Florida school deems Michelangelo's David statute pornographic

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans are more outraged over an internationally recognized masterpiece of art than they are about children getting massacred in their schools.

It's completely sick and demented.

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Anonymous wrote:Now kids can't learn about school desegregation because it might make them feel badly that white people were in favor of school segregation

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/03/27/removal-ruby-bridges-film-pinellas-school-sparks-outrage/

The Disney movie “Ruby Bridges,” which tells the tale of a 6-year-old who integrated New Orleans schools in the 1960s, has been a staple of Pinellas County Black History Month lessons for years.

It never caused a stir until this year, as parents across Florida exert increased powers to question what children can see and read in schools.

A North Shore Elementary parent who would not allow her child to watch the film in early March later complained that it wasn’t appropriate for second graders. In a formal challenge dated March 6, Emily Conklin wrote that the use of racial slurs and scenes of white people threatening Ruby as she entered a school might result in students learning that white people hate Black people.

Pinellas school officials responded by removing the movie from use by all students at the St. Petersburg school until a review committee can assess it — a step that is drawing strong opposition

The person who got this movie removed works in development for a local YMCA, according to this article, and I can't imagine that they are feeling very happy about being so publicly associated with this type of - let's use this phrase, white fragility.

I wonder what black history is going to look like. "Children, George Bush appointed Colin Powell as a member of his cabinet and then Barak Obama was elected President, do you have a question Jimmy?" "What happened before?" "We're not allowed to talk about that."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Now kids can't learn about school desegregation because it might make them feel badly that white people were in favor of school segregation

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/03/27/removal-ruby-bridges-film-pinellas-school-sparks-outrage/

The Disney movie “Ruby Bridges,” which tells the tale of a 6-year-old who integrated New Orleans schools in the 1960s, has been a staple of Pinellas County Black History Month lessons for years.

It never caused a stir until this year, as parents across Florida exert increased powers to question what children can see and read in schools.

A North Shore Elementary parent who would not allow her child to watch the film in early March later complained that it wasn’t appropriate for second graders. In a formal challenge dated March 6, Emily Conklin wrote that the use of racial slurs and scenes of white people threatening Ruby as she entered a school might result in students learning that white people hate Black people.

Pinellas school officials responded by removing the movie from use by all students at the St. Petersburg school until a review committee can assess it — a step that is drawing strong opposition

The person who got this movie removed works in development for a local YMCA, according to this article, and I can't imagine that they are feeling very happy about being so publicly associated with this type of - let's use this phrase, white fragility.

I wonder what black history is going to look like. "Children, George Bush appointed Colin Powell as a member of his cabinet and then Barak Obama was elected President, do you have a question Jimmy?" "What happened before?" "We're not allowed to talk about that."

“But the Civil - “ “JIMMY. It was the War of Northern Aggression. The North came and began attacking the South for its love of tradition and hospitality and no other reason.”

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Anonymous wrote:Principal was told to resign or get fired for allowing the showing a picture of the statute of David. Apparently the class was classical art taught to middle schoolers. It's Tallahassee which is a blue section of the state.
https://thespacecoastrocket.com/principal-out-after-6th-grade-parent-complains-michelangelos-david-is-porn-in-school/

This is yet another story where it is best to wait a few days before getting outraged. Seems as if there were other instances that played into the principal's firing.
And, the issue wasn't that she showed the Statue of David. It was about parent notification.

"My board chair has not been happy with me," she told CNN, adding that she did not always follow every policy and procedure.
Agreeing with Carrasquilla's assessment, Bishop told CNN that over time it had become evident the school needed to go in a different direction and with different leadership, and he had expressed that to her on many occasions.
"She was not let go because of Michelangelo's David lesson," he said.

"Our school is two and a half years old. Every year we show that picture in the Renaissance Art class taught to our sixth graders," he added. The problem that arose in this instance was that the procedure for notifying parents of the upcoming lesson was not followed, according to Bishop.
"We aren't trying to ban the picture," he said, referring to the statue of David. "We think it's beautiful, but we are going to make sure the concept of parental rights is supreme in Florida and at our charter school," he added.

"It does not mean that parents are telling us what we are going to teach their children. We are going to make sure that parents specifically know what we are going to show their kids, what we are going to talk to their kids about and any keywords that might be a triggering event. This gives parents the opportunity to say, 'Wait a minute. My child isn't old enough to hear that,'" he added.
Bishop and Carrasquilla agree this was the step that was missed regarding the lesson on the 500-year-old sculpture.
Bishop said about 97% of the sixth-grade parents were fine with the lesson, but the school did receive complaints from others.

