Famous statue's nakedness too much for Florida parents; principal fired over lesson - Alex Wagner MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Alex Wagner shares reporting on the firing of a principal at a charter school in Tallahassee, Florida after a few parents complained about the inclusion of Michelangelo's David in a lesson for sixth graders about Renaissance history. - Aired on 03/23/2023.

[Journeyman]

1. Whatever will they do when they realize the depiction is of a child possibly only 13 years old?. . .

The Bible doesn't tell us David's age when he slew Goliath, but guesstimates range from 13 to 19 years old. All that's certain is he was less than 20 years old, for by that age he would have been a soldier. But despite the uncertainty, there's legitimate reasons to believe Michelangelo's depiction could be of a child as young as 13 -- just about ready for his Bar Mitzvah. Which calls to mind another, potentially discomforting issue for the prudish parents -- how do you explain a young Jew with a foreskin?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I just looked up the statue and you're right, he looks really young

But haven't most of us seen the statue of David for most of our lives already? It's that well known and famous. I can remember art students drawing it when I was in school and when I was in the USSR (I visited there in the late '80s with my grandmother and the peace group she joined) we went to a museum where art students studied and I remember that there were several statues of David there sculpted by students. If they want it to suddenly remain hidden, they're a few centuries too late.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I don't care if it's photoshopped.

[tulipsandroses]

4. Next up, banning field trips to museums

Can’t have kids seeing woke artifacts, pornographic statues, dinosaur models or bones, or other historical facts that hurt their feelings.

I’m not sure these folks will get what they think they will get. Since they have become the “authority” of education. Their kids will lack not only knowledge, but critical thinking skills, necessary for success.

Then they turn into the next generation of whiners, claiming that everything is being stolen from them when they can’t compete.

[The Jungle 1]

5. Please tell me again what woke means?

[MagaSmash]

6. What next; Banning Locker Room changing? And didn't trump expose his tiny penis to Stormy Daniels?

[CTyankee]

7. Yes, and I can never look at a mushroom in the supermarket w/o having strangely impure thoughts...