Book banning in 2021

SanchoRG
Texas
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/n…

One school board member called for the offending books to be burned. “I think we should throw those books in a fire,” he said. “I guess we live in a world now that our public schools would rather have kids read about gay pornography than Christ.”

Why the fuck are they teaching any kids about Christ in public fucking school? Can we try maybe like math & reading? Cause we certainly haven't aced that in America yet.

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SanchoRG
3 years ago
This is the smut they are banning:

https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/freq…

I have read several, and I do not believe in Christ, so maybe they have a point!
jackslash
3 years ago
This is the playbook of small-minded authoritarians.
twentyfive
3 years ago
Several of those are my favorites especially the Hemingway and Faulkner novels, BTW I have actually read every book on that list most more than once
pistola
3 years ago
This is amazingly stupid - you don’t progress by eliminating history. Without looking at the full list, there any non-white authors? Funny how the left wing cancel culture is trying to cancel those already dead. 🤪🤪🤪
skibum609
3 years ago
Yet tearing down statues and changing names for political correctness is ok.
ilbbaicnl
3 years ago
I agree with a parent's right to control what their OWN kids see as far a fictional works go. There should be a list of books kids aren't allowed to check out, if the parent has drawn a swastika on the kid's library card. But if you don't want your kids to hear the truth in US history class, pony up, send them to a private school.
rattdog
3 years ago
sounds like a playbook from ray bradbury's fahrenheight 451. is this book also on the must burn list?
SanchoRG
3 years ago
Pistola: take a wild guess

SanchoRG
3 years ago
https://boingboing.net/2021/09/17/every-…

Those racist northerners lol
motorhead
3 years ago
Just don’t ban “Our Bodies, Ourselves”

Every adolescent boy from the 70’s discovered it in the library and it was like winning the lottery

Icee Loco (asshole)
3 years ago
Right wing extremists taking a cue from the Nazis
Uprightcitizen
3 years ago
How is someone from Texas surprised by this?
SanchoRG
3 years ago
Not surprised, just disappointed.
pistola
3 years ago
FTR @ Sancho that school in the boing link is despicable as well.
yahtzee74
3 years ago
>This is the smut they are banning:
>www.ala.org

That list doesn't have anything to do with the article. That list is record of past instances that books were banned or attempted to be banned.

What the article doesn't tell you is that some of the books parents want removed are sexually explicit books made available to elementary and middle school students. Other books that concern parents are so-called "anti-racist" books and gender ideology books.

examples:
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2021/august…
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fair…
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/04/paren…

video showing graphic book available in VA DC area high schools.
https://toxicschools-video.org/?utm_sour…

>Why the fuck are they teaching any kids about Christ in public fucking school?

They should because it's a major part of history and sociology and still a huge influence on modern society. All the major religions should be studied but not preached. Personally I was never taught anything about religion in public school.
motorhead
3 years ago
Banning “To Kill a Mockingbird” in the past by various school districts always puzzled me. They banned the book because of the “N” word while ignoring the overarching message of prejudice and equal rights
SanchoRG
3 years ago
Here’s the list specific to PA

https://www.cybannedbookclub.org/what-wa…
JamesSD
3 years ago
If gay porn and Christ are my only choices I'll take the gay porn I guess?
ilbbaicnl
3 years ago
@motor Huckleberry Finn has been woke-banned in some school district for having the n-word too.
ilbbaicnl
3 years ago
Back when I was a kid there were some hot mammas in the underwear pages of the Sears Catalog knowumsayin'.
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