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Biloxi Bans "To Kill a Mockingbird"

My favorite line: "Hey, Boo." So nonchalant.
 
Apparently it "makes people uncomfortable" so it's being dropped from lesson plans. Ah, diddums! Isn't that one of the main points of the book?

Biloxi School District Bans ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ from Lesson Plans | WKRG

Isn't that one of the main thrusts of current SJW ideology?

Don't offend or cause even the slightest possible chance of making someone uncomfortable? Trigger warnings and micro-aggressions abound? All speech is not protected, only expression that is acceptable to all recipients?

What did people who bought into this sanitization process think, that it would only affect the things they considered offensive? :doh

Well, this is another example of such thoughtlessness coming home to roost. :coffeepap:
 
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Isn't that one of the main thrusts of current SJW ideology?

Don't offend or cause even the slightest possible chance of making someone uncomfortable? Trigger warnings and micro-aggressions abound? All speech is not protected, only expression that is acceptable to all recipients?

What did people who bought into this sanitization process think, that it would only affect the things they each thought offensive?

Well, this is another example of such thoughtlessness coming home to roost. :coffeepap:

You totally misunderstand what social justice means. It's about damage to society through irresponsible or malevolent actions. Read the wiki or something.
 
Isn't that one of the main thrusts of current SJW ideology?

No. Why do you feel the need to mislead about what others believe? Are you that unable to actually debate real arguments?
 
You totally misunderstand what social justice means. It's about damage to society through irresponsible or malevolent actions. Read the wiki or something.

If only they were not so often found trying to control conversations not their own.
 
When will the stupidity end? SMH...
 
You totally misunderstand what social justice means. It's about damage to society through irresponsible or malevolent actions. Read the wiki or something.

LOL.

Yes, that's the definition you'd like accepted.

My definition of SJW is social action to create equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity; to maintain safe spaces, to eliminate all offense at pain of punishment, in short...to "balance the equation" via new utopia with the oppressed on top and their perceived oppressors on the bottom...Wikipedia notwithstanding. :coffeepap:
 
Sucks for them. That was one of the books we were required to read at my HS.

I actually liked it.
 
Apparently it "makes people uncomfortable" so it's being dropped from lesson plans. Ah, diddums! Isn't that one of the main points of the book?

Biloxi School District Bans ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ from Lesson Plans | WKRG

The headline kinda misleads. This is strictly for Junior High students, and the book is still in the libraries of the effected schools. I am not a fan of the decision, but I can see where it could be seen to be somewhat problematic for children that young. Most kids would probably be fine, but some might struggle with the content at that age. It has been too long since I read it so I don't really remember how I reacted to it.
 
No. Why do you feel the need to mislead about what others believe? Are you that unable to actually debate real arguments?

However never having met a single SJW who supported free speech in actuality I am not so sure "It is not in the guide book" matters....Think a Few Good Men scene where it is decided that just because the Chow Hall is not in the base guide book does not mean that nobody eats.
 
LOL.

Yes, that's the definition you'd like accepted.

My definition of SJW is social action to create equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity; to maintain safe spaces, to eliminate all offense at pain of punishment, in short...to "balance the equation" via new utopia with the oppressed on top and their perceived oppressors on the bottom...Wikipedia notwithstanding. :coffeepap:

Do you enjoy showcasing your ignorance like that?
 
However never having met a single SJW who supported free speech in actuality I am not so sure "It is not in the guide book" matters....Think a Few Good Men scene where it is decided that just because the Chow Hall is not in the base guide book does not mean that nobody eats.

Leaving your history of not understanding what free speech is, this particular story has exactly jack and **** to do with free speech.
 
Sucks for them. That was one of the books we were required to read at my HS.

I actually liked it.

Come....you actually read it?

What percent of the class do you figure read most or all of it?

Around here not so many my kids tell me, people brag about never reading the books but passing the class, it is a thing that is admired.
 
My definition of SJW is social action to create equality of outcome rather than equality of opportunity;

That's idiotic BS you just made up. Go read the wiki.

to maintain safe spaces,

Who cares. Need one?

to eliminate all offense at pain of punishment,

Now you sound like a cult.

in short...to "balance the equation" via new utopia with the oppressed on top and their perceived oppressors on the bottom...Wikipedia notwithstanding. :coffeepap:

Complete fantasy. Aren't you a little old to believe in a boogeyman? You need a high school education about social justice, or at least read the wiki.

You're hysterically against civil rights and behavior. It's absurd. Stop with the ignorant clown routine.
 
The headline kinda misleads. This is strictly for Junior High students, and the book is still in the libraries of the effected schools. I am not a fan of the decision, but I can see where it could be seen to be somewhat problematic for children that young. Most kids would probably be fine, but some might struggle with the content at that age. It has been too long since I read it so I don't really remember how I reacted to it.

I remember seeing the movie as well as reading the book but that was in high school. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch!
 
Leaving your history of not understanding what free speech is, this particular story has exactly jack and **** to do with free speech.

I decided different, and I will decide for myself if you dont mind.

BE CIVIL
 
That was the one where Scout wanted a BB gun and all the adults kept telling her she'd shoot her eye out, right?
 
Come....you actually read it?

Yes, I read it. I had to read it. Hence the term, required reading.

What percent of the class do you figure read most or all of it?

I don't know. Obviously, there were some people that cheated off of other people on the chapter reports, as well as on the test. I didn't.

Around here not so many my kids tell me, people brag about never reading the books but passing the class, it is a thing that is admired.

Okay.
 
Come....you actually read it?

What percent of the class do you figure read most or all of it?

Around here not so many my kids tell me, people brag about never reading the books but passing the class, it is a thing that is admired.

Ain't that what cliff notes are for?:lol:
 
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