DeSantis Has Unvetted Volunteer Group Searching Schools for Banned Books

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The Manatee Patriots, a right-wing group in Florida's Manatee County, recently put out a recruitment call for "woke busters" to be the "eyes and ears and boots on the ground in the schools" to stop educators from "filling the libraries with these books." It did not take much digging to discover that the "woke busters" have extremely broad ideas about what constitutes "inappropriate" reading material. Their parent group, Manatee Patriots, recently celebrated what they claim was a successful effort to force a public library to take down a display celebrating LGBTQ history. They objected to the library's alliance with a local youth group that serves LGBTQ teens, claiming it's "the first stage of Grooming" and "Porn" for the group to offer information to kids about safer S*x.

"More things found in the Library," their site breathlessly reads. The offensive materials they flagged? Michelle Obama's memoir and a history of Barack Obama's presidency.

Yep, they not only want to erase S*x education but documented evidence that the U.S. once had a Black president. These are the folks who are worming their way into Florida schools, based on DeSantis' censorship orders, to decide what students should be allowed to read.

The Manatee Patriots' website has pages dedicated to stirring up outrage over what they deem "filth" students are reading. And digging through the social media presence of the "woke-busting" Patriots only piles on the worry that these are people who are so censorious that the Little Golden Book about "The Poky Little Puppy" would offend them. (Surely, a book about a dog who digs under fences to access the neighbor's property is a covert Marxist!) A Patriots leader who advertised the "Vetting Inappropriate Books Workshop," for instance, also posts conspiracy theories accusing Bill Gates of driving up egg prices so he can force "artificial" eggs on Americans.

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The Republicans are winning behind the scenes. They've been silently marching into schools for a long while now. I think it will eventually all backfire on them though, especially when their own agenda is turned on them.
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What could possible go wrong when you have volunteers with extreme views on social issues deciding if school personal committed a violation leading to a possible felony charge?
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Just waiting for this foolishness to make its way to Broward 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
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For anyone who claims it couldn’t possibly be that hard for teachers to figure out what’s appropriate and what isn’t, imagine having to try to envision what the most insane adults imaginable would or wouldn’t object to.



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Florida should just fall into the sea
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jessilin0113 wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:59 pm Florida should just fall into the sea
I mean…..😬
Maybe just the dumbass politicians. I do like the weather and beach here.
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This whole thing sounds great to parents - "Wow, I get to decide what should and shouldn't be taught in my child's school. So cool." Until parents realize that when trying to appease everyone, no one is appeased. So then parents say, "public education sucks and I want my kids to go elsewhere where they can read the books I feel are appropriate." Awesome, unless you are a low income parent or the parent of a special needs child or live in a rural area where private/charter education is limited.

Also, look where these Charter schools are sending graduates to college. Are they the state universities, secular private universities, or the Christian universities? If Christian universities, don't you think that's the end goal?

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Someone needs to ask DeSantis what is wrong about Michelle Obama’s memoir. And Obama’s presidency. Democrats, we have to vote him out.
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