Slow Cooking the Books November 13, 2023 at 1:58 pm
I mean 25 years ago there was assigned reading that was objectionable. I remember my brother having to refuse a summer reading book on such grounds and he was accommodated. Not “nobody gets to read the book now” accommodated, but “sure you can read that instead” accommodated. Believe it or not the world continued to revolve.
The real truth is that these books exist for a microscopic subset of people in the schools that read them due to the representation they don’t find in other books, and pretty much nobody else knows they exist until whiny parents complain about it non stop. Hello, Barbara Streisand effect.
What I remember from my time in middle school is kids bringing Playboy magazines into school and people surfing porn in the library because the god-awful protection the schools used had so many workarounds that even the not-so-tech-savvy people knew two or three ways around it. People used to torrent entire movies and use the computers to burn them to a CD to take home.
School computers probably aren’t this level of wild west anymore but who cares, your kids have smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc. It seems laughable you’re worried about the fraction of a penny you “spent” to buy this book when they’re using the WiFi and 5G to stream infinitely worse from the comfort of their bedroom.
Also, the ACLU is correct. This is how it always starts. Censorship starts out small and just moves goalposts as it goes along. The history on this isn’t even that long ago. Again, the CRT panic resulted in MLK Jr.’s own writings being banned in some places. We also only have to look to Florida to see the same happening to LGBTQ+ reading material. You’re being intellectually dishonest to pretend you don’t know where this is going, dude. It is always, always a game of testing the waters to see how far you can get when it comes to book bans.
Republican extremists, like the one that runs this blog, want to control what other people’s kid see. If you lack the maturity to explain these simple things to your children now, they’ll grow up ignorant like you.
Homeschool your kids if you want to shield them from things you are confused and scared by. Don’t hold back everyone else’s kids and hamper their rights to free speech.
thewoodfamily2@mac.com Top fanNovember 14, 2023 at 12:25 am
I do not agree with this being part of the school system. Just the little bit I read was enough for me, then to think ours could read this in middle school! Fortunately, not where he goes and he does have a phone that is heavily monitored with several things blocked. He is ours! We explain things to him when it comes to this! Luckily he comes to us to ask questions or talk and I’m sure that won’t be forever but it is NOW! The schools need to teach them what will prepare them for their future, what they need for college. Parents will teach them as they see fit for the rest!
Wow. The samples you used are clearly pornography, and that is not even debatable. If any adult wants children to see this and have access to it, there is clearly something wrong with that person. I can think of no healthy or honorable reason to introduce this filth to anyone that is not a consenting adult-under the age of 18. After that they can make their own choices about what they see or read. This woke indoctrination of children has no good intentions. These are the same people who would advocate that sex with a 12 year old is okay. It is one short step away from pedophilia. I could not agree with you more on school choice. It is past time. This kind of indoctrination using our tax dollars is 100% why people are fleeing public schools.
Reading some of the comments that actually thing these books are fine and belong in schools shows me society has plunged into the level of a cesspool cause nothing else makes any sense. If you think it’s ok go out and buy it for your own kids……
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I mean 25 years ago there was assigned reading that was objectionable. I remember my brother having to refuse a summer reading book on such grounds and he was accommodated. Not “nobody gets to read the book now” accommodated, but “sure you can read that instead” accommodated. Believe it or not the world continued to revolve.
The real truth is that these books exist for a microscopic subset of people in the schools that read them due to the representation they don’t find in other books, and pretty much nobody else knows they exist until whiny parents complain about it non stop. Hello, Barbara Streisand effect.
What I remember from my time in middle school is kids bringing Playboy magazines into school and people surfing porn in the library because the god-awful protection the schools used had so many workarounds that even the not-so-tech-savvy people knew two or three ways around it. People used to torrent entire movies and use the computers to burn them to a CD to take home.
School computers probably aren’t this level of wild west anymore but who cares, your kids have smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc. It seems laughable you’re worried about the fraction of a penny you “spent” to buy this book when they’re using the WiFi and 5G to stream infinitely worse from the comfort of their bedroom.
Also, the ACLU is correct. This is how it always starts. Censorship starts out small and just moves goalposts as it goes along. The history on this isn’t even that long ago. Again, the CRT panic resulted in MLK Jr.’s own writings being banned in some places. We also only have to look to Florida to see the same happening to LGBTQ+ reading material. You’re being intellectually dishonest to pretend you don’t know where this is going, dude. It is always, always a game of testing the waters to see how far you can get when it comes to book bans.
Republican extremists, like the one that runs this blog, want to control what other people’s kid see. If you lack the maturity to explain these simple things to your children now, they’ll grow up ignorant like you.
Homeschool your kids if you want to shield them from things you are confused and scared by. Don’t hold back everyone else’s kids and hamper their rights to free speech.
I do not agree with this being part of the school system. Just the little bit I read was enough for me, then to think ours could read this in middle school! Fortunately, not where he goes and he does have a phone that is heavily monitored with several things blocked. He is ours! We explain things to him when it comes to this! Luckily he comes to us to ask questions or talk and I’m sure that won’t be forever but it is NOW! The schools need to teach them what will prepare them for their future, what they need for college. Parents will teach them as they see fit for the rest!
Anytime “moms” get involved, look out, they’re Karens with a political agenda.
Wow. The samples you used are clearly pornography, and that is not even debatable. If any adult wants children to see this and have access to it, there is clearly something wrong with that person. I can think of no healthy or honorable reason to introduce this filth to anyone that is not a consenting adult-under the age of 18. After that they can make their own choices about what they see or read. This woke indoctrination of children has no good intentions. These are the same people who would advocate that sex with a 12 year old is okay. It is one short step away from pedophilia. I could not agree with you more on school choice. It is past time. This kind of indoctrination using our tax dollars is 100% why people are fleeing public schools.
Of all the schools who want the kids to read porn, Lexington 2 has to be the worst. Drain that swamp.
Reading some of the comments that actually thing these books are fine and belong in schools shows me society has plunged into the level of a cesspool cause nothing else makes any sense. If you think it’s ok go out and buy it for your own kids……