Dumbest state in the Union

Oklahoma says hold my beer.

[@user-qw5op9ov8q]

The Oklahoma Attorney General’s office has said that State Superintendent of Education Ryan Walters has no legal authority to require certain content be taught by sending a memo to school districts. State law gives local school districts the exclusive power to determine “the instruction, curriculum, reading lists and instructional materials and textbooks.” Just more right wing weenie wagging!

[@Tie-dyeGarden_dragon]

True, but I’m so tired of these weenies. 😂

[@wpierce34004ever]

the comment right above you says OK is 49th in education. Sounds like those local school districts are FUBAR

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

@@wpierce34004ever# 50 probably has no schools.

[@robertl1504]

Weenie waggin, is an apt description for MAGA😅

[@tlhamp0]

@@wpierce34004ever either way they shouldn't be teaching religion in school it discriminates against people that believe in other religions and people who doesn't believe in religion at all and if you force something down someone throat they have a tendency to rebel against it

[@user-cl4lg8hs4s]

The Bible could be used to teach about the colonial period when the Massachusetts colony operated as a theocracy (complete with witch trials). The first thing they did was start persecuting other Christians. This is the main reason the US was established as a secular nation and we have the first amendment which prohibits the establishment of a state religion and guarantees freedom of worship to everybody. One could use the Bible to explain why Christian nationalism in the United States is a bad idea. We already tried that, and it went horribly wrong! In my opinion, this is how teachers in Oklahoma should respond..

[@georgesheffield1580]

That's why they were told to leave Britain .

[@marcmeinzer8859]

What people forget is that the states had established state churches, usually Congregationalist in New England, and Episcopalian in the south. State sanctioned churches were not forbidden until after the Civil War in the 14th amendment to the constitution.

[@loft306]

Yeah, the peeps that wrote the Constitution didn't want anything to do with the religious wars of the last couple hundred years in Europe anymore.

[@user-cl4lg8hs4s]

@@marcmeinzer8859 Maybe, they had them but it is forbidden in the very first amendment. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. It's in the very first line! Maybe before then it was allowed at the state level, but the Constitution is supposed to be the supreme law of the land. Still much of it is ignored, even now.

[@Alltime2050]

@@marcmeinzer8859 I think your confusing bans against Catholics, Jews, and Islamists in some states in the early period as making Protestantism a sort of state-sanctioned religion by default. While there is some truth to that idea, it was never official. It was one of those wink/wink lies many Americans told themselves, just as Cons still do to this day.

[@quintinamcdonnel9493]

I live in Oklahoma, and I'm as shocked as you are. 49 in education, it seems like they have lost their minds.

[@user-tn6dk6rz5x]

At 49 they can always go lower and it’s seems that they giving it a go..

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

I'm a transplant from a liberal East Coast City. So I've been asking my neighbors what has their loyalty to the Republican Party gotten them? Do we have great schools? Nope. Great job opportunities nope. Easy access to Medical Care nope. Why do we keep voting Republican?!

[@truthleaker222]

I lived in Ar. For ten years. Those people are getting their knowledge from gossip, because they are just using religion to escape accountability. Miserable people.

[@ran44dolf]

Republicans want to keep the education system dumbed down so you will be ignorant and vote for them.

[@ritasnellgrove6343]

I live in Oklahoma too. Drive thru small towns with their confederate flags. Doesn't surprise me at all. Meanwhile kids aren't being fed in these small towns this summer because the governor declined federal aid that would replace school lunches. Yet people will still keep voting for these jerks. I've given up on these people.

[@ParFive]

Stupidity is an epidemic right now. What the movie "Idiocracy" predicted has come to pass 200 years early.

[@elirien4264]

Apparently is WAS a documentary.

[@VegasGenxBox]

481 years early actually.. but yeah, Beef Supreme will be emperor soon.

[@bartmix8994]

@@VegasGenxBox I got this guy Not Sure, he’s gonna fix the ecomeny.

[@meyerdude]

Love that Movie

[@dennisyoung4631]

No, not “Ideocracy” - too easy. Way too easy. This is more the state in much of the five kingdoms when under witch control - just enough education to know who your betters are. Writing a kind of dystopian fiction for many years does some really bad things to your mind.

