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>I worry about my kids if this keeps escalating. I dislike Desantis for many reasons but ended up voting for him specifically for this reason and a couple of ot

>I worry about my kids if this keeps escalating. I dislike Desantis for many reasons but ended up voting for him specifically for this reason and a couple of other cultural issues. Considering the book banning he just enacted this seems like an extremely short sighted and poorly thought out reasoning.

Manuel_D 4y ago
Banning books from public school libraries has nearly zero effect on what students are exposed to. Did you ever check out a book from the school library? I never did, the actual municipal library had a much better selection. Harry Potter was banned from plenty of libraries for witchcraft, and it's sales demonstrate how futile it was.
- lukeschlather 4y ago
  I read dozens (possibly hundreds?) of books in my school library as a student. We're not just talking about "the library" either. We're talking about the books that are made available to students during classroom free time in elementary school.
- baseballdork 4y ago
  > Did you ever check out a book from the school library? I never did ... That's fascinating to me. I checked out books all the time. In fact, we were required to check out books for various assignments. We also had a program called AR (accelerated reading) where you would be able to take a quiz on a library book and gather points which let you get various prizes, up to principal for the day.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  > Did you ever check out a book from the school library? Constantly. It was the only library I could get to regularly and I had a voracious appetite for reading.
- mikebenfield 4y ago
  > Did you ever check out a book from the school library? Uh, yeah. All the time actually.
- adamsmith143 4y ago
  I probably checked out dozens. But the problem also extends to classrooms themselves where teachers have thrown out entire shelves of books.
wonderwonder 4y ago
He banned books? They are illegal to possess in the state? Or did he just have certain books removed from the curriculum or deemed inappropriate to teach in school? One is a serious accusation, the other is something that's done every day. You see a lot of copies of Mein Kampf in elementary school libraries? How about playboy magazines? Schools are always reevaluating what they deem appropriate, let's not blow it out of proportion and use wildly inappropriate and inflammatory words to describe it.
- SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
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  - josephcsible 4y ago
    "no books at all" is a result of them voluntarily making things worse to try to win political points. That's not what any law required.
    - esporx 4y ago
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      - remarkEon 4y ago
        You can read the law in question here[1]. Parents must have a venue to object to instructional content, and porn in school libraries is already illegal under a prior law about giving porn to minors. What is unclear about this? [1] https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1467/BillText/er/PDF https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1467/BillText/er/...
        hgielatan 4y ago
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Dig1t 4y ago
You can get the books at any store or library. Removing graphic depictions and descriptions of gay sex from elementary school libraries is not controversial.

Manuel_D 4y ago

Banning books from public school libraries has nearly zero effect on what students are exposed to. Did you ever check out a book from the school library? I never did, the actual municipal library had a much better selection. Harry Potter was banned from plenty of libraries for witchcraft, and it's sales demonstrate how futile it was.

lukeschlather 4y ago
I read dozens (possibly hundreds?) of books in my school library as a student. We're not just talking about "the library" either. We're talking about the books that are made available to students during classroom free time in elementary school.
baseballdork 4y ago
> Did you ever check out a book from the school library? I never did ... That's fascinating to me. I checked out books all the time. In fact, we were required to check out books for various assignments. We also had a program called AR (accelerated reading) where you would be able to take a quiz on a library book and gather points which let you get various prizes, up to principal for the day.
SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
> Did you ever check out a book from the school library? Constantly. It was the only library I could get to regularly and I had a voracious appetite for reading.
mikebenfield 4y ago
> Did you ever check out a book from the school library? Uh, yeah. All the time actually.
adamsmith143 4y ago
I probably checked out dozens. But the problem also extends to classrooms themselves where teachers have thrown out entire shelves of books.

wonderwonder 4y ago

He banned books? They are illegal to possess in the state? Or did he just have certain books removed from the curriculum or deemed inappropriate to teach in school? One is a serious accusation, the other is something that's done every day. You see a lot of copies of Mein Kampf in elementary school libraries? How about playboy magazines? Schools are always reevaluating what they deem appropriate, let's not blow it out of proportion and use wildly inappropriate and inflammatory words to describe it.

SpeedilyDamage 4y ago
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- josephcsible 4y ago
  "no books at all" is a result of them voluntarily making things worse to try to win political points. That's not what any law required.
  - esporx 4y ago
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    - remarkEon 4y ago
      You can read the law in question here[1]. Parents must have a venue to object to instructional content, and porn in school libraries is already illegal under a prior law about giving porn to minors. What is unclear about this? [1] https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1467/BillText/er/PDF https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/1467/BillText/er/...
      - hgielatan 4y ago
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Dig1t 4y ago

You can get the books at any store or library. Removing graphic depictions and descriptions of gay sex from elementary school libraries is not controversial.