Abbott said local health authorities can't shut down in-person instruction before school starts, but an outbreak on campus once students hav
A summary of COVID in Texas:
TX Government: *does nothing*
People, to the government: DO SOMETHING ABOUT CORONAVIRUS
TX Government: we cannot; this is an issue for local authorities so that each area can do what's best for themselves.
some local authorities: ok, great! You get a mask mandate! And you get a mask mandate!
Ken Paxton (attorney general who's been indicted on felony charges): not like that 😡
Local authorities: ????? But you said.... :(
TX Government, like 2 weeks later: ok, fine, yes like that. You can have your mask orders.
Texas Education Agency (TEA): but schools still gotta open on time for IN-PERSON learning!
People: but we'll die!?!?!?!!? THIS IS NOT SAFE.
TEA: ugh, fine, you're allowed to do online only for max of TWO WEEKS right at the beginning in order to help finalize your in-person safety plan.
People: *general outrage and protesting*
TEA: *slowly, oh so slowly, adds more and more flexibility and local control into their school opening requirements*
TEA/TX Government: ok, ok, look, we're all about the local control around here. If an area needs to, the local authorities are allowed to close schools.
Many local authorities: schools should not open or else it will overwhelm our already very full hospitals; schools here are required to stay online-only for as long as possible.
TEA/TX Government: well, within reason........ You get 8 weeks max. Then you gotta allow people back on campus!
Local authorities: fine then, schools must stay online only for the first 8 weeks and then we'll re-evaluate the situation to see if we need to stay online only.
Ken Paxton: not like that! 😡
People/local authorities: but you said local control!!
TX Government: within reason! You're infringing on the rights of individual districts and private schools to open if they want to! So you get your 8 weeks and after that, YOU HAVE TO OPEN. You are NOT ALLOWED to PREEMPTIVELY close schools! They must open and you can only re-close them if there is an outbreak at that school! And if you don't obey, you won't get your funding.
Quite frankly, I'm sick as SHIT over the Republican's hypocritical cries over "local control" since they obviously only actually favor local control when the local government agrees with them and does what they want. THAT'S NOT LOCAL CONTROL YOU GREEDY ASSHOLES.
And an ESPECIALLY giant
Fuck you!
to the criminal Ken Paxton, who simply continues adding to his giant list of sins. It's gotta be 5-10 miles long in regular 12 point font by this point. That man is straight evil.
At least you’re closing at all. We’re going back on-time, in-person, and were told legitimately that the reason our youngest students need to be the first ones back is that parents are clamoring for childcare.
Everything about this is so fucking funny. The song. The chubby dances. The way he just gets fucking KIDNAPPED. The presentation of the guy in the white shirt in the picture when he returns. This is my favorite post.
This reminds of that episode of Batman: The Animated Series where he realizes he’s dreaming because the section of your brain responsible for reading is different from the section used while dreaming so he checked by trying to read a newspaper and found it to be a jumbled mess.
I wasn’t looking for any information about railroads and now I’m left with that + knowledge about spaceships, Roman chariots and one (1) unexpected but welcome joke.
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