BDKJMU wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:03 am
UNI88 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 3:23 pm
Sure if you use a loaded and extremely narrow definition of banned.
That blowhard desantis was full of shit when he said no books have been banned.
Good. Books that are age inappropriate, esp to elementary and middle schools, shouldn’t be available in those schools.
Who decides what's appropriate and what isn't? The minivan Taliban and extremist politicians who want to groom children to be good little religious zealots?
Banned in the USA: State Laws Supercharge Book Suppression in Schools
Again, and again, the movement to ban books is driven by a vocal minority demanding censorship. At the same time, a 2022 poll found that over 70% of parents oppose book banning. Yet the bans continue. Many public school districts find themselves in a bind. They face threats and political pressure, along with parental fears and anxieties surrounding the books on their school shelves. School Boards, administrators, teachers, and librarians are told in some cases to “err on the side of caution” in the books they make available. Too often, they do just that.
These efforts to chill speech are part of the ongoing nationwide “Ed Scare” — a campaign to foment anxiety and anger with the goal of suppressing free expression in public education. As book bans escalate, coupled with the proliferation of legislative efforts to restrict teaching about topics such as race, gender, American history, and LGBTQ+ identities, the freedom to read, learn, and think continues to be undermined for students.
Let's pretend history didn't happen and some people don't exist because some snowflakes are uncomfortable that children aren't being groomed the way they want them to be groomed.