Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not sure if this is what my spouse shared with me, but please get the full story before you comment. I do know one of these books available to 13 year olds shows an explicit drawing of someone giving a blow job. I’m no prude and I think we should exercise extreme caution censoring books, but I don’t want my kid reading that. And no, my kid also doesn’t have unfettered access to the internet.
+1 I don’t support censorship of anything but restricting age inappropriate books is not only acceptable but sensible. But some of the radical fringe insist 9 years should be exposed to graphic imagery.
Anonymous wrote:It's not only Florida.
And it's coming to all red states
VA just added itself to the list of the dumbing down of its schools. Youngkin will do this asap.
The religious right is taking hold and god help us all particularly women.
Anonymous wrote:Every child should read this. Why not?
Anonymous wrote:Oh America! I mean it is Florida, but still.
https://www.rawstory.com/banned-books-in-florida/
member of the Flagler County, Florida school board has filed a criminal complaint over four copies of an LGBTQ book recommended for 14 to 18 year olds, claiming it violates the state's obscenity laws.
"My concern is for the children of Flagler County," Jill Woolbright claims, according to the Palm Coast Observer. "This book needs to be investigated as a crime in our media center. This is pretty heavy stuff, violating our own policies.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP:
Please explain the difference between banning and canceling.
I’ll wait.
“Cancelling” is but one of the many RWNJ talking points of the last few years, so what you’re talking about is two sides of the same fascist coin.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP:
Please explain the difference between banning and canceling.
I’ll wait.
“Cancelling” is but one of the many RWNJ talking points of the last few years, so what you’re talking about is two sides of the same fascist coin.
Anonymous wrote:OP:
Please explain the difference between banning and canceling.
I’ll wait.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/581134-movement-to-ban-or-even-burn-school-library-books-gains?amp
This recent article from The Hill is balanced: leads with recent conservative efforts but quickly reminds us that liberals led efforts to ban Huck Finn, Of Mice and Men, and To Kill a Mockingbird ffs.
It’s all worrisome regardless of who is leading the fight.
Wait, so some crazy liberals opposed Twain — did any school district actual enact a ban. Don’t align the actions of loons with leaders.
Anonymous wrote:Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, and To Kill a Mockingbird are racist works by cis-gender dead white males.
Why not ban them?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's not only Florida.
And it's coming to all red states
VA just added itself to the list of the dumbing down of its schools. Youngkin will do this asap.
The religious right is taking hold and god help us all particularly women.
Punching women- books describing punching women in the face, locking them in the closet: those need to be in the school library, right PP? Those are the books?
It oppresses women if we don’t give our kids access to graphic descriptions of violence against women: that is what you are saying, isn’t it PP?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Huckleberry Finn, Of Mice and Men, and To Kill a Mockingbird are racist works by cis-gender dead white males.
Why not ban them?
Ah, the ignorance.
Harper Lee was a lady writer. No clue what her preferred pronouns were. Doesn’t really matter anyway, right?
Anonymous wrote:Banning a book encourages people to read it.
Anonymous wrote:https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/581134-movement-to-ban-or-even-burn-school-library-books-gains?amp
This recent article from The Hill is balanced: leads with recent conservative efforts but quickly reminds us that liberals led efforts to ban Huck Finn, Of Mice and Men, and To Kill a Mockingbird ffs.
It’s all worrisome regardless of who is leading the fight.