“TRUTH” WHAT TRUTH? The idea of “truth” is so yesterday. Don’t you know we live in a post-truth society? ‘War on Woke’: DeSantis Says Florida Will Teach Truth, American Exceptionalism
Woke ideology is a war on truth, so Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisis waging a “war on woke” in education and other arenas, the Republican said at The Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Leadership Summit.
In his keynote address on Friday, DeSantis said education in the Sunshine State will not impose political indoctrination on children but will follow the classical model.
“We believe in the traditional, classical mission of education,” DeSantis said. “We want to be able to pursue truth. We want to be able to promote rigor, and we want to give students the foundation so that they can think for themselves and be citizens of our republic.”
The left-wing agenda has no place in public education, DeSantis said.
“Woke ideology is a form of cultural Marxism that seeks to divide our society on the basis of identity politics,” he warned. “It is an attack on merit and an attack on achievement. It represents a war on truth.”