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There were some books that some segment of voters didn't approve of that certain school libraries were providing. This seems like a backdoor way to stop that w
by notch656c 4y ago
There were some books that some segment of voters didn't approve of that certain school libraries were providing. This seems like a backdoor way to stop that while bypassing having to go through controversial school board meetings and/or 1A constitutionality issues to block those books.
Not to say this isn't insane, just explaining how I think it happened.
- edgyquant 4y ago[flagged]
- nickthegreek 4y agoequally dystopian agenda? One side is removing all books that aren't on a whitelist.
- l33t233372 4y agoAm I mistaken in understanding that this “White list” is actually a large collection of white lists, and each district’s librarians curate their district’s list?
- nickthegreek 4y agoWouldn't that be even worse? A teacher could get a felony for having a book that their neighboring school can read. Hyper local laws being felonies sounds incredibly dangerous. How often are the lists updated and how likely is it for the teacher to be operating on the correct list?
- giraffe_lady 4y agoProgressives are not responsible for the actions their opponents choose to take, or the justifications they use when taking them.
- AlexandrB 4y agoYeah, I thought the GOP was all about freedom?
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoThat hasn’t been the case since Lincoln died. (Not that the other party is much better)
- mcv 4y agoLet's not pretend both parties are equally bad. There is a lot wrong with the Democratic Party, and with the US political system in general, but the Republicans rushing to turn the US into a fascist dystopia. There are degrees of bad, and the GOP is significantly worse at this point.
- speeder 4y agoPeople forget there are more than one kind of freedom. Example: I believe states should be small, physically, so their laws are relevant locally. But since several megacountries do exist, I prefer those countries to have "freedom" in the sense where locals can do whatever laws are relevant to them, even if those local laws include censorship or other nonfree things.
- magicalist 4y agoUnder this definition everything is freedom, you just get to pick your scale. "Freedom" in the sense that a dictator is free to pick whatever laws they feel like that day, even if it includes subjugation and other nonfree things.
- aqme28 4y agoWhat is dystopian about the alleged "progressive agenda" here?
- jcampbell1 4y agoMental health metrics have been declining for adolescents, and things like global warming anxiety and gender dysphoria are increasing in a way that some think is socially mediated and counter productive.
- walls 4y ago"Liberals aren't ignoring climate change enough and it's harming children" is certainly one take...
- crooked-v 4y ago"Equally dystopian"... how exactly?
- 0xfeba 4y ago> equally dystopian agenda they’re pushing on kids Please elaborate.
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoI oppose “progressive” censorship just as much.
- mrguyorama 4y ago"I'm hitting you because you made me do it" certainly seems to be a popular take among social conservatives.
- CydeWeys 4y ago> There were some books that some segment of voters didn't approve of that certain school libraries were providing. I mean, so? This is small minority of people we're talking about. Why do they get veto power over everything present in the classroom? It's the teachers' job to teach the kids, manage/provision the classroom, etc. At some point you have to just tell people "No".
- notch656c 4y agoIf a law is passed the presumption under democracy is it has the assent of the majority. Personally I'm not a huge fan of democracy, but you're looking at it.
- CydeWeys 4y agoTo be clear, this isn't democracy, it's republicanism. Laws get passed in republicanism all the time that the majority of the people don't agree with, because their representatives aren't actually representing their interests.
- notch656c 4y agoIf the government doesn't have the assent of the people is it not illegitimate? I thought the whole presumption under our system was the representatives have the assent of the majority.
- mcv 4y agoI still remember that in 2010, the approval rating of US Congress was 10%, and yet 90% of incumbents was reelected. How the hell is that possible?
- notch656c 4y agoI think it is because their state's congressman they think is acting in their interest, while the other states' congressman are not. And they're not wrong... Personally I also find it bizarre system where the majority vote of the other 49 states tells your state what to do, under federal law, particularly in wholly intrastate matters.