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Adam's avatar

They are building a wall. A great and beautiful wall. To keep out uncomfortable ideas and give themselves something to hide behind. What joy it would be to have the power to extend such a wall around only those who wish to cling to the hatred and outmoded ideas, so that they and only they are ensconced in their own little pocket universe, unable to affect anyone but themselves. Dream a little dream indeed!

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Gloria Kunik's avatar

Whenever I read something like this, I immediately think of it in context of myself and the people I care about, and ask how I would feel if it was happening to me or them. This isn’t about a book or a pronoun question that’s tough to explain, nor is it about keeping kids safe. It’s not about education. It’s about discrimination and re-education and it’s damn scary.

This makes me think of RBG’s case involving discrimination against a man in the 70’s who wasn’t deemed qualified to receive govt’t financial support for the same kinds of situations women were qualified for. RBG argued on his behalf, demonstrating anyone can be the target of discrimination. It was brilliant in its simplicity - anyone can be a target of discrimination in any situation. And of course Marc Elias is the most visible example in this moment with voter suppression.

Florida parents need to find their RBG or Marc Elias to keep the legal issue in the news, demonstrate to parents in general that someone has their back, and fight like hell.

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