Is the goal to create places so inhospitable to open minds, that those who possess a shred of empathy flee, creating a conservative gravity well of votes? Is that even sustainable
I don't know whether to be appalled or hope that the gravity well becomes large enough it generates an event horizon that no stupidity could cross out of.
'Wish I could upvote a second time for great use of the term "event horizon"!
"We're leaving."
"No, we can't leave. Our orders are specific."
"Rescue the liberals, salvage what's left of Florida. The liberals are dead, doctor. Florida killed them."
Something something accretion disk
"Where we're going you don't need books to read."
The goal is to create little Republicans.
I have a high school age kid in rural FL. If that is the intended effect, it's not working.
They haven't finished fucking with the educational system yet.
I work at a high school (in a library, actually) in California, and we've had student walkouts for much less. Are the angry students doing any major protesting that you've seen? Or are the schools cracking down so hard already and they don't want to risk it, or a high enough percentage of kids are assholes so they mock kids who care and it keeps those kids from protesting? I'm sure there's a lot happening that we don't hear about, so I'm curious what it's like for Gen Z who overall doesn't seem to stand for bigotry in general.
That's half the goal.
The other half is to make areas so hostile that the people who can't flee just keep their heads down and stay closeted so no one hurts them.
And to increase suicides
Nah. It's supposed to make all LGBTQ+ kids feel like they are alone and that something is wrong with them so they hide who they are and are easier for others to manipulate.
There's an even more sinister intention behind making queer children think they are alone and teaching them that they are fundamentally broken and that no one will ever accept them for who they are.
What is the intention you're alluding to?
Queer children who are unable to find acceptance often take their lives. This isn't some unknown fact either, it's an intended consequence of the transphobic hate movement.
If you find yourself googling art from YA fiction, you’ll soon realize that the straight characters have a better chance of turning the gay kids gayer.
I'd guess the district is practicing CYA given all the fucked up legislation Desantis is signing into law. School admins are notorious cowards.
Maybe the idea is to stop some kids from realizing or accepting they're gay.
And they probably think back when the majority of people through history were illiterate, there must have been absolutely zero chance of LGBTQ+ people.