[Ads-l] QOTY?

Fri Mar 24 18:43:32 UTC 2023

I can get behind this for a QOTY nomination. In addition to the self-refuting pronouns statements there's also a nice self-refuting "mention" later in the full quote.

"We don't use pronouns," Bishop said. "We don't teach CRT and we don't ever mention 1619 - those are not appropriate subjects for our kids." 

Clai Rice

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"We don't use pronouns."

I'm not sure this--as in

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--really qualifies as a QOTY candidate, but I find it interesting how often we hear announcements like this made here by Barney Bishop, the head of the Florida school board in question, who announced that at their schools (or possibly in the entire state of Florida) "We don't use pronouns"--when he's not pointing out that Michelangelo's David constitutes "pornography".

LH

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