@@kevingrant404 Reading is why everyone ditched the right wing propaganda, who told Republicans that JFK JR is still alive, and is going to support an orange turd terrorist cult leader at Dallas.
@@EduardoOliveira-e8c - He thought there were airports during the revolutionary war. He thought he was president for decades. He forgot that he knew Silk of Diamond & Silk. Your failures are not our fault. They are your fault. Sorry.
This is not about education it is about mind control. They want to dictate what our children should learn. As a parent I am here to offer guidance to my children, NOT to control the information of history and to promote a narrative that suite my world view. THAT IS INDOCTRINATION.
Go home school your children, oh wait you women wanna work not stay home. Plus kids should learn about their race elsewhere from school, politics made public school trash but not as bad as California.
Because some things young children should not be taught. Some thing are to be learned freely as an adult as they see fit. To teach certain things to a young child is confusing and very dangerous to the mind Things like gender. I have a friend who pulled their child out of a school because she was being taught that she could choose to be a boy and should be because she acts that way. That is child abuse and is horrible.
@@TheMangoAnglo_onTwitter Writers like James Baldwin and others who made contributions to the culture who are Black and Queer! So? Desantis wants to ban an expanded course in African American History in Florida High Schools from the smart kids, huh? While European, Italian, German and even Japanese history remains! That is textbook Racism! And already you can see the kinship of Desantis to fellow Italian Mussolini! It's pretty clear Desantis is a card carrying Racist and Bigot! Specifically targeting black voters who are ex felons who are allowed to vote, removing drop boxes in African American communities, banning books with African American content, childish spiteful Trump like stunts like Busing brown migrants to other cities..etc... Desantis is just another White man afraid their Spawn will learn from American and African American history what an abomination their ancestors were and afraid it would hurt their little brats feelings!
the book gender queer should never ever be permitted in primary school. perhaps middle school, but certainly not primary school. and who is to day parents are not putting energy into their kids social media accounts? i certainly am.
EXACTLY WHO do you think should tell you what to teach? WHOSE kids are they anyway, and who is paying a teacher's salary? Wow. You clearly demonstrate the problem. Parents lost touch, and teachers started assuming the role of parents. Fortunately, parents are beginning to wake up now. Thank you for this comment.
@@dodieodie498 The parents teaching degree is from? This is like the argument that a lawyer must use the specified legal argument of a client who lacks all consent.
I would bet at least 80% of the parents who support this would freak out if the banned the Bible from the library because lets be honest there are some pretty adult stuff in there.
A parent in Florida was successful in getting a book filled with more violence, murder, rape, and incest than any of the books that school district had already banned. You guessed it. It was the Bible. The school board published a list of the issues that would get a book removed, and the board's published policy stated it would ban any book if it contained one issue from that list. The Bible contained several. I was surprised the board stood by their own policy, but I also think most boards don't like book banning. What's good for the goose...
@@beaur252 why is it that liberal states outperform red states in math and reading? If states like MA don't know how to educate, why do their students do much better than FL students on almost all objective measures?
@@toomanydonuts It will past until young adults start showing up to vote. If 80% of those 18-30yo voted, in 6 years, over 2/3 of both chambers of Congress would be Democrat. Young voters are far more likely to vote Democrat but only 12-14% even vote. They have the largest number of people but vote in the lowest number.
Isn’t it ironic that some of these social media “ parents “ agree to ban books they’ve never read. More importantly they should ban children from owning phones that are addictive & contain explicit material.
Good point kids have access to everything through their phones and any parents that would stupidly support this have most likely given their children phones or access on the internet.
Now I could get down with that! Smart phones are indoctrinating & grooming the kids! And it's the PARENTS that give them the phones & it's the PARENTS that should be held accountable! Excellent idea! 🥰
@@rachelkristine4669 My son has strict phone rules. He controls everything through his phone. Phone turns on at 9 am off 9 pm. He can not google anything without his permission, he has to unlock only the things his kids asked to do homework and such. My son caught his son at a site not fit for any humans. If the parents care they can do this to their kids phones. They just have to take the time.
