So ... my attention span has wasted about 2 minutes on this Florida bill.
One side calls it "don't say Gay" bill
Other side calls it "anti grooming bill
Call me jaded, but I don't see a ton of difference between the right shouting "groomers!" at the left, and the left shouting "racists/bigots!" at the right.
It's a bill to not talk about sexuality from K-3. We didn't talk about it when I went to school for those ages and I'm pretty sure it didn't matter. Pretty soon after, we did.
Yes but that was before we understood that kids will kill themselves if they don't learn about The Genderbread Person before they're six.
Now we understand that if you don't support gender identity education for K-3 students, you're literally killing trans baby angels with your bare hands.
To call it an anti-grooming bill is vile and equates sex education with pedos.
It depends what you consider grooming.
Groomed for underage sex? No.
Groomed to believe nonsense? Yes.
My conclusion: these people would rather fight than talk about real problems.
Culture war stuff is free money for politicians of all stripes. It looks different in Ottawa than in Florida or California or France, but the general idea is the same.
The case seems to be that the bill is poorly worded.
That's dumb, and could/should work against them.
I refuse to take the bait and join this stupid fight.
Yeah, they make a good argument that the bill is badly written, but if they fixed it to achieve perfect clarity that wouldn't make any of the outrage go away. People aren't calling it "the badly worded bill" or calling for boycotts because it lacks clarity.
-k