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The Orange County Public Schools system in Florida has announced guidance banning trans students from bathrooms and the use of nicknames.

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[–] Cyder@lemm.ee 86 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We call my son and daughter by shortened versions of their first names. Both are in High School in OCPS. Today they brought home the forms for us to sign to allow them to go by those shortened names in school. I was shocked.

Perhaps Ronald DeSantis should be forced to get permission from his family inorder to continue to be called Ron.

[–] shadowSprite@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The sad thing is, my brother has a name like "Benjamin". My mother is a very mentally ill individual and is extremely militant about her children's names "I chose your names and you will go by exactly what I named you!" and refused to let him go by "Ben" or let us call him "Ben". Except, outside of the house he always went by Ben, she just didn't know it. I always called him Ben when we weren't home, because it's what he wanted to be called. So kids like this would have to bring a form home and get their ass kicked by mom for going by a name they aren't supposed to? Fuck that.

[–] Whichwitch@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

My mom was the exact same way. "If I wanted you to be called that I would have named you that".

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Let's also not forget Rafael "Ted" Cruz, Leslie "Gerald Ford" King and Donald "Don Jr." Trump, Jr.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I hope all media refer to him as Ronald until this goes away.

[–] blazera@kbin.social 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Aha i remember when conservatives claimed to be the party of small government.

[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

That was when they were just psychopathically neoliberal and "small government" was code for "we want gut regulations so corporations can put formaldehyde in milk again".

Which they'll still do of course, it just won't win them elections these days. So they pander to bigots to make up the numbers.

[–] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They still claim it, been claiming it my entire life and it has never been true

[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Did you know that in the worst case sea level scenario due to climate change, all of Florida will be completely underwater? That means that while the world IS headed toward an inhospitable hellscape, at least we have the silver lining of seeing Florida completely eradicated.

[–] blue_zephyr@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're not thinking this through. Every Florida man alive will flee to dry land. Florida is a people, not a place.

[–] youthinkyouknowme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Idk, wouldn't they spread to other states or maybe most move to the same location and then turn that place into new Florida

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All this to bully the 10 whole trans kids. What goes through these fascist fucks heads

[–] stochasticity@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] lingh0e@lemmy.film 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So is DeSantis going to start going by Ronald now?

[–] PoweredByGeena@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He IS a clown. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Grrr. "Call people what they ask you to call them." is not supposed to a difficult aspect of the Golden Rule to understand.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Call me Dark Lord Snugglypoo... ...and I will question your life choices.

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Anything you say, Dark Lord Snugglypoo.

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[–] blue_zephyr@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You'd think that half the population of Florida is trans with the disproportional amount of effort the gremlins in charge undetake to inflict cruelty on them.

When are the people of Florida going to put their precious second amendment rights to good use?

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

The enemy has to be all powerful and easy to defeat.

[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is so ridiculously out of touch. You think they're gonna stop kids from using nicknames?

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 44 points 1 year ago

That's not just out of touch, that's Stalinist purge level dystopian. And those despicable fucks have the gall to go on about how they're in favour of "freedom".

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[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Under the guidance, published Monday (7 August), teachers at schools in Orange County must use pronouns and titles that correspond to their “biological sex” at birth, and parents must fill out a form to let teachers know of any deviation from their child’s legal name, even if this is a simple nickname.

So if the governor of Florida was subjected to this “guidance”, he would need permission to go by Ron.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

This is the same guy going to war with Disney World who also held his wedding there.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

At this point I wouldn’t be at all surprised to hear that Florida had switched to using human skulls as a currency.

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[–] kaitco@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Florida makes me think that we would be better off with just 49 states.

[–] orangeNgreen@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

As a guy living in Florida, I agree with you.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] Rottcodd@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I left Florida in '93, and there were times I regretted it. There were a lot of good things about Florida, and it was always interesting. And once you adapt to the weather, it's nice (if a bit dull).

Now though? Holy fuck I'm glad I'm not there. I don't even understand what's going on there - it's like some sort of mass psychosis. It's gone way beyond a political shift - it's more as if someone decided that the thing to do was to establish some sort of right-wing version of the Khmer Rouge and a bunch of Floridians said, "Yeah! That'd be great!"

At the rate they're going, it's only a matter if time before they start systematically killing "undesirables".

Seriously.

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[–] skellener@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Florida - The Fascist State

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[–] Stinkywinks@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you ban nicknames? What if they just state this is the name I prefer to be called? People named William being called will or bill, is that a nickname? Why are Republicans so damn stupid? Mfers trying to block porn hub like most the Internet isn't filled with porn.

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 18 points 1 year ago

Hopefully everyone takes it this literally and all the bigoted Bobs/Bills etc feel as stupid as they are.

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What about kids that prefer to be called by their middle name? Would that need permission to not be called by their first name? What if they go by their middle name, Edward, but prefer to be called Ed? Would they need two permission forms? Lol

[–] IonAddis@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I imagine enforcement would be selective, so Thomas can be Tom and Michael can be Mike, but some cis kids will still get caught in it. (Like, I knew a girl whose legal name was Roberta and that was shortened to Bobbie. She wasn't trans, her nickname was just usually given to boys rather than girls.)

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[–] User_4272894@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Next step: thought police that comes after you each time you think about another sex than your own!

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[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Florida is cancer.

Can we just turn the state into an island and have it float out into the sea?

[–] Elderos@lemmings.world 29 points 1 year ago

There is enough trash in the ocean as it is.

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[–] Squids@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

As an outsider (and someone with this name situation), I'm morbidly curious about what happens when a kid has a name that's the opposite gender as them, either because it's a gender neutral name in their culture, or because their parents just named them like that? Because I have a sneaking suspicion they're suddenly going to be fine with 'unapproved nicknames' when their alternative is calling a boy Vyvian or a girl Terrance

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

A boy named Sue.

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[–] HellAwaits@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Freedom of speech right?

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always thought homeschooling was for kids with crazy parents, but if I had a child in OC Florida I would absolutely homeschool them until we could move somewhere less insane.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago

At this point, the parents would be crazy to keep living in Florida

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

If anyone was wondering, Florida's government is safely now within the boundaries of "fascist policy making".

[–] bluu@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Florida is the darkest timeline.

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