The beatles and elvis presley was the devil religious people sade. Same Mentality as the Religious people in IRAN and ISIS. always trying to show they are dictators and lack the knowledge to listening to others
Remember reading Fahrenheit 451 for school when I was a kid and thinking how silly it was. No way that'd ever happen in real life. All these years later and it's actually happening. How this isn't alarming everyone is beyond concerning.
@@davidrobertsemail they should but parents should make that case in the checking out not removing books entirely. We don't have to push extremes on forcing books to be read or banning books entirely. Let parents choose what their kids can be exposed too when it comes to literature and meet at the middle
77 people just said, they already have access the inappropriate stuff so who cares what they see at school...😳 no wonder things are going down hill fast. I'm glad a few people are smart enough not to give up on our children.
Unbelievable! Censorship! Disgraceful. I was reading adult novels since fifth grade! My parents never restricted our reading of any materials, though they did say to ask them any questions I had.
@@carolekjellander8917 I guess that depends on your definition of "harm". Which is the real problem, since these people see children growing up with critical thinking abilities to have been harmed by the system. Kudos to your parents.
What happened to children after they started releasing teen magazines. The anorexia and bulimia kicked into high levels. What do you think is happening now that they have confused children with all these extra toppings. Children are battling body changes because of puberty, this will make most of them vulnerable. Their brain's haven't done growing until 25ish. So think about it, really think about the negative effects of exposing them to things they can't even fully understand.
@rainbow Autobiographies written by victims of child abuse and theocratic fascism are being banned. It’s as if these people are intentionally depriving children of resources that would help them recognize that their environment is detrimental to their health under the guise of “think of the children.” This is evil.
*MESSAGE FROM EUROPE* glad to see you are at the "making books illegal" stage of fascism over there...!!! Going great - we tried it in the 1930's it worked out JUST FINE
Removing pornographic books from elementary schools is... not quite the same as what the fascists did in the '30s. Nobody's saying grown adults can't enjoy these books.
Well, God committed genocide on 99.9999% of the worlds population during the flood, only allowing Noah and his family (and animals) to survive. Makes him the worst mass murderer in history.
Yeah but what about your future grandkids, your cousins, the white floridain kids who become indoctrinated and grow up to make even more draconian laws which could be designed based off your skin color. It's levels to this nonsense.
@@A_Legal_Immigrant_1776 If I was a clueless moron that didn't understand what A.P. was in a educational setting, I would think it was propaganda too... but luckily I'm not a clueless moron.
@@davidpaul6656 No son, your not paying attention. There is a Black History Course Requirement as part of the core curriculum in Florida. What DeSantis did, is he banned a separate course that was teaching black history with "queer theory" on top. The Black History curriculum is still required as apart of the requirements and available just without the "queer theory". The same thing with CRT. What is happening is that cnn isnt telling you the full story as to how it was that DeSantis started this over a year ago and the history of indoctrination of children that have no maturity or business learning about at such a young age.
Recall in 2020 Ron Desantis tried to fire a large number of teachers. He then learned there was already a large shortage in Florida! This is Florida's version of "Fahrenheit 451!"
As an educator, I know that parents already have a seat at the table. Unfortunately, that seat is empty because they never show up... until their kid is failing, and then it becomes my fault that I "didn't contact the parent", when there were numerous calls made and ignored.
@@jaydoggy456 ngl it is funny to hear people who probably never set foot in a graduate seminar tossing out terms like "gender studies" and "queer theory" (which is singular)
75% of inner-city kids are unable to read, write or calculate basic math, so..... I'd say the educators have failed to educate. They just collect a paycheck and don't care about the students who are struggling. And on top of it peddling literature that is perverse and racist. Thank God America has ONE decent Governor.
is don lemon advocating that the book "gerder queer" should be in primary schools? because don..... i don't think this book should be in primary schools. sorry don.
@@nickyalousakis3851 Yet florida this week banned a perfectly reasonable poem about bravery and coming together and rising to the occasion. What do you think is the color and gender of the person who wrote it?
@@pluckybellhop66 -- i'm not so into 'banning' literature.... unless it's in schools and has to have a justified reason for doing so. which poem was banned?
