North Carolina bans "Banned Books Week" and then unbans it following publicity

[Tommy Tainant]

North Carolina bans ‘Banned Books Week’ but retracts after media backlash

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district publicly amends instructions to principals after the Daily Beast picks up story

www.theguardian.com

Its a bad look trying to restrict free speech and when sunlight is applied the state quickly backed down.
I think this quote from an American hero sums it up besst.

“The choice of what to read must be left to the reader or, in the case of children, to parents. That choice does not belong to self-appointed book police,” Caldwell-Stone said.

I wouldnt want right wing crazy evangelists telling me what my kids could read or what was best for them. No normal parent would accept that.

Its a shame that large swathes of America are now subject to the diktats of interfering lunatics who want to shape education and knowledge in their own moronic image.

Its great that north Carolina is fighting back.

 

[Dekster]

My junior year english teacher gave us a list of the top 20 banned books in the US and gave you extra credit for every one you read and did a report on that wasn't already on the syllabus.

 

[Blues Man]

North Carolina bans ‘Banned Books Week’ but retracts after media backlash

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district publicly amends instructions to principals after the Daily Beast picks up story

www.theguardian.com

Its a bad look trying to restrict free speech and when sunlight is applied the state quickly backed down.
I think this quote from an American hero sums it up besst.

“The choice of what to read must be left to the reader or, in the case of children, to parents. That choice does not belong to self-appointed book police,” Caldwell-Stone said.

I wouldnt want right wing crazy evangelists telling me what my kids could read or what was best for them. No normal parent would accept that.

Its a shame that large swathes of America are now subject to the diktats of interfering lunatics who want to shape education and knowledge in their own moronic image.

Its great that north Carolina is fighting back.

There are no banned books in this country.

How many times do you idiot foreigners have to be told this?

Any of those books not stocked in a library of a government run school are readily available for anyone who wants to read them from other sources.

Why don't you go protest your king because in the UK the government actually bans books and you can get arrested and serve time if you read the "wrong " books

 

[Tommy Tainant]

There are no banned books in this country.

How many times do you idiot foreigners have to be told this?

Any of those books not stocked in a library of a government run school are readily available for anyone who wants to read them from other sources.

Why don't you go protest your king because in the UK the government actually bans books and you can get arrested and serve time if you read the "wrong " books

So ehy do you have banned books week ?

 

[Blues Man]

So ehy do you have banned books week ?

Because it's political hyperbole and you're not smart enough not to fall for it.

There is nothing stopping anyone in this country from reading any book they want unlike the UK

 

[Tommy Tainant]

There are no banned books in this country.

How many times do you idiot foreigners have to be told this?

Any of those books not stocked in a library of a government run school are readily available for anyone who wants to read them from other sources.

Why don't you go protest your king because in the UK the government actually bans books and you can get arrested and serve time if you read the "wrong " books

So ehy do you have banned books week ?

Because it's political hyperbole and you're not smart enough not to fall for it.

There is nothing stopping anyone in this country from reading any book they want unlike the UK

They should be available through public libraries. Free of charge. Not banned by fascists.

 

[Blues Man]

So ehy do you have banned books week ?

They should be available through public libraries. Free of charge. Not banned by fascists.

A lot of them are it's just school libraries that are the issue and they are also available at Welcome to Open Library | Open Library

So what are you doing about book bans in your little country?

 

[22lcidw]

So ehy do you have banned books week ?

Civilization is declining. In the Unted States 60 years or so ago most men worse slacks and at least a button up shirt. Add a tie and a jacket for many more. Within a few decades dress up was having asses hang out of the pants. Now we go everywhere as Fetterman's. Instead of Gangham style we have Fetterman style!

 

[SassyIrishLass]

So ehy do you have banned books week ?

They should be available through public libraries. Free of charge. Not banned by fascists.

Just not school libraries... that's what's got you people in an uproar. Can't get at the kiddies

 

[MinTrut]

North Carolina bans ‘Banned Books Week’ but retracts after media backlash

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district publicly amends instructions to principals after the Daily Beast picks up story

www.theguardian.com

Its a bad look trying to restrict free speech and when sunlight is applied the state quickly backed down.
I think this quote from an American hero sums it up besst.

“The choice of what to read must be left to the reader or, in the case of children, to parents. That choice does not belong to self-appointed book police,” Caldwell-Stone said.

I wouldnt want right wing crazy evangelists telling me what my kids could read or what was best for them. No normal parent would accept that.

Its a shame that large swathes of America are now subject to the diktats of interfering lunatics who want to shape education and knowledge in their own moronic image.

Its great that north Carolina is fighting back.

Yup.

These wannabe Nazis are doing a great job of exposing themselves and creating massive pushback against their banning/burning bullshit.

 

[MinTrut]

My junior year english teacher gave us a list of the top 20 banned books in the US and gave you extra credit for every one you read and did a report on that wasn't already on the syllabus.

^ Love.

 

[MinTrut]

There are no banned books in this country.

How many times do you idiot foreigners have to be told this?

Any of those books not stocked in a library of a government run school are readily available for anyone who wants to read them from other sources.

Why don't you go protest your king because in the UK the government actually bans books and you can get arrested and serve time if you read the "wrong " books

Banned. From. The. Libraries. Noted.

How many times do you need to be told this?

 

[Blues Man]

Banned. From. The. Libraries. Noted.

How many times do you need to be told this?

And anyone can read those books outside of a school or public library therefore they are not banned they are merely not stocked in some libraries.

Do you really think your middle school library or public library stocks every book that's ever been printed?

And why do you idiots think government run institutions are the only place you can get a fucking book?

 

[Tommy Tainant]

And anyone can read those books outside of a school or public library therefore they are not banned they are merely not stocked in some libraries.

Do you really think your middle school library or public library stocks every book that's ever been printed?

And why do you idiots think government run institutions are the only place you can get a fucking book?

You miss the point of libraries. They are places where you have access to books that you might not normally buy. Where you can broaden your mind.
People on low or no incomes are able to read books they might not usually bother with.
They should not be handicapped by people who struggle to read in the first place.
Book bans in public libraries are a direct assault on your first amendment rights.

 

[Lord Long Rod]

Tommy Taint really wants children to know to perform gay sex acts.

 

[lennypartiv]

I wouldnt want right wing crazy evangelists telling me what my kids could read or what was best for them. No normal parent would accept that.

Evangelists are one of the few sane groups left in America.

 

[Lord Long Rod]

Yup.

These wannabe Nazis are doing a great job of exposing themselves and creating massive pushback against their banning/burning bullshit.

Age based restrictions on inappropriate sexual material in schools is neither censorship nor banning. In fact, we have been doing it for years. The real question is why YOU believe it is so important for a child to know how to suck a dick, you fucking sick fuck!

 

[Lord Long Rod]

You miss the point of libraries. They are places where you have access to books that you might not normally buy. Where you can broaden your mind.
People on low or no incomes are able to read books they might not usually bother with.
They should not be handicapped by people who struggle to read in the first place.
Book bans in public libraries are a direct assault on your first amendment rights.

Nobody is attacking the books. They are attacking the notion of making these particular books available to children, you stupid quivering trash bag of dog shit.

 

[whitehall]

"Media backlash" is all left wing groomers have these days since American parents have shown an interest in their kids education. Sexually explicit material and porn has always been banned in schools. It's nothing new. The problem is when homosexual groomers try to redefine pornography and even pedophilia.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Nobody is attacking the books. They are attacking the notion of making these particular books available to children, you stupid quivering trash bag of dog shit.

The idea that trash like you are picking what books we can read is chilling.