• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I’ve found a pretty effective argument when dealing with right wingers at this point. I simply say that only one side is banning books and it’s theirs, and I stick only to that. It’s indefensible. They can try to twist it, say it’s just protecting kids, and I will continue to say “Only the republicans are banning books”. It’s the end of discussion. Its shoving in their face that there is a clear line in the sand that republicans have crossed, and there is nothing they can say that would change that.

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        1 year ago

        Bbbbut it’s in the constitution

        If the constitution said we had to sacrifice children to make God happy, they’d defend it till the end of time

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        1 year ago

        Yep. When’s the last time you saw a drag queen beat a kid to death with a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird?

      • No we only need to protect them from liberal ideas! You see, nithing us more American than dying to a good honest made in the US bullet from a proud American gun, during second term at elementary school. But imagine if those kids would have read Marlon Bundo, a book about a male bunny that likes another male bunny as more than just friends, and everyone around being supportive?! That shit is dangerous!

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      1 year ago

      So you can’t think of any reason to ban books? Do you have any examples of a book that was banned recently by conservatives that clearly should not have been banned? What do you think about the following being in school libraries: page from Gender Queer (NSFW)?