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#AmandaGorman responds to ban of her inaugural poem
A #Florida parent complained about the inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” done by Amanda Gorman, the first ever National Youth Poet Laureate, and said, “It’s purpose was to cause confusion and indoctrinate students.”
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@kkut4867
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
The poem wasn't banned… you've been lied to again.
@davenewsom5985
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Shame on those who banned this Beautiful poem. They're Uneducated Trumpsters.😤😠😡
@mmjhcb
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
The complaint ought to be that it's a lousy poem and THAT'S why it shouldn't be given a second thought.
@johnpatrick7815
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Wonder how many small businesses she needed to break into to to come up with the poem
@user-vx8ge3nd6n
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
So sad
@George-gj5jk
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
The republican party and people who vote for them are going to be the death of this country
@ririgala1741
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Let them ban it. Those kids will find a way. And it will be greater in impact when they get emancipated. Speaking from my experience.
@donaldberry822
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Can we deport a state?
@jeffclark1129
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
This is racial fascism. That one parent has no idea what literature IS! OPEN YOUR MINDS, PLEASE! Free speech should not be a crime! Enough with the banning of books. I myself read Amanda Gorman's book recently in Pens and Pages class.
@user-es9fs9jo6j
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Wow 😳, All in it takes is one bad Apple to ruined a beautiful poem..😥😳. God bless this country 🇺🇲 🇺🇲😭 of America..✌️ Wow 😲
@shonagriffiths8907
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
I am not an American, but I was curious, so I read the poem. Would I ban it – absolutely not. Would I praise it – as a poem written by a young girl – yes. As a political reality – No. It completely ignores the savage decline in the quality of life for people of colour in many urban areas. I could see it being a useful inclusion in a lesson as one of several poems comparing poetic idealism to objective reality. The praise heaped on it is based on political projection, which is why De Santis has banned it.
He should have had schools analyse it instead, but he would have to trust his teachers to be objective, and he doesn't. It is not about the poem itself. It is about a breakdown of trust between educators and parents.
De Santos was elected to represent parents, and he has.
@serg.r4860
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Play the whole poem
@alyciacooper2
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Heinrich Heine's ominous sentence, "those who burn books will in the end burn people," is one of the most overquoted phrases in modern history.
@lemons2135
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Claims of indoctrination by the indoctrinated. Freedom of speech by the ones banning freedom of speech. And so on. The F in Florida stands for fascist
@joepautsch9696
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
the Republican Party offers only fascist authoritarian dictator wannabes. save our country, VOTE BLUE!!
@birchsongsltd.6831
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Florida isn't where woke goes to die, its where old white bigots go to die.
@TDS_ExistMaga4ever
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Good job Desantis we don't need hate and division in our class rooms
@eileenwisniewski4735
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
So letvme guess this you can complain about poem that you interpret it diferent than others and you think you view is above everyones rights ? How can we fallow ones personal idea diesnt make it right
@MaryEllen10862
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
There is no free thought for Republican children their parents do all their thinking for them! Talk about grooming your children what do you call what they are doing! Oh that’s right GROOMING their children to be them!!
@tbyrandfan1
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
a stupid rube decided this !!!!!!!!!!
@cisco1932
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Racism
@chiapagringa
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
This is an example of RACISM at its best in the unfree state of Florida. Let's kick it out of the Union!
@irasematrevino4819
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Boooo
@msmorgan8054
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
This makes me want to cry.
@coronarysteaka1213
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
That poem is violence to the ears of a white supremacist or racist who would love to see us divided and hating continually.
@pstha4537
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
it offends some whites
@jennesechabot7490
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
😡😢
@pibbmcknight2534
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Maybe the one parent needs to be educated.
@eliassalcedo5229
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Does that parent have reading comprehension ?
@justryingmybest
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Sounds like a beautiful poem
@debopticalillusion5151
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Hypocrisy is a stinky cologne
@otto8049
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Ban the Book of Mormon.
@daniel5725
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
Good its not Appropriate in elementary schools.If parents want to read it to there kids at home that fine.
@LoftenCARGILL-gk4ig
January 17, 2024 at 12:42 pm
This is not what the Constitution or the vision for tomorrow Martin had. 4