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/florida-principal-fired-david-statue/index.html

Sorry but the notion that you have to notify parents of 6th graders that their child is going to see a picture of Michelangelo’s David is insane.

There is nothing inherently wrong or dirty about the human body.

Agreed.

But even the most liberal school districts like Montgomery County, MD have a parental notification policy for all sorts of books, videos, etc.

Did you know that? Are you similarly upset about the mcps notification protocol?

Because of the hysterical RWNJ whiners.

Doubtful. The policy is likely driven by religious minorities who are not the white maga voters you envision.

Half the R party believes in Christian nationalism . They aren't religious minorities you speak of.

And conveniently they have religious extremists in key government positions.

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The (one?) person who objected to the statue of David is not in any way representative of conservatives as a whole. They are clueless. Hillsdale College has ended its partnership with this school due to their "parody of classical education." Good for them.

A Hillsdale College spokesperson said Tallahassee Classical School no longer is affiliated with the small, Christian classical liberal arts college in southern Michigan, MLive.com reported Thursday.

“This drama around teaching Michelangelo’s ‘David’ sculpture, one of the most important works of art in existence, has become a distraction from, and a parody of, the actual aims of classical education,” spokesperson Emily Stack Davis wrote in a statement. “Of course, Hillsdale’s K-12 art curriculum includes Michelangelo’s ‘David’ and other works of art that depict the human form.”

Tallahassee Classical School was licensed to use Hillsdale's classical education curriculum, but its license was "revoked and will expire at the end of the school year,” Davis said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/college-ends-partnership-with-school-over-david-issue/ar-AA19h1Rz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=730072a10e894be69cc08d3cf41d0763&ei=12

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Anonymous wrote:The (one?) person who objected to the statue of David is not in any way representative of conservatives as a whole. They are clueless. Hillsdale College has ended its partnership with this school due to their "parody of classical education." Good for them.

A Hillsdale College spokesperson said Tallahassee Classical School no longer is affiliated with the small, Christian classical liberal arts college in southern Michigan, MLive.com reported Thursday.

“This drama around teaching Michelangelo’s ‘David’ sculpture, one of the most important works of art in existence, has become a distraction from, and a parody of, the actual aims of classical education,” spokesperson Emily Stack Davis wrote in a statement. “Of course, Hillsdale’s K-12 art curriculum includes Michelangelo’s ‘David’ and other works of art that depict the human form.”

Tallahassee Classical School was licensed to use Hillsdale's classical education curriculum, but its license was "revoked and will expire at the end of the school year,” Davis said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/college-ends-partnership-with-school-over-david-issue/ar-AA19h1Rz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=730072a10e894be69cc08d3cf41d0763&ei=12

Oh, I think they represent their party perfectly.

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Anonymous wrote:The (one?) person who objected to the statue of David is not in any way representative of conservatives as a whole. They are clueless. Hillsdale College has ended its partnership with this school due to their "parody of classical education." Good for them.

A Hillsdale College spokesperson said Tallahassee Classical School no longer is affiliated with the small, Christian classical liberal arts college in southern Michigan, MLive.com reported Thursday.

“This drama around teaching Michelangelo’s ‘David’ sculpture, one of the most important works of art in existence, has become a distraction from, and a parody of, the actual aims of classical education,” spokesperson Emily Stack Davis wrote in a statement. “Of course, Hillsdale’s K-12 art curriculum includes Michelangelo’s ‘David’ and other works of art that depict the human form.”

Tallahassee Classical School was licensed to use Hillsdale's classical education curriculum, but its license was "revoked and will expire at the end of the school year,” Davis said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/college-ends-partnership-with-school-over-david-issue/ar-AA19h1Rz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=730072a10e894be69cc08d3cf41d0763&ei=12

Oh, I think they represent their party perfectly.

Ok. Well, in that spirit, I think the idiot Stanford law students represent their party perfectly. And there are far more extremists like that than there are people objecting to David.

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Anonymous wrote:The (one?) person who objected to the statue of David is not in any way representative of conservatives as a whole. They are clueless. Hillsdale College has ended its partnership with this school due to their "parody of classical education." Good for them.

A Hillsdale College spokesperson said Tallahassee Classical School no longer is affiliated with the small, Christian classical liberal arts college in southern Michigan, MLive.com reported Thursday.

“This drama around teaching Michelangelo’s ‘David’ sculpture, one of the most important works of art in existence, has become a distraction from, and a parody of, the actual aims of classical education,” spokesperson Emily Stack Davis wrote in a statement. “Of course, Hillsdale’s K-12 art curriculum includes Michelangelo’s ‘David’ and other works of art that depict the human form.”

