Why are book banners showing up at FCPS SB meetings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The images in that book as seen in the video above are beyond disturbing. A child receives oral sex from a man in one of them. Wow.

If it was cis pedo would fcps ban it?

Never would have even made the shelves. The only reason these made the shelves was under the guise of being inclusive to lgbtq. They need to find a gay friendly book without pedophilia. I’m sure there are a few out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read it and liked it. I think if a High School kid chose to read it, it would be fine and I certainly wouldn’t call it pornography. I was reading romance novels that were more explicit than this when I was 14. It’s fiction. Read it or don’t- it’s a big world out there.

I’ve been reading romance novels since I was 16 years old. None of them had a fourth grade girl getting oral sex from an adult male.

[Anonymous]

It is simply disgusting that this school system sends kids to schools in trailers but still finds the money to buy trashy pornography to stock library shelves under the guise of being LGBTQ-friendly. I want this entire School Board replaced with normal, sane parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The images in that book as seen in the video above are beyond disturbing. A child receives oral sex from a man in one of them. Wow.

Ugh. Again for everyone in the back. The story has a 22 year old man reflecting on a sexual experience that happened when he was in 4th grade…with another 4th grader. It is semi-autobiographical. The antecdote is in the story because the other kid (now a grown adult as well) is now a prominent member of the community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The images in that book as seen in the video above are beyond disturbing. A child receives oral sex from a man in one of them. Wow.

Ugh. Again for everyone in the back. The story has a 22 year old man reflecting on a sexual experience that happened when he was in 4th grade…with another 4th grader. It is semi-autobiographical. The antecdote is in the story because the other kid (now a grown adult as well) is now a prominent member of the community.

I'm super liberal on sex and don't really care if kids read books with explicit sex in them. That said, your comment is totally nonsensical to me and I don't understand how it any way negates the concerns of other parents in this thread.

[Anonymous]

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From a parent perspective, you need to fill out a form and send some email messages. How is that time consuming?

If your goal is to get it removed, it can takes months.

If it’s so obviously terrible it could only take one email to the principal.

But if it’s less obvious then they should take time to carefully reviewed.

For example, how many idiots on here thought there was pedophilia in Lawn Boy - because they hadn’t actually read it.

One of the first questions on the form is “have you read it?”.

I stayed up last night to read it and now I got a greater issue with this book. 😂 authentic emotions and human attractions absolutely do not need to classify or define ones gender. gender is a social construct, human relationship should not be reduced to a hashtag.

I read it yesterday/early this morning as well. But I thought it was thought provoking and would lead to an interesting discussion about the idea of the American dream. Also, definitely not pedophilia. Every book in the library is not for every student, but there should be a book in the library for every student. If we take every book that is not in anyway controversial out of the library, I guarantee that book circulation goes down. Do you want non-readers or do you want critical thinkers?

LOL. You can’t be serious. Have you seen how high schoolers act?

I have, because I teach them. I was curious as to the content since my school has the book in their library. I wouldn’t use this book in my classroom, but I can see why it is in our library. The professional lit reviews of the book are positive and list it as appropriate for older hs. I spent this morning reading Gender Queer (available for free on Kindle Unlimited, so you can read if you’d like). It does have exactly ONE panel that does indeed show a strap on. However, the main character is clearly uncomfortable with the situation and his partner recognizes that he is uncomfortable and stops. In addition to being a teacher, I am a parent to two boys. If one of my kids was in this situation, this is exactly how I would want it to be handled. Many teens I teach are having sex. Gay or not, consent and a partner who is responsive to feelings is super important. Examples of this through literature is important.

[Anonymous]

Can someone list the books in question? The only title I've seen is Lawn Boy. Are there others? I'd like to read them for myself.

Also, to clarify, these books are in some of the high school libraries, but they aren't being used a teaching material in class? That's a pretty big difference to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The images in that book as seen in the video above are beyond disturbing. A child receives oral sex from a man in one of them. Wow.

Ugh. Again for everyone in the back. The story has a 22 year old man reflecting on a sexual experience that happened when he was in 4th grade…with another 4th grader. It is semi-autobiographical. The antecdote is in the story because the other kid (now a grown adult as well) is now a prominent member of the community.

I'm super liberal on sex and don't really care if kids read books with explicit sex in them. That said, your comment is totally nonsensical to me and I don't understand how it any way negates the concerns of other parents in this thread.

Huh? i didn’t say that others concerns are not valid. I was stating that a child does not receive oral sex from an adult in the book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone list the books in question? The only title I've seen is Lawn Boy. Are there others? I'd like to read them for myself.

Also, to clarify, these books are in some of the high school libraries, but they aren't being used a teaching material in class? That's a pretty big difference to me.

The other book pulled for review is Gender Queer (a graphic novel). Correct, they are available in a handful of high school/secondary libraries, not being used (to my knowledge) in a classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The images in that book as seen in the video above are beyond disturbing. A child receives oral sex from a man in one of them. Wow.

Ugh. Again for everyone in the back. The story has a 22 year old man reflecting on a sexual experience that happened when he was in 4th grade…with another 4th grader. It is semi-autobiographical. The antecdote is in the story because the other kid (now a grown adult as well) is now a prominent member of the community.

I'm super liberal on sex and don't really care if kids read books with explicit sex in them. That said, your comment is totally nonsensical to me and I don't understand how it any way negates the concerns of other parents in this thread.

DP.

THERE IS NO ADULT ~ CHILD SEXUAL INTERACTION.

THERE IS NO PEDOPHILIA.

Is it clear now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone list the books in question? The only title I've seen is Lawn Boy. Are there others? I'd like to read them for myself.

Also, to clarify, these books are in some of the high school libraries, but they aren't being used a teaching material in class? That's a pretty big difference to me.

The other book pulled for review is Gender Queer (a graphic novel). Correct, they are available in a handful of high school/secondary libraries, not being used (to my knowledge) in a classroom.

The books should be required reading for the book banning parents. Maybe they’d actually learn something about human development and relationships. Since many are clearly lacking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The images in that book as seen in the video above are beyond disturbing. A child receives oral sex from a man in one of them. Wow.

If it was cis pedo would fcps ban it?

Never would have even made the shelves. The only reason these made the shelves was under the guise of being inclusive to lgbtq. They need to find a gay friendly book without pedophilia. I’m sure there are a few out there.

THERE
IS
NO
PEDOPHILIA,
DUMBA$$

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone list the books in question? The only title I've seen is Lawn Boy. Are there others? I'd like to read them for myself.

Also, to clarify, these books are in some of the high school libraries, but they aren't being used a teaching material in class? That's a pretty big difference to me.

The other book pulled for review is Gender Queer (a graphic novel). Correct, they are available in a handful of high school/secondary libraries, not being used (to my knowledge) in a classroom.

The books should be required reading for the book banning parents. Maybe they’d actually learn something about human development and relationships. Since many are clearly lacking.

Or maybe they’d prefer not to have their money spent on books that normalize sexual activity involving 4th graders, you delusional, pretentious cretin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The images in that book as seen in the video above are beyond disturbing. A child receives oral sex from a man in one of them. Wow.

THERE
IS
NO
PEDOPHILIA,
ILLITERATE
POS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The images in that book as seen in the video above are beyond disturbing. A child receives oral sex from a man in one of them. Wow.

If it was cis pedo would fcps ban it?

Never would have even made the shelves. The only reason these made the shelves was under the guise of being inclusive to lgbtq. They need to find a gay friendly book without pedophilia. I’m sure there are a few out there.

THERE
IS
NO
PEDOPHILIA,
DUMBA$$

Just because you continue to say this doesn’t make it true.