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I agree with this 👆🏼
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From article-‘Many on Twitter commented on the video, saying how ironic it was that Florida schools were forced to strip their classrooms' shelves of books while the state was celebrating Literacy Week, seven days dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of reading.’
And check out the video of a bare LMC
https://www.newsweek.com/video-florida-classroom-books-desantis-ban-1777793?amp=1
So you want what you want and are going to push for it until you’re in power ? And you’re going to accomplish this by demanding it via power - by forcing the books to be in the library and not open it up to public discourse , not open to the free exchange and debate of ideas ? -The anointed experts with gnostic knowledge who know best just want everyone to “ deal with the books, since you know what’s best , and we should just shut up “?
Do you not see the irony? You want public discourse to LIMIT ideas for everyone? It’s like a funhouse.
Enthusiast
Agree, it’s a power grab plain and simple. Book banning has been going on since the 50/60’s. It surfaces when someone gets there panties in a bundle, nowadays it’s politicians. My mother fought against banned books as an avid reader/teacher/double manor of psychology. It’s actually sad but then again so much of this is just a fear tactic, money making. Donate so I can get rid of books, gays, trans, black history, pregnant kids, etc etc . Greed is the driver of this, big money maker.
No- I’m saying that the canon of books were not decided by power . You don’t teach democracy by shoving an m16 down someone’s throat and you choose books that represent all the taxpayers and not just an ideologically possessed minority.
Enthusiast
Minorities are tax payers. Period full stop! Keep that in mind when you take a stance like this. The non-possessed aren’t the only ppl in this world and furthermore, the possessed ( your word NOT mine) have rights too. Seems like ‘solutions’ are based purely on back dated opinions (let’s leave it at that) and I won’t respond to the other part of that sentence bc I find it distasteful and don’t want to be reported.,
And that’s your opinion .Clearly there’s books that should not be in school libraries. Making a general statement / nonspecific statement proves no one’s point.
If a conservative teacher brought in a personal library with let’s say with books from conservative authors (of the Tuttle Twins series ) and /or books like “Brave girl Bible Stories” - certainly it’s within the scope/ duty of a school to vet the books that are accessible by their students to make sure they are appropriate and communicated to the parents. If it’s true in one instance it’s true in another.
Enthusiast
I understand that. My district is NOT banning books nor is the state. Gotta VOTE