I haven't read Desantis' book so I can't comment on the specifics of this review. I'm very worried about Desantis on a national and personal level—my YA novel has been banned in multiple schools in Florida. For years now, many have asked the question, "What'll happen if a smart, organized version of Trump shows up?" Desantis might be that version. And that scares me. But this review ducks and dodges in irritating ways. There's an ad hominem attack in the second sentence. Why the need to describe Trump and Desantis as "doughy"? Also, in citing Florida's low ranking in SAT scores and Happiness, this review doesn't mention that 8 of the top 10 states in SAT scores are red and ten of the top 20 states in Happiness are red or purple. Sure, Desantis' boasts about Florida are inaccurate (or just plain wrong) but he's running for nationwide office. So it seems we should grapple with the nationwide implications of the polls that are cited in this review. Yeah, this review entered these polls into the discussion so we must consider them.
A small point, but I have seen the IPSOS poll about woke, mentioned here, mischaracterized with numerous publications, including here, claiming it showed that people look favorably on "woke".
If you actually read the poll 40% of Americans considered woke an insult vs 32% a compliment, clearly not favorable and that is why the IPSOS headline is very neutral " Americans divided on whether woke is an insult or a compliment" vs various liberal media headlines "People look favorably on woke"
What they refer to is two explanations of the term one positive and one negative, but that is a poll loaded with bias on how you word it and those polls dont really measure peoples feelings as the simple compliment vs insult poll which is a straight binary choice, but just which is the most accurate definition.
I haven't read Desantis' book so I can't comment on the specifics of this review. I'm very worried about Desantis on a national and personal level—my YA novel has been banned in multiple schools in Florida. For years now, many have asked the question, "What'll happen if a smart, organized version of Trump shows up?" Desantis might be that version. And that scares me. But this review ducks and dodges in irritating ways. There's an ad hominem attack in the second sentence. Why the need to describe Trump and Desantis as "doughy"? Also, in citing Florida's low ranking in SAT scores and Happiness, this review doesn't mention that 8 of the top 10 states in SAT scores are red and ten of the top 20 states in Happiness are red or purple. Sure, Desantis' boasts about Florida are inaccurate (or just plain wrong) but he's running for nationwide office. So it seems we should grapple with the nationwide implications of the polls that are cited in this review. Yeah, this review entered these polls into the discussion so we must consider them.
A small point, but I have seen the IPSOS poll about woke, mentioned here, mischaracterized with numerous publications, including here, claiming it showed that people look favorably on "woke".
If you actually read the poll 40% of Americans considered woke an insult vs 32% a compliment, clearly not favorable and that is why the IPSOS headline is very neutral " Americans divided on whether woke is an insult or a compliment" vs various liberal media headlines "People look favorably on woke"
What they refer to is two explanations of the term one positive and one negative, but that is a poll loaded with bias on how you word it and those polls dont really measure peoples feelings as the simple compliment vs insult poll which is a straight binary choice, but just which is the most accurate definition.