[@727Phoenix]

I grew up on the Bible, know it very well. I'm also familiar with American history and... It seems to me that if Ryan Walters believes one informs the other then he doesn't know either!

[@eileennovak1656]

Well-stated.

[@GeraldCole-mq6wr]

Ryan obviously went to school in..., wait for it! Oklahoma.

[@AndreaLenoig]

Separation of State and Church!

[@marielaveau5321]

Friend, I'm in Mississippi, something of a hippie myself. I'm surrounded by people who let their pastors tell them what to think, what to believe, and how to vote. They simply can't be bothered to think any deeper than that. I don't leave my house a lot. 😖✌️

[@donnalynn6348]

Usually that type of behavior is because they know just enough to work hard physically and have no time for learning anything more.

[@joelhoward8211]

Same here in Tennessee

[@rachelolson5488]

I call those powerful pastors who think they are equal to their "god".

[@kingtrance307]

All the Mega Pastors leading the “Cult of MAGA” 🤯

[@RupertMay]

You cant get 4" Christians" to agree on the price of a box of salt much less what the Bible says!!!

[@geoffreycat1763]

Literally over 45,000 opinions are recognized denominations worldwide.

[@elirien4264]

@@artfuldp1669 Same thing. Why do you think new denominations are formed?

[@Jamespowell-lb5ot]

I was born and raised in Indiana ( the neon cornfield ) and was fortunate to receive an excellent education. With that education I knew that getting out of that state was imperative. I love to go home and visit, but the people there are stuck in the 50s. Lots of brain dead individuals. Politics are simply the worst. No way I can talk to my family about it, seems like they all wear horse blinders. Go Hoosiers.

[@josephhoover4542]

I feel the same way about Ohio bunch of idiots and meth addicts

[@handyadams3319]

When, not if, but when this is challenged in the courts, how much money will be spent out the Education Budget, on lawyers defending an unconstitutional edict? And again the kids education suffers.

[@Tie-dyeGarden_dragon]

I live in Oklahoma and I am terrified every time my state makes the news because it’s never for anything good. But this one takes the cake! You can bet your bum I’ll be voting in November, and on every single candidate on the ballot! Hopefully there’s enough of us here to make a difference. 😢

[@jeb1273]

I've been here for 34 years. There are not enough people to make a difference. Not even close.

[@SamSolasdonSaol]

​@@jeb1273Please don't give up. 💙

[@jeb1273]

@@SamSolasdonSaol I'll vote, but I'm far outnumbered here in maga wunderland.

[@jonncockrell3606]

No the People of Oklahoma are too ignorant and blinded by Theocratic Fascism to actually reject the Repugnant Party and the Repugnant Orangutan candidate for president.

[@kyleninehouser3624]

@@Tie-dyeGarden_dragon leave your state!

[@janicerogers6216]

Born & raised in Oklahoma. Walters & others are a total embarrassment.

[@user-ou8om4ju7g]

Teachers are leaving Oklahoma by droves! Average pay for teachers is 35 thousand a year and now they have to teach the Bible in class. This man is a disgrace to this state!

[@WildmanUSAF]

More like a disgrace to the U.S. Constitution

[@aliceroberts1980]

So OB/GYN‘s they’re leaving the states pretty soon. Those poor people have nobody to deliver their babies or help them at all.

[@jcw3195]

My grandparents got out in the1930s. My vet and her husband got out as soon as they graduated. I'm sure everyone is happy here in Oregon.

[@michaelcharron5613]

Darwin was wrong - being proven in Milwaukee right now.

[@curtislong6806]

I think the teacher pay is a little higher than that. You must be looking at old numbers.

[@TeriTencerCutler]

As a fellow hippie, we tried to move us forward in the 60s. Now it looks like we are moving backwards. What happened?

[@olly8]

Backwards for sure. We have government men dictating females choices about THEIR bodies, what we can & can't do. Not everyone is a Christian. I was raised that way- but even my dad told me what+how I believe IS MY CHOICE. But our politicians want to limit FREEDOMS. What happened to Separation of church from State??? It a messed up time in America, now. SMH.

