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“Of course, as we keep pointing out, for many kids, parents are the problem. How would this kind of system work when there is an LGBTQ child searching for infor
by gjsman-1000 3y ago
“Of course, as we keep pointing out, for many kids, parents are the problem. How would this kind of system work when there is an LGBTQ child searching for information or communities where they can express themselves or learn, and they have parents who are not open minded about such things?”
This was about the dumbest argument that could have been said for why this should be opposed because it ties opposition tightly into a still-controversial political perspective.
Also, I respond with: There are school resources, public libraries, they interact with people every day who will probably happily give them information. Their friends in school would give them information. The internet isn’t the beginning and end of access to information. The alternative is letting data miners and worse run amok - and I think that’s a greater evil.
And, in addition to all of the above, who is to say that the resources they find online are safe? How do you know the first link they open won’t be from someone who wants to prey on them? If you care about LGBTQ youth, you’d probably prefer they use school resources first…
- munificent 3y ago> There are school resources, public libraries, they interact with people every day who will probably happily give them information. Not in Florida thanks to the "Don't Say Gay Bill". There are many people in the US who really and truly do not want LBGTQ children to have access to any information about their identity.
- gjsman-1000 3y agoThat is frankly a terrible euphemism because the text of the law restricts providing materials through the third grade. So, sure, if you are a LGBTQ child under the age of 10, it’s a problem. But I don’t think, at that age, the internet will be your friend either.