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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No issues with stuff like “Heather has 2 mommies” but the languages and images in question here are totally different.

And no one is calling to “ban” them entirely like from libraries. It is just whether books graphically (very graphically) depicting 9 year olds giving each other blow jobs belong in the school [/quote]

Parents who are up in arms about the books and think removing them is terrible and so -

if you came across videos or photos of the acts being described in the books in your child’s phone or laptop, how would you react? Would you have a talk with them regarding why porn is not appropriate? Because I think almost all of you would be upset, horrified and have that conversation. And a small minority would be ok with it. I also think this same group of parents would be livid if their older child brought home one of these books an left them in a place or even shared them with younger siblings.

I don’t get on board with the idea that these graphic novels are some kind of hallmarks of great literature so to me removing them is no big loss.  Before you get so upset ask yourself if you actually think they are?  Just because someone slaps an award on a book or some activist or critic likes them, it doesn’t mean they are that needed. Most literary awards of subjective anyway.

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