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A family we know got swept up in the "banned books" movement. They repost banned book content on their Instagram and even got T-shirts with witty sayings about
by Aurornis 4mo ago
A family we know got swept up in the "banned books" movement. They repost banned book content on their Instagram and even got T-shirts with witty sayings about supporting banned books.
They bought some books for their kids from a banned books list thinking they were "banned" for thought-control reasons, but opened one up to find an illustrated guide to using mobile phone apps to find partners for anonymous hook-ups and a guide to following through with it.
The book clearly wasn't appropriate for their young children, so they hid it away. Now we joke that they've also banned the book.
- amanaplanacanal 4mo agoA lot of books are getting banned from schools because they mention gay characters or other "woke" content. Not at all the same thing.
- suburban_strike 4mo ago[flagged]
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- amanaplanacanal 4mo agoIt's the school librarian's job to select books. These people are trained in childhood education. Your imagination has clearly gone way off the deep end here. Reading that there are gay people doesn't turn people gay. If you think it does, that says more about you, I think. Trying to hide the existence of gay people from children leads to homophobia from the straight kids, and mental health issues from the gay kids. You are dead wrong here.
- mangodrunk 4mo agoSo you think parents should not have a say? Wouldn’t that be rather authoritarian to have whatever books and disregard criticism? Many librarians are activists and are choosing books that are not educational. They are actively selecting books that they agree with.
- amanaplanacanal 4mo agoYou hire professionals to teach your children. If you think you can do it better than them, why are you sending your kids to school?
- lenkite 4mo agoI guess you are fine with the recent increase in homeschooling which is hitting record numbers. The activists..oops "professionals" don't like that either.
- AlexeyBelov 4mo agoLook at who homeschools children. It's not people who value education.
- Natfan 4mo agoconsider a world in which same sex attraction was normalized and produced children. would you need someone to tell you you were heterosexual, or would you figure it out on your own (having rarely, if ever, seen it before)? try considering things from other people's perspective. you'll find that it opens up your mind and heart to various forms of empathy!