How to fight book bans — and win

[Bubber]

Tell me the title of a book that's been banned in the US in the last 50 years.

Here is 50. CBSnews

 

[Roadvirus]

Ad hominem attack. And Cuties gas an 87% approval rating by those who actually saw the film.

Cuties | Rotten Tomatoes

A talented 11-year-old girl joins a hip-hop dance troupe.

www.rottentomatoes.com

And Cuties had a clip pulled from Facebook because of sexually explicit content.

I wonder how many of those 87% were pervs.

 

[j brown's body]

And Cuties had a clip pulled from Facebook because of sexually explicit content.

I wonder how many of those 87% were pervs.

Or just not prudes and are thus able to appreciate the realty of it - the girls merely reflect our sexualized culture.

 

[j brown's body]

OP should read, “How to indoctrinate children so we all lose.”

Because of.....reading.

 

[IQ57]

Because of.....reading.

The wrong stuff, yes.

You know better.

 

[AZRWinger]

Ad hominem attack. And Cuties gas an 87% approval rating by those who actually saw the film.

Cuties | Rotten Tomatoes

A talented 11-year-old girl joins a hip-hop dance troupe.

www.rottentomatoes.com

The Cuties movie depicting the sexualized exploitation of preteen girls with stripper costumes and suggestive dance moves was widely condemned before its release. People watching the movie had already self selected to endorse child sexual exploitation. Given the prejudices of the viewing audience it's no surprise the movie goers thought it wonderful.

 

[mrjurrs]

I don't have kids I'm a responsible adult. Why should I pay to support public schools?

Because it is in the national interest to have an educated population.

 

[mrjurrs]

No books are being banned by anyone. It's books deemed inappropriate for children that are being restricted in school libraries. You perverts out there can still find these books on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

That's humorous. Can you tell me a time in history when it was the good guys banning books?

 

[j brown's body]

The Cuties movie depicting the sexualized exploitation of preteen girls with stripper costumes and suggestive dance moves was widely condemned before its release. People watching the movie had already self selected to endorse child sexual exploitation. Given the prejudices of the viewing audience it's no surprise the movie goers thought it wonderful.

"Widely condemned" by whom? People who never saw it, or seeing it, were incapable of understanding it.

Meanwhile, for perspective, here’s Roger Ebert’s review of Bring It On...

Beyond that, its not the topic of the thread.

 

[j brown's body]

That's humorous. Can you tell me a time in history when it was the good guys banning books?

Or when it wasn't done in the name of inappropriate for children?

 

[j brown's body]

The wrong stuff, yes.

You know better.

I'm so glad I don't live such a fearful life that I can't trust my kid reading the wrong stuff.

 

[IQ57]

I'm so glad I don't live such a fearful life that I can't trust my kid reading the wrong stuff.

You’re fighting for inequality and division.

I’ll be here to help prevent it.

Your words will die in a shallow grave.

Good luck!

Peace and love.

 

[j brown's body]

You’re fighting for inequality and division.

I’ll be here to help prevent it.

Your words will die in a shallow grave.

Good luck!

Peace and love.

I'm simply supporting freedom. You're supporting state repression.

 

[mrjurrs]

Or when it wasn't done in the name of inappropriate for children?

That's just the newest tactic...
"A decade after the war, a carping moralist government official named Anthony Comstock convinced the United States Congress to pass a law prohibiting the mailing of “pornographic” materials. His definition of the term was murky at best. Anatomy textbooks, doctors’ pamphlets about reproduction, anything by Oscar Wilde, and even The Canterbury Tales were deemed too sexy to send through the mail. These bans, or “comstockery,” as the practice became known, continued into the new century. But by the 1920s, shifts in politics and social mores led booksellers to see themselves as advocates for people’s right to read whatever they wanted. Then, in 1933, an influential court case—The United States v. One Book Called Ulysses—helped usher in a new era of legal interpretation of the First Amendment."

The History (and Present) of Banning Books in America

Like small pox and vinyl records, book banning is something many Americans like to think of as history. But according to the American Booksellers for Free Expression (ABFE), the practice persists. …

lithub.com

 

[Josie]

Interesting how the WaPoo OpEd doesn't mention the attempted "rewriting" of Dahl's books and the successful "editing" of Ian Fleming's stuff to help keep Leftist Pajama Boys from having mental overloads.

