Middle school children are forming book clubs to read all the books GOP Nazis are banning.

[tblue37]

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How cool is this!
Middle school children are forming book clubs to read all the books GOP Nazis are banning

[leftieNanner]

1. The Streisand Effect

"Don't you DARE read any of these books."

That kind of ultimatum always works so well with young people, doesn't it?

[Rebl2]

2. Good for them!

[IcyPeas]

3. Good to know the GOP are encouraging kids to read more.

[tanyev]

4. Niiiice.

You go, kiddos!

[hlthe2b]

5. Good. A gneration that will become fully informed as to the idiocy of ssome of their RW elders.

[MenloParque]

6. Love this! Don't fucking tell kids in a free country what they can and can't read!!

[abqtommy]

7. And all the middle school kids in the photo wearing masks only further proves that

they've got good sense and a lot more of it than reTHUG Fascists do. But then the
reTHUGS do set a pretty low bar...

[liberalla]

17. I noticed that too... of course they're wearing masks. They're smart, curious AND

want to know real history.

[monkeyman1]

29. every day we learn more that the republican Taliban should be eliminated!!

[pwb]

8. If the pukes raised their own kids they would know.

Never tell a kid they cant do something.

[fightforfreedom]

9. I said something like this in a recent post.

You tell kids, teenagers your banning a book, they will read that book. I also said Republicans must have never heard of the internet. What a bunch of idiots.

[bahboo]

10. love this....

sounds like something we would have done back in the day...

[eppur_se_muova]

11. Democrats buy most of the banned books in this country ...

Republicans form committees and read them as a group.

(Can't remember who first said that, pretty sure it was a pro comedian.)

It's a dirty job, but their weighty sense of responsibility forces them to overcome the challenge.

The fact that they 'have to' read some really dirty stuff is just a bonus.

[Greybnk48]

12. Good for them! When I was in high school in the 60's, my dad got me

any book I wanted to read from the banned book list (except Lady Chatterly's Lover and Tropic of Cancer). He even let me read Candy, or else I snitched it from their bedroom, I don't really remember, lol! I remember Catch-22 was one of them and Catcher in the Rye.

I go a copy of Lady Chatterly from a friend in school. It was being passed around to whomever wanted it. By the time I got it, it was held together with a rubberband.

[Irish_Dem]

13. No one ever prevented me from reading any book I wanted.

The idea of a banned book was foreign to me.

I would go to the library every week as a child and bring home two big bags of books from all over the library. I read just about anything that was not nailed down.

If any one had told me I was not allowed to read a certain book I would have made a beeline to get that book by hook or crook.

[Tickle]

25. Catcher in the rye

made a comeback in the 70s because it was mandatory reading in HS and it has always been one of my favorite books 📖

[cannabis_flower]

14. I'm glad my parents never...

Supervised what I was reading. I read quite a few books that I’m not sure they would have approved of if they were paying attention.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Ann Moody

And others. Those are just the ones I remember.

[liberalla]

15. That is SO cool! Yay for Kutztown Banned Book Club! I love this!

I'm not surprised--- just tell kids they CAN'T do something... next thing you know they are working it out and doing it.

[SheltieLover]

16. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

And they are all masked!

[FakeNoose]

18. It's great, but I believe they still need an adult moderator or discussion leader

I'm a firm believer that 12 year-olds ARE able to read at an adult level. I was reading adult-level fiction by that age and I was encouraged by my Mom who was a lifelong reader. She loved historical novels so she started me on James Michener and Leon Uris.

My point is that it still takes an adult's understanding of life situations and human behavior which many kids don't have as pre-teens. Just reading the words and the pages of "To Kill a Mockingbird" will not give those youngsters the understanding. Those kids can derive great benefit and enjoyment to be sure, but the discussions need to be led by a teacher or an adult leader. Hopefully their interest and enthusiasm for reading will continue throughout their lives.

[IggleDuer]

19. I wonder if ...

… the Reich wing is against books like Hitler’s Mein Kempf or Shirer’s Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

[Hekate]

20. This gives me hope & joy!

[LAS14]

21. Yes! nt

[SWBTATTReg]

22. So does this mean that all middle school children are more qualified to be Congress representatives

than the GOP ones there now? I suspect so. I'd like to see then all nominated and then run against these GOP thugs, I suspect that a lot of the kids would win handily.

[lame54]

23. Oh Captain! My Captain!

[iluvtennis]

24. Love it! Show 'em young folks.

[AllaN01Bear]

26. why is it that they always ban books like mark twain and other stories

like farhenheth 451 and so fourth? . must be living in the past

[orleans]

27. can't link to the article from the twitter post. maybe you could include this

link in the op?

https://www.readingeagle.com/2022/01/13/teens-come-out-for-newly-created-kutztown-banned-book-club/

kind of interesting. and i keep thinking: kutztown???

[alphafemale]

28. I read Exorcist Jaws and Godfather somewhere around 4th grade

Kids are not delicate.

[ripcord]

30. I've been sharing this

[Upthevibe]

31. Unfortunately.....

We now need to add Maus to this stack....