[@hildeschmid8400]

I have been saying this since the Republicans had the majority in Congress when Obama was President. Thanks, Mitch.

[@hildeschmid8400]

​@@olly8the Party of Less Government. Unless you're Female, Non Christian, or poor.

[@waltgodsoe9111]

No, Florida proudly is the most ignorant of anything.

[@frankbloodworth226]

That’s what happens when politicians get involved in Education, right Jeb Bush and deSatanis?

[@MamaDisco1313]

No child left behind

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Because they get things done?

[@waltgodsoe9111]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations Well if you count banning books, intimidating teachers, etc as getting things done, I would suggest you have a low bar.

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

​@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorationsthe whole framework of the Republican party in Florida is to stop abortions so they have enough population to sacrifice at war.

[@kenanacampora]

Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana are the dumbest, by far.

[@jefferyparker4277]

Tell me you have never been to Georgia without saying I have never been to Georgia. You ignorance is showing. You are just parroting what others have told you. My guess, you have not spent one second in any of those states. My second guess is you don't help the average I.Q. in whatever state it is you live in. (probably live in the state of confusion and still don't help the I.Q.)

[@billykay4472]

All red states!

[@dryhumorfoe8275]

You left out Arkansas....

[@OliviaLowe-hv9ue]

I’m in Tennessee. I hear ya.

[@MelissaThompson432]

Same.

[@Lichan11]

I really feel for the blue people in red states. How do you fight stupidity?

[@ritasnellgrove6343]

@@Lichan11 we feel like the forgotten ones.

[@jennifer60515]

Very difficult. My governor just mandated that the 10 Commandments be posted in all classrooms. I emailed his office about the unconstitutionality of that decision, but no one from the good governor’s office had the decency to respond to my complaint and questions.

[@Lichan11]

@@ritasnellgrove6343 Well, you aren't forgotten by us. Sending big hugs!! Remember, what comes around goes around. Karma is going to bite these losers in the behind.

[@Lichan11]

@@jennifer60515 Oh hon, I wish the man would FOLLOW those commandments, because I believe thou shall worship no other God but me is on there, and the way they kiss Trump's behind you have to wonder. I have a feeling women are going to come out in DROVES this november to show these GOP dolts just what we think of them. If we can get Biden in and give him Congress, he can begin to fix this mess. Hang in there hon. We are going to get this done!!!!

[@ritasnellgrove6343]

@@Lichan11 from your lips to God's ears 🙏💙🙏

[@MamaDisco1313]

I was taught, from the Bible in a parochial school, I was beat, I mean tortured, I mean spanked, every single day, in first grade,for being left handed. Left handed children were children of Satan, and they believed they could beat Satan out of me, and I would magically become right handed. They did in fact get me to write with right hand, but I don’t they were able to beat Satan out of me. 😂

[@hildeschmid8400]

My best friend was left handed, but the nuns never tried to change her. This was in the '60's in Parochial School. My mother, on the other hand, had the ruler on the knuckles, and in high school she had blonde hair and black eyebrows, and they would scrub them until her skin was raw, and it wouldn't change. Catholic Girls School in pre WWII Belgium.

[@writerconsidered]

There's no hate like Christian love.

[@tomfilipiak3511]

76 years old,born and raised in Chicago,Catholic grammar school,Saint Casmirs,Cermak which is 22 nd street and Albany Ave!1954! Sisters of the Resurection,secured my left hand behind my back,cause I was left handed!Told me the devil was in me,beat me,finally my dear father told the nun,Sister Stanislaus ,after mass one Sunday to leave me alone!Thomas A.Filipiak

[@georgesheffield1580]

Texas is trying to become number 50 ,doing well at it too. Dont want those educated ,hard working immagrants comming in either .

[@rudra62]

They have to. Their doctors and nurses are leaving in droves. They need somebody to provide medical care, so immigrants they can control are the order of the day.

[@saraheart2804]

Im a Christian, and am astonished by the so called Christians that support this. I'm also surprised by the ones that support trump.

[@kathleenmccrory9883]

If they support tRump, they are NOT Christians, just hypocrites. I'm not religious, but I was raised in the church, and I know the difference.

