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The GOP is a hate group.
How are these racist fuckers just blatantly getting away with it? Why can't someone do something?!
That's the thing many people miss when they look at the right. Republican voters want this because racism is the number one reason that people vote Republican anyway.
Trump is a symptom of the disease, just like Huckabee Sanders is a symptom. The disease is that Republican voters are so weak-minded their media creates fairy tale realities for them to inhabit, because actual reality is too hard.
Alabama straight up locked an elected mayor out of their city hall:
https://eji.org/news/white-minority-locks-out-first-black-mayor-of-newbern-alabama/
DeSantis straight up removed elected officials:
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/09/desantis-suspends-state-attorney-worrell-00110445
The reason they get away with it? I don't know. But it's so blatant that it seems to make them untouchable. Also, people suck.
They were voted into power, they can be voted out.
In Arkansas? Good luck.
You speak the truth. The ignorant hillbilly’s of my state think those idiots they voted in are doing great work. Shrek hasn’t done a single “great thing” since she took office. She is a terrible human being just like her father. They are modeling as many policies as they can after Florida.
If your “great” thing is racism, they are doing a good job.
Well if they aren't voted out their electorate must approve of what they're doing, barring gerrymandering.
Hate with the voters are strong and they will be reelected.
I just had a thought- Maybe we should let these babies have their way. Maybe we should do 'White American Studies' too. Let's let high schoolers know about every bit of murder, slavery, rape, and other injustice that has been done by white people since 1492. Let's have them really study white people. In depth.
They would never allow that, they are hypocrites of the highest order.
Wait no not like that
/s
Hey - as long as races are considered monolithically, I'm happy.
So what are students going to do when they want a career and can't get in cause their states made the required courses illegal?
The conservative lawmakers won't give a shit, that's for sure
Well they will have the option of working in coal mines with their 8 year olds.
20 year olds are far too large to be working in the mines, let alone they'd be missing grade 6 PE if they were working in those mines.
Gotta think of the Razorbacks after all. Still need some kids to bash heads for entertainment don't we?
Remember when we were supposed to feel bad that ten graduating seniors might lose a shooting sport scholarship over gun laws? My Google fu is failing to find the oped about students who depend on semi automatic rifles for their scholarships
The party of small government wants to use the government to manipulate how private businesses operate
That's true, but public schools are not private businesses
Yet
Sure, let's not teach about the history of the second largest population in the state...
Can't be talking about the stuff Jimmy's granddad did, he might get uncomfortable.
Oh Arkansas.... This is one of the many reasons I left my home state. I'm sadly not surprised to see this headline. This is also coming from a state that still has desegregation rulings on the books because even though the Little Rock Nine is a celebrated event - there are people who still oppose it. I am a product of that school system and am so happy my children won't be.
Anecdotal, but I remember them shipping in the white kids to my junior and senior high schools because of those rulings. It was also a running joke among us then students about where Arkansas fell in the overall education rankings for education - we were consistently in the bottom three.
Welp not moving to Arkansas now...
This was your breaking point?
No i know too much about backwards Arkanass
Arkansas. Your government is racist.
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