• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Does Florida not recognize Islam as a religion?

    This is, unironically, an argument American conservatives are making

    Or did he just not want to point out that was a possibility…

    There’s two prongs to this kind of assault. The “we’re just opening the door to religion in schools” angle uses liberal egalitarianism to shoe horn in reactionary ideology. Then the “they’re too dangerous to let near your kids” angle is used to pry rival ideologies away.

    What you end up with is a singular “safe” educational platform that just happens to be Ron’s favorite flavor of white supremacy, with any other belief categorized as a form of subversive or derogatory hate speech.