New Youngkin ad starring a parent who wanted Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' removed from schools because

[Anonymous]

It gave her 17 year old son NIGHTMARES. 🤦‍♀️

I had a visceral cringe for this mother/son snowflake duo while reading this article.

If this mom doesn't want her kids exposed to college level readings like Toni Morrison's Beloved, then she shouldn't enroll them in AP courses which have college level books... or better yet, send your kid to private... or best yet,
homeschool him.

https://www.businessinsider.com/virginia-gop-ad-features-woman-who-wanted-to-ban-beloved-from-school-2021-10


The link to the ad:
https://twitter.com/GlennYoungkin/status/1452668527358402582?t=CHLTWkWjyZ5NzqKHKoxDFg&s=19

[Anonymous]

I was undecided who to vote for in this election, but for Youngkin to placate the entitlement of mothers like this?
Well, it's sealed the deal for me.

This ad was a huge mistake.

[Anonymous]

This is what we are in for if Youngkin is elected! No proper education— just what a select group of his preferred parents want taught. I am guessing the Bible.

[Anonymous]

And the example is so old too. The kid is now a lawyer and his wedding announcement was NYT a year or so ago.

The party of snowflakes.

[Anonymous]

I remember the case when this happened. To be sure, Beloved is a harrowing book, but that's kinda the point of it... Maybe the mother thought "a book about slavery" (in an AP English class!) would be Gone With The Wind?

If you want that kind of control over your child's school curriculum, you need to homeschool.

[Anonymous]

Not to mention, nowadays parents are allowed to opt their kids out of books. Of course, it’s troubling how many parents want to limit their high schooler’s access to books and different perspectives. Sad.

[Anonymous]

Omg, the school had a policy that allowed students to read a list of alternative books... literally NO one had to read Beloved.

A group of high school seniors should have been mature enough to handle a discussion about Beloved.

And like the pp said, this is SUPER old... her widdew baby is an attorney now.

[Anonymous]

Youngkin is doubling down on book banners, huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I was undecided who to vote for in this election, but for Youngkin to placate the entitlement of mothers like this?
Well, it's sealed the deal for me.

This ad was a huge mistake.

Agreed.
Youngkin has already had the uber-conservatives, quanons, radical right, etc all locked up all along -- there was zero reason or need to preach to them anymore.

What he didn't have is we few who were undecided; either because we have beliefs that both parties stand for, or because we really don't like either candidate and we're trying to figure out the lesser of two evils... or whatever their reasoning may be, there were plenty of us.

However, this right here is where I draw the line.

This ad was a monstrous error in judgment that I cannot condone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I was undecided who to vote for in this election, but for Youngkin to placate the entitlement of mothers like this?
Well, it's sealed the deal for me.

This ad was a huge mistake.

Agreed.
Youngkin has already had the uber-conservatives, quanons, radical right, etc all locked up all along -- there was zero reason or need to preach to them anymore.

What he didn't have is we few who were undecided; either because we have beliefs that both parties stand for, or because we really don't like either candidate and we're trying to figure out the lesser of two evils... or whatever their reasoning may be, there were plenty of us.

However, this right here is where I draw the line.

This ad was a monstrous error in judgment that I cannot condone.

So basically Youngkin should’ve been a better liar and not shown his true hand so early?

Not a ringing endorsement of Youngkin if he needs to “trick” moderates into voting for him.

[Anonymous]

The parent in the ad doesn't say she wanted the book removed from schools or banned, but rather wanted students to have an alternative if their parents preferred they not read a book that was as sexually explicit. Which was what a bill passed in the Virginia legislature would have called for but for Terry McAuliffe's veto.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I was undecided who to vote for in this election, but for Youngkin to placate the entitlement of mothers like this?
Well, it's sealed the deal for me.

This ad was a huge mistake.

Agreed.
Youngkin has already had the uber-conservatives, quanons, radical right, etc all locked up all along -- there was zero reason or need to preach to them anymore.

What he didn't have is we few who were undecided; either because we have beliefs that both parties stand for, or because we really don't like either candidate and we're trying to figure out the lesser of two evils... or whatever their reasoning may be, there were plenty of us.

However, this right here is where I draw the line.

This ad was a monstrous error in judgment that I cannot condone.

There's some pretty obvious trolling at work there for you to claim you were undecided prior to this campaign ad.

[Anonymous]

lol I thought conservatives were all up in arms about trigger warnings and safe spaces? I actually don't think I'd assign a book as tough as Beloved to HS juniors but still.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol I thought conservatives were all up in arms about trigger warnings and safe spaces? I actually don't think I'd assign a book as tough as Beloved to HS juniors but still.

It was an AP class and Beloved won the Pulitzer.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone actually read this book? I did two years ago and thought it was horrible. The characters are shallowly conceived, the writing itself is poor (bad sentence structure that made this editor cringe), etc. I was really surprised it received so many kudos, but then I wasn’t. Life is short, and there are so many better books to read.