Desantis bans Paradise Lost by John Milton

[Markle]

Florida schools remove books by John Milton and restrict Shakespeare

Over 100 have been removed from school shelves, teacher says

www.independent.co.uk

Over 150 books have been removed from a large, Orlando-area Florida school district, including classics like The Scarlet Letter, Paradise Lost, and The Invisible Man, as school officials review materials for sexual content under the state’s restrictive book ban laws.

I am very rarely lost for words but this act of vandalism takes my breath away. I doubt that Ron Meatball has read it. I doubt that whoever complained about it has read it, much less understood it.

Parts of it are difficult, parts of it require a classical education to understand it. Its not something that you read on the beach or is likely to be made into a film.

For those unfamiliar with the work it is about the fate of Satan after he was cast out of heaven. It runs to 10 books of blank verse and was written by arguably the greatest poet in the English Language. Certainly the greatest Puritan poet.

He wrote it whilst he was blind and under fear of arrest by the restored Charles !!. More than just a poem it is a triumph of christian spirit.

Banning it is a perverse action. Denying people the right to read it is an act of a barbarian. In a better life there is no way the world of John Milton should collide with that of Desantis.

I also believe that it is an act that runs contrary to the American constitution. Paradise Lost is a signiificant christian work of art. If it isnt protected by America then America has no meaning.

The same little weasel has also banned Midummer Nights Dream and earlier this year a principal was fired for showing pix of David to an art class. How long before these people start burning witches ?

Fact check: Fake list of banned Florida books circulates widely online​

Bayliss Wagner
USA TODAY
[...]
But the list is a fiction.

While school districts can ban books through a process created by the new law, Florida has not banned any books at the state level, a spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis told USA TODAY.

Fact check: Fake list of banned Florida books circulates widely online

A list of 25 books supposedly banned in schools and libraries in Florida is fake. There is no state banned book list, DeSantis' spokesperson said.

www.usatoday.com

 

[TheGreatSatan]

And how is it related to Paradise Lost ?
I can see that none of you right wing philistines have ever read it. Which is why you continue to deflect from the issue.
Read the rudest piece out of Paradise Lost. I dare you.

Do you want all the books put back in schools or just Paradise Lost?

Saying it is banned is a lie. It was age restricted.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Do you want all the books put back in schools or just Paradise Lost?

Saying it is banned is a lie. It was age restricted.

At this point I am wondering why it was removed in the first place. Fascists have no love for art so I suspect it was part of the conversion of Florida to a fascist state.

 

[2aguy]

I understand nazi culture.

Well....you are a part of it and a member.....

 

[2aguy]

Well I dont know what that has to do with Paradise Lost.
I can see that you are ignorant of the book. It was taught in schools before Marx was born. Before even the US was born. Do you want to try again ?

Why won't you respond to the fact that the actual books are Gender Queer, Lawn Boy and All Boys are blue.......and other kiddie porn, and the rest are used as cover for those books...

Funny you keep going back to Milton instead of addressing the kiddie porn that is the actual target...

 

[2aguy]

And how is it related to Paradise Lost ?
I can see that none of you right wing philistines have ever read it. Which is why you continue to deflect from the issue.
Read the rudest piece out of Paradise Lost. I dare you.

No....you don't want to address the fact that the left wing school board pulled Paradise Lost in order to take the focus away from Gender Queer, Lawn Boy and All Boys Are Blue............

 

[Darkwind]

Well I dont know what that has to do with Paradise Lost.
I can see that you are ignorant of the book. It was taught in schools before Marx was born. Before even the US was born. Do you want to try again ?

I'm not ignorant of the book. But you seem to be ignorant of the discussion. A poor attempt to narrow the discussion to just one book when the topic is an entire effort to push an agenda.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I'm not ignorant of the book. But you seem to be ignorant of the discussion. A poor attempt to narrow the discussion to just one book when the topic is an entire effort to push an agenda.

The topi is Paradise Lost being removed fro libraries in Florida. Th clue is in the tile. What sort of society do you have their when this happens ?

 

[Darkwind]

The topi is Paradise Lost being removed fro libraries in Florida. Th clue is in the tile. What sort of society do you have their when this happens ?

It has not been removed.

 

[Burgermeister]

There are about 100 books TEMPORARILY PULLED FOR REVIEW in ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Florida. Tommy and the rest of the Liberal Liars scream to the high heavens that Densantis is engaging in full scale book banning. They take a shred of fact and manufacture a crisis. It's all they do.

DeSantis didn't ban it. Deceptive thread title. Some librarian purposely interpreted the rules to be ridiculous. Here are some answers to the bullshit flying around - Governor Ron DeSantis Debunks Book Ban Hoax

 

[Burgermeister]

Should be in conspiracy area.