DeSantis conveniently didn’t mention Mosque leaders as teaching the kids. I wonder why that was. Does Florida not recognize Islam as a religion? Or did he just not want to point out that was a possibility…
Or did he just not want to point out that was a possibility…
There’s two prongs to this kind of assault. The “we’re just opening the door to religion in schools” angle uses liberal egalitarianism to shoe horn in reactionary ideology. Then the “they’re too dangerous to let near your kids” angle is used to pry rival ideologies away.
What you end up with is a singular “safe” educational platform that just happens to be Ron’s favorite flavor of white supremacy, with any other belief categorized as a form of subversive or derogatory hate speech.
DeSantis conveniently didn’t mention Mosque leaders as teaching the kids. I wonder why that was. Does Florida not recognize Islam as a religion? Or did he just not want to point out that was a possibility…
This is, unironically, an argument American conservatives are making
There’s two prongs to this kind of assault. The “we’re just opening the door to religion in schools” angle uses liberal egalitarianism to shoe horn in reactionary ideology. Then the “they’re too dangerous to let near your kids” angle is used to pry rival ideologies away.
What you end up with is a singular “safe” educational platform that just happens to be Ron’s favorite flavor of white supremacy, with any other belief categorized as a form of subversive or derogatory hate speech.