When DeSantis banned the AP African American History class, he sure as hell wasn't thinking about the rights of parents (especially Black parents) to select an OPTIONAL course for their kids. And then he stood at a podium and said "we want teach our children facts and HOW TO THINK"! If that's not indoctrination l don't know wtf is. 🤯
@@AK.126 it's "woke", meaning you may learn something outside of the white privileged POV he wants to convey. We can't have the masses learning about reality, it takes away from their control. But yea...the "free" state of FL. I hope Disney leaves and finds a better location, I hate flying there and giving that state my $
From Europe (Germany): go ahead, Florida! WE know, where those things end .... Shall I send you a box of matches for a bonfire that starts with books, and does not stop short of human lives? (Sorry for the cynicism).
In Denmark we have big libraries for everyone and we have school libraries. There are no books in classes. We don't ban books from the state level. We learn about sex, racism, war, death etc. In those first 9⃣ years of school.
*waves from Norway. I'm so glad I raised my son here. I was so impressed that the schools here had both 'Social Studies' and 'Ethics and Religions' classes. The kids learn to discuss topics in class with respect and learn how to regulate their emotions from an early age. He never would have gotten that where I grew up in the US. Granted, I had to subsidise the science curriculum myself, but with no family here, I was very glad for the, mostly, healthy socialising at school.
Don't buy into this CNN/liberal bulls@@@, the left hates America and wants to teach propaganda. They support drag shows and adult men dancing in front of children in very little clothing. I hope you don't support that.
People like this want to turn the clocks back not just on this subject, but on plenty of other subjects too . Most Americans want to move forward and celebrates the progress that we have made and what our heroes have fought and died for. Florida is not the whole USA thank God. He won't be able to convince the majority of Americans that he is right.
The kids can start a BANNED book club & meet off school grounds. The parents can order cases of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison & leave the boxes where the book club members can pick them up for distribution. In high school, we read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It made me value my freedom to read.
We shouldn't have to meet off ground to educate our children or ourselves, we are allowing the GOP republicans to dicate whom we are as a country, our freedoms, our rights.
Banning books is a leftist pass time now its a problem when it has porn in it or uses black people as a guise for gender theory. You guys are so disgustingly easily to manipulate its disturbing.
If some of these parents actually picked up a book and read once and awhile they would be more knowledgeable! I know grown adults who brag about not reading a book once they left school….
Yall are nuts. Go look up the books they are banning like Gender Queer. A parent was removed for reading it to school board members, it came from schools library. But you will project and gaslight. Nobody getting rid of to kill a mockingbird. This is where Don ended up after losing his show? Seems about right.
These children you speak of, you see them doing this everyday?? where do you find the time?? and why haven't you said anything until now!!! No wonder DeSantis is making a decision on it, he cant even trust the adults to speak up!!
@@mrvlsmrv Hitler did the same thing. And the books were burned. The only alternative, if the parent is a responsible parent, get talking books or download them. To think people want deathsantis for president!!.
So if my 13 year old is advanced, she's breaking the law by reading a college level math book? It's not age appropriate...these people are actually insane
@Paying more will save the planet. It's not. Kids are way smarter than people give them credit for. Math can be very difficult. I'm actually very good at math, but I personally couldn't get a hold of it until college. When I was a child my parents who grew up during Jim Crow were raised as Quakers, idk if you know about Quakers but it's the belief that we are all God's children, he doesn't pick favorites...nor does he turn his back on a child for being raised with different beliefs. My parents didn't understand the cruelty and different treatment, so they left Texas and went to New York got into the jazz scene and made friends. Later still searching for equality with the hippies. However, they made sure I understood the truth of it early on. Growing up in a almost totally white community, they read me black fables and histories, sad stuff like Tar Baby...and because they treated me like I should be able to understand I did. I didn't find myself hating all white people or myself I was not confused about the history. I wasn't indoctrinated into anything. I'm just a person who believes children are smart and strong, that understanding each other is important and that everyone no matter their skin color, history, religion, strengths or weaknesses is equal in the universe that made them...we are all atoms and the closest we can get to God on earth is enlightenment, but that doesn't come through prayers or meditation it comes from education. Bring kids closer to God, tell them the truth. No kid is going to break because their great-great grandmother was a part of slavery or homosexual. Kids don't feel that connection with the dead that adults who have loved and lost do.