[@ZYX261]

45, the epitome of Christian values. 😂

[@ran44dolf]

You cannot be a Christian and a MAGA as well.

[@Mah14356]

I didn’t think there were any Christians that think like you were left. Maybe there is some hope. I wish I knew someone who was Christian without all of the far right nonsense. That’s all we have around here. HELP😢

[@LaLadybug2011]

I'm in agreement with you! It is impossible to be a Christian and support Donald Trump in anything. He is a horror show.

[@nickd8697]

Yup, Oklahoma is pretty stupid, but that’s nothing new.

[@carolisakallas3054]

I’m a Hoosier living in Indianapolis. Life in my SoBro neighborhood is pretty good but we’re a pretty liberal community. I stay away from rural areas now except to drive through. Liked your comments.

[@timwhite7127]

You convince somebody to fear an imaginary entity then they become soooooo easy to control....

[@jakeroberts7435]

Wow Scooter, sounds like your onto something, another regular Eienstiener.

[@maninthemiddle55]

@@jakeroberts7435. Many Americans need to be reminded of this age-old truth.

[@WoodstockG54]

That blood thirsty god that’s in the bible is no god of mine.

[@jakeroberts7435]

@@WoodstockG54 Which God is yours?

[@jakeroberts7435]

@@maninthemiddle55 The "hippy" movement was a production, who sponsored it? Go back to schleep

[@FTA4evr]

As a once proud Okie, I have to agree with you that Oklahoma has totally lost the plot, unless the plot you're advocating is the implementation of a fascist theocracy.

[@GetonthebusGus126]

I live in the shithole you speak of, and you are exactly right.

[@stephenmorton8017]

my answer to that is, first they have to learn to read. the first instance of the phrase "In God We Trust" was on the two cent piece, placed there unasked, by the mint. it was a high school slogan. my 2 cents. PEACE.

[@omahanb1]

I really hate the fact that July 11, 1955 On July 11, 1955, Congress passed H.R. 619, which mandated "In God We Trust" be included on all U.S. currency. The first paper money to include "In God We Trust" was printed in 1957. It irks me to see it because I don't trust the one person who stuck this bull*hit for all to see. There ought to be a law or a constitutional rule to get the religious dogma gone.

[@njw5869]

Yeah , like the first amendment .

[@stephenmorton8017]

@@omahanb1 there was a lot of religious fervor ignited after the Civil War due to the division and devastation it wrought. maybe they want to revisit those days? a little history might reveal it's been tried before. thus it's born of ignorance and the old saying is true about history. keep them ignorant and it can be repeated.

[@rebeledvid]

It should be E Pluribus, Unum. From many, one.

[@TheQueenRulesAll]

It is also about the same time they added the words to the Pledge of Allegiance too. One story is that the words were added because communists wouldn't say the words because they were godless and then would be caught...smdh

[@ruthcrist5983]

Okay this is just to ridiculous 🤨force feeding a religious book is not the answer and this country was founded for that purpose!! We are free to make out own religious choices not by the government or curriculum 😡🤬

[@sjsomething4936]

Nothing said the teachers have to use any specific part of the Bible… unconstitutional or just plain stupid edicts that are unspecific can often be interpreted in interesting ways… simply take passages and blur out all but a few words that when read in sequence teach the lesson you actually want to deliver, you’re still technically using the Bible to teach! 😈

[@ericatchley3482]

As far as stupid states go, dont forget Missouri, just about a bad as Oklahoma!

[@cars654]

When ever I got a phone call from a customer in Missouri, I would look over at my boss and say ( Its your pain in the behind customer from MISERY ) !

[@ruthcrist5983]

😂😂 so very true

[@curlysearcher1]

Another Okie here and yes, we are as shocked as you are. However, we are fighting back on this lunacy. We aren’t going to go quietly.

[@glenhowell6909]

As long as you go. Russia has a shortage of men; China has a shortage of women. Go there.

[@maninthemiddle55]

@@glenhowell6909 We ain’t going anywhere. Your cult leader Trump has his face buried deep up his Master Putin’s ass, and you love it. Do you think Putin wants to make America great again?

[@jakeroberts7435]

@@maninthemiddle55 You think the la la woke liberals do? Were you a member of the Covidiot Cult? And you claiming Putin is Trumps master, elaborate.

