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[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 37 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

It also bans teachers from talking about trans people at all.

This should be an easy overturn, but we all know the "freedumb of speech" crowd got their puppet "justices" (misnomer if I ever heard one) on the SC to only interpret the phrase in a particular way.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Wait, how can they out the students if they can't talk about trans people?

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 hours ago

"Thank you for coming in, parents who are either so antagonistic to their child or so checked out of their life you don't know a fundamental aspect of their being before a teacher does.

I am required by law to tell you something about your child, but I am barred by the same law from saying what it is. Hopefully you go home and just feel bad about yourself rather than becoming violent with your child. I love that my poorly paid job now makes me complicit in this."

[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 18 points 19 hours ago

Don't bother looking for logical consistency in right wing legislation. It isn't there, and drawing attention to their hypocrisy will drive you insane cuz none of them care.

The only thing that's ever consistent is the cruelty: the goal is always to hurt some out-group. Often at the cost of hurting themselves, but so long as the out-group is hurt too, they don't mind falling on their own sword to make it happen.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 33 points 22 hours ago

Bigot bills rarely make sense.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Let me guess, no such ban on talking about pedophiles?

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Nah, that's fine just so long as they're not Republican ones.

ETA: Oh, wait... I guess there IS such a ban.