Virginia GOP Rejects Allowing Public School Teachers to Teach History of Jim Crow, 3/5 Rule, etc.

[lowkell]

https://bluevirginia.us/2022/02/late-last-night-the-va-house-gop-rejected-every-hb787-amendment-that-would-ensure-accurate-history-the-good-the-bad-can-be-taught

[UPDATED with Video] Late Last Night, the VA House GOP “reject[ed] every HB787 amendment that would ensure accurate history—the good & the bad—can be taught” ("Gotta make sure that base knows how racist, sexist and homophobic y’all are&quot

[secondwind]

1. Click for visibility....

[Lovie777]

2. Internet . ...

social media. Eff these assholes.

[lagomorph777]

3. We still have the Senate (barely). VA Dems had better show up in 2023!

[FSogol]

5. I hope they show up sooner than that!

[lagomorph777]

6. Of course. But it's not OK to sit out the VA state-level elections, as many did in 2021.

[FSogol]

7. Your post says 2923. n/t

[lagomorph777]

8. Oops thanks.

I don't expect humans will exist 900 years from now. Most likely we'll have sterilized the planet long before that.

[FSogol]

9. NP. Nah, In 900 years, the rw will have succumbed to preventable respiratory viruses and

the earth will be a utopia.

[lagomorph777]

10. That's a fair guess too.

The planet will have rid itself of a deadly plague. Humans.

[Deuce]

4. It takes a special type of evil to do what Conservatives/GOP promote...

[brooklynite]

11. I'm not aware that there's an actual prohibition on teaching these things...

The amendment to what appears to be a funding bill appears to be an assertion that there are no restrictions.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Running away from their pasts.

Cowards!

[bullwinkle428]

13. Let's just call this the "Don't Say Black" bill, like the "Don't Say Gay" bill in FL.

Some TX-produced textbooks have been using the term "workers" in place of "slaves" for years.