A Waukesha, Wisconsin school just banned students from singing the song "Rainbowland"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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BREAKING: A Waukesha, Wisconsin school just banned students from singing the song "Rainbowland" by
@MileyCyrus
and
@DollyParton
because they believe kids are too immature to hear this song that they claim focuses on "controversial issues". The lyrics in question are as follows:

"Wouldn't it be nice
To live in paradise?
Where we're free to be exactly who we are
Let's all dig down deep inside
Brush the judgment and fear aside
Make wrong things right
And end the fight"

Are you kidding me? Singing about "freedom" and not caring about "judgement" are now "too woke" for Republicans?

Anti-wokism is a facade for Fascism!
(Listen to the lyrics below)

[Celerity]

1. I wager they would lovingly approve of singing the Horst-Wessel-Lied though

[usaf-vet]

20. Waukesha Wi is the seat of the extreme Right Wing agenda in Wisconsin. It was the home....

..... of Scott Walker's right-wing supporters.

IMHO, It is a place to avoid if you should travel to Wisconsin.

[Bettie]

21. I grew up there

it wasn't always the right wing hellscape it is now.

But, I won't go there and have stopped talking to the one person I still used to from there. She's gone to the red side.

[usaf-vet]

23. Thank you from confirming my statement. Sorry you lost your connections to a home town.

[Samrob]

30. First they came for our schools, then they came for our books, then they came for our music,

then they came for our art. They finally came for our brains but there was nothing there.

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

So warped by fear they're dangerous.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Banning Dolly Parton??? Now THAT is un-American!

[crickets]

24. 👆👆

[MissB]

4. Gawd. What about Rainbow Connection

(Muppets)

[onenote]

22. That was banned too, but then unbanned.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Today a school in Wisconsin banned students from singing the song "Rainbowland"

Link to tweet

[Poiuyt]

6. Waukesha is one of the most conservative areas of the state

[onenote]

25. Not really.

It's conservative and it went for Trump by 59.57 to 38.77. But 31 other counties in the state went to Trump by bigger margins, including eleven that gave Trump over 65% of the vote and two that gave him over 70%.

[Greybnk48]

27. That may be true, but Waukesha Rethugs are notoriously loud, obnoxious, and pushy.

I think of Waukesha as the spearhead of radical rethugugery in Wisconsin, and it has been for decades. At least since the late 60's when my family moved to Oconomowoc (I was grown and living elsewhere).

I associate Scott Walker and that whole mess with that area, along with the Fitzgerald's and the Milwaukee "Irish mafia" as they call them.

[Skittles]

7. ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS ARE A-OK

SINGING RAINBOWLAND, NOT SO MUCH

[madaboutharry]

8. Who are these people?

I think they are triggered by the word “Rainbow.”

Next up, they will ban the song “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” They might even try to make it illegal to look at actual rainbows!

[TheRickles]

12. Only a matter of time. Reductio ad absurdums can take a while to play out.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. NEW BAN from the Christian Taliban

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NEW BAN from the Christian Taliban: Wisconsin officials are banning the song Rainbowland from Dolly Parton & Miley Cyrus from a 1st-grade concert.

But the song isn't about being in drag. Or being gay.

Once you read the lyrics, you will see exactly how fascist this move is👇
"Livin' in a Rainbowland
Where everything goes as planned and I smile
’Cause I know if we tried, we could really make a difference in this world
I won’t give up or sleep a wink
It's the only thought I think
You know where I stand
I believe we can start livin’ in a Rainbowland

Livin' in a Rainbowland
Where you and I go hand in hand
Oh, I'd be lyin', if I said this was fine
All the hurt and the hate going on here
We are rainbows, me and you
Every color, every hue
Let's shine through
Together we can start livin' in a Rainbowland

Living in a Rainbowland
Where skies are blue and things are grand
Oh, wouldn't it be nice to live in paradise
Where we're free to be exactly who we are
Let's all dig down deep inside
Brush the judgment and fear aside
Make wrong things right, and end the fight
'Cause I promise ain't nobody gonna win"

👆 Did you catch the offensive part? It's right there in black and white.

