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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Adding that I wish there were a moderate running outside of the democrats but there aren’t any.[/quote]

Davis is a moderate. If you think otherwise you are far to the left and can’t handle a mainstream candidate. [/quote]

She supports book banning. That is not moderate. It’s part of the right wing extremist playbook currently running in other states and in Spotsylvania County, VA.[/quote]

It is not "banning books"  to eliminate inappropriate materials for minors from schools.  "Banning books" means that books cannot be published or sold.  No one is calling for that.

While I'm not fan of Stacy Langdon, it is clear that the book she talked about at the SB meetings does not belong in any school library.  A graphic novel with pics of "parents" participating in what could kindly be called "out of the usual" sexual acts has no redeeming qualities.  [/quote]

Who should determine what is inappropriate? In states with policies like Langton wants, Toni Morrison and Jodi Picoult and many other authors are banned. https://abcnews.go.com/US/author-jodi-picoult-denounces-book-bans-after-florida/story?id=98151365

FCPS has a book challenge process, concerned people should follow it. I don’t want one untrained individual deciding to ban books from our school libraries.[/quote]

Yup. We already have a process for this and have for years! [/quote]

Handpicking a committee to state a desired outcome to keep the books is not an open transparent process. There should be a transparent process that: 
[b]1) Articulates how the book encourages lifelong learning[/b]
2) That the material identifies with each student, with the understanding that not all material will identify with each student.

The books in question do not follow best practices with a library book selection process and are pervasively vulgar. Those advocating for the material cannot articulate the literary value of the books.

For example, if Lawn Boy was to be material to identify with young boys exploring their homosexuality, why does the author repeatedly reflect upon sexual experiences between two 10 yr-old boys? Why not make the characters 15, 16, or 17? Why 10 yr-olds engaged in oral sex? Most would even find that behavior between heterosexuals disturbing.

Tonight, the two candidates, Melanie Meren and Paul Thomas advocated for such material under the guise of intersectionality and the need to provide inclusive material representative of the LGBTQIA++ community.

Then there is the recent book, 'Queer,' read by RWNJ Langton (who finally spoke against hetero porn), who does make a point, why is the school providing material to children to tell them that all sex is good sex? It isn't. 
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Huh? Novels generally only encourage "lifelong learning" by allowing the reader to practice their reading skills.  What lifelong learning does Harry Potter have in it?[/quote]

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