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Conservatives reject science textbooks for containing science.
Anti-education, anti-science and anti-intellectual. These have been accurate descriptive terms for conservatives for all of recorded human history. This is simply who they are. Dangerously and nefariously stupid people.
Reminder: because Texas buys so many textbooks, it can effectively dictate standards for the whole country (or at least all the red states). This shit doesn't just affect Texas.
Can’t piss off big oil, now can we ??
I mean think of the jobs…
This is the kind of shit you'd expect to hear about a shitty banana republic, not a so-called modern, civilised country
Banana Republic: poor, corrupt, and badly ruled
So were 2/3 or 3/3, depending on how you view the national debt.
Is a modern, civilized country in the room with us right now?
Finland, what are you doing under the couch!
modern, civilized
Okay but we’re talking about Texas here.
How many Cat 5 hurricanes have to hit Texas before they even start to reconsider?
Infinitude. They reject reality and substitute their own.
Silly you! Don't you know the hurricanes are a sign that God is angry at the gays? /s
Just means Texans need to pray harder
As long as the same amount hit Florida and drive every insurer out of the states
They'll just call the insurance companies woke and pretend they aren't necessary.
That’s a game of chicken I’ll watch 😀
Depends on how many of our politicians it kills
I remember the moment where I really stopped gaf about conservative states. It was when they bragged about low COVID numbers... By refusing to do testing.
But their stupidity spills over. Their covid rates effect the covid rates of surrounding areas. Their science textbook policy effects what publishers are willing to publish. Their abortion law places extra strain on surrounding states.
Their actions have consequences beyond their state borders.
Same with their gun laws. Conservatives love to point to Chicago's gun crime rates despite Chicago's gun control laws. The problem is that Chicago has a lot of red areas around it with lax gun laws. Criminals go to these red areas, buy guns, and then use them in Chicago. Gun crime rates would be very low in Chicago if you filtered out guns that were legally obtained in red areas and then imported.
Wouldn't want science textbook to teach science.
Texas rejects math textbooks for the use of "degrees".
Math is woke!
Airlines are dropping flights to/from Austin as big tech is leaving due to Y’allqueada.
Most Texas thing I have seen.