http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2023/02/22/thegrio-in-places-like-florida-books-that-even-mention-black-people-are-now-illegal/
We need to kick things off by discussing our headline. TheGrio states up front that what follows on their site is an opinion piece and “the views expressed are the author’s own.” That’s a handy disclaimer, but as RealClearPolitics president Tom Bevan points out, an editor at TheGrio read the piece and decided to publish it as is. So yeah, when the first line is a flat-out lie, TheGrio does bear responsibility for what they decide to publish.
And they decided to publish David A. Love’s hot take that in places like Florida, the reality is that books that even mention black people are illegal.
Love writes:
As we celebrate a Black History Month like no other, people are now faced with the reality that in places like Florida, books that discuss Black history or even mention Black people are now illegal.
Doing his best impression of a white segregationist from the 1950s South, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a war on books that may cause white tears — topics such as race, gender, sexuality, LGBTQ+ people, class, oppression and social justice. Under Florida’s Stop Woke Act, teachers cannot discuss these topics in class under the threat of felony charges, forcing them to remove books on these subjects.
We read the piece looking for the part where Love admitted his thesis was hyperbole, but maybe could come true ... but he never does.
Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) ~ "People are now faced with the reality that in places like Florida, books that discuss Black history or even mention Black people are now illegal."
Pro tip for writers: Never start a column with an outright lie.
http://thegrio.com/2023/02/21/florida-gov-ron-desantis-knows-exactly-what-hes-doing-with-his-war-on-books/
Colin Duffy (@TheRightDuff) ~ Or at least open with a lie that isn’t so preposterous?
Luis H Ball (@ball1_ball) ~ That was in the old days. Now, following old Soviet propaganda techniques, the lie is included purposely, knowing that it will stick in people’s minds.
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Or, at least, moronic buffoons desperately looking to be told what to think ... like the Pfffffarters ... will believe such pathetic nonsense.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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