This song encourages ACCEPTANCE.

For the Christian Taliban, there is nothing worse a person can do than reject hate, and instead love & accept themselves and others for who they are unconditionally – like Jesus did.

I'm sure all the "freedom" advocates like Ron DeSantis who demand the protection of our children will now see their hypocrisy, admit they've strayed far away from the teachings of Jesus, and then reverse these cruel bans... or go straight to Hell.

[tclambert]

10. "Go back to sleep, sheeple!"

DeSantis' new campaign slogan.

[BOSSHOG]

11. The Kids are too immature?

Freedom is too controversial? Americans are serving around the world to protect freedom for you fucking cretins and this is how you thank them? I guess I’d be a dumbass too if I accepted Russian propaganda into my dunderhead.

[Matthew28]

13. These idiots

Are literally attempting to take this country back to the 50's. It is idiocy.

[ZonkerHarris]

14. The Snowflake Party

[area51]

31. +1 n/t

[Karadeniz]

15. Somewhere Over the Rainbow... next on the chopping block?

[RestoreAmerica2020]

16. Jeezzz. what's next? Ban rainbows? IZ' song--Over the Rainbow? 🌈

Last edited Sun Mar 26, 2023, 11:23 PM - Edit history (3)

...Hawaiian singer ..IZ (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) @ link video-- song performed by IZ -- Over the Rainbow 🌈. Bc it's a happy, joyful song.. just watching his video brought my anxiety down signifigantly-- need to stop watching non stop RW fascist hate propganda and watch anything with bloviated odious traitor's feo cara, ugly face plastered everywhere- he, his ghoulish sycophants, fascist GOP give me osco. osco is this Anyway-- guess I need to watch IZ sing his beautiful rendition of Over the Rainbow--- again-- just raised by blood pressure 😳 Paz.

In the summer of 1997, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole , by then one of the most beloved singers in the history of Hawaiian music, died of respiratory failure. He was 38 — and just beginning to see the huge success of "Over the Rainbow."Mar 9, 2011

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dfahr069-fzE&ved=2ahUKEwjCxpnNhPv9AhUCIX0KHcoyAQAQ2LwJegQIIBAB&usg=AOvVaw2LyG4_fCELKwc0bum6oIav

[aggiesal]

17. There goes Phil Collins "Another a Day In Paradise" n/t

[Tommy Carcetti]

18. Oh my God. The 2012 comedy "The Campaign" was prophetic.

“I do not want to live in Rainbowland! And you can’t make me live in Rainbowland!”

[Grokenstein]

19. Today: "Rainbowland is verbotten"

Tomorrow: "Any child found with a Rainbow Dash backpack shall be punished severely."

A few days ago, someone asked what was the opposite of "woke."
I suggested "sociopath" and/or "Nazi."

[mwooldri]

26. If this carries on...

... we'll be stuck with "I am glad, because I'm finally returning home" as an acceptable song to sing.

Part of me wishes though the kids would do this as a big FU to the school board. Unless someone with a ton of talent can come up with a lyric - less version of Rainbowland.

The Soviet song in question... And yes Eduard Khil did remove the lyrics due to Soviet censors.

[MagickMuffin]

28. Yikes, someone better tell god these people hate rainbows

As I recall from Sunday school god created the rainbow as a promise he would never flood it again.

Somebody better let Noah know, it might be time to bring out the blueprint for the Ark.

[DFW]

29. Next thing you know

Wisconsin Republicans will try to pass a law banning sunshine after a rainstorm.

The first time I visited Hungary, it was still under socialist domination, and there was a word I saw posted everywhere: Tilos!

When I got back, I asked a friend who grew up in Transylvania what it meant. He said it meant “forbidden.”

[AwakeAtLast]

33. As if I need another reason to quit teaching Music