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Fat_moses t1_ix4ise5 wrote

Reply to comment by currentlyhigh in Paramore Had Lots Of Fun Protesting The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law At Their Florida Show by [deleted]

Yup, it bars teachers or 3rd parties to provide any education to children regarding gender identity or sexuality in a manner that is not "age or developmentally appropriate".

Up front it sounds like a reasonable thing, but a major problem is that there is no established basis for what is "age or developmentally appropriate".

While a teacher may tell kindergarteners that some women want to wear suits and some men want to wear dresses, they are now open to lawsuits from an angry parent can declare the lesson to be inappropriate and take the teacher to court in violation of this law.

added in edit - Laws like this are so very problematic because they are based on individual interpretation. By leaving sections of the law vague, they create fear. Parents are suddenly worried their kids are being taught inappropriate things and teachers are scared that they will be sued for telling a 3rd grader that "yes I am a man and I have a husband, I am gay".

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dafisol t1_ix4m7j8 wrote

Not to mention what it does to children who do have gay parents or are themselves gay

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DoppelGangHer88 t1_ix4oeso wrote

You don't need a lesson about why some women want to wear pants.

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MyNameThru t1_ix4qo5n wrote

88 in the username, openly transphobic comment history. We got one, folks

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currentlyhigh t1_ixbxsyb wrote

Do you intend to present any sort of logical rebuttal or are you sticking with a purely ad hominem attack?

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currentlyhigh t1_ixbyd7m wrote

Out of curiosity do you think it's possible that some people have "88" in their username for purely benign reasons like being born in 1988? Do you think it's greater or fewer than the number of users who have "88" in their name because they intend to directly associate with white supremacist groups?

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MyNameThru t1_ixcgnpx wrote

Plausible deniability is of course the goal with this type of dog whistling. They're too cowardly to just be open, so they use code. This isn't news unless you actively deny it.

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currentlyhigh t1_ixdihon wrote

But do you think it's possible?

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MyNameThru t1_ixdoq75 wrote

No shit. That's how plausible deniability works. Go look it up.

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currentlyhigh t1_ixdqkk7 wrote

So you're saying that every single user, without exception, with "88" in their username is a neo-nazi?

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MyNameThru t1_ixdvbmv wrote

Is that what you got from what I said? Your reading comprehension is terrible. Is English not your first language? That's the only excuse for this.

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