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| DeSantis requires Florida students to learn about 'victims of communism' |
| 2022-05-10 |
| [NYPOST] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday requiring Sunshine State students to learn about the "Victims of Communism" in high school. Beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year, high school students enrolled in US government courses will get at least 45 minutes of instruction each November 7 describing how "victims suffered under these regimes through poverty, starvation, migration, systemic lethal violence, and suppression of speech." DeSantis inked the law at the Freedom Tower in Miami, where 650,000 Cubans were processed after fleeing their homeland upon Fidel Castro’s seizure of power in 1959. "I think this tower is a reminder that freedom is not free, that you have to fight for your rights and that there are a lot of people out there that would love nothing more than to put you under some form of oppression," DeSantis said. DeSantis said the new bill will seek to combat a "tremendous ignorance" among young Americans about the history of the ideology and its impact in various parts of the world. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 DeSantis's move has resulted in all kinds of leftists defending Communism today. heh |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2022-05-10 19:43 |
| #9 ^ Been there for decades. However... "Since I started to use the word 'commie,' The future looks brilliant and balmy! Not one disagrees Red's a dreadful disease... Well, except for my kids and their mommy, For whom the word means Mostly skylines and screens, And who welcome the Chinese tsunami. Other than that, we're pretty much unanimous in our contempt for communism." |
| Posted by: Pheper Henbane8450 2022-05-10 18:29 |
| #8 To which the reply should be |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-10 11:27 |
| #7 The Left will call it Disinformation because "Nazi!Nazi!Nazi!!" |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-05-10 10:39 |
| #6 "Professor Rasczek, why did you hand us mirrors?" "Because you will be next if you don't pay attention in this class." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-05-10 10:32 |
| #5 Once we teach them about the ~100 million dead, something that really does get overlooked, we can teach them about the Nazis being Socialists. That will really blow their minds. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-05-10 10:16 |
| #4 I read somewhere that although Communism is a complete failure as an economic system, we shouldn't underestimate its success as a religion. |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-05-10 10:13 |
| #3 Cue the "educators" shrieking that they'll teach about "capitalists victims". |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-05-10 09:32 |
| #2 Do Say Gulag Law. |
| Posted by: jack salami 2022-05-10 08:56 |
| #1 But will the left call it the "do say omelets - eggs law?" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-05-10 07:14 |