[@LyndaCollier-yb1rg]

Being another old hippie with an attitude I sure am glad to find you. Oh, and I've lived in Oklahoma most of my life. It ain't easy brother.

[@davelate4148]

Left Indiana in 1980........ never looked back...... have lived in blue states ever since......... vote blue

[@brucetifer]

Thank you from Western Massachusetts

[@decolonizeEverywhere]

No, don't vote blue. The blue people have the same corporate donors that the Red people do. And they have the same policies because the people that pay them donations are the exact same people on both sides. So either way the corporations win and you lose. And can you seriously look back on the last 3 and 1/2 years and tell anyone to vote blue? Do you really like the way the world is running today? No, I truly think you should encourage people to vote purple or green or any other color but blue and red. And take a minute to look at the two parties donor list and compare them. You will see what I mean.

[@roberthill799]

Outside of Bloomington, it’s an intellectual wasteland and might as well be part of Kentucky.

[@Larz1961]

Never vote blue unless you’re a idiot.

[@I_am_Irisarc]

I'm so sorry 😓😥. It wasn't me and I fight it as hard as I can. We Blues here need a little help if we ever want to see a little bit of purple tinge around here. Again, I am so, so sorry 😓😥😢

[@GeraldCole-mq6wr]

I retired 18 mos ago in Oklahoma and immediately left the state. Never having lived in the Third World before, I left as soon as I could.

[@donutarmageddon7975]

Yo, fellow Hoosier! clark co. here, so basically Louisville North. i agree we are not the brightest star on the US flag lol. loved your take, so new sub. keep callin it like ya see it, cuz. And Vote BLUE everybody!

[@WinteryMix84]

SoIn here. I call our lovely Hoosier state the Alabama of the Midwest. But I agree w/my new friend, OK, LA, MS are beyond us when it comes to dumb.

[@Reno_Slim]

My personal experience has Florida out in front by a substantial margin.

[@Mah14356]

I’m with ya . I just spent a week down there end of March. Was in Pompano beach every night sirens, helicopters flying around with the search lights cop cars I was stunned. I grew up in Philly came of age in the 60’s and70’s I never saw anything like that . Old RonnyD keeps taking about the woke ( whatever that is) lib cities being war zones . Is he kidding me, I couldn’t wait to get home just to get a good night sleep

[@charlesking5328]

Ol Ronnie is clueless ! What a ass .​@@Mah14356

[@dwayneseidl431]

I had a friend from Oklahoma and she always told me how bad it was there…. I told her don’t worry you will be OK 😂 she didn’t think it was funny 😂

[@stuartbroadhurst7523]

This is the reason that ‘over the pond’, we are so worried about the U.S. most of us gave up on Gods years ago.!

[@kellykat8057]

If things go badly, many of us tanks will have to flee to a new home. Will you accept political refugees from what might be the former USA?

[@kellykat8057]

Damn auto correct. It's Yanks.

[@stuartbroadhurst7523]

Yes no problem. I was talking to a group of visitors ( I am a Potter ) in my studio, here on Orkney. Top of Scotland. The notion of “countries” is a man made construct any way, borders only exist in our heads. Look at the world from space they don’t exist. Religion is the same it’s a man made construct, exists in many peoples heads but I think we all know the reality of what’s coming, we’ve all been there. I call it ‘zip or post code’ religion you are allocated a God based on where you are born. I realised this as a child so disregard religion.

[@David-ng7cr]

Same here in Canada. God stays out of politics

[@amethystrocks6433]

I'm an American and I firmly believe religion has no place in politics. They need to stay in their religious buildings & not try to force their beliefs on the rest of us.

[@jamesparks4893]

This is a wonderful find on my endless searches! thank you!! Hang in there. VOTE BLUE

[@heronimousbrapson863]

Puts the musical "Oklahoma" in a whole new light...

[@misterbacon4933]

I am glad I live in the Netherlands! 🇺🇲👍🇳🇱 Keep up with your new vlog!

[@jakeroberts7435]

Sorry to hear about your fight to save your farms, we too are facing it. But as the la la crowd says, we don't need farms, we've got lots and lots of grocery stores.

