Democratic parents in Florida are sad, the Washington Post reports. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who has recently been compared to Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, and Genghis Khan, is being mean to them. Some of these Democratic parents are so stressed out about all of the bad things DeSantis is doing to them that they are considering leaving the state entirely.
Odds are that won’t make them happy either, because all of the bad things they believe to be happening in Florida are figments of their imaginations.
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One parent complained that her son came home upset because another student told him he wasn’t allowed to say that his father was gay in school. This is, of course, completely false — there is no such rule — but when you have outlets such as the Washington Post falsely calling Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, then the Washington Post shouldn’t be surprised when children take their disinformation at face value.
Another parent complained to the Washington Post, asking, “How can we allow my kids to be proud of their family if they can’t speak about who I am?” Again there is nothing in Florida law that prevents children from talking about their gay parents in school. This is all 100% fiction by hysterical Democrats and the corporate media whose interests they represent in the political sphere.
And another parent complained to the Washington Post that “a lot of Black moms are saying, ‘Well, we teach our kids about black history at home anyway’ — but what about the kids who aren’t being taught Black history at home?”
I have good news for this parent. Florida public schools are required to teach black history in school, including the history of racial discrimination and slavery. It is listed right there in the school curriculum propagated by DeSantis's Department of Education:
The history of African Americans, including:
the history of African peoples before the political conflicts that led to the development of slavery;
the passage to America;
the enslavement experience;
abolition; and
the history and contributions of Americans of the African diaspora to society.
The Florida Department of Education's African American history standards go on to note:
There is simply no reason any of these Democratic parents need to be freaking out about students being punished for saying the word “gay” in school or about black history being eliminated from the curriculum. These are all figments of Democrats' imaginations.
What's really going on here? The Democratic Party is freaked out about DeSantis’s rising popularity. So they are willing to spread any and every ridiculous lie about him. Unfortunately, however, a lot of Democratic parents in Florida believe these lies. And it is making their lives miserable.
They need to get off social media, join the rest of us in reality, and enjoy some Florida sunshine. And, Democrats, please stop spreading misery.