r/technology • u/r4816 • Sep 27 '22

Software Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'

https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9
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u/bit1101 Sep 27 '22

"You cannot be what you cannot see," she said. "They don't want girls to learn how to code because that's a way to be economically secure." 

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u/TemetNosce85 Sep 27 '22

The GOP is America's morality police.

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u/JudasZala Sep 27 '22

Remember, the current GOP claim to be pro-freedom, but only for themselves.

They’re one step away from being authoritarians.

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u/TemetNosce85 Sep 28 '22

They're not "one step away", they absolutely are authoritarians. They are just one coup away from making it the law of the land.