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I 100% guarantee you that this has nothing to do with smart kids like you being unable to read big brain books but rather intentionally vague and loose language

I 100% guarantee you that this has nothing to do with smart kids like you being unable to read big brain books but rather intentionally vague and loose language being used to curtail what the school administration and parents consider morally objectionable material.

jackson1442 4y ago
Unfortunately the linked article includes a screenshot of a parent stating that teachers have barred students from bringing their own books/eReaders out of fear for liability. That's the problem with policy that makes failure at a job function a crime. People will be overly cautious because they don't want to be charged with a felony.
- crooked-v 4y ago
  That's not "unfortunate", that's part of the intended purpose. After all, if you let children share books they might let each other know that gay and transgender people exist.
mikrotikker 4y ago
I consider the "Gender Queer" book morally objectionable for children. Go read it and tell me you don't either.
- InitialLastName 4y ago
  I consider parts of the Old Testament morally objectionable for children, but I'm willing to recognize the value other people see in it.
  - mikrotikker 4y ago
    Agree. Children should not be indoctrinated with religion either.
- PuppyTailWags 4y ago
  I read it and it seems perfectly fine for teenagers. Go Ask Alice has been something specifically marketed to the same age group for over 50 years and is about a 15-year-old girl being drugged against her will, setting of a spiral off addiction, sex, being raped while on drugs, committing prostitution for drugs, and eventually the death of the protagonist from drug addiction.
  - mikrotikker 4y ago
    Teenagers, yep, remove the porn and its fine for teenagers. A cautionary tale for them that might help them realize people pushing the gender ideology are usually fucked up child abuse survivors who need therapy for the abhorrent crimes that were done to them.
    - PuppyTailWags 4y ago
      I don't think you've read Go Ask Alice, because your post seems to imply you think Go Ask Alice can serve as a warning about gender. Go Ask Alice is actually an anti-drug book and doesn't really talk about gender at all. They're two very different books and I am only using Go Ask Alice as a comparably sexually graphic book that is in the same intended age range.
      - mikrotikker 4y ago
        I have not read Go Ask Alice, no. I'm referring to "Gender Queer". Sexually graphic content should be R18 like porno mags.
        PuppyTailWags 4y ago
        Okay, please believe me when I say Go Ask Alice has nothing to do with Gender Queer except they have very similar sexual content and are targeted to similar age ranges. Go Ask Alice has been considered historically appropriate for teenagers for over a generation at this point, and therefore I don't really view Gender Queer's sexual content to be inappropriate for teenagers. If we're giving teenagers books where 15 year olds prostitute themselves for drugs, teenagers can also read books where people have consensual sex.
- maxerickson 4y ago
  You are begging the question though. Is there really a problem where masses of Florida teachers are sneaking inappropriate books to young children? Are there dozens of them that won't discuss appropriate reading materials with the parents of their students or their administrators? Of course there aren't, it's a dumb political stunt chasing a moral panic.

jackson1442 4y ago

Unfortunately the linked article includes a screenshot of a parent stating that teachers have barred students from bringing their own books/eReaders out of fear for liability. That's the problem with policy that makes failure at a job function a crime. People will be overly cautious because they don't want to be charged with a felony.

crooked-v 4y ago
That's not "unfortunate", that's part of the intended purpose. After all, if you let children share books they might let each other know that gay and transgender people exist.

mikrotikker 4y ago

I consider the "Gender Queer" book morally objectionable for children. Go read it and tell me you don't either.

InitialLastName 4y ago
I consider parts of the Old Testament morally objectionable for children, but I'm willing to recognize the value other people see in it.
- mikrotikker 4y ago
  Agree. Children should not be indoctrinated with religion either.
PuppyTailWags 4y ago
I read it and it seems perfectly fine for teenagers. Go Ask Alice has been something specifically marketed to the same age group for over 50 years and is about a 15-year-old girl being drugged against her will, setting of a spiral off addiction, sex, being raped while on drugs, committing prostitution for drugs, and eventually the death of the protagonist from drug addiction.
- mikrotikker 4y ago
  Teenagers, yep, remove the porn and its fine for teenagers. A cautionary tale for them that might help them realize people pushing the gender ideology are usually fucked up child abuse survivors who need therapy for the abhorrent crimes that were done to them.
  - PuppyTailWags 4y ago
    I don't think you've read Go Ask Alice, because your post seems to imply you think Go Ask Alice can serve as a warning about gender. Go Ask Alice is actually an anti-drug book and doesn't really talk about gender at all. They're two very different books and I am only using Go Ask Alice as a comparably sexually graphic book that is in the same intended age range.
    - mikrotikker 4y ago
      I have not read Go Ask Alice, no. I'm referring to "Gender Queer". Sexually graphic content should be R18 like porno mags.
      - PuppyTailWags 4y ago
        Okay, please believe me when I say Go Ask Alice has nothing to do with Gender Queer except they have very similar sexual content and are targeted to similar age ranges. Go Ask Alice has been considered historically appropriate for teenagers for over a generation at this point, and therefore I don't really view Gender Queer's sexual content to be inappropriate for teenagers. If we're giving teenagers books where 15 year olds prostitute themselves for drugs, teenagers can also read books where people have consensual sex.
maxerickson 4y ago
You are begging the question though. Is there really a problem where masses of Florida teachers are sneaking inappropriate books to young children? Are there dozens of them that won't discuss appropriate reading materials with the parents of their students or their administrators? Of course there aren't, it's a dumb political stunt chasing a moral panic.