John Oliver blatantly lied in his episode on critical race theory

here is the episode: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EICp1vGlh\_U&ab\_channel=LastWeekTonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EICp1vGlh_U&ab_channel=LastWeekTonight)

At 17:41, Oliver says of Tennessee Senate Bill No. 623 (read it here: [https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/20697058/tn-hb0580-amendment.pdf](https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/20697058/tn-hb0580-amendment.pdf)) that the law is “prohibiting any teaching that would cause discomfort, guilt, anguish, or distress solely because of the individual’s race or sex” What the law actually prohibits is any teaching that promotes the concept that an individual *should* feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or distress solely because of the individual’s race or sex. This is section 51.a.6.

It’s hard to imagine that Oliver or his writing team are incompetent enough to make this mistake in their reporting. Sure, it’s possible. But I think it’s more likely that they are intentionally lying. Either way, not a good look.

Oliver further goes on to say at 21:37, “a white parent could plausibly claim that reading MLK’s writing made their child feel discomfort on the basis of their race.” Well, John, it wouldn’t matter if MLK’s writing made the child feel discomfort on the basis of their race as long as the writing doesn’t state that the child SHOULD feel discomfort on the basis of their race. (edited)

Full text of Tennessee Senate Bill No. 623 can be found here (the link above contains only the relevant portion): [https://legiscan.com/TN/text/SB0623/id/2409134](https://legiscan.com/TN/text/SB0623/id/2409134)

Why am I posting this here? idk, I posted about this in my irl friends' discord server, and nobody seems to care. I can't find anything else about this when I search, and I think it's important enough to put on the internet.