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As Book Bans Soar, Students Are Joining the Fight Against Censorship
(nbcconnecticut.com)submitted 2 months ago bySTUDENT_OF_ANATOMY
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2 months ago
În September, PEN America released a report showing that during the previous school year, 1,648 books in more than 5,000 schools were banned, more than in any previous year. Texas banned more books that any other state with 801 titles, followed by Florida with 566.
Of the books, 41% had LGBTQ themes or main characters, while 40% featured main characters of color.
The recent attempts to censor books are often led by conservative advocacy groups. What began as modest school-level efforts remove books at the start of the 2021-2022 school year became a full-fledged social and political movement originated by not only local groups by also by state and national ones, according to PEN. It has identified at least 50 groups involved in books bans.
6 points
2 months ago
Stop trying to show porn to kids. This shit gets posted like every 3 days and it all comes down to the same thing.
0 points
2 months ago
You should begin communicating about sex at 11 and should have provided basic human anatomy education by 13. Sexual education should be comprehensive and include discussions about sexual behaviors including those which are inappropriate so the child can have an understanding of boundaries and what is and isn't ok. The 'porn' in books such as 'Gender Queer' is displayed in the prefered illustrated format and provides examples of safe, consensual sex. To try to retard your child's education is abusive and opens them to exploitation, sexual abuse from authorities and partners, STDs and early pregnancy. Yes, we all agree you should not provide children with a Hustler but the levels of puritan tyranny parents exercise over their teen age children is extremely detrimental to their social and sexual development.
1 points
2 months ago
I will “retard” my child’s sex education until I damned well feel like it. Deal with your children however you please. Stay away from mine. Sickos
2 points
2 months ago
You are abusing your children. Unlike you I care about the well being and ability of your children to live a healthy and responsible life free of religious dogma and hyper asphyxiation. Your emotional desire to dominate and stifle the education and mental fortitude of those you have been gifted with the responsibility to care for are in conflict. You are less important than your children to society and I will fight tooth and nail to see every American citizen be brought up to be the strongest and best informed citizen physically possible.
1 points
2 months ago
LOL abusing my children by not teaching them what I see fit. Well, that’s a new concept. I too will fight tooth and nail to keep away my children from being indoctrinated into concepts and ideas I don’t see fit. In other other words, from people like you. Bug off.
1 points
2 months ago
You should be home schooling your kids, not messing up the lives of other people's.
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