Historians and officials are embroiled in a debate over comparisons between Florida's parental rights law and Nazi persecution. The historian highlighted propaganda from Nazi Germany targeting queer people, drawing parallels to current anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Florida officials criticized the comparison, calling it disrespectful and absurd. The debate has sparked controversy and accusations of dishonesty towards the media and historians.
Wow. "The @LCPSOfficial Holocaust documentary, of which they are so proud, takes one of mankind's most horrific acts—the Holocaust—and shamefully spins it into a narrative that equates it with other movements, such as Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ rights, as well as a… https://t.co/uw2NzQpgVC https://t.co/aVjG1zHwOL
DeSantis officials blast Axios for boosting claim that parental rights protections parallel Nazi persecution https://t.co/YmhfgNhNgD https://t.co/As72KYdrpS
Yes, JK Rowling, the Nazis Did Persecute Trans People. We Asked the Leading Expert on the Topic. https://t.co/4K0KcwLlsb
‘DISHONEST MEDIA ACTIVIST’: DeSantis official @BryanDGriffin goes after Axios, historian for comparing Florida parental rights law to Nazi Germany https://t.co/4NFenlegBQ
DeSantis officials scathe ‘historian’ for comparing Florida parental rights law to Nazis @JeremyRedfernFL: "Equating parental rights with the Holocaust is absurd and disrespectful.” https://t.co/4NFenlegBQ
NEW: DeSantis officials grill leftist media and "historian" for comparing Florida parental rights law to Nazis @ChristinaPushaw: “Beyond absurd to equate [it to] the Holocaust. Any historian who makes such claims makes a mockery of his profession." https://t.co/4NFenlegBQ
It is beyond absurd to equate Florida's parental rights law, which prohibits instruction in gender ideology and age-inappropriate materials, to the Holocaust. Any historian who makes such claims makes a mockery of his profession. https://t.co/yS6mp4wFJO
Lol. Of course they do... Holocaust historian sees parallels in today's anti-LGBTQ+ laws https://t.co/CradotMAuJ
NEW: A historian stopped by the FL Holocaust Museum to promote his book about the persecution of queer people in Nazi Germany. That included propaganda that the "homosexual lifestyle" would corrupt youth & bans on LGBTQ+ books. "Sound familiar?" he asked. https://t.co/IsxC6NK6hh