That's not what this is about. This is about shielding our children from things that would, spiritually, predispose them to darkness/satanicassignments! A child exposed to some erotica can really ruin a child.
Any whacko can make up the curriculum any way they like, teaching anything they like, and the parents or governor should have no say at all... Got it.. And you wonder why so many folks think liberals are flat out nuts....
I've had a go at science writing for a while and had a few things published, but I would keep getting told, 'You have to write for a 10 year old, Avie.' 'Remember not to use so many science terms that you can't also explain what they mean to a 10 year old.' It was too frustrating. I now write only for my own pleasure and folks want to read it, they can.
If you find the law disturbing, you most be part of the group of woke people that are causing this problem. I you that you are not a teacher. You should not be around kids. You are an enemy to humanity.
Don is lying to you. You need to look into This so called "banning of books" is not banning black history. These books that are being banned are inundated with associating black culture with queer and trans culture. These books need to be banned because they are indoctrinating people in to thinking that black culture and queer & trans are one in the same. Ron desantis has nothing against teaching black history. Desantis is completely for teaching black history that is correct, but these books that are being banned are not correct and and is trying to rewrite actual history that does not exist. Just like the so-called "don't say gay bill" people will blindly listen to CNN and not go look at the actual subject. For those that do check for themselves are amazed at just how blatant CNN lies within their propaganda. These books are lying about history with their propaganda and for that fact they should not be allowed to indoctrinate children with fake history lies.
Don Lemon is ignorant. He plays on “book burning” hysteria without explaining the real reason the law was put in place. The education system should not be teaching children about sexuality at this age. Parents should have a say in what information is being taught/forced in this case to their children. And finally, Don Lemon who is facing a sexual assault case has no place criticizing anyone on this matter!
There's a radical group in DC now attempting to ban tiktok. So yes - the gears are turning. What with about 134 election deniers sitting IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW we are facing immense dangers to the structure of our nation.
One book that has more violence, including rapes,murders, and incest than any of the books Florida and Texas has already banned will remain in school libraries. It's the Bible, and if I lived in one of those states, I'd demand it be removed.
The problem is that by banning them in schools, kids don't have the opportunity to learn about the context or to discuss the ideas. Education is supposed to teach our kids how to think, not what to think.
IDK. It's the mentality of the south rearing its ugly head. States with the most poverty and most racism and most fear continuing on the path of idiocy. I am alarmed. But also amused: these fear mongers seem to forget that about every kid has the internet in their pocket. They have everything in their phones. It's about control and indoctrination. Distain of science and truth. It's not going anywhere productive.
@@donnavorce8856 I've spent some time wondering about this myself. (Not to go "there") but I've often wondered if Barron Trump does the same thing as my kids...watch the world on their phones and form their own opinions about social issues and world events. All of them veered towards the side of science and truth, especially by their mid-teens, thankfully.
@Prasanth Thomas I resent that the history behind Stonewall, or the meaning of PRIDE celebrations, and the Trail of Tears were not available. I was an avid reader, but didn't know about Juneteenth or the meaning behind it until I lived in the South in my 40's. I was never taught about the Japanese interment camps in the US until I read about George Takai. I didn't know that LGBTQ+ people were also forced to wear symbols and were put in concentration camps during the Holocaust. Yes I resent that.
@Prasanth Thomas a Nobel Prize winner who people have described as just one of the great writers of world literature. I mean, why are the Toni Morrison Books Frequent Targets of Book Bans? It's is such anti-intellectualism. Morrison is one of the great American authors and now republicans are going after our heroes. This is the message through congress they want to send and they are running on it.
