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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did thre right wing media send out the bat signal to ban books now?   Every parent has the right to opt out of books for their kods but the nuts at tonight’s school board meeting want to pray and ban books.  The latest idiot wouldn’t stop talking when her time was up and made the Board have to recess.  No rules for these sheep.  Where did these backwards folks come from?[/quote]

It only going to get worse.

They are emboldened because of Don the con.

We must vote the GOP out or we are hosed.

These freaks want control we must stop them. Religion and book banning should not be in public school.

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Neither should explicit books, whether between two boys or a boy and girl.  Or man and woman, or two men or two women, etc.[/quote]

Eh I don’t have a problem with it. Flowers in the attic was written to be titillating and it was read for that purpose as well. It was circus. No more then dime store garbage but it was fun. Get it out of libraries because it’s junk; not because it’s porn.

The book being discussed....I haven’t read it bit I want to read it because the words quoted are really well written. Poetic and lyrical. The books that stand the test of time are either relatable and have a strong moral arc.  The best books I’ve ever read in some way lead to me a greater understanding of the complexity of what it means to be human. I don’t have to have personally lived something in order to learn from it. How many people discuss the why or how they did something. Lit gives one the opportunity to get inside of a characters mind to understand the why to explain the how.  To understand humanity. Trust we are all a sum of our actions and decisions.  The balancing of right and wrong and the fallout that ensues no matter the choice we make. All of that plays out in well written Lit.

Well literature, and yes usually it is the lit that is considered controversial for its day, is what actually helps to develop critical thinking skills. You know the ability to actually think things through. To weigh the costs and benefit, to align your actions with your belief system.  Woe is the man who is incapable of looking beyond a few morally objectionable words or imagery. Who sees no value in challenging thought and belief systems. Who is afraid of a books power to formulate ideas, opinions and beliefs. Who get’s trip wired by a few “dirty” words or images. Colloquialisms “Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water!”

I think it is shocking the number of people who fell and are falling in-line behind right wing extremist doctrine who are hell bent on destroying this country for what? Whether it be for economic power, or just power. Getting you all worked up about a book is just one more way of praying on your ignorance your lack of innate intelligence.  Your fears and your inability or unwillingness to peek behind the curtain or under the bed in any area of your life.

Ask yourselves why do my “leaders” want me to be ignorant? Why do they want my kids to be ignorant.  The world is moving on while you fight your insipid culture wars. Put it to rest already. Do the book burners even read? Genuine question. Do you actually read in your downtime? When is the last time you read anything other than rantings of some weirdo friend of a friend who reposted from a friend of a distant Facebook friend... you know a long ranting screed “needin to learns your children on the dangers of devil books”. With a long list of books that need to be banned “right now” . Most of which, all of which you’ve never even heard of, let alone read.

“The great pleasure of ignorance is the pleasure asking questions. The man who has lost this pleasure, or [Worse] exchanged it for the pleasure of dogma, which is the pleasure of answering, has already begun to stiffen”

To the more intelligent and liberal among us I quote “The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.” Get out and vote in state and local elections at every single opportunity.

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The books are gross and don’t belong at school. Period.[/quote]

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