Florida school deems Michelangelo's David statute pornographic

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Anonymous wrote:From the original article: " The school is required to teach about Renaissance art in the sixth grade in order to keep its Classical specification with Hillsdale College curriculum."

How do you teach classical art in a manner that avoids nudity? Greek and Roman sculpture, mosaics, pottery, pretty much anything that survives varies between breasts, butt and full frontal.

There’s actually plenty of Renaissance artwork that has had fig leafs painted over the genitalia so we’re safe.

(Happy that art history degree paid of for this post!!)

You can thank over zealous religious nuts for that

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-fig-leaf-story-sin-censorship-catholic-church

Maybe Florida should take a cue and add fig leaves to their books

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Anonymous wrote:I was scrolling thorough one of those "these pictures are amazing" things in Facebook the other day. They had things like up-close photos of bugs, plants that look like ballerinas, and what cities looked like 100 years apart. That kind of thing. Then they showed pictures of women in Afghanistan and Iraq in the 1970s. Typically dressed women walking among the streets, in their mini-skirts and go-go boots.

This is their goal folks. It's happening, and you're stupidly voting these parasites into office over and over again because of your fears elsewhere. They're coming for YOU, make no mistake about it.

So true!

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Anonymous wrote:You don't have to guess at the idiotic reasons this happened.

“Florida board,” comprised of Florida men.

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Anonymous wrote:Gasp! Children should never look at Mannerist depiction of a man with marble junk. They need to focus on the active shooter drills. No beauty for them!

+1. and while their parents are busy firing outraged emails to the school boards, the kids can enoy pictures of actual junk on their Discord chats or on Youtube on their phones (or their friends' phones)

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So crazy! The Republicans and their stupid followers continue their " look over there" strategy. Too bad they don't spend their energy on real issues like kids getting shot up in their schools, nightclubs, etc.

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Ironic that this particular school is a right wing "classical education" charter school.

I guess a rightist school is a bridge too far for the MAGA wing of the party.

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Anonymous wrote:Ironic that this particular school is a right wing "classical education" charter school.

I guess a rightist school is a bridge too far for the MAGA wing of the party.

Maybe by classical, they mean less in the style of Socrates and more in the style of the society who made him drink hemlock

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Anonymous wrote:Conservatives are the American Taliban.

Yep. We sent our military to Afghanistan to defeat terrorism but they only ended up learning the tricks of the trade instead. Then they came home and started to implement Taliban inspired control tactics within the USA.

I've thought these thoughts for a long time now. Plus we keep importing people from 3rd world countries that have backwards views.

It's not really right of you to start comparing the U.S. military to the Taliban. I don't think that's true at all. And if some individuals returned with PTSD, we as a nation should be helping them through the VA system.

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This is most likely a money grab for a corporate take over. It's never about family values, morality, education, or children.

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You would think the residents of Florida would want educated young people who know something about the art and science of the human body, considering the number of healthcare workers needed for hands-on work with elderly in Florida.

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Mickle Angelo,
They say it Mickle,
It’s not Michael, OK?
Notta a lotta people know that.

With the paintings and the sculptures,
Da Vinci, he’s another one.
But history is for losers, ok?
Knowledge is for suckers. Total suckers.

Because we need to Take Our Nation Back.
We need to take it back,
And take it back now.
We need to Take Our Nation Back, Now.

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So much "freedom"! Republicans just looovvvee freedom! MAGA!