@Prasanth Thomas Some are scared to face the truth. Toni Morrison wrote 'Beloved' novel which is about the complexity of those enslaved where anyone is able to look at slavery through a new lens. Through the eyes of an individual. Suddenly, it is easier to understand slavery not as just an injustice that happened to a group of 600,000 people in the United States, but happened to actual individuals. People with their own uniqueness and personalities. This happened to mothers, fathers, daughters and sons. To people who, just like us, had dreams and fears. To people who, just like us, had loved ones. This Novel helps those certain people who want to minimizes the impact Slavery, from thinking about slavery as just a massive event that happened to thousands of people; but instead look at it as an injustice that could have happened to any person in your family, because this happened to people-individual people who actually exist.
parents have always had the ability to tell the school they don't want their kids to have access to certain books, this is the government telling schools not to make these books available to ANY child, even if their parents are fine with it
Wow....The Bluest Eye....?? I really want to know what their reasoning was after reading 'the entire book' what the takeaway was. I grew up in Houston and we read this in high school in mixed Ethnicity class groups ....great discussions - no one felt disenfranchised. In fact, it was one of the books that gave non-black folks a way to understand and also black folks to examine their own internal societal blind spots. And for such a decorated author, they really want to make much ado about nothing to keep us the public from really talking about things that matter. Let's be clear about this tactic, there are more important things to be talking about but as long as they keep doing the silly laws little focus will be put on things that really affect people and they are in essence creating the divine because it was not an issue for decades, how is it now an issue when it was not an issue 30+ years ago? That's the real crux of the issue.
30 years ago. most parents didn't realize what books were in the school libraries. Toni Morrison's books are FILTHY in language. If a parent at home wants to buy the book for their child at home then go for it. It doesn't belong in a public school. Neither does nudity or gender studies. Maybe more science and math would be better.
Keep in mind that half those making these recommendations are barely literate. They haven't even read most of these books. They are more worried that their children will be smarter than them.
@@lotsoffun4716: Then "most parents" would be wrong. It's never detrimental to learn about perspective by taking a walk in another person's shoes. That's what literature gives us---the opportunity to examine worlds different than our own, expanding our minds as we take in more knowledge, and perhaps, learning to be tolerant once we understand the hardships, and the triumphs, that others face. Education is never wrong, but censorship always is. Censorship breeds ignorance, and what DeSantis is doing in Florida is nothing other than intolerance, and dressing it up like he's protecting students, is pure fallacy.
Ron DeSantis could very well end up in an Orwellian sequel to "1984." You Floridians say you're not familiar with "1984?" That's probably because Ron DeSantis has already ordered it removed and burned from every library in Florida.
Ron DeSantis and these IDIOT RIGHTIE PARENTS want to make sure that the children of Florida grow up to be just a IGNORANT AND RACIST as Ron and the parents. No one wants a kid that is better citizen, is smarter than them, or is more INCLUSIVE, RIGHT???
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 comes to mind (the temperature at which books burn). De Satanist is a male witch and should be dealt with in America's traditional way.
Teachers of Florida quit now, every state in the union needs more teachers. You will be happily in Braves and states that will let you teach complete versions of history. As well as discussing current events in their full scope. Teacher should never have to face of felony for teaching.
When I was a kid, teachers were paid diddlysquat which resulted in chronic teacher shortages. Teachers were just absent or MIA all the time. The school would send a custodian, who was actually paid better, out on the street corner with a large pole-net to capture what they called "substitutes". These substitutes would sit with their feet up on the teacher's desk, ear plugs inserted, reading a paperback the entire period while the students goofed off in every way possible. That's what happens when you can't fill the teaching positions with passionate, competent people. Sounds like Florida may be rapidly headed in that direction again.
@Paying more will save the planet. Be that as it may, you can't erase the past no matter how much bigoted you are. America wasn't always a model, perfect country and it's okay to freely acknowledge that fact.
@@merriemelodiesfan7425 "What is queer studies? Queer studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines how gender, sexuality and ideas of "normal" work together. The undergraduate minor in queer studies prepares students to examine how gender, and sexuality are constructed and policed." Agenda not history. African Americans should be outraged they are pinning that to all of them. I guess they are the new bastions of queer lifestyle according to Democrats.
