https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/27/michelangelo-david-florida-florence-museum-school
shareAt some point in the last 15 years or so Florida has become Alabama, or maybe Boston. They used to joke about things being "banned in Boston", now it's "banned in Florida".
shareThe mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, heard the news all the way in Italy and tweeted that "mistaking art for pornography is just ridiculous." Nardella invited the school official to Florence to recognize her on behalf of the city.
shareSeems like a lot of context is missing. These are two back-to-back and completely contradictory lines:
* “Florida, in particular, is currently being subjected to a wave of efforts by its governor, Ron DeSantis, to limit what parents can do and say in schools.”
* “Parental rights trump everything else.”
The school is also represented to be a charter school with a conservative Christian affiliation. You’re painting a broad brush claiming that’s Florida more generally. Might as well cite an article on an Amish Parochial School in Milverton to claim Ontario is opposed to television.
You're right. So here's some context: DeSantis is an a$$clown, very little that he says is accurate or reasonable, and everyone who voted for him is the same.
Clear enough?
it's just a statue.
shareI agree. It’s also just a tiny charter school with 450 kids. It’s not what all of Florida thinks. And the article seems to have some facts confused. Those were my points. More generally, I think a charter school associated with a conservative religion can set its own values and standards. Just like the Amish parochial schools in Ontario that no one criticizes.
shareSeeing a penis on one of the most important sculptures is not pornography. I feel sorry for the children who are wrapped in this nonsense.
shareDavid & Golieth Do Dallas
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