Who gets to decide what is age-appropriate? The Florida Dept of Education, naturally.
I distinctly recall that folks engaging in discussion on this fine site were not amenable to discussion of this loophole, or of it’s obvious conclusion; and instead were more apt to ask commenters why they wanted kindergarteners to learn about gay sex.
We got here precisely how a lot of people predicted it would happen.
They also want to make all undocumented immigrants flee the state while also maintaining their fruit industry
"It's posturing, we swear! We don't mean any of the parts that have consequences! We only need to look authoritarian- we promise we understand the impact of our top priorities and they're just politics! C'mon! It's meaningless!"
No, it was never limited to grade 3 and under. Certain sections of it were. You were bamboozled by right-wing propaganda if you believed the bill only affected grade 3 and under.
Forgive us for being a little salty about it.
This just seemed like a clear situation where the original commenter was genuinely open to others' opinions but instead was dealt an insult. That's going to discourage other people from opening up their minds in the same way.
I suspect this is going to get worse, and maybe there’s some value in shouting into the ether that some people did try to explain in good faith, before it got worse. Dunno what that value might be, but maybe it’s there.