Seriously with the book banning ?
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Anonymous
It sounds false because it's utterly preposterous, yet it's true. And easily found. HB 1069. Specifically: Any material that is subject to an objection on the basis of sub-sub-subparagraph b.(I) or sub-sub-subparagraph b.(II) must be removed within 5 school days of receipt of the objection and remain unavailable to students of that school until the objection is resolved. Spoiler alert - they aren't exactly going lickety split to resolve these objections. And yes, any objection. By anyone. Using their website and filling out a form, which is the other part of the bill. |
Anonymous
I don’t know what they’re doing to themselves, but they’re certainly trying to gaslight us. |
Anonymous
and what is that? The bible is controversial FFS |
Anonymous
They sure are! I think they think that if they can just befuddle us, like nimble carnies at a carnival, we won’t notice that they’re a party of wretched christofascists bent on making the world White, straight, “Christian” and male oriented again. They’ve banned books about Muslim kids. They’ve banned books about Jewish culture. They’ve banned books about women’s history. They’ve banned books that say you’re okay if you don’t perfectly fit in. They’ve banned books about Harriet Tubman, who is, as far as I’m concerned, one of the true American heroes. Representation makes people see themselves as important. They want girls, Black kids, immigrants, non-Christians and people who don’t fit in not to see themselves. They want those kids to feel invisible, to act small enough that they don’t shine. I have four White Christian boys and it is absolutely intolerable to me that some sector of religious extremists - who can’t even behave themselves according to their own creed - wants to make the world as it was in the 1950s. |
Anonymous
They banned Toni Morrison. They banned Mya Angelou. It is very clear that certain view points, even award winning views previously universally embraced, are considered inappropriate in Florida |
Anonymous
Ah, thank you. So the removal is temporary until reviewed by the school district. Sounds good. The way to prevent this would be for the school district to review all books before putting them in the shelves. |
Anonymous
As you said your definition of porn and mine are different. I consider images of strap-on blowjobs, lesbian 69ing, and teens having sex to be porn. And I'm not a prude. I'm liberal myself, just not a leftist. There's a good chance you're not actually liberal anymore but I'm not sure. Most leftists aren't. For example "CRT isn't taught anywhere at the elementary, middle or high school level" is not a liberal statement because if you think about it critically, you cannot possibly know that. All I have to do is show one teacher in one school teaching it and it disproves your statement. Most liberals are smarter than that. If you'd like to define CRT, I'll show how it's being taught in K-13 schools after removing "is only taught in college and law school" from your definition. And, as a liberal, watch OAN except for a good laugh on occasion. Speaking of TV, I suggest you stop watching Maddow and Morning Joe as consuming too much of their leftist drivel tends to make one illiberal. As a leftist, I'm sure you do support most librarians. To be fair, I do as well. But many of them are leftist as was our kids middle school librarian who was responsible for bringing lessons on CRT into the school during Covid. |
Anonymous
I started to distrust librarians during Covid when our kids' middle school librarian led the charge for a school wide read of Kendi's Stamped and then gave lessons on Kendi's brand of anti-racism which required discrimination against whites (and also Asians). |
Anonymous
DP. Temporary until they get around to reviewing it. And they can put that effort off as long as they want. Particularly when they are inundated with thousands of requests, often by just a handful of people. Please do tell me what is objectionable about poetry by Maya Angelou (her poetry was a staple in my high school forensics competitions in the '90), or books by Judy Blume, or biographies of Harriett Tubman, Malala Yousafzai, various civil rights leaders, etc. How about Anne Frank? |
Anonymous
So what do you think the process should be? |
Anonymous
That books stay on the f@cking shelves! |
Anonymous
Illustrated Bibles do. But words can be just as powerful as pictures. |
Anonymous
I'm the PP. I do NOT think that the process should give way to a very small handful of people (in some states, hundreds of complaints have been filed by only 2 or 3 people, who clearly have far too much time on their hands) who are then allowed to essentially hold books hostage for an indeterminate amount of time. And, again, please instruct me as to the issues with the topics/authors I mentioned in my previous post. I'd guarantee that books about Malala or Ruby Bridges have nothing to do with porn. And Judy Blume has been in school libraries for decades. As have Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou. |
Anonymous
with a criteria that's constantly changing? How about trusting a professional. In my state, the legislature was very clear on what needed to be removed. It wasn't up to the school board. |
Anonymous
It sounds like you’d like to remove art history books from school libraries I mean have you ever seen some of the renaissance and baroque paintings of mythological subjects? Do you realize how much sex including forced sex occurs in ancient mythology? Do you know what the myth of Ganymedes involves? Diana? Daphne? Io? Have you ever seen some of the paintings and sculptures of nudes splaying themselves for the enjoyment of the viewer? Renaissance porn! Get those art history books out of schools! And ban AP art history! I’m sure your non prudish self would agree with this. |