Will Ron Run Do or is Da Ron Doo Doo?

[Stavros]

According to AOC in the House yesterday, I think it was, schools in Florida have banned a book on Rosa Parks, as well as Toni Morrison's third novel, Song of Solomon. I also read that in one school they did include Rosa Parks in a lesson, but were not allowed to mention of her Race. It is of course, entirely coincidental that the books are by and about Black Women, as well as issues around LGVTQ+.

I don't know at what age these books are being banned, but in Florida, should the Governor issue a State-wide Ban on The Holy Bible, and ensure that this book replete with violence and incest is removed from school libraries? Maybe if someone can confirm that most of the Bible stories were written by Black people?

[Stavros]

More on the Michelangelo Crisis in Florida. Suppose a parent insisted that sixth graders read The Communist Manifesto?

"...the school is required by law to teach lessons on Renaissance art to sixth-graders — typically 11 and 12-year-old children — as a small portion of the annual curriculum. She said that three parents complained that their children were made uncomfortable by the lesson, which included a section on Michelangelo’s David.The school board enacted a rule two months ago requiring parental notification two weeks before the teaching of any "potentially controversial" information.
Two of the three parents who complained about the Renaissance art lesson said they wished they'd been notified before it was taught. The third parent complained the lesson was pornographic, despite being taught to 11 and 12-year-olds who almost certainly have phones and access to fullness of the internet's depravities."
School principal fired for showing Michelangelo’s David in class (yahoo.com)

[filghy2]

These people will be in for a shock if they ever take a trip to Europe - 'pornography' everywhere, even in churches.

[Stavros]

These people will be in for a shock if they ever take a trip to Europe - 'pornography' everywhere, even in churches.

Americans are happy to sell kiddy-shredding bullets to anyone who can pay for them, and spray their victims all over the walls -but show them a painting by Caravaggio and it is the end of America itself, as if it were what Putin would call it, 'Entartete Kunst'...

Facebook Censors Caravaggio’s Nude Cupid, Then Changes Mind | HuffPost Entertainment

[Stavros]

Heather Cox Richardson is worth reading. Here is an extract from a report concerning the DeSantis -vs-Disney cartoon frolics-

"After Trump officials mocked him for being beaten by Mickey Mouse, DeSantis today suggested he is determined to use the power of the government to force Disney, a private company, to bend to his authority. He threatened to build a rival amusement park or a state prison on land next to Disney’s Florida park.

Disney promptly responded by advertising a “first-ever Disneyland After Dark” LGBTQIA+ themed event night at its California Disneyland resort, and former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele tweeted: “When families stop visiting & Disney’s $75.2B economic impact & $5.8B tax revenues drop; its 75K employees face layoffs & 463K jobs are also imperiled what would your analytics say caused that to happen? WTF, Dumbo.”"
April 17, 2023 (Monday) - by Heather Cox Richardson (substack.com)

[blackchubby38]

Its pretty amazing how far Ron De Santis has fallen in the polls since he won his reelection campaign. I think it shows that he isn't/wasn't ready for the big stage of a Presidential campaign. At this point, he better start worrying about his next term as governor.

[Fitzcarraldo]

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...isney-00092505

[filghy2]

Its pretty amazing how far Ron De Santis has fallen in the polls since he won his reelection campaign. I think it shows that he isn't/wasn't ready for the big stage of a Presidential campaign. At this point, he better start worrying about his next term as governor.

De Santis doesn't seem to have any clear strategy. He got a boost earlier because many Republicans were looking for an alternative to Trump after the mid-terms, but since then he has done little to differentiate himself. He seems to be saying vote for me because I'm not Trump, even though I agree with him on just about everything.

His problem in the Republican primaries is that he just looks like Trump-lite without the charisma. His problem in the general election is that it's hard to see how he could expand the Republican vote by mimicking the same hard-right positions, and sometimes going even further.

[filghy2]

This article is good summary of De Santis's authoritarian culture wars agenda in education. All in the name of parental rights, freedom and anti-discrimination, of course - in classic Orwellian fashion they are called the Parental Rights in Education Act, the Individual Freedom Act and the Stop the Wrongs to our Kids and Employees Act.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...education-woke

[Fitzcarraldo]

This article is good summary of De Santis's authoritarian culture wars agenda in education. All in the name of parental rights, freedom and anti-discrimination, of course - in classic Orwellian fashion they are called the Parental Rights in Education Act, the Individual Freedom Act and the Stop the Wrongs to our Kids and Employees Act.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...education-woke

Freedom through bans!