You’re comparing him to Hitler. I did not post my comments in the Hitler thread. I’ve avoided commenting in the Hitler thread up to this point. Sometime I’ll read it from the start, and maybe add my two cents. I was speaking as an ex-educator who is alarmed, and saddened, by the attack on freedom of thought in Florida.
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My comments were directed at DeSantis’s attitudes and actions toward education in his state. I was not comparing DeSantis to Hitler.
I was not talking of the results of elections involving the man. Your argument seems to be because DeSantis is popular in Florida, therefore my comments criticising a man who absolutely loathes freedom of thought are worthless. In other words, you avoided commenting on the points I was making, and prefer to talk about Florida elections and how maybe, according to you, not me, he must be another Hitler in the making..
DeSantis popularity is beside the point. At least the point I was making.
You wonder how people in Florida “live and learn and survive”? Me too, esp. where “learn” is concerned. They just experienced two devastating hurricanes. And DeSantis had “climate change” removed from all government documents! Yet, man made warming heated those Gulf waters. And made those storms more powerful, with lots more rain. Can you say “ostrich, head in sand, no critical thinking allowed where the climate is concerned”?
It’s an overall thing with DeSantis, stamp out any human knowledge that is not, politically and culturally, to his liking. And that, not how he compares to Hitler, not how he does in elections, was what I was talking about.
He thinks official actions can do away with freedom of discussion. Don’t believe in man made global warming in the Gulf? Stamp out any reference, it will no longer be real! Sound like critical thinking to you? Sounds like an ostrich with his head buried in the sand to me.
DeSantis is deathly afraid of any honest discussion of real issues, be the subject American history(remember, black slaves benefited from slavery according to DeSantis, slavery taught blacks valuable skills, and that’s the end of discussion!!), or be it the warming waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and how they strengthen storms.
The man is an enemy of true education. He is an enemy of true learning.
That is why I took exception to you accusing myself and others of avoiding critical thinking. Hey, we can all fall into biases, we can all make mistakes in reasoning, draw erroneous conclusions, etc. We can all be wrong when we think we’re right. I took exception to your accusation because nowhere does such an accusation apply more than with the very governor I was criticizing for his extreme close mindedness.