Florida Pol Offers Half-Assed Apology for Ugly Comment on 'Don't Say Gay' Bill

[Celerity]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-senator-ileana-garcia-offers-half-assed-apology-for-homophobic-comment-on-dont-say-gay-bill



Florida state Republican Senator Ileana Garcia offered something of an apology on Thursday after she said earlier this month that being LGBT “is not a permanent thing.” Her crude comment came as she was arguing in favor of the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, specifically the ban on teaching K-3 kids about sexual orientation.

While she admitted her comment was a poorly articulated attempt “to explain my very personal life experiences,” Garcia painted herself as the victim, complaining about people making “offensive comments” to her in the aftermath. “I would hope we can elevate our public debate to a level that allows us to have a productive exchange of ideas and views without making assumptions, characterizations or waiting for an anticipated gotcha moment,” she said in a statement posted to Twitter. Garcia switched off comments on her post, and has previously shut her Twitter down entirely, preventing any kind of “productive” debate.

Link to tweet

Read it at Florida Politics

[CurtEastPoint]

1. for someone whose career "..was in media, working in both television and radio" that is a bunch

of word salad bullshit.

[Mr.Bill]

2. No, every parent should not have control over their children's education.

They should have input, but not complete control. At some point people need to understand that there are elected government officials and people who those officials appoint that are experts in things that will benefit society as a whole. Education is one of those things.

The possible examples are numerous. I, as a car owner to not get to dictate the speed limit on the streets I drive on would be one example. I also would not have the authority to dictate to the school district that all instruction be conducted in Arabic.

School districts have always decided on curriculum at our schools. You have the right to speak up at school board meetings about your ideas and suggestions. You do not have the right to make death threats against school administrators if they don't agree with you. We have let this shit get way out of hand and politicians are using it as a tool to get votes by offering something they have no right to offer.

[Docreed2003]

3. The far right playbook: say outrageous & offensive shit, get called out, play victim

This behavior has been tolerated for way too long