Does it mention any of the removal of books from liberal school districts or the making of "social justice" libraries in public schools?

 

[lemmiwinx]

Because it is in the national interest to have an educated population.

If we want to have an educated population why not make it mandatory to have at least a 4 year college degree to enter and take up residence here? As it stands now all kinds of human debris are streaming over our southern border from Mexico.

 

[mrjurrs]

If we want to have an educated population why not make it mandatory to have at least a 4 year college degree to enter and take up residence here? As it stands now all kinds of human debris are streaming over our southern border from Mexico.

pound sand
We'd be better off enforcing that on our own citizens. Then they wouldn't make idiotic comments like yours.

 

[lemmiwinx]

pound sand
We'd be better off enforcing that on our own citizens. Then they wouldn't make idiotic comments like yours.

I was born here so I get to make idiotic comments legally. People sneaking across our southern border every hour of every day for the last few decades....... not so much.

 

[mrjurrs]

I was born here so I get to make idiotic comments legally. People sneaking across our southern border every hour of every day for the last few decades....... not so much.

Your bigotry is noted, and rejected.

 

[Proudmoore]

If we want to have an educated population why not make it mandatory to have at least a 4 year college degree to enter and take up residence here? As it stands now all kinds of human debris are streaming over our southern border from Mexico.

This is the reason why we need good public schools, you complain about unrestrained immigration but what do you think would happen when loads of citizens don't have high school diplomas but the countries neighboring yours does?

 

[SiNNiK]

I'm so glad I don't live such a fearful life that I can't trust my kid reading the wrong stuff.

One of the books I watched a parent read was about a young girl, who grew used to her Daddy's late night visits, grew up showing him how much she loved him and his stiff penis, but one night, it was different. It was rough, not gentle, and she liked it.

In a kid's school library??

Surely you don't condone this??

 

[PoliSciPulse]

One of the books I watched a parent read was about a young girl, who grew used to her Daddy's late night visits, grew up showing him how much she loved him and his stiff penis, but one night, it was different. It was rough, not gentle, and she liked it.

In a kid's school library??

Surely you don't condone this??

I've heard of this happening, but I've yet to been able to verify if the book was actually in the library, or if someone pulled a stunt. What I will agree with you on is that the material, wherever it came from, is definitely not appropriate for little kids. The only possible place it would be along would be in a high school that teaches advanced (read: college-level) psychology.

 

[BabyAugustine]

"A rising tide of censorship threatens to dash everything from lesbian dragons to Amelia Earhart picture books off the shelves of school and public libraries. Book lovers should take heart. The censors can be beaten. And longtime library advocates have mustered an arsenal of statistics, talking points and legal strategies to keep shelves full and fascinating.

The most powerful fact: Censorship isn’t popular. ...library supporters can point out that censorship has costs and wastes public resources. Libraries have been sued for removing books or restricting access to them on the grounds that it is illegal for public facilities to favor one political viewpoint over another. ...Another fiscal danger spot advocates can spotlight: Bills that make librarians who are public employees legally liable for distributing certain material could result in higher municipal insurance costs.

...Removing books from shelves entirely circumvents parents’ decision-making authority, notes Andrea Jamison, a former elementary school teacher and librarian ...As a librarian, she wouldn’t check out books for children that their parents disapproved of. That’s a better way, she says, to show respect without limiting others’ choices."

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Lets hope the appetite for banning school library books could be fading.

I hope it is INCREASING.Every gay immoral book you buy is a classic or a Great Book that you cannot buy.
You teenage book freedom types ignore 3facts

1) I am paying for those books YOU want
2) Kids are doing worse and worse in CORE subjects.We need more American History, AMerican Constitution,American FOunders books
3) There is not one parent on here (Librarian or not)who doesn't ban like blazes with their own children.And now you want to ban on behalf of my kids !!!!

Make sure that public money goes to classic uplifting education-building texts. THen YOU CAN PAY FROM YOUR OWN POCKET TO HAVE YOUR FAVE PORN IN THE STACKS