[@ChiaroScuroHealing]

Oklahoma resident since 1994, tapping in. I keep having issue with his actions and lack of discernment. Glad I'm not the only one. It feels at times like there's a Springfield bubble over this state keeping the residents complacent and asleep.

[@jeffjames4064]

What keeps republicans up at night is the thought of their voters becoming educated. It sends shivers down their back.

[@LiberalAfraidKnot]

Wow that's the lone bean in the box car. Nicely put!

[@MamaDisco1313]

Ignorance is strength 1984

[@warmwomyn]

❤❤❤❤

[@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations]

Educated just means you were put through the school system. That does not mean you are intelligent.

[@maninthemiddle55]

@@OCC_Plumbing_and_Restorations. Of course education and intelligence are not synonymous, but generally the better educated folks are better able to think for themselves.

[@patroling9803]

I live in Oklahoma also, can’t believe some of the politics that are so far right. I don’t blame any teacher who does not want to teach the Bible is a book that is difficult to understand and has as olden times women with absolutely no rights and second class citizens. Let’s hope it is history but won’t be if 2025 gets put in place!

[@kellywalker1664]

So PS teachers have to teach the Bible with no seminary background? Can't wait. 😆

[@christinavuyk2026]

As an outsider it’s absolutely baffling what some American states are doing with education etc. it’s 2024 ffs not 1024 🤦‍♀️

[@pmboston]

The lost tribes have been found! In Oklahoma! “This I know, ‘cause the Bible tells me so.”

[@createone100]

The entire Western world is in utter dismay at the widespread ignorance, poverty, cruelty, greed, and daily violence that seems to be what your country is all about. And to think you could have had Bernie! What a tragically missed opportunity.

[@ippmoeproject8502]

Please vote blue to save democracy 🙏❤️

[@glenhowell6909]

We aren't a democracy.

[@tbees5393]

It won’t be easy if she picks Shapiro

[@beckymalone2779]

Wait. Isn't Jesus a white, male, conservative, Evangelical Christian American?

[@ran44dolf]

He was not! He was for the poor, he didn't like liars, and adulterers, and he resented the rich money changers, he was not selfish or a narcissist. He was everything Republicans ARE NOT!

[@nounicorns3604]

How is Jesus American? He was Jew and America was even founded yet?

[@David-ng7cr]

Looks like some are not getting that you are being sarcastic 😅

[@Mah14356]

Oh boy

[@franckorphanos2998]

Yes . That is correct. Also his mother was Marj Taylor Green .

[@133rip]

Check out NC's Republican candidate for governor...

[@jackmorris8611]

Please vote to save America vote blue go Joe Biden

[@fieryeurochick3194]

Yeah, things are just great 😌

[@ZYX261]

​@@fieryeurochick3194corporate profits are up.

[@joelaichner3025]

Your wishing for Alzheimer’s to win ?

[@ZYX261]

@joelaichner3025 President Biden doesn't have Alzheimer's, but 45's father and grandfather both got it.

[@erikshin-cj8sh]

@@joelaichner3025 Alzheimer's vs. convicted criminal who threw his supporters under the bus...either way we are F*CKED!

[@krash66]

To me Oklahoma is third, after Texas and FloriDUH

[@user-yo9pv1ni6t]

I always knew Okie was a backward state giving Oral Roberts a kingship. I find that to be very low EDU

[@johnjones928]

Yet we shake our heads at Iran's mix of religion and politics, the only difference here is the book being read.

[@michelraizenne4827]

Canadian here, it always boils down to two things when it comes to Religion.(not spirituality) Religion was created too control and overpower the sheep. Tell them how to think who to be afraid of and who to hate. Especially the big 3 , Islam, Judaism and Christianity.

[@tomfilipiak3511]

I love Canada and just got back from fishing,250 moles north of Thunder Bay!Sir,at 76 years old,and a Catholic,born and raised in Chicago, I wonder if your statement,might hold some merit!Control,it really does make some sense!I know as a old guy,it might seem you are set in your beliefs,but you are never to old to have a valid view point!

[@jevon1007]

Florida is pretty dumb, I mean they voted for DeSantis.

