ANYTHING to pander for votes
Discussions of gender identity and sexual preference are banned in many Florida classrooms because of governor Ron DeSantis’s “don’t say gay” law, alongside dozens of math textbooks blocked for “prohibited topics”.
Now the Republican who has loudly condemned what he sees as the “indoctrination” of young people has made another subject compulsory: students must receive at least 45 minutes’ instruction every November about the “victims of communism”. DeSantis signed into law House Bill 395, designating 7 November as Victims of Communism Day. Florida is one of a handful of states to adopt the designation, but is believed to be the first to mandate school instruction on that day.
DeSantis, mispronouncing the name of the revolutionary leader Che Guevara as “Che Kay-Farra”, railed against students who wear T-shirts he said were oblivious about what communism represented. “You can see at a college campus students flying the hammer and sickle from the old Soviet Union flag, you will see students that will have T-shirts with Che Guevara, you will see students that will idolize people like Mao Zedong,” he said.
“To me, this speaks of a tremendous ignorance about what those individuals represented and the evils that communism inflicted on people throughout the world. While it’s fashionable in some circles to whitewash the history of communism, Florida will stand for truth and remain as a beachhead for freedom," said the man who won't let history reflect that white people are less than fair and perfect. [italicized portion added]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/desantis-signs-bill-for-florida-students-to-learn-about-victims-of-communism/ar-AAX7dNv?rt=1&ocid=Win10NewsApp&item=flights%3Aprg-mobileappview
Now the Republican who has loudly condemned what he sees as the “indoctrination” of young people has made another subject compulsory: students must receive at least 45 minutes’ instruction every November about the “victims of communism”. DeSantis signed into law House Bill 395, designating 7 November as Victims of Communism Day. Florida is one of a handful of states to adopt the designation, but is believed to be the first to mandate school instruction on that day.
DeSantis, mispronouncing the name of the revolutionary leader Che Guevara as “Che Kay-Farra”, railed against students who wear T-shirts he said were oblivious about what communism represented. “You can see at a college campus students flying the hammer and sickle from the old Soviet Union flag, you will see students that will have T-shirts with Che Guevara, you will see students that will idolize people like Mao Zedong,” he said.
“To me, this speaks of a tremendous ignorance about what those individuals represented and the evils that communism inflicted on people throughout the world. While it’s fashionable in some circles to whitewash the history of communism, Florida will stand for truth and remain as a beachhead for freedom," said the man who won't let history reflect that white people are less than fair and perfect. [italicized portion added]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/desantis-signs-bill-for-florida-students-to-learn-about-victims-of-communism/ar-AAX7dNv?rt=1&ocid=Win10NewsApp&item=flights%3Aprg-mobileappview
The reason for this, for those not in Florida, is the strong Republican leaning of many Cubans and some other Latinos. By stoking the fear-mongering fires of communism, they convince those brought up on tales of communism that it's exactly what the Dems have in store.
