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Lonestarblue

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54. Colleges and universities will have to create new admissions standards.

Thu Jan 27, 2022, 09:39 PM

Jan 2022

Kids from states like Tennessee can be assumed to be ignorant because they have not been allowed to read anything but Republican propaganda or the simplest books that focus on praising the deeds of white people. And since they will never have been challenged with opinions different from those of their parents, they will be too emotionally immature to engage in productive discourse with students from other states who are widely read and far more knowledgeable and have learned to evaluate ideas from multiple sources and to form their own opinions confidently.

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About adults controlling what children read.: I am watching the growing insanity [View all] niyad Jan 2022 OP

K&R! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #1

Thank you! niyad Jan 2022 #3

Well said. Thank you. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #2

Thank you. niyad Jan 2022 #4

Right you are - the act of banning any book or particular subject FakeNoose Jan 2022 #5

Thank you. niyad Jan 2022 #7

I think I was 12 or 13 when I read "To Kill A Mockingbird" for the first time FakeNoose Jan 2022 #11

Banning books from a local school or library is utterly pointless now that the internet exists. RockRaven Jan 2022 #6

A most excellent point about the internet. I find all sorts of interesting books niyad Jan 2022 #9

But it will hurt the authors whose books aren't available in thousands of libraries. n/t pnwmom Jan 2022 #35

Same childhood reading history and feelings. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #8

They never quite seem to understand that part. niyad Jan 2022 #10

Yep. Banning books means more people will read them. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #15

I'm still like that with banned books MotorCityBeard Jan 2022 #55

I know, tell me I can't read something, I will read it in a flash. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #58

Exactly... if I were still in school today MotorCityBeard Jan 2022 #60

When I was in 6th grade I got scarlet fever and had to stay home for quite awhile - Ocelot II Jan 2022 #12

Without a doubt. niyad Jan 2022 #13

K & R! Same here! 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2022 #14

We used to look at the "Condemned" movie list kskiska Jan 2022 #16

Same here. And the day that list had a Bob Hope movie on it, I knew it was niyad Jan 2022 #18

It was ridiculous. kskiska Jan 2022 #68

repukes want their kids to have guns but worry about books Skittles Jan 2022 #17

Indeed it is. niyad Jan 2022 #19

Teens appear in the newly created Kutztown Banned Book Club FSogol Jan 2022 #20

Brava!!! niyad Jan 2022 #22

it is insanity Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #21

To say the least. niyad Jan 2022 #23

Parents have always determined what their kids can read ripcord Jan 2022 #24

I was always fortunate that my parents did not control what I read. We were niyad Jan 2022 #26

Great post malaise Jan 2022 #25

The speed of its spread is what astounds me. Reminds me of the Delta variant. niyad Jan 2022 #28

My mother was terrific about reading Leith Jan 2022 #27

Brava for your Mom! And absolute truth about denying children books is child abuse. niyad Jan 2022 #29

Growing up the Catholic Church published a banned book and movie list. twodogsbarking Jan 2022 #30

I certainly checked the lists regularly. niyad Jan 2022 #32

I remember those lists as a kid peggysue2 Jan 2022 #69

I'm thinking I should read some of the books they are banning. twodogsbarking Jan 2022 #72

Denying them books is denying them knowledge. It is as bad... TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #31

Amazing concept, is it not? niyad Jan 2022 #33

And after over10, 000 years of recorded history we still don't get it TreasonousBastard Jan 2022 #36

Some are REALLLLLLY slow learners. niyad Jan 2022 #37

That's the point inthewind21 Jan 2022 #67

Had an occurrence in 3rd grade JT45242 Jan 2022 #34

Good for your 8- year old self. A ND good for your current self. niyad Jan 2022 #39

Back when I had little kids and needed to hire babysitters, PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #56

That was very kind and thoughtful. niyad Jan 2022 #70

To me it says they must be really terrible parents... CaptainTruth Jan 2022 #38

A most excellent point, and never made. niyad Jan 2022 #44

Very well said. Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #40

Thank you. niyad Jan 2022 #45

they're so ignorant about it. barbtries Jan 2022 #41

I think that you are quite correct about the parents not reading the books. niyad Jan 2022 #48

Amen. Similar experience growing up. I can't fathom the mentality of anyone wanting to LoisB Jan 2022 #42

Agreed. One would THINK that adults would be on their knees in gratitude niyad Jan 2022 #52

Wonder what % of these "concerned parents" are atheists?? NoMoreRepugs Jan 2022 #43

Hmmmm. You may be quite correct. niyad Jan 2022 #50

K. AND. R!!! nt pazzyanne Jan 2022 #46

Thank you. niyad Jan 2022 #53

The Nazis Banned/Burned Books, Too. GB_RN Jan 2022 #47

But these assholes are doing such a superb imitation. niyad Jan 2022 #49

Oh, No Doubt. GB_RN Jan 2022 #51

Colleges and universities will have to create new admissions standards. Lonestarblue Jan 2022 #54

They already have to do remedial courses in many instances. This is going niyad Jan 2022 #62

"Modern Americans behave as if intelligence were some sort of hideous deformity." Frank Zappa HUAJIAO Jan 2022 #57

Exactly. niyad Jan 2022 #63

You cannot build character on only happy talk books. Irish_Dem Jan 2022 #59

See, that is the problem. These cretins do not want such characteristics in niyad Jan 2022 #64

VISIONS of Fahrenheit 451 vapor2 Jan 2022 #61

That is what keeps running through my mind. niyad Jan 2022 #65

. . . niyad Jan 2022 #66

I wonder if the TN school board realized Maus is a graphic novel CrispyQ Jan 2022 #71

You are under the impression that any actual thought was involved? niyad Jan 2022 #74

From the looks of it Meowmee Jan 2022 #73

Absolutely agree. niyad Jan 2022 #75

I am glad I am not alone feeling this Meowmee Jan 2022 #76

It is indeed. I have thought for years that it would be wise to be elsewhere. But niyad Jan 2022 #77