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Reminder that these are the people we are dealing with here (2023 story below):

New Florida standards teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills

(This was later repealed IIRC, but not before first being approved.)

Florida’s public schools will now teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught them useful skills, part of new African American history standards approved Wednesday that were blasted by a state teachers' union as a “step backward.”

The Florida State Board of Education’s new standards includes controversial language about how “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,” according to a 216-page document about the state’s 2023 standards in social studies, posted by the Florida Department of Education.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

We're the hottest, baby!

[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 150 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It’s almost funny how this is just textbook fascism

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's also almost funny that he's trying to remove the parts of the museum that point it out. He's trying to cover up the thing by doing it.

We have always been at war with East Asia

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Frankly, out of everything, I'm amazed at just how textbook it fucking is. It's incredible. You'd think that it would be more subtle, more covert, maybe even slightly different so that people won't suspect a thing, or hell, maybe even due to them already knowing that this is how it went in history and what the end result was

But no. It's literally fucking, act for act, the exact same shit. I can hardly believe it. It's so... I don't even know what the appropriate word for it is

It really is something

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I feel this comment. Also:

its almost funny fascism

(well it's 89 now)

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[–] 73QjabParc34Vebq@piefed.blahaj.zone 109 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah museums, typically the place where you learn about Future.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why can't the army use steam? Steam is so powerful. Computers aren't powerful. Everybody's talking about steam.

[–] banause@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago

See when we had steam. The best steam. You would ask: “Where did it go?" That's what they ask. Where is my beautiful steam? Even Obama said it. It was not on the news.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 89 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Smithsonian features a ton of examples of success. The Air and Space Museum in particular is a monument to American achievement.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

100%

I meant to comment that it's very clear he's either never been to any of the museums or literally walked through without looking around himself a single time. (And I have this same comment about museums generally, IME, aside from things like the Holocaust Museum (obv).)

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Walked through..? No. If they allow golf carts there’s a chance he’s sped through, mowing down toddlers right and left, yelling about how slavery was great.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

But they do it has a different name, though Mobility scooter

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nobody tell Trump the name of the bomber that nuked Hiroshima

[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 79 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, it's the museums' fault the US's history comes off so poorly.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

There’s not enough future stuff in these goddamned history museums!! (Said the man who defunded most of NASA)

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Out of curiosity, what is the counter-argument for "slavery was bad," Mr. President?

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't worry, Republicans got you covered on that already! It was the life skills!

New Florida standards teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills

(This was later repealed IIRC, but not before first being approved.)

Florida’s public schools will now teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught them useful skills, part of new African American history standards approved Wednesday that were blasted by a state teachers' union as a “step backward.”

The Florida State Board of Education’s new standards includes controversial language about how “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,” according to a 216-page document about the state’s 2023 standards in social studies, posted by the Florida Department of Education.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 22 points 1 week ago

Mother of god.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

But it makes me feel bad to think about and it was soooooo long ago

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[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

‘How bad slavery was’. Sir…. Do you take umbrage with saying slavery was an awful evil thing? What the fuck world are we iiiiinnnnnnnnn.

Lmao not to mention we have the ‘HOTTEST’ country. Ah, so you do believe in science and global warming.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think he means like Ivanka...like he wants to fuck us!

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ew gross. He is so not my type.

[–] ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The whole consent aspect doesn't seem to matter to him.

[–] tektite@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago

Just grab them by their country

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Well it certainly feels like we're getting fucked.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is your friendly reminder of the original meaning of "woke", which the fascists are trying to erase because it directly threatens the willful ignorance they depend on:

Woke: aware of systemic discrimination and abuse, particularly but not exclusively racism.

That's it. That's the basic requirement for being an informed citizen that they want to erase to make it easier to get everyone to conform to their fascist groupthink.

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, I thought "stay woke" meant to pay attention originally. As in wake up and see how we're being divided.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

"wake up Sheeple"

Wait....

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[–] Steve@startrek.website 40 points 1 week ago

You misspelled childfucker

[–] unconsequential@slrpnk.net 35 points 1 week ago

Oh, so we’re at that step.

[–] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah right!!! Why are they not talking about the future!!

Definition of a museum:

museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects.

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago

Damn that's crazy, where are the Epstein files?

[–] Allemaniac@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

#"how bad slavery was"

#DO NOT LET THIS PASS!!! THIS CUNT IS THE REINCARNATION OF A SOUTHERN SLAVE TRADER!

Mario's brother we need you more than ever.

[–] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like Hitler did great job on building modern highways. One may just conveniently forget 70-85 million lives got wiped out.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

The German highways were planned to be built anyway, Hitler coopted the plans for propaganda reasons, also to prepare for war and reduce unemployment. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsautobahn

[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We really need people to go and document the exhibits now so that we'll be able to put back everything he has changed.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

Release the Trump/Epstein files

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

"How unaccomplished the downtrodden have been..."

Where do you even begin?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

how bad slavery was

Yeah...

Dear black republicans, they will get you working the fields again given the chance.

Fascists know no loyalty.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago

BTW, he definitely did not write this one himself.

I can almost see how his PR drones developed over time, they are now trying to integrate some of his "STYLE" into their ~~tweets~~ ~~truths~~ lies.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So where are the trump/Epstein files?

Maybe they can display those in the museum?

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

To be fair slavery never really went away on the United States.

It's just dressed up a little differently.

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[–] PDFuego@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know Musk deleted the woke mind virus a while back and it apparently didn't stick, but now Trump is saying museums are the last remaining segment of woke (whatever that means). That's it, you assholes don't get to say it any more, wokeness has been beaten again. You have to stop calling things woke now.

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[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Two words from history... "Entartete Kunst"

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Slaves developed skills, which they could use to not be hanged.

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"This country cannot be WOKE [because it's only ignorant arseholes that'll ever vote for me]."

[–] Bigfishbest@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Bob Dylan

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