Thu May 25, 2023, 09:57 AM

What MAGA Found Offensive In Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem

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What MAGA Found Offensive In Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem
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Wednesday May 24, 2023 · 7:32 PM EDT
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In a continuation of the Nazi-esque book banning that has characterized the DeSantis regime in Florida, schools have banned Amanda Gorman’s poem The Hill We Climb, that she read at Biden’s inauguration. The ban was imposed because a single, illiterate and ignorant parent complained. The complaint wrongly claimed the author of the poem was Oprah, seriously not making that up. Notwithstanding that the complainer is an obvious troll, the book was removed from the general shelves because of one complaint from an anti-woke, racist activist moron.

Naturally, MAGAs like to claim these bans are all about keeping “sexually explicit” materials away from children. I challenge you to review the poem and find anything sexually explicit, or sexual at all. In my own review I think I found what the MAGAs objected to. These words:

we are far from polished

far from pristine

but that doesn’t mean we are

striving to form a union that is perfect

We are striving to forge a union with purpose

To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and

conditions of man

And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us

but what stands before us

We close the divide because we know, to put our future first,

we must first put our differences aside

We lay down our arms

so we can reach out our arms

to one another

We seek harm to none and harmony for all

Surely we cannot allow our children to hear awful messages such as that. I mean, putting our differences aside, reaching out to others with “harm to none and harmony for all.” We cannot allow our children to hear sick stuff like that. Am I right?

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What MAGA Found Offensive In Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem (Original post)	babylonsister	May 25	OP
K&R	spanone	May 25	#1
What MAGA Found Offensive was her educated blackness.	Hotler	May 25	#2
Bingo! n/t	Hugin	May 25	#4
And "far from perfect/pristine"	no_hypocrisy	May 25	#7
This. Exactly.	fierywoman	May 25	#8
Indeed...how dare a POC be educated, well spoken and influential	PortTack	May 25	#12
+1,	uponit7771	May 25	#26
She also had poise, grace and self-confidence in abundance.	Emrys	May 25	#37
I was wondering what could possibly be seen as controversial.	Hugin	May 25	#3
That's exactly it	Farmer-Rick	May 26	#49
Written by a POC, read at Biden's Inaugural, and sounds 'woke'	Hugh_Lebowski	May 25	#5
They will claim some kids will be traumatized reading that no one is perfect. (no exceptionalism)	Freethinker65	May 25	#6
Then they should also ban the Sermon on The Mount	BlueKota	May 25	#9
Submit a request to that school board to ban this. It'd be interesting to see how/if they respond.	TheRickles	May 25	#13
Do they accept requests from out of state?	BlueKota	May 25	#31
Good point, probably not. Do you have any friends in the Miami/Dade area?	TheRickles	May 25	#35
No	BlueKota	May 26	#52
There was an article, I think inCrooks & Liars,	soldierant	May 26	#46
Republican Jesus wouldn't have said it	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	May 25	#24
True	BlueKota	May 25	#30
It needs to be banned because	ExWhoDoesntCare	May 26	#43
...he never said he was a Xtian..	thomski64	May 26	#48
"We lay down our arms	Diamond_Dog	May 25	#10
To me, all MAGAT's are offensive	SouthernDem4ever	May 25	#11
i feel the same way.	barbtries	May 25	#15
Sounds like "...With liberty and justice for all."	Aristus	May 25	#14
When they inserted the words under god between one nation and indivisible, they ruined it anyway	Walleye	May 25	#16
That's for sure.	Aristus	May 25	#18
Agreed.	stage left	May 25	#25
Yep, the original was much better	geardaddy	May 25	#27
I always knew that Oprah was woke.	panader0	May 25	#17
Combined with Lady GaGa's singing of the national anthem with her emphasis on "our flag was	CTyankee	May 25	#19
The banning is purely racism and nose thumbing.....	jaxexpat	May 25	#20
Show us this person.	BlueKentuckyGirl	May 25	#21
Here is the problem	Playingmantis	May 25	#22
The complaint is not the main problem; what is curious is how did one complaint become policy...	elias7	May 25	#23
Exactly right.	SouthernDem4ever	May 25	#33
K&R	LetMyPeopleVote	May 25	#28
Reading it over, again, I just marvel at her way with words.	calimary	May 25	#29
The complaint specified pgs 12-13. Specifically these words:	Arazi	May 25	#32
What bothers me the most about this whole thing...	Initech	May 25	#34
Reading?	hatrack	May 25	#36
Tragic. One complaint.	BeckyDem	May 25	#38
What really pisses me off about this whole thing:	Initech	May 25	#41
Ridiculous	llmart	May 25	#39
I didn't need this explanation. I knew this would set them off the second I read it. They cannot	Martin68	May 25	#40
That's pretty close to what I said earlier this week.	ShazzieB	May 26	#44
Hope	NowISeetheLight	May 25	#42
It is utterly infuriating...	Blue Owl	May 26	#45
So infuriating!	Richard58	May 26	#47
It goes against everything that the Maga world worships.	Swede	May 26	#50
There's a bed in a FEMA	The Wizard	May 26	#51

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Thu May 25, 2023, 09:59 AM

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What MAGA Found Offensive In Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem

1. K&R

2. What MAGA Found Offensive was her educated blackness.

4. Bingo! n/t

7. And "far from perfect/pristine"

8. This. Exactly.

12. Indeed...how dare a POC be educated, well spoken and influential

26. +1,

37. She also had poise, grace and self-confidence in abundance.

3. I was wondering what could possibly be seen as controversial.

49. That's exactly it

5. Written by a POC, read at Biden's Inaugural, and sounds 'woke'

6. They will claim some kids will be traumatized reading that no one is perfect. (no exceptionalism)

9. Then they should also ban the Sermon on The Mount

13. Submit a request to that school board to ban this. It'd be interesting to see how/if they respond.

31. Do they accept requests from out of state?

35. Good point, probably not. Do you have any friends in the Miami/Dade area?

52. No

46. There was an article, I think inCrooks & Liars,

24. Republican Jesus wouldn't have said it

30. True

43. It needs to be banned because

48. ...he never said he was a Xtian..

10. "We lay down our arms

11. To me, all MAGAT's are offensive

15. i feel the same way.

14. Sounds like "...With liberty and justice for all."

16. When they inserted the words under god between one nation and indivisible, they ruined it anyway

18. That's for sure.

25. Agreed.

27. Yep, the original was much better

17. I always knew that Oprah was woke.

19. Combined with Lady GaGa's singing of the national anthem with her emphasis on "our flag was

20. The banning is purely racism and nose thumbing.....

21. Show us this person.

22. Here is the problem

23. The complaint is not the main problem; what is curious is how did one complaint become policy...

33. Exactly right.

28. K&R

29. Reading it over, again, I just marvel at her way with words.

32. The complaint specified pgs 12-13. Specifically these words:

34. What bothers me the most about this whole thing...

36. Reading?

38. Tragic. One complaint.

41. What really pisses me off about this whole thing:

39. Ridiculous

40. I didn't need this explanation. I knew this would set them off the second I read it. They cannot

44. That's pretty close to what I said earlier this week.

42. Hope

45. It is utterly infuriating...

47. So infuriating!

50. It goes against everything that the Maga world worships.

51. There's a bed in a FEMA