[@barbarahering1310]

The dumbest , Kentucky by far , anyone that kept voting in Mitch McConnell , ugh.

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

Yeah, I'll subscribe to a hippie with an attitude! I'm a former hippie myself! Just cuz I cut my hair didn't mean I lost my attitude either!

[@karenbarnatny6247]

@@johnnyfreedom3437 I'm an old hippie myself.

[@jakeroberts7435]

I lived through the Hippy psyops, blissful at the time in my ignorance, they were happy days. Had everything figured out but knew diddly do sqwaut. I watched the neolibs and neocons merge.....psh.

[@virginiaf.5764]

Hey, no such thing as "former". Once a hippie, always a hippie, though my old knees don't allow me to march any more.

[@billhutchison7078]

And he’s absolutely correct 👍.

[@Kinemechanica]

There's an old Joke that says a man was once arrested in Oklahoma for smuggling in books. He got off because they couldn't prove in court that they were books...

[@rob8872]

Also a former hippie and I live in Indiana. I’m still thinking we Hoosiers are not much smarter than Okies. We are about to elect Mike F-ing Braun as our governor.

[@zeusapollo8688]

Time to go

[@DaveGIS123]

In fairness, the Bible is the most important book in all western civilization. Learning it will help students know when someone is trying to dupe them by manipulating the Bible for their own ends. If more students knew the Bible, they could call the liars out.

[@michaelburbank2276]

Couldn't agree more! Minimum wage 7:50 hr, Tax on groceries? Service Jobs only or oil, or Healthcare! Or if your rich you live out of town on a huge spread with cattle....I walked into a library in a small town and with my accent they got suspicious of me and followed me around? Or if you have an out of state phone number god forbid they call you back!

[@duggdugg176]

I really enjoyed what you had to say here... I live in Canada, but I've been to nearly 20 states over the years for work and pleasure. Ive made a lot of friends in the US and I've been worried about them over the last few years as MAGA's come on. That said, the past few weeks have conjured some hope in me that there's a change in the wind and the times they are a changin'! I'm subscribing, looking forward to hearing more!

[@sharko5300]

I used to live in The Hoosier State as you do. In Northwest Indiana we referred everything beneath U.S. 30 as "Alabama North.

[@robertswartz806]

...too funny...yeah, have referred to our state as North Ala myself...

[@ZYX261]

I thought that was ohio!

[@dawn4224]

I have two sisters in Indiana. Both vote more Republican than Maga. We differ greatly in our political views. The do not follow the news and when they do watch, they listen to the narrow and biased news outlets. It is always hard for me to drive around Indiana with the over abundance of Trump signs, even on businesses. But I do know that many in Indiana are not Trump or Maga fans. My sisters love me and accept that our views are different. That being said, I am happy you are speaking up!

[@SquatchMan123]

I have lived in Indiana most of my life and raised my kids here. We have a daughter that teaches in Oklahoma. It’s definitely an interesting state.

[@Getouttovote]

Vote for the constitution.. the separation of church and state Biden/Harris

[@randallpickering9944]

If conservative policies really worked, Mississippi, Alabama, and West Virginia would be full of healthy, prosperous people with high educational rankings a good social safety net. Being from Indiana, I think of it as the Mississippi of the North.

[@user-ur7kz4wu6z]

The age of reason has left the house , let’s resort to superstition and mad gods instead .

[@renzo6490]

In Alabama we say thank god for Mississippi. Without them, we’d be the last state in the nation!

[@bvm3925]

I also live in a cesspool called Louisiana, where they just passed a law to have the 10 commandments posted in public schools.

[@morlockmeat]

And the competition for ‘stupid’ continues.

[@fademejake]

"Oklahoma schools" is quickly replacing "Florida man" in headlines about someone doing something really stupid.

[@maryswanson9982]

I knew they were not well educated in Oklahoma. Too bad for their kids. They go into adulthood totally unprepared to do well in the world.

[@writerconsidered]

Its a two fold infringement. First on the Students and seconds on the teachers who have to teach it.

[@victoriafuller4148]

I’ve always said. When I was a teacher, if they made me teach Bible, I would go southern Baptist, or Pentecostal. You know, where they bring poisonous snakes to reveal our faith? I bet that would get some kids to pay attention to teacher! Ha. Oh ya, and if you get bit, we don’t call 911….we lay hands on you! (Just joking…wish no harm.)

