Roberto Clemente banned in Florida ?

[finestkind]

What next ?

Florida school district pulls book on Roberto Clemente over passage that he faced racism

The pulling of "Roberto Clemente: The Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates" is part of a larger purge of books happening nationally.

www.axios.com

 

[banjar]

Dave, you're asking what next from Florida?

The answer will be inevitably be something more stupefying than anyone can imagine.

 

[gt2590]

 

[nosterbor]

You are all a bunch of hypocrites. Thought we were not to post about politics!

 

[banjar]

Ah, Florida.

Why America Is So Obsessed with Florida

We asked a Sunshine State expert why Florida is America's class clown.

www.vice.com

The neverending stream of insanity coming from that state actually inspired Fark.com to create it's own "Florida" tag for absurd news stories. Such as these:

"Florida man in 'No, Seriously, I Have Drugs' T-shirt arrested for possession of drugs"

"Florida man charged with assault with a deadly weapon after throwing alligator through Wendy's drive-thru window"

"Florida cop claims Burger King put dirt on his food. Investigation reveals it was seasoning"

And now this one:

"Duval County school district pulls book about Roberto Clemente because he said he faced racism".

 

[finestkind]

Ah, Florida.

Why America Is So Obsessed with Florida

We asked a Sunshine State expert why Florida is America's class clown.

www.vice.com

The neverending stream of insanity coming from that state actually inspired Fark.com to create it's own "Florida" tag for absurd news stories. Such as these:

"Florida man in 'No, Seriously, I Have Drugs' T-shirt arrested for possession of drugs"

"Florida man charged with assault with a deadly weapon after throwing alligator through Wendy's drive-thru window"

"Florida cop claims Burger King put dirt on his food. Investigation reveals it was seasoning"

And now this one:

"Duval County school district pulls book about Roberto Clemente because he said he faced racism".

It's called SNAFU---- Florida