Why NOT to vote Republican

[Rogar]

I’d like to offer my thoughts and prayers to Ron desantis. It appears that his efforts to use the state’s powers to punish Disney for having the nerve to exercise their first amendment rights haven’t worked out so well. It must suck to be outsmarted by Mickey Mouse.

A rather entertaining account fitting for an amusement park.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/11670...-creek-charles

[catherine]

I’d like to offer my thoughts and prayers to Ron desantis. It appears that his efforts to use the state’s powers to punish Disney for having the nerve to exercise their first amendment rights haven’t worked out so well. It must suck to be outsmarted by Mickey Mouse.

In the ridiculousness of Florida school censorship, now a school in Pinellas County has banned a movie about Ruby Bridges

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/us/ru...ida/index.html

[Alan]

In the ridiculousness of Florida school censorship, now a school in Pinellas County has banned a movie about Ruby Bridges

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/us/ru...ida/index.html

I think the linked story makes it clear that the movie is not banned, but rather has been subjected to a mandatory review as a result of a parental complaint regarding slurs and actions presented in the documentary which may not be appropriate for 2nd graders.

I wonder how many complaints such as this are received daily in school districts across the country but are ignored by CNN and other outlets, and why?

[catherine]

I think the linked story makes it clear that the movie is not banned, but rather has been subjected to a mandatory review as a result of a parental complaint regarding slurs and actions presented in the documentary which may not be appropriate for 2nd graders.

I wonder how many complaints such as this are received daily in school districts across the country but are ignored by CNN and other outlets, and why?

I see it as the film being effectively banned until the outcome of that review. This editorial from a Tampa newspaper, questioning the wisdom of the action, given it was based on one complaint.

The double standard is alive and well. Cancel culture is alive and well among Florida conservatives, when a handful of people can make important aspects of our history disappear.

[Alan]

I see it as the film being effectively banned until the outcome of that review. This editorial from a Tampa newspaper, questioning the wisdom of the action, given it was based on one complaint.

The double standard is alive and well. Cancel culture is alive and well among Florida conservatives, when a handful of people can make important aspects of our history disappear.

The complainant didn't ask for it to go away, the complaining parent suggested it might be more appropriate for 8th graders than 2nd graders given the racial slurs and violent imagery.

[jp1]

How old was Ruby Bridges when she had to deal with those racial slurs aimed at her? First grade? Second grade? Surely if she could handle that then then today's kids of the same age can handle seeing a movie about that history that includes those slurs.

[bae]

I think I was in 4th grade when they brought in several Holocaust survivors to our classroom to tell us what had happened to them. Made quite an impression on most of us.

[Alan]

How old was Ruby Bridges when she had to deal with those racial slurs aimed at her? First grade? Second grade? Surely if she could handle that then then today's kids of the same age can handle seeing a movie about that history that includes those slurs.

A lot of those southern Democrats didn't think much about it when they were hurling them 60 years ago either, but I thought you guys had changed.

[flowerseverywhere]

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/10947...orts-to-remove

And several states have been petitioned to removed to Bible due to the prostitution, sodomy and so on mentioned.

In the meantime what is all this self righteousness doing to increase reading, writing and math skills.
Poor kids. Being robbed of what they really need to focus on.

[jp1]

A lot of those southern Democrats didn't think much about it when they were hurling them 60 years ago either, but I thought you guys had changed.

Times change. Back then it was certainly democrats doing that. But the democrats who supported that attitude all became republicans when nixon welcomed them with open arms to your party when they got pissed at the LBJ democrats for taking a better path. Lincoln is surely spinning in his grave seeing what his party has become.