Education

Ron DeSantis Fights For Free Speech By Banning Teachers Mentioning Slavery And Gay People

First Amendment, how does it go?

Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill is working exactly as intended, which is to say that its wording is so vague and the punishment for violation so draconian that schools are banishing any mention of the existence of homosexuality and gender identity from schools. Because the best policing is the self-policing achieved by scaring the shit out of the citizenry. But don't dare call it censorship!

Florida House Bill 1557, AKA the the Parental Rights in Education Act, goes into effect this Friday. In theory, teachers are only restricted from discussing LGBTQ+ issues with young children.

"Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards," the statute reads.

Astute observers will note that this leaves room for prosecutors, or for parents who have been newly empowered to sue, to file a claim if they believe that students of any age are taught lessons which are "not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate." Whatever that may mean.

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Abortion

Associated Press Discovers Republicans May Not Be Best At Helping Little Babies After All??!!

'Democrats suggest.'

The Associate Press is apparently branching out into the dark comedy business, and seems poised to give Yr Wonkette a run for its money (all of which is donated by our lovely smart readers) in the field of inspiring HOLLOW MORDANT LAUGHTER. See for example this alleged news/analysis piece about the post-Roe political environment, in which the AP reports on how Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) says it's time for lawmakers to “do everything in our power to meet the needs of struggling women and their families so they can choose life.”

Yes, because if there's one thing the Republican Party is known for, it's helping families burdened with the costs of raising a family. Mostly the GOP helps by saying "family" a lot and attacking gay rights, which apparently are a huge burden on American families' budgets.

The AP's dark comedy set starts off with this hilarious riff:

Democrats suggest their rivals are eleventh-hour converts who would offer half-measures at best and voters should judge them accordingly.

“It’s pretty cynical to say you want to do it now,” said Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash. “If it’s a priority, it should have always been a priority and actions really speak louder than words.”

Oh, that's good!

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LGBTQ

Who's Grooming These Rightwing Creeps Who Terrify Kids At Library Story Hour?

Some people were just not brought up right.

Rightwing creeps continue to try to scare children and parents at public library story events, with at least three such incidents over the weekend. At one, outside Reno in Sparks, Nevada, a member of a small group of white supremacists protesting the event approached the library while carrying a rifle, causing parents and kids to flee inside the library. But at two other drag queen story time events, in Sacramento, California, and in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, Texas, LGBTQ and allied counter-protesters vastly outnumbered the rightwing creeps and shielded the kids from them.

As Yr Wonkette has noted, far-Right groups have taken to threatening, harassing, and planning attacks on LGBTQ people during Pride Month, following the lead of Republican Party efforts to stir up anti-LGBTQ hatred to motivate its basest voters. It's encouraging to see more people turning out to say HELL. NO.

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Abortion

Sunday Shows Highlight Both Sides Of Roe's Demise, Because Sunday Shows Bad At Journalism

You didn't expect any better.

There have been many evil reactions since the illegitimate Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. And there have been some good ones!

Let's take a look at some of both from this week's Sunday shows.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on NBC's 'Meet The Press'

Chuck Todd asked Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson about the trigger law bill he signed that banned all abortions except to protect the life of the mother, in the wake of Roe's untimely death.

All Hutchinson had to offer was how sad he was about kids having to carry incest pregnancies to term.

TODD: So if a 13-year-old though in Arkansas is raped by a relative, that 13-year-old cannot get an abortion in Arkansas. Are you comfortable with that?

HUTCHINSON: I’m not – I would've preferred a different outcome than that. But that's not the debate today in Arkansas. It might be in the future. But for now, the law triggered with only one exception.

Hutchinson sure wishes the abortion ban bill he signed included those provisions, but what was he supposed to do? Veto the bill? That would actually take courage! Can't have that.

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