(This was later repealed IIRC, but not before first being approved.)
Florida’s public schools will now teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught them useful skills, part of new African American history standards approved Wednesday that were blasted by a state teachers' union as a “step backward.”
The Florida State Board of Education’s new standards includes controversial language about how “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,” according to a 216-page document about the state’s 2023 standards in social studies, posted by the Florida Department of Education.
I meant to comment that it's very clear he's either never been to any of the museums or literally walked through without looking around himself a single time. (And I have this same comment about museums generally, IME, aside from things like the Holocaust Museum (obv).)
Well yeah I didn’t mean to suggest anyone should back him as a presidential candidate.
Sorry I'm very keyed up about current events lately, and while I'm not looking for a fight, some part of my lizard brain probably is.
The ironic thing is the democrats would probably win more votes from Trump’s base by having a more progressive candidate, because the left / right spectrum isn’t everything.
I agree with this! In 2017 I kind hoped his win would be like an electric jolt to the genitals for Dems to stop being how I've already described them being. If only...
They could be won over by a progressive candidate, but I agree a right-leaning democrat is precisely the thing they will never vote for.
I only wish I wasn't so sure that's who we're going to get. And with the same old arguments. "xxxx is just too radical. The middle will vote R if we go with them!"
I feel like we're more or less saying the same thing, we've just spun it on opposite directions. But his gerrymandering thing, while good, is also reactive. Granted, it's more interestingly reactive than nearly every other thing Democrats are doing in response to R, but it's still reactive, and I still have no faith in his values.
So again, is he better than Trump? Yes. Yes he is.
Will a 2028 Newsom run just be a return to white men who are only slightly less openly owned by their donors than Republicans and Trump? Yes, yes it will.
Now here's where it gets tricky. I voted Kamala even though I was very bothered by her poor strategic decision to try getting Republican votes (see my visual aid below) and her seeming turn from everything Progressive. (The Atlantic had her pegged on this way back.)
So, I've been watching this R goes Right and D follows them for votes from people who will never, ever vote for them at the expense of progressives and the left for several decades now. I ain't no spring chicken.
When I voted Kamala, I vowed that I would no longer support a Republican-lite party. Where we are today is the logical eventual conclusion of every conservative and Republican platform position and policy I can remember from the entire course of my entire life. And they have arrived here via the Ratchet Effect.
I will no longer support it. If 2028 is someone with a D after their name running on policies that could have been pre-Trump Republican policies, or 2016-era Democrat rhetoric, they will have to beat whoever replaces Trump without my vote. I will no longer support the ratchet effect and no longer support a Democratic party who blames all their losses on the left while simultaneously clinging to leadership that is ancient, out of touch, right-leaning, and corporate owned.
This is very specifically not OK, and is enough by itself to lose my vote:
sacrificing trans rights as a necessary step so they can win some bigot votes
Edit: And before someone replies to mention Ken Martin and the supposed changes he will bring, wake me up when he's done something that shows it's not going to be more of the same.
Edited to add visual aid about R votes and to fix hyperlink.
She actually did address and talk about many issues that people cared about, but she barely got any media coverage.
All I remember is how she wanted to assure us all how she wasn't coming for guns, owned a glock and was cool with Cheneys. (and let's not forget how she assured us all there would be Republicans on her cabinet) Seemed like what she wanted was Republican votes, but it didn't work out. Somehow when R goes right, D decides to chase them every last time.
Meh. He's a step up from Trump. So's literally anyone with whom I'm familiar.
So yeah, I guess if we want the 2016-era Democrats who sleepwalked us into Trump, and who see sacrificing trans rights as a necessary step so they can win some bigot votes, to be where we're setting our post-Trump goals I guess he's as good a milquetoast as any.
He probably won't try to dismantle our constitution and government, so alright, I guess that's not a given these days. 🎉
I haven't used ChatGPT in a long while, but when I did, you could include something like "In the style of William Shatner as James T Kirk" or "In a very fun, casual tone" or etc to any prompt and get that in your reply.
I realize it is not exactly the same, nor does it solve your tech issue if it's not even offering you the dropdown choice from the other screenshot, but I never tried anything like that via prompt which didn't seem to work.
Once again I remind you - the only conservative policies that aren't a smokescreen for their desire to oppress others are the policies that openly display their desire to oppress others.
Thank you very much! I mentioned it to my oldest son (who is now in his twenties) a couple years ago because my youngest son (who is autistic) seemed like he might be interested in the game. He very emphatically said it wasn't really what it looked like and that he would not recommend it. I didn't ask for more details, but I guess I get it!
Don't worry, Republicans got you covered on that already! It was the life skills!
New Florida standards teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills
(This was later repealed IIRC, but not before first being approved.)