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Oh Romeo, thou art too raunchy for some Florida schools fearful of DeSantis

You could call it a comedy of errors:ATampa Bay school district made itself look ridiculous by deciding to censor Shakespeare’s works. But it’s actually justanother scene in an unfolding tragedy as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis moves to dumb down and create chaos in the state’s public education system while inculcating students with right-wing propaganda. Teachers in the Hillsborough County Public School districtare now only going to use excerpts from such Shakespeare plays as “Macbeth,”“Hamlet,” and “Romeo and Juliet,” cutting out any racy or sexual content that might run afoul of new laws promulgated by DeSantis in his anti-woke crusade. RELATED STORY:Florida law has schools scared to teach Shakespeare

Daily Kos     Aug 09, 2023