Sunday, February 11, 2024

Words are bad in Florida

 

I'm guessing that you've probably seen an article about this.  If you didn't you should. First for the laugh, then for the sheer terror of how awful it is.

Florida school district bans the DICTIONARY over fears students would look up words like 'sex' after Gov. Ron DeSantis restricted what children could be taught in school

"The Escambia County School District, located in the Florida panhandle, took down The American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Webster's Dictionary for Students, and Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary, among other books.

School officials determined that these dictionaries and encyclopedias violated Florida law HB 1069, also known as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, signed by DeSantis in 2022 to limit access to materials containing 'sexual conduct' in classrooms."

Here's a funny cartoon on this subject.



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