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Richard58

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47. So infuriating!

Fri May 26, 2023, 07:43 AM

May 2023

What gets me the most is that a complaint by ONE parent got the poem tossed. Did they not read the poem and see if there was nothing wrong with it? It seems that they immediately caved in for fear of being called woke. Stuff like this drives me crazy!

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What MAGA Found Offensive In Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem [View all] babylonsister May 2023 OP

K&R spanone May 2023 #1

What MAGA Found Offensive was her educated blackness. Hotler May 2023 #2

Bingo! n/t Hugin May 2023 #4

And "far from perfect/pristine" no_hypocrisy May 2023 #7

This. Exactly. fierywoman May 2023 #8

Indeed...how dare a POC be educated, well spoken and influential PortTack May 2023 #12

+1, uponit7771 May 2023 #26

She also had poise, grace and self-confidence in abundance. Emrys May 2023 #37

I was wondering what could possibly be seen as controversial. Hugin May 2023 #3

That's exactly it Farmer-Rick May 2023 #49

Written by a POC, read at Biden's Inaugural, and sounds 'woke' Hugh_Lebowski May 2023 #5

They will claim some kids will be traumatized reading that no one is perfect. (no exceptionalism) Freethinker65 May 2023 #6

Then they should also ban the Sermon on The Mount BlueKota May 2023 #9

Submit a request to that school board to ban this. It'd be interesting to see how/if they respond. TheRickles May 2023 #13

Do they accept requests from out of state? BlueKota May 2023 #31

Good point, probably not. Do you have any friends in the Miami/Dade area? TheRickles May 2023 #35

No BlueKota May 2023 #52

There was an article, I think inCrooks & Liars, soldierant May 2023 #46

Republican Jesus wouldn't have said it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2023 #24

True BlueKota May 2023 #30

It needs to be banned because ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #43

...he never said he was a Xtian.. thomski64 May 2023 #48

"We lay down our arms Diamond_Dog May 2023 #10

To me, all MAGAT's are offensive SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #11

i feel the same way. barbtries May 2023 #15

Sounds like "...With liberty and justice for all." Aristus May 2023 #14

When they inserted the words under god between one nation and indivisible, they ruined it anyway Walleye May 2023 #16

That's for sure. Aristus May 2023 #18

Agreed. stage left May 2023 #25

Yep, the original was much better geardaddy May 2023 #27

I always knew that Oprah was woke. panader0 May 2023 #17

Combined with Lady GaGa's singing of the national anthem with her emphasis on "our flag was CTyankee May 2023 #19

The banning is purely racism and nose thumbing..... jaxexpat May 2023 #20

Show us this person. BlueKentuckyGirl May 2023 #21

Here is the problem Playingmantis May 2023 #22

The complaint is not the main problem; what is curious is how did one complaint become policy... elias7 May 2023 #23

Exactly right. SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #33

K&R LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #28

Reading it over, again, I just marvel at her way with words. calimary May 2023 #29

The complaint specified pgs 12-13. Specifically these words: Arazi May 2023 #32

What bothers me the most about this whole thing... Initech May 2023 #34

Reading? hatrack May 2023 #36

Tragic. One complaint. BeckyDem May 2023 #38

What really pisses me off about this whole thing: Initech May 2023 #41

Ridiculous llmart May 2023 #39

I didn't need this explanation. I knew this would set them off the second I read it. They cannot Martin68 May 2023 #40

That's pretty close to what I said earlier this week. ShazzieB May 2023 #44

Hope NowISeetheLight May 2023 #42

It is utterly infuriating... Blue Owl May 2023 #45

So infuriating! Richard58 May 2023 #47

It goes against everything that the Maga world worships. Swede May 2023 #50

There's a bed in a FEMA The Wizard May 2023 #51