We live in a lefty created litigious society.

What fucking planet is this guy from?

Further, even if this is true, if it's bad then how does it justify creating additional legal vehicles for culture war litigation?

Among teachers? No. Teachers don't set the curriculum.
#275 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER AT 2023-01-30 03:13 PM

Tell me who the broad conspiracy to be pedos in the classroom is among, if the only quibble you have with #269 is with the people i happened to mention.

All you did was unwittingly cement my point that "age appropriate" is a real and long established concept that has long been employed

Nobody has ever disputed that. The issue is with pretending there's some sort of broad conspiracy among teachers to be pedos in the classroom that requires statewide legislation and endless hysteria in your fake media bubble that creates real consequences for real people who you happen not to give a shit about.

Any issue with screening "12 Years a Slave" in first grade? How about "Faces of Death"?

1. That has never happened, ever

2. Even if it had or does, existing school policies are extremely likely to have a vehicle with which to deal with staff who do something like this

It's so transparently obvious to anyone with a brain that DeSantis is just trying to latch onto Republicans' longstanding general beef with teachers and pass vague laws meant to put them on edge and gin up the base over a fake issue. Exhibit A - you.

If I'm shown to get something wrong I freely admit it and retract.

No, you usually just show up in threads and take a giant stinky dump, then slither away and disappear until the person who called you out is gone, then safely return without ever acknowledging what you did.

Shut up bitch.

57 ai was obviously referring to the remarks that followed the direct question to MB, but don't let that stop your incessant ankle biting.

None of what you said is true.

Oh.

Well that settles it.

You aren't a reachable person and never have been; my remarks were directed more to people with the capacity for reason and understanding. Your post was just the vehicle. Thanks!

How would this make rich people richer?

How are you this stupid?

Generally speaking, the higher your income, the lower a percentage of your income is being spent. And poor people generally spend 100% of their income. So under a sales tax system, 100% of a poor person's income is subjected to taxation, whereas a miniscule percentage of a rich person's income is subject to taxation. That is very likely a lower tax burden for rich people than exists today.

Then respond to #50.

You're still here defending state laws you admitted are superfluous and that you would rather see addressed locally?

What happened to your capacity for shame? Like most Republicans it disappeared sometime in 2016.

Nah, you're just too much if a hack to keep your story straight.

In this case the structure is at the state level. It's not a local decision. Good or bad you have always favored central control so long as Marxists were in control. Personally, I'd like to see this litigated at the local level. That it isn't due to structural power that has been in place for several years I support the decision because you lefty crapstains are toxic.
POSTED BY BELLRINGER AT 2023-01-23 04:51 PM

The only thing about the law I don't like is that it's a third degree felony.

That's funny, because just a few days ago i'm pretty sure you claimed you thought it was wrong in the first place to address this at the statewide level. But when your only real argument is "Democrats bad," i can see how it might be hard to keep your story straight.

Oh wait, let me guess, Jeff doesn't actually favor this law, he's just here to defend his cult of personality's latest heartthrob.

#62 Why does a "small government conservative" favor superfluous legislation by big government?

Should teachers be concerned? Yes, they should, because it has become increasingly common for edgy, progressive authors to include sexually graphic language, particularly in "coming of age" stories targeted at LGBTQ teens.

I would expect any competent teacher to have the capacity to filter out that material on their own, without the need for big daddy desantis to come storming in to the rescue.

telling white kids that they are oppressors based solely on the color of their skin

As much as you like to lie about that being a "tenet" of CRT, it is obviously an irrational extrapolation that, if actually taught anywhere, should be punished at the local level as a personnel matter, not used as a basis for broad, sweeping statewide bans on subject matter that makes old white Republican males uncomfortable.

Some vehicles fake the engine noise using the sound system.
#88 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Brilliant. Give the microdick driver the compensation they need without wasting any gas.

It's much more a fact that an increasing number of people simply don't want to live in a big city
#62 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Do you ever tire of being wrong about literally everything?

an increasing number of people simply don't want to live in a big city

What the ---- are you talking about, and what does that have to do with this conversation?

#51 What do cameras and oversized brakes have to do with anything when data shows that oversized vehicles are killing people? Height and visibility are the problem; brakes aren't going to do anything if you can't see the 6 year old crossing the street in front of your penile compensation vehicle.

I am always mystified how many people have decided to build their lives around their cars.

I consider this a chicken or the egg situation. Politicians made a conscious choice several decades ago to destroy city neighborhoods to allow massive interstates to cut through the urban interior, and locally fill city neighborhoods with stroads that people treat as their personal racetrack.

If you don't live in NYC, DC, Chicago, or maybe SF, it is exceedingly difficult and outright dangerous to not travel by car.

#45 Congress can regulate truck height, visibility, braking distance, etc., especially if those issues are directly causing American deaths.

On topic, studies are showing that bigger vehicles are directly resulting in more pedestrian deaths, especially children, because the drivers literally can't even see them. The vast majority of truck owners never use their trucks for towing or off-roading and would be just as well served with a smaller SUV or sedan. I'd be fine with letting people choose if their choices weren't literally killing people. Congress needs to step in and end this absurdity.

The trucks are a hazard because people in my state (Michigan) drive like lunatics.

Fun fact: Every state is filled with bad drivers. People say things like "drivers in __(random state)__ are the worst." Talk to enough people and eventually you'll hear that uttered about every state in the country. Near the borders, you'll find animosity between people of both states, claiming people from the other state are bad drivers. They're all correct, because people are stupid.