VICE attacks Ron DeSantis for paying tribute to victims of communism

On Twitter, Vice shared a recent article bemoaning Florida Governor Ron DeSantis efforts to makes sure that Florida's school children learn about the problems with communism. Florida is a state with a large population of people who know first hand the horrors of communism. Many Cuban-Americans fled the Fidel Castro regime, a good number as children sent to America by their parents who forced to stay behind.

"You can't say gay in Florida schools," Vice lied, "but Ron DeSantis is mandating teachers talk sh*t about communism." Florida teachers are prohibited from indoctrinating students into gender identity ideology under 4th grade and makes it illegal for schools to withhold information about a child's gender identity from that child's parents.

This was common enough practice prior to the bill that lawsuits are still outstanding in the state, brought by parents who were kept in the dark by school administrators and teachers about the mental difficulties their child was undergoing, and exhibiting, at school.

Vice takes issue with the idea that there should be a mandatory course for all students upholding the values of democracy, with freedom and justice for all, as the pledge goes, claiming that this is part of DeSantis "ongoing effort to turn Florida's schools into the education wing of the Republican Party."

DeSantis' Press Secretary Christina Pushaw replied that in their opposition, Vice was instead backing the regimes of brutal murderous dictators.

Vice is one of many left-wing outlets that had problems with Florida's Parental Rights in Education Bill, which prevents the teaching of gender identity and sexual education in the youngest grades, and requires that teaching to be age-appropriate in upper grades. It further makes it illegal for teachers, administrators, and school districts to withhold information about, for example, a child socially transitioning to present as the opposite sex in school.

It had been normal many Florida schools, and is the practice in schools nation-wide, to keep a student's gender identity a secret from that student's own parents, going so far as to call the student by their preferred name and pronouns at school, but by their birth name and sex-specific pronouns when talking to parents.

The new law, to Honor Victims of Communism and Preserve the History of the Freedom Tower, a Cuban immigration landmark, establishes November 7 as "Victims of Communism Day," and schools will mark the day with an observance. High School students will "receive at least 45 minutes of instruction in their required United States Government class on topics related to communist regimes and how victims suffered at the hands of these regimes."

"Honoring the people that have fallen victim to communist regimes and teaching our students about those atrocities is the best way to ensure that history does not repeat itself," said Governor Ron DeSantis.

"Through HB 395 and the funding announced today, we are guaranteeing that the history of those who fled communist regimes and their experiences are preserved and not forgotten by our students. While it's fashionable in some circles to whitewash the history of communism, Florida will stand for truth and remain as a beachhead for freedom."