Oh, it's fine. Just me not understanding. I clicked on your name and looked at "Reads" and thought the "Before and After the Book Deal" column was yours -- written by you. But I'm glad you're reading here!
He means that you should not interfere in someone else’s personal identity choices. He means none of us should. It wasn’t directed just at you. And you are right, children and their mental health is at stake. We need to listen to them, not Republican politicians.
We should all be very worried. Now, in Florida, students can't view Michaelangelo's David without parental permission. The arts are suffering but, more importantly, we will soon run out of quality teachers who will have had enough and will leave the profession. Already, districts around here are desperate for teachers but no one wants to sign on.
I live in Florida and it is so frustrating to be here at this time. One wonders, "What can I do?" We try to sign the petitions going around, show up at rallies, etc. but it seems in the whole that people don't really care about what the state government is doing. And, of course, now the anti-Semitism has increased exponentially too. It is becoming very difficult to live in Florida. But we do still enjoy your work and that you bring these things to everyone's attention.
I agree with your last paragraph, Will. These laws that are undermining personal freedom are products of minds that are fast becoming anachronisms. They can keep carrying on in their sexist homophobic vein, but the world is moving on. I love to look at women’s fashion magazines, and I’m delighted to see so many ads with models whose gender I can’t readily identify. To say nothing of the people of many different sizes and racial differences. To quote an old slavery song: …But you can’t keep the world from mooverin’ on, Nor Nat Turner from gaining ground.”
The list of States that I will no longer visit just keeps getting longer and longer…
As a liberal, wok, immigrant- they probably don’t want me to visit their precious states- oh wait, maybe I should visit and foist my radical, ungodly beliefs on them.
Thanks! Hey, I see you've got some useful sites of your own going -- I'm signing up
Oh, it's fine. Just me not understanding. I clicked on your name and looked at "Reads" and thought the "Before and After the Book Deal" column was yours -- written by you. But I'm glad you're reading here!
It's not quite that simple. Children's mental health is at stake.
Can you explain what you mean?
But it is "that simple:" Be kind. Be generous. Be thoughtful. Mind your own business.
F U
Don’t be rude. Explain yourself. Open a dialogue.
Don't be rude she says. You choose to ignore that Sullivan said to me - mind your own business.
And that is exactly how a dialogue would go. No thanks.
He means that you should not interfere in someone else’s personal identity choices. He means none of us should. It wasn’t directed just at you. And you are right, children and their mental health is at stake. We need to listen to them, not Republican politicians.
Do unto others! That's real simple!
Thank you for speaking on this.
Absolutely horrifying what they are trying to do to an entire community of people.
We should all be very worried. Now, in Florida, students can't view Michaelangelo's David without parental permission. The arts are suffering but, more importantly, we will soon run out of quality teachers who will have had enough and will leave the profession. Already, districts around here are desperate for teachers but no one wants to sign on.
Let’s face it, these gender culture wars are an intrusion of religion into civic life. Some politicians’ idea of religion, that is.
He addressed it to my comment and so meant it as I interrupted it.
I live in Florida and it is so frustrating to be here at this time. One wonders, "What can I do?" We try to sign the petitions going around, show up at rallies, etc. but it seems in the whole that people don't really care about what the state government is doing. And, of course, now the anti-Semitism has increased exponentially too. It is becoming very difficult to live in Florida. But we do still enjoy your work and that you bring these things to everyone's attention.
I agree with your last paragraph, Will. These laws that are undermining personal freedom are products of minds that are fast becoming anachronisms. They can keep carrying on in their sexist homophobic vein, but the world is moving on. I love to look at women’s fashion magazines, and I’m delighted to see so many ads with models whose gender I can’t readily identify. To say nothing of the people of many different sizes and racial differences. To quote an old slavery song: …But you can’t keep the world from mooverin’ on, Nor Nat Turner from gaining ground.”
Hear! Hear!
The list of States that I will no longer visit just keeps getting longer and longer…
As a liberal, wok, immigrant- they probably don’t want me to visit their precious states- oh wait, maybe I should visit and foist my radical, ungodly beliefs on them.