@Paying more will save the planet. The AP AA studies course has over a 100 individual study segments. One of them covered for a single hour in a year long course is about queer Black people. You are such a pathetic snowflake to think this is offensive.
Which is odd since so many children have to deal with divorce, school shootings, bullying, poverty, abuse, low self esteem, depression and the list goes on. Life can be enjoyed but everything in life is not candy and rainbows and when its not it has to be addressed. How did that become a bad thing? Also If we are going to discuss the history of the U.S. then you you have to discuss the good the bad and the ugly of it all, not just the so called feel good stuff.
The same folks who talk about "parents rights", are the same ones who don't discipline their kids, don't take an interest in their kids studies, and then turn around and think they can boss around the teachers. Teach your own damn kids if you want that much control over your kid's education
If you want to know what your kids are reading, ask them, and then read the book also. I’ve read several books that my (MS aged) kids were assigned, mostly because they enjoyed the book and thought I would as well.
My kid will read every book they ban. The kids are laughing at parents who support this. Middle schoolers think adults are manipulated red necks getting upset over stupid non existent problems.They are dying for a list of banned books. They all hate Desantis and his anti lbtgq bull. Gen Z is an open, inclusive, intelligent generation!
DeSantis' "laws" are frankly unjust, obsessive and just plain foolish. If he's using Florida to show how "tough" he is for his presidential run, God help parents, teachers, and especially Florida's students.
Very false. This Gov is exposing the wicked and cruel LGBT agenda in the schools. By banning the pornography and the CRT books in schools. We don't want your woke things in our schools go to California and do that
I know this won't happen, because of felony charges, but it'd be great if all the teachers could band together and keep the books. Then as thousands of educators are arrested each and brought to court it would reflect on the idiocy of this governor.
someone needs to take it through the court systems all the way to the Supreme Court. I know it is "right" controlled, but if the Supreme Court goes the wrong way on this decision it would be throwing even more ice-cold water on the country and hopefully wake up the people that think it is still okay to side with White Christian Nationalists, Neo-Nazis, and White Supremacists ... because if you side with Trumpians (including DeSantis) ... that is who you are siding with. A far as I am concerned, if you side with White Christian Nationalists, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, and Trumpians to overthrow the American government and society, you are a threat to America and what it stands for - you have made yourself Anti-American and just as much of a threat to America as the Axis during World War 2.
WTF, why would any parent want to limit their kid from reading??? If your kid wants to read a book you don’t support, let them read, but you should also read it, then you can talk about it… this is called “learning”… the problem is these parents won’t make this type of effort…
They will find out about fruit loops soon enough and the normal among them will be just as revolted by it as the vast majority already is. The weirdos will,whether they like it or not,leave our kids alone - watch and see.
My mother went to a Catholic high school in the 1950s. A nun “caught” my mother reading Gone with the Wind which she had gotten out of a public library. She took the book from my mother and burned it. Florida really wants us to return to those days?
@@BishopWalters12 I don't support children being sexually abused by those creepy guys wearing the cloth...ministers, priest and clergy. Good looking out that you crawl over the hundreds of thousands of children molested and raped by the clergy in the history of the US to go check out those drag queens. Guess you want to save child sexual abuse for religious leadership, huh, Bishop? Because you really "love" children. We see right through your concern.
@@Whitehero26 Who's banning books? the left wants propaganda about race, gender and other things in schools. Common sense people are saying no but nobody is banning you from getting these books at a library or online. Why doesn't the left stand against drag shows in schools?
Florida is not there yet, but this quote from Heinrich Heine is somehow appropriate. “Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too.”
@@jaydoggy456 No one wants to indoctrinate children more than Dictator DeSantis. He wants prevent every child from ever having an independent thought or learning any actual facts.
MESSAGE FROM EUROPE glad to see you are at the "making books illegal" stage of fascism over there...!!! Going great - we tried it in the 1930's it worked out JUST FINE
@@jaydoggy456 I hate how liberal indoctrinate kids with things like math and reading comprehension. Why is it that liberal states have much better scores on math, reading, and science than red states?
