 The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases That was Florida governor Ron DeSantis during his 2018 campaign against his Democratic opponent who happened to be black Really interesting choice of words there Ron really really interesting now fast forward to today and His state just banned an AP African-American studies course from classrooms Hmm. I wonder what his motivations could be now. He has received a tremendous amount of backlash But despite that he's remaining defiant and he's maintaining that whitewashing history pretty brazenly So is really important for the state of Florida Politico explains the Republican governor said that he supports banning the course being offered to some high school students Because its lessons delve too far into political agendas broaching topics such as queer studies and abolishing prisons Black officials in the state from Democratic lawmakers to faith leaders However, are seeking to overturn the DeSantis administration's determination that the class significantly lacks educational value Florida's move to block the course follows a concerted effort by state Republicans to restrict how races taught in local classrooms Under DeSantis the state education department has rejected math textbooks over quote impermissible content Including teachings on critical race theory something that Florida banned in education along with the 1619 project Through official action by its board of education He simply just wants people to be stupid and to kind of prove to you how important it is to know your history Um, this is what will happen This is what you'll sound like more specifically if you are ignorant of history. Here's one example It was the american revolution That caused people to question slavery no one had questioned it before We decided as americans that we are endowed by our creator with unalienable rights and that we are all created equal Then that birth abolition movements. So you can't teach history That's being used to pursue an ideological agenda. Yes, because DeSantis of all people is clearly the one without the agenda here Unbelievable unreal kids. That's why you need to learn your history because you sound like that You sound like a complete dumbass if you are ignorant of history now I don't know if he's ignorant or he's just Pretending to not know the way that things transpired But either way that's why we need history taught in schools Now he's not just extending his authoritarianism into classrooms with respect to african-american studies This goes much much further than many people even know about the press secretary for DeSantis announced on january 4th Quote all state university and college systems in florida have been required to report expenditures and resources utilized for campus activities Related to diversity equity and inclusion And critical race theory stay tuned now aside from explicit Directives like that and them banning specific courses like african-american studies Well, a lot of these laws that DeSantis has signed into law that kind of controls the school curriculum is extremely vague That includes the stop woke act the don't say gay law And it's having a chilling effect on free speech in the classrooms For example during an orange county teachers association meeting back in june of last year Teachers were instructed to get rid of rainbow lanyards that the district had given them the year before And remove pictures of their same-sex spouses if they teach elementary education in order to remain compliant with the state's don't say gay law Now additionally as the washington post reports in deval county school administrators recently held back 26 books from elementary schools Including verburto clemente pride of the pittsburgh pirates and climbing lincoln steps the african-american journey Until the committee determines if they meet the standards Of the new state law But it gets even worse believe it or not because as judd legum reports Teachers in manatee county florida are being told to make their classroom libraries in any other unvetted book inaccessible to students or risk felony prosecution The new policy is part of an effort to comply with new laws and regulations championed by governor ronda santis It is based on the premise promoted by right wing advocacy groups that teachers and librarians are using books To quote groom students or indoctrinate them with leftist ideologies Kevin Chapman the chief of staff for the manatee county school district Told popular information that the policy was communicated to principles in a meeting last wednesday Individual schools are now in the process of informing teachers and other staff So we've come so far to where we're at a point where we're not just seeing books being banned from classrooms And that's unsurprising but teachers who don't remove said banned books Are facing legal penalties This is fascistic And it's deeply authoritarian and ronda santis has constructed a sort of nanny state In order to police what your children can and can't read you might think it's appropriate But ronda santis has the ultimate say now I wish I could say that this was a phenomenon that was limited to the state of florida But unfortunately other states have done similar things and if they haven't already gone as far as florida They're considering measures that are as equally authoritarian and orwellian for example north dakota's republican controlled house judiciary committee Just recently heard arguments last tuesday about banning lgbtq plus inclusive books from public libraries And here's the kicker they will jail any librarian for 30 f***ing days If they refuse to remove said banned books that the state deems as offensive So we are headed down a very dangerous path and I don't think that people truly understand The gravity of the situation here. We're not just talking about bans on books There are states like north dakota who are considering the possibility of Not just banning books from public libraries but jailing librarians who refuse to comply with their book bans and This is happening in multiple states, but ronda santis unquestionably has been the individual who spearheaded this movement And the thing that should worry everyone the most is that it keeps getting worse Remember last year how egregious it was to see all of these book bans being proposed? Well, now it's not just the book bans that are sufficient They're raising the specter of jailing librarians Penalizing teachers legally in the state of florida If they end up giving a child a book that was unbedded and deemed offensive by the state Folks, this is fascism. We are in dangerous territory here And the level of scrutiny that ronda santis is getting is nowhere near enough That's not to say that states shouldn't have a say over the curriculum in schools But the extent to which ronda santis has weighed in Is chilling. This is an attack on freedom. This is an attack on freedom of speech And I don't think that people Are gonna wake up until it's too late unfortunately, but this is deeply dangerous and It's fascism if anyone at this point in time is still denying that they're absolutely naive