What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

[NovaSaber]

GOP lieutenant governor wants to ban social studies & science in elementary schools - LGBTQ Nation

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said gay people go to elementary schools to "teach kids about what you do in the bedroom." (We don't.)

www.lgbtqnation.com

North Carolina’s extremely anti-LGBTQ Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) is now calling for eliminating science and social studies education in elementary schools.

In his soon-to-be-released memoirs – entitled We Are the Majority: The Life and Passions of a Patriot – he railed against kids learning about history in first through fifth grade.

“In those grades, we don’t need to be teaching social studies,” Robinson wrote. “We don’t need to be teaching science. We surely don’t need to be talking about equity and social justice.”

 

[wonko the sane?]

Much like language: moral, ethics, tolerance and equality are taught ******* early to ensure adoption.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

"We don't need to teach people to think. They're just here to work."

 

[Rust]

"Minecraft proves the children yearn for honest labor. They long for the mines."

 

[Corvus]

People like him are why we can't have nice things.

 

[Paladin]

some MI Republican must be hard up for cash.

Michigan police investigating voting machine sold on eBay

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced on Thursday that the state government is working with police to investigate a possible illegal selling of a voter assist terminal. “We are activ…

thehill.com

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

Perception is not reality. Chicago is widely known to be overrun with violent crime: so overrun that it ranks tenth on a list of American cities by murder rate in 2022.

Wait a minute ... Chicago only ranks tenth? Who are the other nine cities ahead of it? Hmmm, let's see ...

1: St. Louis, MO (69.4)
2: Baltimore, MD (51.1)
3: New Orleans, LA (40.6)
4: Detroit, MI (39.7)
5: Cleveland, OH (33.7)
6: Las Vegas, NV (31.4)
7: Kansas City, MO (31.2)
8: Memphis, TN (27.1)
9: Newark, NJ (25.6)
10: Chicago, IL (24)
(Source: World Population Review.)

Ahem ... St. Louis has almost three times the number of murders per capita in 2022 as Chicago. So why the hell do we constantly hear from conservatives about how violent Chicago is? Gee, do you think it might have something to do with Obama coming from there, and absolutely nothing to do with the actual facts?

 

[Ungnome]

Yay, my hometown ranked 8(wait, this isn't a good thing, is it?)

Missouri is a red sate, so of course they aren't gonna talk bad about St Louis.(the fact that 2 cities on that list are in Missouri is actually surprising)

 

[Plutoniumboss]

Once again Cleveland can (just barely) stand by it's motto, "We're Not Detroit!"

 

[Paladin]

Dr Oz is going above & beyond with catering to his voter base.

Dr. Oz on Incest: More Than First Cousin? 'Not a Big Problem.'

It's incredible that this man really thought he should run for office after publicly weighing in on people "smashing" their cousins, among other things.

jezebel.com

 

[Pale Rider]

FB friend:

Nobody does bullshit better than right-wing media. An Irish schoolteacher was suspended for refusing to address trans students by their preferred pronouns, but he ignored the suspension and kept coming back to the school, so the school got a court order to keep him out. He ignored the court order too and occupied a classroom in the school, so finally, the school called the cops on him and had him arrested for contempt of court.

So how does right-wing media report this? Naturally, they report it as "Irish schoolteacher jailed for using wrong pronouns".

 

[Paladin]

Federal Judge Rules That Employers Can Refuse to Cover HIV Prevention Drugs on Religious Grounds

The Affordable Care Act requires insurance plans to cover PrEP, but a judge in Texas decided that violates employers' religious freedom.

jezebel.com

"religious freedom" just means "free to kill anyone who doesn't follow our religion."

 

[Plutoniumboss]

HIV hasn't been "the gay disease" for decades. Straight people can get it too.

 

[Ungnome]

Yes, but these guys want to go back to the 50s and if that's too hard at LEAST back to the 80s. It WAS the 'gay disease' in the 80's.......

 

[wonko the sane?]

The fact that they still think disease is restricted by sexuality in any way, shape, or form indicates their mind set. These people are quickly getting on to be too ******* stupid to keep living, and yet they keep getting voted in.

 

[Rust]

Yes, but these guys want to go back to the 50s

Not even the real 50s. The 50s TV land of Andy Griffith and Leave It To Beaver. Or at least Happy Days.

They just wish all those problematic queer folk would just walk up the stairs like Richie's older brother at the end of Season 1 and just never come down again.

 

[Ungnome]

Ok, 1950s without black or queer people and no taxes for the rich.

 

[Nevermore]

Basically, the theme park version of the 1950s.

 

[NovaSaber]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1567551530726719491

 

[Plutoniumboss]

We could call them The Patient Games!