Tallahassee Classical School was licensed to use Hillsdale's classical education curriculum, but its license was "revoked and will expire at the end of the school year,” Davis said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/college-ends-partnership-with-school-over-david-issue/ar-AA19h1Rz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=730072a10e894be69cc08d3cf41d0763&ei=12

Oh, I think they represent their party perfectly.

Ok. Well, in that spirit, I think the idiot Stanford law students represent their party perfectly. And there are far more extremists like that than there are people objecting to David.

Your party is working to get abortion banned and is gunning for birth control. That’s after supporting sedition and treason and hundred other horrible things. It’s safe to say that the book banning, control freak party - and these are the elected officials - is the crazy one. Take a break from your propaganda sources.

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Anonymous wrote:The (one?) person who objected to the statue of David is not in any way representative of conservatives as a whole. They are clueless. Hillsdale College has ended its partnership with this school due to their "parody of classical education." Good for them.

A Hillsdale College spokesperson said Tallahassee Classical School no longer is affiliated with the small, Christian classical liberal arts college in southern Michigan, MLive.com reported Thursday.

“This drama around teaching Michelangelo’s ‘David’ sculpture, one of the most important works of art in existence, has become a distraction from, and a parody of, the actual aims of classical education,” spokesperson Emily Stack Davis wrote in a statement. “Of course, Hillsdale’s K-12 art curriculum includes Michelangelo’s ‘David’ and other works of art that depict the human form.”

Tallahassee Classical School was licensed to use Hillsdale's classical education curriculum, but its license was "revoked and will expire at the end of the school year,” Davis said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/college-ends-partnership-with-school-over-david-issue/ar-AA19h1Rz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=730072a10e894be69cc08d3cf41d0763&ei=12

Oh, I think they represent their party perfectly.

Ok. Well, in that spirit, I think the idiot Stanford law students represent their party perfectly. And there are far more extremists like that than there are people objecting to David.

Your party is working to get abortion banned and is gunning for birth control. That’s after supporting sedition and treason and hundred other horrible things. It’s safe to say that the book banning, control freak party - and these are the elected officials - is the crazy one. Take a break from your propaganda sources.

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Nicely said

[Anonymous]

Republicans:

They want to protest kids against:
- books and libraries
- Michaelangelo sculptures and classical works of art
- Disney
- performers in glamorous costumes
- "leftism" and "wokeness" and whatever other stupid, vapid RWNJ buzzword bingo du jour

But they DON'T want to protect kids against:
- getting shot to death in their schools
- becoming teenaged moms
- underage sex trafficking
- underage marriage
- poverty, hunger and homelessness
- mental illness and other ailments
- and so many other things...

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I don't understand why "parental rights" means one parent's preferences have to dictate what a whole school can see or read.

If one parent really objects to a kid reading Toni Morrison or seeing David, can't that kid be prevented from looking at the statue or taking that book from the library? Why does every kid have to be denied these works, just because one parent's lost their mind?

What if the other parents prefer that their kids DO see David or read Toni Morrison? Why do their preferences not count - why does a parent get to veto a whole class's or whole school's learning, instead of just their kid?

I don't understand this at all.

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I declare any map of Florida pornographic. Looks like a big flacid penis to me.

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans are more outraged over an internationally recognized masterpiece of art than they are about children getting massacred in their schools.

It's completely sick and demented.

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Except “Republicans” aren’t. Just one person. You people are such morons.

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans are more outraged over an internationally recognized masterpiece of art than they are about children getting massacred in their schools.

It's completely sick and demented.

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Except “Republicans” aren’t. Just one person. You people are such morons.

Again. Your whole party is banning books, banning abortion, making it illegal to cross state lines, trying to make it illegal to be trans, trying to prevent drag shows from happening at all… You guys are insane. You can’t see that at this point but that’s the truth of it. You’re hung up on this one case being one father but you’re missing that he did get backup in this and that he’s just one dot in a massive constellation of crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Republicans:

They want to protest kids against:
- books and libraries
- Michaelangelo sculptures and classical works of art
- Disney
- performers in glamorous costumes
- "leftism" and "wokeness" and whatever other stupid, vapid RWNJ buzzword bingo du jour

But they DON'T want to protect kids against:
- getting shot to death in their schools
- becoming teenaged moms
- underage sex trafficking
- underage marriage
- poverty, hunger and homelessness
- mental illness and other ailments
- and so many other things...

Exactly. Children are collateral damage in their war against the US.