hand - Betsy DeVos - not me.)Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66069880545081492412017-06-15T10:47:19.941-07:002017-06-15T10:47:19.941-07:00"their own purposes"?
It is always inte..."their own purposes"?<br /><br />It is always interesting when people have a purpose that you agree with (that may sound purposeful to the unitiated), comport with Melissa's status quo and are never deleted, but then a non-echo chamber opinion disappears (channeling Chris Korsmo) due to a delete.<br /><br />How convenient to blame it on aging. You never based your criticisms of Korsmo's deletes on chronology...it was attributed to when the status quo was violated.<br /><br />Can't have it both ways. Channeling<br /><br />Chris Korsmo<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-86611973273678793012017-06-15T10:46:53.095-07:002017-06-15T10:46:53.095-07:00Yay! Down with privatization! Everything is grea...Yay! Down with privatization! Everything is great in SPS! Just read this blog daily to hear all the good news! <br /><br />Sarcasm IntendedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-21800752781869750352017-06-15T10:25:17.871-07:002017-06-15T10:25:17.871-07:00Yes, Notall Christian, I have no idea how they wil...Yes, Notall Christian, I have no idea how they will handle that one.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-81168044215152055592017-06-15T10:18:46.193-07:002017-06-15T10:18:46.193-07:00I think one thing Devos et al are not considering ...I think one thing Devos et al are not considering is that if they get their vouchers non-Christian-based schools such as Jewish, Islamic, Scientology-based (etc.) private schools will also be able to get ahold of public funding. <br /><br />And "the base" won't like that one bit.<br /><br />Notall Christian<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43580053796769168752017-06-15T10:12:46.155-07:002017-06-15T10:12:46.155-07:00Race to Nowhere is not a three-part documentary fu...Race to Nowhere is not a three-part documentary funded by dark ed reform money (via a foundation connected to the Secretary of Education). Please.<br /><br />As HP points out, this is my blog. (And what Kormo has to do with it is beyond me - I'm not even sure LEV allows comments now.) <br /><br />As I am aging, I have a little less tolerance for those who would come here and try to use/abuse this blog for their own purposes. So yes, I am deleting a few more comments. I am amused that someone would think it wrong "especially when many have read them." Well, if I REALLY didn't like some comments, I'd be doing it immediately, no? <br /><br />But you know what? It's a great, big Internet world out there. Facebook, Twitter, name it and hey, even your own blog. Knock yourself out.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-15416271277518141122017-06-15T09:58:33.749-07:002017-06-15T09:58:33.749-07:00If you don't like Melissa's blog, start an...If you don't like Melissa's blog, start another your own. I for one, am tired of ed reformers whose own children do not attend public schools, trying to revamp public schools into their corporate image. <br /><br />HPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-90068542033783449142017-06-15T09:55:14.800-07:002017-06-15T09:55:14.800-07:00This blog has become Melissa's Jungian Chris K...This blog has become Melissa's Jungian Chris Korsmo shadow self. Everything she accused Chris of doing (deleting non-status quo comments comes to mind), Melissa is doing on steroids.<br /><br />You have zero credibility when you delete comments (especially when many have already read them). Seattle is an educated city and Melissa's attempt at censoring opinion is<br /><br />Wearing ThinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-63915129147518548462017-06-15T09:30:40.090-07:002017-06-15T09:30:40.090-07:00You are such a hypocrite. You demand a balanced p...You are such a hypocrite. You demand a balanced point of view with each program but there were crickets from you when PBS stations were broadcasting "Race to Nowhere." I didn't read you demanding balance then.<br /><br />Let's be honest. You view PBS as the sole purview of your brand of anti-reform, far-left views on education, e.g., anything broadcast by John Merrow. You don't want balanced on PBS - any more than you want balance on this blog - you want your preferred media outlets to broadcast only those views with which you agree.<br /><br />So just be honest --- just tell your readers you don't like School, Inc. and you want it banned from the public airwaves. It's not balance you seek but confirmation of your biases.<br /><br />Frankie SaysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com