Fairfax County Moms tries to ban a book - Washington Post article

[Anonymous]

This line is hilarious:

“To me, mature references means slavery or the Holocaust,” Laura Murphy said. “I’m not thinking my kid is going to be reading a book with bestiality. . . . Books containing sex are okay, sure. But sex with animals crosses the line."

You know, the genocide of millions of people is okay, but sex with animals crosses the line!

Good grief.

[Anonymous]

Most kids in other parts of the world at that age have already seen slavery and horrible things in real life and this snowflake can't even handle a literary work? Puhhhleeeaseee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This line is hilarious:

“To me, mature references means slavery or the Holocaust,” Laura Murphy said. “I’m not thinking my kid is going to be reading a book with bestiality. . . . Books containing sex are okay, sure. But sex with animals crosses the line."

You know, the genocide of millions of people is okay, but sex with animals crosses the line!

Good grief.

I know!!! She is clueless. But it just shows how desensitized we've become to the word (or the reference) to Holocaust.

[Anonymous]

I dont have a position on this, but I think a primary point missing from this discussion is that teachers cannot show excerpts from the movie without parental notice and like subject matter is prohibited via the Internet on school computers, but these same restrictions are ignored in written material.

[Anonymous]

Who died and appointed her guardian of all the children in FFX county? Her kid had the opportunity to opt out. He didn't take it.

Anyone know how a parent can counter her request? My kids will be in the FFX county school system eventually and I don't want nuts like her deciding what is best for my kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard the book was overly exaggerated attempt to point out how bad slavery was.

I don't think there's any "over exaggerating" how bad slavery was. You think gang rape, infant murder, and bestiality didn't happen?

“Reading and studying books that expose us, imaginatively and safely, to that trouble steels our souls to pull us through our own hard times and leads us to a greater empathy for the plight of our fellow human beings,” the letter said."

White Liberal guilt , this is where it begins at the public shools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard the book was overly exaggerated attempt to point out how bad slavery was.

Seriously? Can you "exaggerate" the horrors of slavery?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard the book was overly exaggerated attempt to point out how bad slavery was.

I don't think there's any "over exaggerating" how bad slavery was. You think gang rape, infant murder, and bestiality didn't happen?

“Reading and studying books that expose us, imaginatively and safely, to that trouble steels our souls to pull us through our own hard times and leads us to a greater empathy for the plight of our fellow human beings,” the letter said."

White Liberal guilt , this is where it begins at the public shools

Troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It may be controversial, but it's a class for seniors; 17 & 18 year olds! These kids can get married and join the military without parental consent. Pretty soon she will be trying to ban books in college. It is a few short months away.

Amen. If you think 17 year old boys can't read adult-level literature, then you should be in the streets rioting against the Selective Service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard the book was overly exaggerated attempt to point out how bad slavery was.

What?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard the book was overly exaggerated attempt to point out how bad slavery was.

What?

It's called sarcasm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It gets banned because its subject matter is difficult (really difficult) to read. Critics (mostly parents) cite the novel's treatment of bestiality, infanticide, racism, and sex as inappropriate for underage readers. As recently as 2007 and 2008, Beloved was pulled from library shelves in Kentucky, Idaho, and Illinois by concerned parents and school boards.

Do concerned parents and school boards pull the Bible from library shelves?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It gets banned because its subject matter is difficult (really difficult) to read. Critics (mostly parents) cite the novel's treatment of bestiality, infanticide, racism, and sex as inappropriate for underage readers. As recently as 2007 and 2008, Beloved was pulled from library shelves in Kentucky, Idaho, and Illinois by concerned parents and school boards.

Do concerned parents and school boards pull the Bible from library shelves?

No worries, the Bible's long ago been banned from public school libraries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It gets banned because its subject matter is difficult (really difficult) to read. Critics (mostly parents) cite the novel's treatment of bestiality, infanticide, racism, and sex as inappropriate for underage readers. As recently as 2007 and 2008, Beloved was pulled from library shelves in Kentucky, Idaho, and Illinois by concerned parents and school boards.

Do concerned parents and school boards pull the Bible from library shelves?

No worries, the Bible's long ago been banned from public school libraries.

No it hasn't. In my high school there were multiple versions of the Bible available for research and to check out. We also studies Bible stories including the Book of Ruth and the Book of Job in my literature courses. I get that you have a right-wing axe to grind, but really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard the book was overly exaggerated attempt to point out how bad slavery was.

What?

It's called sarcasm

Eh. Not a very good attempt.