They say that history is written by the victors.
But what the idiots in charge of Florida, Texas, et al. forget is that it can only be written by people who have the ability to write.
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The "idiots" leading those places are usually educated so they can write the narrative to keep the real idiots uneducated so they'll keep voting them in
This from a person with traumatic experiences in school days. I like her even better now.
"As a famous person once said, 'You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.' And as I - another more famous person - once said, if you don't teach them to read, you can fool them whenever you like." --Max Headroom
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Pink announced Monday she plans to hand out 2,000 banned books during her four concert dates in Florida.
The three-time Grammy-winning singer announced her collaboration with the national free speech organization PEN America during an Instagram Live with Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in the U.S.
For example, the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, backed by Florida governor and presidential candidate Ron Desantis, prohibits K-12 teachers from discussing sexuality and gender identity in schools.
The pop singer has planned performances in Miami and Sunrise, Florida, on Nov. 13 and 14, and two shows in Orlando on Nov. 18 and 19 to close out her Trustfall tour.
She will hand out books on Florida’s banned list at each show.
“We have made so many strides toward equality in this country and no one should want to see this progress reversed,” Pink said.
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