Oh, he is very "right" minded in the style of totalitarians that have gone before him. He knows exactly what he is doing, and it is entirely in-line with current Trumpian politics.
The level of a parents education or lack thereof is grounds for teachers having authority over what a child is exposed to? You're not very smart, dear.
My kids could read anything they wanted! I did not censor anything. And now they are in their 30’s and well rounded critically thinking people who I am very proud of.
most Americans aren't that anti-intellectual and they will really resent them going after a Nobel Prize winner who people have described as just one of the great writers of world literature. It's too bad for those Republicans that the majority of people do see the facts that they are indeed going after famous authors like Toni Morrison. Her novels have inspired many generations within schools, and she is literally one of the great American writers. Forget what color she is, she is just a brilliant writer. For all of the republican rhetoric, they can try and go after our heroes and try and knock down our statutes.
When are the Florida students going to bring action against the government for failure to provide for personal protection and failing to provide an education
And this is why Florida will continue to have a teacher shortage. As an educator in this state, attending elementary through college here, it’s sad to see the state of education in Florida. Banning books won’t limit kids from finding things…they have their cell phones and the internet.
@@Joellarainbow NOT A DAMN TEACHER IS HANDING OUT PORNOGRAPHY IN ANY SCHOOL. I BET YOU READ THAT BOOK CALLED THE BIBLE THAT IS FILLED WITH RAPE, INCEST, PEDOPHILIA AND OTHER ATROCITIES.
I learned to read at an early age. I always read above my grade level. I explored worlds and universes that few children could afford. It is a shame that they are limiting children in this manner.
And if the reader doesn't like or agree with a book's contents, reasonable critical thinking skills will usually ensure that they don't continue reading it, i.e. it comes down to personal choice. As a _very_ young child, I read Noddy, Big Ears and Golliwog books - I read them with a child's eyes, not with the bigoted mind of some of today's adults. They were my toys, but now they're gay!
@@Joellarainbow children should be channeled not limited. Many of discoveries I made, through reading as a young child, forced me to ask questions of the adults around me. Many of those adults ended up doing some research in order to find the answers. So all of us improved.
@@mindmatters5904 I agree to a point, but that's not what is happening in school's. It's not like they are taking away everything, it's letting parents help pick. Once a child see something it changes the way they behave, why do you want small kid's learning about se*? Why does it matter so much telling them about different genders and how they have se*? I just don't think they need to know all that. They should learn how to read do math make friends and tell jokes. I think you have a right to give your child what you think is ok, and so do I.
Pick up the book they are referring to and let me know if it's suitable teachings for elementary kids.....if a man gave this book to a child as a gift you would scream grooming!! Come on be a little more objective don't just listen to the mantra that "The Sky Is Falling"
Parents have ALWAYS had a "seat at the table" PTA's and local school boards...whether they CHOOSE to sit at that table is up to them....this is a solution looking for a problem
@@beaur252 Sadly Florida is running the largest teacher shortage in the country. That is why Ron is allowing folks with no training to teach, so yes they do miss them. It is also interesting how liberal states have the best math and science scores as well.
@@beaur252 nope, just helicopter state of Florida. What happened to individual freedoms. You don't have to ban books. Parents have to learn to be involved and set their own boundaries with their kids and teachers. It seems everyone wants everything done for them. Even parenting
This is ridiculous, parents who wanted to be this restrictive with their kids just pulled them out and homeschooled them. If homeschooling is a scheduling issue, that’s their personal problem. Other children shouldn’t be punished.
@@prasanththomas3130 If you’re fetishizing people, that’s something you should explore in therapy. Are you reading these books or are you blindly trusting political grifts?
Imagine how insecure a society has to be in their values, their beliefs and their view on life, for them to ban books, ideas and other ways of thinking? I kinda feel sorry for Floridians, being so insecure is no way to live.
Free to leave the country and not pay taxes at any time. Then the rest of us also wont have to listen to ridiculous hair brained proposals and constant whining when they get shot down. = Win-win.
I’m sure they don’t know what that is seeing as how everything he does is tyrannical and they made him the governor. It’s a sad,pathetic, uneducated state.
