Pic Of The Moment: There's A Reasonable Debate To Be Had Over Common Core Standards

[EarlG]

FL Republican state rep says Common Core turning kids gay. No, not a joke.

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[swimboy]

1. Un-effing believable

Except wait, I do believe it.

[grahamhgreen]

2. Right, cuz all straight males dream about scuking on a schlong..... NOT!

[dickthegrouch]

3. It's education that makes one homosexual, donchaknow?

That's why so many republicans are uneducated, they are terrified of even being thought homosexual.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. America is the only country in the world,.....

,......where a bar fight starts with, "Yew sound lak one o dem college boys!"

[YOHABLO]

38. Well you probably don't have a problem with your wife of girl friend sucking on your schlong.

[grahamhgreen]

45. Especially at the

Same time

[KamaAina]

4. How homosexual can they possibly be?

Inquiring minds want to know.

[VWolf]

8. A lot. n/t

[dr.strangelove]

17. Well, maybe not all that homosexual

probably just a little homosexual.

It hurts my head to hear these people speak.

[Swede Atlanta]

5. There is something seriously wrong with these people...........

First of all I think they all have sexual issues. They seem to think everything and everyone is trying to convert children to become homosexuals. When you engage them and ask them when they chose to be a heterosexual they say they were born that way and that it is natural. When you tell them you were born attracted to members of the same gender and that is natural for you they rebut that saying that it isn't natural to be attracted to someone of the same gender. They can't get it through their little heads that what is natural is very much dependent on the individual.

But until they accept the fact that same gender attraction is inherent and not learned or chosen the discussion can never progress. Because if the premise is you can learn or chose to have same gender attractions then it follows that they can be recruited.

And following on that they assume that gay men want to have sex with little boys. They read every news report about a male pedophile molesting a boy as further evidence that all gay men want to seduce and rape little boys. They don't like the fact that the overwhelming majority of pedophiles are heterosexual men preying on girls. They also like to point to the existence of the NAMBLA organization as further proof of this mindset. Most gay men I know, including myself, find NAMBLA revolting.

But to now say that a set of curriculum can make you gay or at least as gay as you can be is mind-blowing. I have looked at Common Core and I saw no objectives in there on turning someone gay. I may not agree with the Common Core methodology but I don't see this having anything to do with sexual orientation.

[tclambert]

6. What does he say about Florida's Atlantis-like future?

Bet he doesn't "believe" in climate change or sea level rising. That's probably some sort of gay liberal plot as well.

[whopis01]

10. He probably blames it on homosexuals just like Pat Robertson used to do

Back in the late 90s Robertson was claiming that increases acceptance of homosexuals in Florida (mainly gay days at Disney) was going to lead to hurricanes hitting Florida.

So having the ocean rise and wipe out parts of Florida? Of course that has to be god's way of dealing with the gays.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. I picture every gator in the Everglades heading into counties that voted for Bush.

[Cha]

34. He stands with Rubio..

[arcane1]

7. Seriously? That's the only argument he could come up with?

These people are starting to convince me that the entire conservative movement is one large performance art piece

[Warren Stupidity]

9. well Benghazi and Obamacare also factored in.

[smallcat88]

32. I don't know art

but I know what makes me want to throw up.

[clg311]

11. Common Core supporters must love him.

They can use him to lump all opponents of Common Core as crazies.

[bluedigger]

12. I thought fracking turned you gay.

Well, these days, what doesn't?

[sulphurdunn]

13. This guy's nuts, but

common core is insane. People like this clown don't even know what's really wrong with the standard, but hey, the enemy of my enemy....

[d_r]

27. the enemy of my enemy

makes me look like an idiot to the low information majority

[sulphurdunn]

29. Of course he does,

but he's most likely just pandering to his gerrymandered base of beetle-browed knuckle walkers, but a votes still a vote, and a useful fool is no less useful for being one. Common Core Standards are a far greater threat to public education than teabaggers.

"We have no permanent friends or allies, only permanent interest" Unknown

[AllyCat]

49. I'm with you in part.

Common Core with the tests that go with it are the cause if the trouble along with defunding education. We need standards. We don't need the tests.

[sulphurdunn]

51. Absolutely,

and the people who set the standards should be the people who actually know something about the work.

[AllyCat]

53. What a novel concept.

You mean the idiots, er, elected officials don't know what they are talking about? But the teevee has them on all the time talking schmack about edumacation.

