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You know what's a large part of Western civilization? Enslaving black people. Why didn't DeSantis want that African American study course?
He’s using Florida as some weird lab experiment to see if he can get away with this kind of manipulation on a national stage. >

GOP has supermajorities in both Florida chambers.  He doesn’t really have to manipulate all that much >

Yeah, it's hard to say that he's manipulating anyone when the state GOP is nothing but grifters and Florida man memes. >

Just when you think Florida can't get worse, DeSantis finds a way. 
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Western civilization? Guess can't say 'white people history'. >

I remember when Dole and Bush Sr were telling racists at Republican conventions to get the fuck out. >

Not because they aren’t racist themselves but because it’s a bad look. Just like the conservatives today don’t like being compared to Nazis even though their actions are fascist as fuck.
As Stromfront said in The Boys:

People love what I have to say. They believe in it. They just don't like the word Nazi, that's all. >

They Are Nazis - Bill >

I used to always think if there was some renegade white nationalist state it would be Idaho or Montana. Never did I think it would be Florida. >

Anti-gay too. You'd think Oklahoma or Utah would be leading the charge not Florida with its famous gay nightlife and previously lax attitudes. >

Yeah, I can't wrap my head around the fact that this is happening in what is a fairly  diverse state without much if any pushback from the population. >

"Chapter 1: The good parts of inquisitions and manifest destiny, and how work will set you free" >

Ah cool, so they'll cover the triangular trade and all that, right?
...Right? >

oooo i wonder how they'll cover the pinkertons and the trail of tears. >

Isn’t western civilization a basic humanities requirement? I took two semesters of it 20 years ago. >

Not anymore.
That said I don't think Conservatives realize that "Western Civilization" courses at the University level generally mean Greek and Roman history upto around the time of Constantine - and don't portray Christianity in any sort of a positive light. Quite the opposite in fact. >

Oh they see the irony all right they wonder why they didn't think of this sooner the gloves are finally come off the question is what are we going to do not of what are they doing >

“Western civilization” course… huh that doesn’t sound like a fascist propaganda course at all! >

These idiots don't see the irony.   
Turns out this Desantis guy is woke as fuck. >

They don’t care about political correctness, they worry about social progress.  Being “woke” is great if it’s regressive. >

Florida officials are on a tear to block school programs that they deem too “woke.” >

And now want to require a course called White Power, um.. er… Western History. Yeah, that’s it! >

Sorry to be that guy....
But these types of comments are actually what emboldened dipshits like DeSantis to Gan power. >

Yeah, if we didnt call out white nationalism, it would totally chill out. >

Teaching a course about civilization in Florida: now that is just so funny!!!! >

Wait until they find out that many prominent figures in the Byzantine and Holy Roman Empires actually regarded the Islamic caliphates as the true cultural and philosophical heirs of Rome >

Aka Bible studies.  Pushing right-wing Christian agenda on everybody. >

“How European culture saved the natives and provided Africans with economic opportunity” >

I'm not worried. The universities will cave because they don't have any backbone. Everything the nasty R's want, they get. >

Defund Florida. >

Seems amazing that there are no federal laws that protect these universities and staff from DeSantis' far-right political grandstanding. >


“We don’t want students to go through at taxpayer expense and graduate with a degree in Zombie studies,” he said.

Instead we'll force students to learn about a bunch of old pasty-white dead men >

Isn't Western Civ just a generic course that most freshman and sophomores already take? What do you have to take Western civ 3 and 4 now? >

Im guessing he means white washed western civilization. >

That's a bold move, Santi. Let's see how that works out. >

Flooriduh curerickulum. >

The ony good thing about DeSantis is that he only has 4 years left to serve, after that, let's just turn the table up side down on his incomprehensible laws. >

So what was this but about education and not indoctrination? >

So cowboys and why they don’t have mama’s? >

So you think studying the history of Western civilization will lead to fewer students developing an appreciation for how current inequalities are deeply rooted in our history... >

What would it take to remove Florida universities’ national accreditation? Asking for a friend. >

Destroying higher education one step at the time. Academic freedom is not a freedom the freedumb crowd cherishes >

So.. radicalizing them. 
Fucking facist