Indiana is among at least 10 states that have enacted laws prohibiting or restricting students from using pronouns or names that don’t match their sex assigned at birth, a restriction that opponents say further marginalizes transgender and nonbinary students. Most of the laws were enacted this year and are part of a historic wave of new restrictions on transgender youth approved by Republican states.
The measures are creating fear for transgender students and sowing confusion for teachers on how to comply but still offer a welcoming environment for everyone in their classes.
Amazing these types of laws haven’t been struck down in a country where freedom of speech is worshiped like it’s one of the 10 commandments.
And the 10 commandments are worshipped as if they ever existed.
That’s because the party that worships their ideal of free speech is the same one attacking these children. After all, if Republicans didn’t have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.
You are talking about a different party. Everyone knows the GOP stands for big government and micromanaging regulations.
Its sorta funny because its the only thing the two extremes can agree on. There are people who want to enforce individuals choice pronouns and want to enforce not using the individuals choice pronouns without taking the speakers rights to speak however they are going to.
a restriction that opponents say further marginalizes transgender and nonbinary students
Which is, of course, the point. Being cruel to people they dislike always is with Republicans.
Land of the Free.
Followed by “Home of the brave.”
That whole fucking quote is a lie.
“Land of the fee. Home of the scared shitless brainwashed old fucks.” Should be the revision
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Remember when they were freaking out about how Canadian bill C-16 was the end of free speech or something because it defined constant and deliberate misgendering from institutional workers as criminal harassment, I bet they think restricting students from using someone’s preferred pronouns is a good thing because it fiGHtS tRAnSGeDeRIsM.
Never forget when they said the quiet part out loud at CPAC: “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.” He didn’t stutter. And later the bastard claimed he didn’t mean trans people because he used the “-ism.” Infuriating.
Yeah they call it “compelled speech” but they don’t get it. They can say whatever the heck they want on their own time, the only consequence being is that trans people and those who understand trans people might not like them very much. You already aren’t allowed to call a co-worker or customer something like “fat”, “ugly” or “mentally ill” for example in a work senario without being remanded to HR because we as a society realize the harm it does to the people who that is levied against. You have to work to live so being forced to put up with that shit or take the financial hit of needing to find other potentially less lucrative ways to support yourself just because someone isn’t empathetic to your circumstances has inspired legal protections. It’s the exact same principle!
The “Freedom of Speech” crowd is usually the most callous anti-social bunch I have to work with. Acting like you are going to burst into flames if you have to hold your tongue when you are on the clock or in a meeting with rules of decorum is like dealing with a toddler who refuses to put on their shoes when leaving the house.
I was thinking this exactly. I remember Jordan Peterson saying he would not correctly refer to someone if “he was forced to”. The obvious part being that he wouldn’t do it if he wasn’t forced to either. And here are more conservatives forcing speech and patting themselves on the back for it.
These laws help with teen suicide! I’m a Pro Life Republican so OBVIOUSLY I want MORE teens to kill them selves!
These same people were more than happy to politicize teen suicide when trying to end mask mandates and COVID restrictions. Suddenly it’s not an important issue to them anymore.
Caring about life ends at birth for Republicans.
Just being cruel for the sake of being cruel… the republican way
This is just horrible!
Why are Indians so racist?
The correct demonym is Hoosier
