Post moments in history where someone was trying to see what they can get away with before someone stopped them but nobody stopped them
Red state public education must be something to behold
>>18465535Here's an opposite from my miserable state>traditionally have the longest name of any state, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from 1636 onward>George Floyd dies>all sort of performative changes happen>including a ballot question to remove "Providence Plantations" from our state name because surely ALL uses of the word "plantation" must be connected with slavery and white supremacy>we probably have the stupidest voter base in all of New England with the fewest critical thinking skills>we are now merely the State of Rhode Island>because of a killing that was very likely premeditated between two scumbags>in a state 1,500 miles awayMassachusetts has some of this lunacy too (women's issue-related cabinet member is a YWNBAW) but at least the people there are more intelligent than here and general QoL is better from less corruption and more pride in their state
>>18465553red states all think public education is some librul conspearacee which is directly reflected in their academic benchmark scores.>>18465588>current event or this post belongs on /pol/
>>18465588What's really ironic is that even though "the providence plantations" doesn't have anything to do with slavery since plantation just meant colony/settlement, during the colonial period Rhode Island did actually have a lot of slavery and 80% of colonial American slave trade ships were financed by Newport merchants.Here's an article on ithttps://smallstatebighistory.com/rhode-island-dominates-north-american-slave-trade-in-18th-century/
>>18465588In fairness, even when not related to Slavery plantation has some shitty baggage. As in Ireland. Still retarded, though.
>>18465588What goes on in Rhode Island? Why is it so Portuguese?
>>18465535>>18465588>Red states banned teaching fundamental science>Blue states... took the name "plantations" away
>>18465535What is a woman?
>>18465535I would support that
>>18465553Yeah there’s no tampons in the men’s room or prohibitions on misgendering, crazy right?
>>18465592You mean like your new name and pronouns?
>>18465907>that i’m a talking fish on legs is fundamental basedence>that i’m not a woman is not
