Now "David" is obscene in Floriduh

@JJ-Adams said -
Methinks there's more going on here than the ex-principal is letting on, and the statue of David is just a red herring she's throwing out to garner sympathy.
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Ya, we don't know all the details, I agree.

@earl-of-trumps said
@Soothfast

In my opinion, I feel strongly parents should have a say, as the students are their children, and they pay the taxes that makes it all go.
In this case here, the parents say "no", but I'd have to see more particulars to say if the firing of the teacher was Ok to do.

@sh76 said
I would not say it's pornographic and I don't think children should be banned from museums or exhibitions displaying its likeness, but it's quite reasonable for parents to decide they don't want their 11 and 12 years olds exposed to it (no pun intended) and that decision should not be made unilaterally by the school.

@shavixmir said
So how do parents handle nudity in cities everwhere in Europe?
I mean, there’s nude statues on the streets of Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Rome, etc.

Rotterdam has a statue nicknamed Gnome butt plug (looks like Santa Claus holding up an icecream cone of sorts).
Nudity is everywhere and it’s alright. Nothing wrong with nude bodies.

@soothfast said
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/03/24/florida-principal-michelangelo-david-parents/

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Florida parents upset by Michelangelo’s ‘David’ force out principal

A Florida charter school principal said she was forced to resign this week after some parents complained about their sixth-grade students being shown images of Michelangelo’s “David” statu ...[text shortened]... rnographic? Should children be banned from museums displaying Classical or Renaissance masterworks?

I'm not surprised, just disappointed in the way this woman's claim is being accepted by comments on the interwebz because the media is pushing her narrative.
She THINKS that the complaints from a couple of parents was what got her fired.
She states clearly that she doesn't KNOW why the board required her to quit or be fired.
Deep down I think she does know, and it ain't because of a picture of David was shown to a class of 6th graders.

@jj-adams said
Oh god this is a couple of parents at a charter school objecting to it, why do you people act like it's a government policy across all of America?
Just google nude public statues in America there's plenty of them around.

@jj-adams said
I'm not surprised, just disappointed in the way this woman's claim is being accepted by comments on the interwebz because the media is pushing her narrative.
She THINKS that the complaints from a couple of parents was what got her fired.
She states clearly that she doesn't KNOW why the board required her to quit or be fired.
Deep down I think she does know, and it ain't because of a picture of David was shown to a class of 6th graders.

@shavixmir said
The teacher was forced to resign.
WTF is wrong with you people?

@Soothfast
Yeah, we have to keep the idea that men have penises top secret. If you reveal that dreaded information you can go to jail.....

@sonhouse said
@Soothfast
Yeah, we have to keep the idea that men have penises top secret. If you reveal that dreaded information you can go to jail.....

@jj-adams said
For %$#& sake stop acting like this is some kind of US policy, it was a couple of weird parents that made the complaint, and the media is blowing it all out of proportion..
I'm sure you have your share of screwballs too.

@shavixmir said
Why are school forced to tell parents of 11 and 12 year olds there might be nudity in art class, history or biology?

Completely bonkers.

@AverageJoe1
Hey, it is DeSantis who HATES the idea of democracy without HIM as king.
He is trying desperately to jump on the Trumpism bandwagon and it is the first move of fascists to attack media, attack artists, attack freedom to read what you want, BAN those books like the life of Rosa Parks, who could STAND to read such filth?

@Wajoma
Right, make ALL schools private, meaning the parents PAY for whatever school they send their kids too. All well and good for rich WHITE folks so poor folks cannot be educated.
That is EXACTLY what happened in slavery America a few hundred years ago, even going further by making it illegal for blacks to get an education, get flogged for DARING to learn how to read.......