[AtheistCrusader]

14. This number line thing is impossible. Guess I'll just be gay instead.

Where the fuck do they come up with these ideas?

[AllyCat]

48. LOL!

[SoapBox]

15. WTF? Batshit Crazy.

I sure hope that this stuff goes out to Facebook and Twitter.

[BentleyJD]

26. unfortuantely

after living down here for twenty years this is normal for the rethugs.
And I believe this one was considered one of the brains of the Florida right-wingers.
Sigh.He'll be reelected anyway.

[colsohlibgal]

16. Race To The Bottom

Just another right wing crank carnival barker. another brain that is delusional.

[awoke_in_2003]

18. Maybe that's why

I've had "My Body" stuck in my head or 3 days.

[hue]

19. Craziness like this is why I think those who spew this crap need to be tested for competency.

[d_legendary1]

20. Didn't they say the same thing about Sponge Bob and Barney?

[TrollBuster9090]

21. What's interesting is not that a standard GOP Teanut would SAY that. What's interesting is...

will Jebby Bush RENOUNCE this comment? SOMEBODY SHOULD PROBABLY ASK HIM.

[mysuzuki2]

24. As so often happens when listening to repub polititions

words fail me.

[valerief]

25. Cuz we all know all heteros want to be homo and all homos want to be hetero.

That makes sense in Republican DenialLand.

[LuckyLib]

28. Where does the Repugnant party find these idiots?

Really, Florida, Texas, Missouri, et. al????
This is all you can come up with??

[tanyev]

30. So...the rainbow flag is kind of like the homeland security color chart?

I had no idea there were degrees of homosexuality.

[smallcat88]

31. I realized way back in high school

that not only did I not find other women physically attractive but if I stepped through into an alternate universe where gay is normal - I would not be able to change. I was born straight. With that realization came the common sense notion that I had no business expecting anyone else to change their sexual orientation since they probably couldn't anyway. It's common sense, you just have to ask yourself 'Could I change?' With the answer comes the immediate realization - You are BORN with your sexual orientation!
Nobody can change your sexual orientation. Not even you!

The constant barrage of anti-gay rhetoric from the right is more proof these are people who don't know how to think for themselves, they just spend their whole lives believing whatever they were taught, no introspection, no putting themselves in the other guy's shoes, and no REAL morality. Morality can't just be something you do by rote, it has to involve real compassion for others. Claiming their anti-LGBT agenda is all about morality proves the opposite. Though in many cases, I suspect it's also about someone in the closet who's terrified of coming out. KUDOS to all openly LGBT people! You've got a lot more guts than d*#ks like this guy.

[dsteve01]

33. I don't support Common Core standards,

and i look forward to that reasonable debate.

[Cha]

35. Thanks for shining the light on this ugly kochroach, EarlG.

[Arkana]

36. Why yes, I have been craving bowls of hard penises lately!

Damn my Common Core education!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

37. Van Zant speaks from personal experience

Once he was exposed to Common Core he started hanging out in public restrooms and having sex with strange men.

[MADem]

39. My GAWD....there's stupid...and there's STOOOOOOOOOOPID!

This putz is the latter!

[blkmusclmachine]

40. The GOP does <<NOT>> have both oars in the water. And they don't even try to hide it!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

41. It's the rigor!

[IronLionZion]

42. Charles Van Zant has experienced it himself

he just can't stop thinking about it apparently.

[47of74]

43. Fuck

There's stupid. Then there's willfully stupid. The kind of stupid that makes one want to stick one's head in a nuclear reactor.

[Major Hogwash]

44. Man, he should tell that to ex-US Congressman from Florida, Mark Foley (R).

That's just fucking crazy.

And yet, the Republicans think they can get re-elected this fall spouting insane crap like that!!

[lovemydog]

46. I missed out on this common core thing

and didn't become as gay as I possibly can.

[AllyCat]

47. These people are just buckets of nuts

[tavalon]

50. Exactly how homosexual can a person get?

I tried my whole damn adult life to be bisexual. I wanted it like anything. I love cuddling girls but I was just as heterosexual as the day my mom pushed me out. Pissed me off that there wasn't a conversion camp I could go to.

I guess I should contact Charlie boy there, he seems to have a line on something. Something bat shit insane.

[madfloridian]

52. AIR responded to him with the link to the web page he's criticizing.

That man is just plain ignorant.

http://www.air.org/topic/social-development/lgbt-youth