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A Washington Post columnist proclaimed that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Parental Rights in Education” bill is similar to gun permits being denied to black people and called it “homophobic and transphobic.”
The Florida law prohibits young children in school from being taught about sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill reportedly does not mention the term “gay” and it only applies to students in kindergarten through third grade. Higher grades are following mandated state standards.
Despite that fact, Washington Post author Monica Hesse contends in a piece published Wednesday, called, “There’s a reason the ‘don’t say gay’ bills don’t say what they mean,” that the bill is deliberately written to placate “homophobes” and to discriminate against the LGBTQ community.
Hesse even invented a new term for her piece. She claims that the bill and its red state “copycats” are a “gaswhistle” that “anyone can smell if they’re being honest.”
@washingtonpost Its a simple PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL! nothing to do with culture or national status. Its the will of Floridian Parents and @GovRonDeSantis Is our voice for the parents. Get over your self conscious feelings.Its not cultural at all. Read the bill folks #StopStupidity
— Mark Eckstein (@MadeInUSA1971) April 13, 2022
Legislators “pass homophobic and transphobic bills cloaked in neutral language, then pretend liberals are crazy for calling the bills homophobic and transphobic,” Hesse proclaimed, referring to the strategy behind the so-called “gaswhistle.”
While on the one hand admitting that the language in the laws will most likely be “equally applied” to teaching gender sexuality, she went on to assert that those supporting the laws are “not idiots” and know that the legislation is “likely to be applied only to a subset of people.”
Hesse also seems to mix up what is actually being taught versus what is being discussed in a classroom. The law bans certain topics being taught to young children, it does not ban classroom discussion, begging the question of whether she actually read the bill or not.
The author disingenuously attempted to compare the allegation that black people have historically been denied gun permits to the implementation of the new bill.
It’s a parents rights bill, no where in the bill does it say the word gay! Just the dems trying to take parental rights away and teach our young kids about sex.
— Kris (@GBGrandma) April 13, 2022
Hesse referred to a Twitter thread by Princeton historian Kevin Kruse to argue her case. She contended that the problem, historically, with black people getting guns wasn’t the law itself, but the racism of sheriffs and city employees who decided which individuals would receive the permits.
“When racists are in charge of administering seemingly race-neutral laws, they often apply them in uneven ways that reflect racism,” she charged.
Then Hesse took it a step further claiming that the Florida law and other potential and current legislation throughout the country are homophobic.
“When homophobes are the ones using seemingly neutral laws, the actual effects of those laws will be homophobic,” she asserted.
The Democrat Party has become a magnet for the depraved.
— Miguel Guapo (@El_Superfly) April 14, 2022
It is obvious that Hesse is infuriated by the law. She stated that advocates for the legislation act like it is the only thing standing between their children and a “cabal of perverts” trying to “groom them between Language Arts and recess.”
“Do they think a teacher hellbent on molesting students will be stopped by a law discouraging discussions of sexual orientation?” Hesse asked in her column.
Florida is not the only state passing such legislation. Alabama followed suit and other states such as Ohio are considering their options.
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14 thoughts on “WaPo column compares parental rights laws to Black people being denied gun permits”
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They don’t apply for gun permits….lol You have to be kidding. Do you know a black person that has a concealed carry permit? I don’t. They carry whatever and whenever they want with no permits! lmao
Hesse is delusional – fags are 5% of the population – trannies are 1/2 of 1 % . Who Cares ?
YES< they are mini minorities……..They want to rule the roost, but the only thing they rule is the thugerhoods!
Once again I swear the DNC puts out an email to all democrat politicians and liberal journalists to keep pushing the fake narrative in hopes that folks will believe it. All they do is make themselves look like the dumbest group ever since it’s clear not a single person has read the bill. Just an opinion piece and a stupid one at that. And to be clear blacks commit 75% of all crimes, so they don’t qualify in many states to own guns. Whose fault is that? The criminals. Who doesn’t care about laws, criminals.
You just had a Black Man shoot up a subway in ny, he sure as hell Wasn’t denied a gun permit. And remember opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one And they all stink…
Funny that the original gun control laws were designed to prevent Blacks from getting guns – and they were put in place by DEMOCRATS!
Is Monica Hesse’s column an opinion column or is she reporting facts? If it’s an opinion column, it’s a grossly uninformed opinion. If it’s purported to be factual, she needs to back up what she says with sources, etc.
In the runup to Nov 2022, I hope to see a lot of bills reminding normal parents that 1) the Biden Admin wants to make it easier for confused pre-teens to mutilate themselves 2) the Dems want to tell kindergartners about 756 genders 3) the Biden Admin hates women athletes and supports males who fake being women to get shiny trophies 4) Planned Parenthood is now the biggest source of wrong-sex hormones in the country.
That’s just the start too. Immigration is also going to be big. The Biden Admin is giving illegals scum free cell phones.
The bottom line, no one will be damaged due to this law. No one grades K-3. It’s meant to protect the littles from people like her
The groomer Hesse wants small children sexualized for her owned perverted sexual pleasure. As all those who want to sexualize young children are groomers, so she has shown her true colors and should get a visit from her local law enforcement and be put on a sex offender list. I have read the bill. It might be helpful for her to do the same before she spends time in jail for getting caught with a small child.
The Democrats like always want to force their woke agenda on everyone else and when they don’t get their way they scream bloody murder. They really never tire of their lies and deceit. I suppose that is because they will always think their way is better.
Grades k-3 should focus a tad more on stranger danger
Maybe a lot of blacks are denied gun permits because they’re convicted felons.