[@ji3946]

sad that the young people are taught to be hateful, bigoted and burry their heads in the sand

[@janea4777]

Sooooo. Which Christian discipline? Catholic? Mormon? Episcopalian? This is a fight they don’t even want to get into.

Bible belt States take stupid to a whole new level

[@PercivalFakeman]

It hurts when one has to face being last in something. In reality this is by choice, requiring some kind of culture that embraces being last. I feel your pain.

[@2pagan]

Knowing some Americans, they probably would try to add American history to the Bible. You know cause America is the greatest. According to Homer Simpson.

[@Nancy-tr5fi]

Hey did this Head of Education get a HIGH SCHOOL education? Boebert got as far as 10th grade. Disgusting

[@blueeyeswhitedragon9839]

The New Testament is about 2,000 years old. Then the Old Testament is about 2,500 years before the age of the New Testament. The colonies of the Spanish, French and British (and the U.S.A) are about 300 years old. How can anyone think these histories converge in any way?

[@user-fz6sn6fo5b]

Just look at the ten poorest states- solid republican for 50 years

[@skabuoy]

I live in The Netherlands, and there's something similar here : we've had a right wing government for the last 20+ years, and people were finally sick and tired of having so little to live on. Their solution? Vote even further right with our Dutch trump-equivalent Wilders.

[@meyerdude]

OUCH!

[@margaretchubb8941]

I think I had the same shocked look on my face when I heard that.

[@wayneg296]

👍👍😎✌️🤟😢😢😢😢😢 This is just the beginning, after they re-elect Trump it’s “ The Handmaids Tale” in the future of the USA. 💙💙💙💙💙

[@apriltorres3684]

My first time watching your video and yes you are absolutely correct. I don't think Ryan understands that there's Christian Schools and then there's Public Schools. Now the Public Schools do teach some really dumb stuff but on the whole they do teach and not preach. The Separation of Church and State is becoming more and more like church and not the two ideas our founding fathers had in mind. I was just wondering if you turn up your mic 🎤 just a little bit more. I have captions but I still like to hear the narrator's voice. Thank You

[@Sharon-yc8if]

The Bible is thousands of years old. Don't FORGET the 10 commandments are thousands of years old. If you have faith and believe in Moses.

[@Fletch7453]

Sad state of affairs 😢

[@jamesleathers5488]

I am from Indiana as well and we are the Mississippi of the Midwest. It is sickening.

[@PaulWhitcomb-ty6md]

A significant portion of what many call "the bible" (the old testament) is actually a part of the Torah, a Jewish sacred document. Anyone who reads or teaches this text or parts thereof, should understand that they are inculcating their children with Jewish philosophy and world-view.., not Christian. Unfortunately, this is the part of the "bible" that right-wingers focus upon, almost exclusively, ignoring the word of Jesus Christ, which is the new testament.

[@mickeyhadley4281]

But I’m sure they’ll highlight the parts of the bible that teach being humble and feeding the poor and being kind to immigrants and loving your neighbor…just kidding; you know they’re just going to scare kids with the “follow our brand of jesus or burn in hell forever!”. 🤣

[@lisaboban]

As a fellow "older hippie" living in Indiana, I salute you. Indiana has 2 blue counties, and I live in 1 of those. But the rest of this state is hopeless.

[@meyerdude]

I live in West Lafayette. I hear you.

[@bethczer4412]

Someone needs to teach that man the calendar…

[@dennisyoung4631]

All that’s needed - or so Reprehensible Authoritarians believe - is that everyone know and keep their *assigned* place.

[@dumaguetedreamer]

The competition for the stupidest state can be narrowed down to 50.

[@jeffreybollman6186]

There's no hate like Christian "love"

[@rongarza9488]

Looking at images from the James Webb and Hubble telescopes, there are billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars, each with several planets. We are here. Beyond us are molecules, atoms, and subatomic particles. The Universe is vast. We have always been a part of It (with a capital I), and we will always be a part of It. Anyone who wants to teach about God should be teaching about The Universe.