Texas School District Pulls Over 400 Books

Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964:

Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964:

Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964:

Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964:   Quote Originally Posted by thirdperson: School board in Tennessee has banned Maus the Pulitzer prize winning novel about the holocaust.  This is the latest in the war against hundreds of books in mostly republican states.  Maus is considered too disturbing because of profanity, nudity and violence.  But history is full of inappropriate content.  People are supposed to be disturbed by horrors of the holocaust. The truth shouldn't be dismissed or whitewashed for a better educated society.  Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.   yep      CENSORSHIP is alive and well among the repos in red states  many red states have invoked CENSORSHIP by banning teaching about black history called CRT too and they recently used censorship to remove a popular book by a black author

Quote Originally Posted by Zeus4par:

  I thought republicans were supposedly against censorship

Welp it looks like they are only against censorship when big tech refuses to allow them to freely yell "FIRE!!!" in a crowded movie theatre, or otherwise post their constant misinformation for political gains.

Quote Originally Posted by Zeus4par:

Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964: Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964:   Quote Originally Posted by thirdperson: School board in Tennessee has banned Maus the Pulitzer prize winning novel about the holocaust.  This is the latest in the war against hundreds of books in mostly republican states.  Maus is considered too disturbing because of profanity, nudity and violence.  But history is full of inappropriate content.  People are supposed to be disturbed by horrors of the holocaust. The truth shouldn't be dismissed or whitewashed for a better educated society.  Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.   yep      CENSORSHIP is alive and well among the repos in red states  many red states have invoked CENSORSHIP by banning teaching about black history called CRT too and they recently used censorship to remove a popular book by a black author   I thought republicans were supposedly against censorship Welp it looks like they are only against censorship when big tech refuses to allow them to freely yell "FIRE!!!" in a crowded movie theatre, or otherwise post their constant misinformation for political gains.

Quote Originally Posted by baish2012:

Quote Originally Posted by Zeus4par: Quote Originally Posted by KellyM_1964:   yep      CENSORSHIP is alive and well among the repos in red states  many red states have invoked CENSORSHIP by banning teaching about black history called CRT too and they recently used censorship to remove a popular book by a black author   I thought republicans were supposedly against censorship Welp it looks like they are only against censorship when big tech refuses to allow them to freely yell "FIRE!!!" in a crowded movie theatre, or otherwise post their constant misinformation for political gains. Banning books and restricting speech particularly in the classroom is not the way to go.  If anything it is anti freedom, no matter who is doing it.