Sanders signed Senate Bill 10, which exempts records that “reflect the planning or provision of security services” provided to the governor and other cabinet members.

The bill is retroactive to June 1, 2022, which is before Sanders was elected.

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    I sure hope you’re taking the piss because Republican governors have been banning all sorts of books that range from ones that teach about trans rights and climate change for some time.

    I’m at work right now but if you want sources I can provide them it’s just going to take a couple hours.

    Moreover they’ve made it illegal to teach theories that the parents have an issue with obviously slanted towards stopping the education on evolution.

    I understand that you may have your own values and that’s fine but it doesn’t change that the Republican party has been staunchly anti science and anti worker for the majority of recent history

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      Yeah, I would like to discuss examples of alleged book bans. There has been a lot of FUD from both sides about it, and I’m interested in having a discussion based on the facts of each case, not the clickbait titles and rhetoric.

      illegal to teach theories

      Are you talking about CRT? My understanding is that teachers never actually taught CRT, at least at an elementary level, so this is just virtue signaling from Republicans and a chance for Democrats to “dunk” on them. AFAIK, very little, if anything, actually changed in how teachers teach throughout most of the country.

      Likewise, the much contested changes to curriculum in Florida is again largely virtue signaling from both sides. I read through the curriculum, and it looks much like what I was taught in my very progressive school system. Granted, that was a long time ago, but it also doesn’t seem to go against what we’ve discussed in my company’s recent DEI meetings either (which I enjoyed).

      Every time I actually like at the facts, both sides just seem ridiculous. The Florida curriculum doesn’t “stop woke” (whatever that means), nor does it promote slavery apologism. And I’m pretty sure I’ll find something similar in most cases.

      you may have your own values

      Sure, but I don’t mix my religious/moral values and my politics. I support policies that expand individual freedom, not policies that promote my personal worldview.

      For example, I don’t think anyone should use drugs, but I’ll fight for drug legalization because I don’t think that’s the government’s business. I don’t understand trans people, nor do I think gender is actually distinct from sex (gender as described by progressives is largely a cultural thing imo), but I’ll fight for trans people to be treated fairly. I think abortion is disgusting, but I’ll fight for a woman to never be prosecuted for seeking an abortion, and I think there should be a safe medical path forward for a woman who does not want to keep the baby.

      My values don’t match either major party, nor do my policy preferences. So I pick whatever candidate I think is more liberty-minded and rational. Lately, that has been Democrats, but sometimes it’s Republicans. It really depends on the election.

      Republican party has been staunchly anti science

      This is an interesting article that discusses that. Basically, it says both Democrats and Republicans reject scientific consensus, Republicans are just more systematic about it because they prioritize unity over scientific accuracy.

      Democrats are better than Republicans here, at least lately, but that doesn’t mean they’re perfect. So don’t just accept what a Democrat claims as true just because they claim scientific consensus. Likewise, don’t reject what a Republican claims WRT science until you actually check the sources. There’s a lot of interesting data that goes against the Democratic narrative especially WRT climate change, particularly in the urgency of their claims (politicians love to pile on the rhetoric and urgency).

      and anti worker

      I think it’s more correct to say they’re pro business. I live in a red state with very few worker protections, but that doesn’t mean the legislature is “anti worker,” they’re just limiting the government’s intrusion into the private sector. People are still free to form unions and whatnot, there just isn’t state support for it.

      As a worker, I wish we had a few more protections, but I think it’s disingenuous to say my state is anti worker (and no, inaction isn’t evidence of hostility).