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Book ban attempts reach “unparalleled” 20-year high in 2022

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Re: Book ban attempts reach “unparalleled” 20-year high in 2022

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Post by wizofaus »

Eumenes wrote: post #7
joemazerino wrote: post #4

Missing is all the bans for classics like "To Kill a Mockingbird" which enraged history revisionists with older-language. This article tries to frame the data that the majority of book cancellations were targeting LBGTQ books but forgets to mention the banning of classic literature.

restricting children's access to sexually suggestive books in tax payer funded schools seems appropriate. the media/press is trying to malign one side into being against free speech and pro-censorship, which is so ironic ... more culture war BS all around

Is there evidence sexually suggestive material has a negative effect on kids? Which specific books did you have in mind anyway?

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Post by yucky »

saghm wrote: post #13
yucky wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly, I'm more concerned by the books you can't buy on Amazon than the ones you can't check out in a limited space children's library.

What would you propose as a way to fix censorship of books by Amazon? I can't think of anything other than government regulation in some form, so I'm confused about why the government censoring books in public schools wouldn't be equally concerning.

I wouldn't propose anything, when I want a book that Amazon doesn't sell I still know how to get it. The reason I mentioned it in comparison is a school library has a)limited space and b) children who shouldn't be exposed to everything under the sun at an early age. With Amazon, there is no such excuse.

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Post by eldritch_4ier »

mrguyorama wrote: post #15
Eumenes wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

restricting children's access to sexually suggestive books in tax payer funded schools seems appropriate. the media/press is trying to malign one side into being against free speech and pro-censorship, which is so ironic ... more culture war BS all around

If you think books talking about a kid having gay parents are sexually suggestive, the problem is with you, not the books.

Of course. Except the books being removed from school libraries are more like "Gender Queer", which includes a page showing two minors giving a blowjob and doesn't cover anything. Why do you think minors need hardcore porn in the libraries so badly?

Re: Book ban attempts reach “unparalleled” 20-year high in 2022

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Post by eldritch_4ier »

wizofaus wrote: post #21
Eumenes wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

restricting children's access to sexually suggestive books in tax payer funded schools seems appropriate. the media/press is trying to malign one side into being against free speech and pro-censorship, which is so ironic ... more culture war BS all around

Is there evidence sexually suggestive material has a negative effect on kids? Which specific books did you have in mind anyway?

Do you really want to be the person playing devils advocate with showing porn to children?

Re: Book ban attempts reach “unparalleled” 20-year high in 2022

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Post by Eumenes »

eldritch_4ier wrote: post #23
mrguyorama wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you think books talking about a kid having gay parents are sexually suggestive, the problem is with you, not the books.

Of course. Except the books being removed from school libraries are more like "Gender Queer", which includes a page showing two minors giving a blowjob and doesn't cover anything. Why do you think minors need hardcore porn in the libraries so badly?

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Re: Book ban attempts reach “unparalleled” 20-year high in 2022

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Post by Khaine »

I'm less concerned about people wanting to ban sexually explicit books from children^, and more concerned about all the cultural vandals altering authors works (i.e. Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming, the goosebumps series).

^ Its an entire meme now of parents reading these books out at school board meetings and being cut off due to the inappropriate nature of the works.

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Post by pyuser583 »

mrguyorama wrote: post #15
Eumenes wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

restricting children's access to sexually suggestive books in tax payer funded schools seems appropriate. the media/press is trying to malign one side into being against free speech and pro-censorship, which is so ironic ... more culture war BS all around

If you think books talking about a kid having gay parents are sexually suggestive, the problem is with you, not the books.

Are you saying there aren’t any age-inappropriate, sexually explicit books in school?

Because what I’m seeing on social media is parents at school board meetings reading NC-17 level books that are in their elementary school kids classrooms.

Is that not a thing? I mean, I only see it on social media, so it could me disinformation?

Is it disinformation?

Re: Book ban attempts reach “unparalleled” 20-year high in 2022

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Post by Khaine »

lancesells wrote: post #27

Does anyone have the list of books and examples?

According to the interwebs, here are some examples and the reason people want them banned from grade schools:

Gender Queer - has images of kids performing oral sex https://theiowastandard.com/shocking-images-from-book-gender...

All Boys Aren't Blue - includes sex scenes - https://youtu.be/ag-ByyDXhUQ

Lawn Boy - includes sex scenes https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/video-sucked-eachot...

This Book Is Gay - a book with sections that teach and advise kids about anal sex, oral sex, and hookup apps https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tampa-school-sex-book/

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