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The wording ‘divisive’ in all these laws is interesting. Why is this the operative word here? Banning ‘concepts’ on the grounds that they are ‘divisive’ is some
by dwpdwpdwpdwpdwp 5y ago
The wording ‘divisive’ in all these laws is interesting. Why is this the operative word here? Banning ‘concepts’ on the grounds that they are ‘divisive’ is some of the one of the most Orwellian language I’ve ever read.
It just seems like laws with the title ‘propagation of divisive concepts prohibited’ will evolve to an even expanding list of thought crime.
This isn’t a comment on how race should be treated and discussed in a classroom.
- naasking 5y agoThis is a good point. Then again, the ideologies they're fighting as "divisive" have been pushing the position that some ideas can be harmful. So it seems like their own rhetoric is now being used against them, and if they don't like it, maybe they should rethink their own positions on this particular issue.
- unclebucknasty 5y ago>their own rhetoric is now being used against them...maybe they should rethink their own positions Make no mistake, it's always been about whose ideas should prevail. "Cancel culture" is not a one-sided phenomenon. But, pushing back against it is an effective way to silence demands for consequences.
- rayiner 5y agoThe word “ban” is Vox’s editorialization. These laws don’t “ban” ideas—they regulate the content of what school boards can include in school curriculums. In a sense these regulate students’ “thoughts” insofar as we expect public schools to teach kids to believe certain things and not other things. But that’s the point of school! Schools inherently must decide between how to teach certain things.