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What is funny is Prager U being a part of the Florida curriculum is glossed over but it would be death to teach the 1619 Project. Can’t have the darkies having any influence. Only white miseducation programs are allowed. We have to give the former Gitmo lawyer’s program a chance. Forget that he supports Moms For Liberty.

Once you realize the game they are playing you are encouraged when they reject you. You are just an angry Black man. Don’t teach Vesey and Turner, read books about white guys who survived gulags and concentration camps.

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Florida school district is now restricting how Shakespeare is taught, for fear of violating the Florida anti-woke school curriculum. Teachers are becoming paranoid. Sounds like nazi Germany.

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Conservatives are insane. They are overplaying their hand. Hopefully their authoritarianism will bring voters with opposing viewpoints out in droves. Conservatives are convinced they speak for God. They cherry-pick data and openly lie about the intent of legislation.

Republicans yelled at Liberals who wanted to defund the police, yet here they are arguing to abolish the DOJ Zand the FBI to protect a man who wanted to violate the Constitution. There is no pushback from Republican leaders. When presented with defunding the police Biden/Harris yawned and attempted police reform. Police reform was obstructed by the docile Republican Tim Scott. Republicans do not have the moral authority to lead the country. We have to name the authoritarianism approved by the GOP.

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DeSantis removed two elected state’s attorneys. This is happening in Blue counties. The most recently replaced attorney head an 18% decrease in crime in her district. DeSantis only wants toadies in office. Yo will not hear a peep from Republicans.

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I'm okay teaching the 1619 project in advanced high school and college classes if it is done along with other approaches, but my impression is that many supporters of the 1619 project want conservative or traditional perspectives suppressed as being "racist" or "White Supremacist". I'm also okay with students being taught something about Nat Turner's insurrection, though it seems to me that it was hopelessly suicidal.

Monty calls PragerU a "far right-wing cult". I'm not an expert on PragerU, but I have read some of Dennis Prager's writings on the Internet and did not find them far right-wing from my perspective. I note that Dennis Prager (founder of PragerU) is Jewish and grew up in New York City, according to Wikipedia.

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I have nothing against Jews. I admire Minister Louis Farrakhan for his "balls", but not his anti-Semitic rhetoric.

Historically Black Colleges/Universities helped to rescue Jewish Scholars before and during WWII, and a number were employed at these institutions. However, the relationship between Jews and blacks has changed since then.

Jews, for the most part, have become more wealthier, more powerful, and more conservative. Let a black news pundit talk about the Palestinians being oppressed and killed by Israeli Jews, and she or he is quickly out of a job. Even the Congressional Black Caucus is very intimidated by powerful Jews when they are in the presence of Minister Louis Farrakhan. That's pathetic. But, Law Professor Amy Wax hanging around with white separatist Jered Taylor and inviting him to her classes isn't a major problem. Lol!

I dated a Jewish woman over a decade ago and ran around with Jews in Los Angeles. I don't remember any advocating for PragerU or extreme right-wing policies. There was one Jew I met online that called me a n*gg*r because I made negative comments about Donald Trump. He has 2 black biracial grandkids. Furthermore, one of his liberal Jewish friends tried to cover him.

I recently ordered and received a book from Amazon, called "The Unspoken Alliance (Israel's Secret Relationship With Apartheid South Africa)" written by Sasha Polalow-Suransky. I haven't started reading it yet, but browsing through it raised my eyebrows.

I've traveled to South Africa twice. The white population continues to own most of the land and wealth. Most of the blacks live in dilapidated shacks with some eating rats to survive.

Israel admitted to using a drug to sterilize female Ethiopian Jews to preserve the white Jewish race and culture. Israel has also deported many African refugees via camps.

The current corrupt Jewish prime Minister of Israel is trying to become a dictator by reducing the power of the Israeli Supreme Court.

This fall, I will be traveling through Israel, Suez Canal, Turkey, Egypt, Oman, Dubai, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

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We disagree about Prager U. I do not want my children exposed to their bias. If Prager U is allowed in middle school, there is no rationale to black 1619. The solution is to block Prager U from aces to middle schools.

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PragerU is a far right-wing cult.

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Conservatives know that. They think we are stupid and know nothing about Dennis Prager. They whine about Hannah-Nikole Jones but will praise Dennis Prager. As I said, the only way to address the situation is to vote every Conservative that you can out of office. They will never seek compromise.

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They will sit back and pretend nothing is happening as Conservatives attempt a coup.

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