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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida Bans Math Textbooks. Won't Provide Examples of Why Textbooks were Banned
That is what the headline should be for EVERY story about this ban.
The fact that the media simply accepts what the state has told them is an example of how fucked up "journalism" is today.
Every story explains that the state provided no examples, but it does so in paragraph 70 of 73.
The bigger story here is NOT that the books were banned. It's that the state provided no examples or details.
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Florida Bans Math Textbooks. Won't Provide Examples of Why Textbooks were Banned (Original Post)
maxrandb
Apr 2022
OP
This is what I was wondering. Dig deep and I wouldn't be surprised if Betsy popped up. nt
Phoenix61
Apr 2022
#4
All the banned math books had equals signs in them. Nothing scares a fascist like equality.
LetMyPeopleVote
Apr 2022
#5
Skittles
(153,174 posts)1. can you say FASCISM
YES INDEED
C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)2. Probably a textbook publisher shakedown
Republicans don't miss an opportunity to extort.
Phoenix61
(17,013 posts)4. This is what I was wondering. Dig deep and I wouldn't be surprised if Betsy popped up. nt
NCjack
(10,279 posts)3. Florida wants us to guess the causes. I think it is because math books
are littered with words such as: region, gap, circle, hole, inflection point, arc cotangent,
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,489 posts)5. All the banned math books had equals signs in them. Nothing scares a fascist like equality.