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When you didn't understand something you read, you asked for clarification, instead of just assuming it meant whatever you wanted it to mean. If only everyone else here who misunderstood were so wise.Are you asking to become educated about the effects of these laws or are you implicitly suggesting they have no effect? If it is the latter, why on earth do you care about anyone complaining about nothing?How are their laws affecting everyone? Are they prohibiting CRT, and if so are the courts mistaking something else for CRT? Or are they prohibiting something other than CRT?I care because Republican law makers are making laws that are effecting everyone to prevent something that didn't happen to anyone.
The answer to your question is "Neither." I was asking in an attempt to elicit an answer to the precise question I asked; it works better if people don't respond by making believe I said something different and addressing that instead of answering the question.
I did not suggest the laws have no effect; I exhibited the two obvious possible mechanisms by which they could have an effect and invited Gospel to pick one. (Of course he's free to propose some third mechanism I didn't exhibit.) I did not do this to become educated about the effects of these laws; I did it in order to become educated about Gospel's thinking on the topic. Where the conversation goes next depends on which one he picks, if either.
Which is to say, I am asking because I am cross-examining a witness; it works better if there's a judge who listens to the question and the answer and then directs the witness to answer the question asked instead of digressing onto some other topic; but we make do with the forum we have.
I'm sorry to have been insufficiently clear. I was not challenging your assertion that the laws affect everyone. I was asking you to tell me what you think the mechanism is by which these laws affect everyone in spite of being allegedly laws against a thing that allegedly no one does. Is it becauseHow are their laws affecting everyone? Really? Murder is real right? It's why there is a law against it. Rape is real right? Thus the laws against it. CRT is/was being taught in Florida public schools (or any school in the country)? No? Doesn't matter, there is a law against it so it must have been real.
I'm not even going to get into the dangers of creating laws for imagined crimes because we'd end up talking about whitey's history. The same whitey this anti-CRT law is meant to appease.
(a) they prohibit teaching CRT and the courts mistake something else for CRT, or is it because
(b) they prohibit teaching something other than CRT, or is it because
(c) of some other mechanism.
Pick one. If you pick (c), please explain the mechanism.