Just feel sorry for the children who unfortunately will be at a HUGE disadvantage in life when everyone in the world will know the truth. Except for the ignorant children of Florida.
@@jennifercorson8915 White Christian Nationalist and the Trumpist will vote that gawd-awful in. If they can't have life their way, they want to watch it burn and don't care if it hurts their children, grands and generations to come. They are nihilist.
I went throughout my school years thinking that I was the only 'gay in the world'! It doesn't matter where you are on the face of the earth, there exists a plethora of sexual identities in your immediate orbit. Books, TV Serial Dramas, and other sources provide our young people with information that they are possibly uncomfortable about talking about in the family environment. IF your son or daughter identifies in some non-binary way, be it LGBTQI+ or other, then they are on their own personal and PRIVATE journey to find their true self. Removing the books, removing access to TH-cam , removing access to social media will not change the underlying struggle that your child is experiencing! WE NEED TO GET AWAY from this BLAME orientation! In times past our ancestors were FORCED to engage in heterosexual relationships OR BE SHAMED. The CATHOLIC CHURCH actually used CHURCH SPONSORED whore houses to get young men on the 'STRAIGHT AND NARROW'. To all the GOP eejits that think that these policies will protect our children from information; you are LUDDITES! You can remove and restrict access to any book you want, but the internet will bypass your censorship. Furthermore, you cannot rewrite the programming that God Himself gave to any particular part of his Creation. You think your child is somehow an abomination? PLEASE re-read the New Testament and the actual WORDS OF JESUS! YOUR CHILD IS A BEAUTIFUL PART OF GOD'S CREATION IRRESPECTIVE OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR IDENTITY!!!
Teachers in Florida, Washington State could use more teachers! And we pay better too! This sounds a lot like these Dumbsantis followers are getting their feelings hurt by what is in some of these books.
All the guns you want but somehow books are the problem 😒
Clearly you don't read much anyway, or you would be able to recognize propaganda. 🤫🤮🤏
TRUMP FACEBOOK AGAIN.
I hear 1984 and Animal Farm are on the list, I wonder why?
@@kevingrant404 Reading is why everyone ditched the right wing propaganda, who told Republicans that JFK JR is still alive, and is going to support an orange turd terrorist cult leader at Dallas.
@@EduardoOliveira-e8c - He thought there were airports during the revolutionary war. He thought he was president for decades. He forgot that he knew Silk of Diamond & Silk.
Your failures are not our fault. They are your fault. Sorry.
This is not about education it is about mind control. They want to dictate what our children should learn. As a parent I am here to offer guidance to my children, NOT to control the information of history and to promote a narrative that suite my world view. THAT IS INDOCTRINATION.
And racist
Go home school your children, oh wait you women wanna work not stay home. Plus kids should learn about their race elsewhere from school, politics made public school trash but not as bad as California.
@@jd0604 it is our problem reality is ugly but you cant paint it into something beautiful thats horrible and wrong misleading
Because some things young children should not be taught. Some thing are to be learned freely as an adult as they see fit. To teach certain things to a young child is confusing and very dangerous to the mind
Things like gender. I have a friend who pulled their child out of a school because she was being taught that she could choose to be a boy and should be because she acts that way. That is child abuse and is horrible.
@jd3114 bullshit. It's every right thinking parent's concern. Racism and bigotry is a problem for all.
I wouldn't want to be a teacher if I was under the threat of arrest for teaching facts!
I dont understand how queer studies has anything to do with African American history?
I’ve heard some of the garbage that’s in these books. You can watch the videos here on TH-cam.
@@TheMangoAnglo_onTwitter Writers like James Baldwin and others who made contributions to the culture who are Black and Queer! So? Desantis wants to ban an expanded course in African American History in Florida High Schools from the smart kids, huh? While European, Italian, German and even Japanese history remains! That is textbook Racism! And already you can see the kinship of Desantis to fellow Italian Mussolini! It's pretty clear Desantis is a card carrying Racist and Bigot! Specifically targeting black voters who are ex felons who are allowed to vote, removing drop boxes in African American communities, banning books with African American content, childish spiteful Trump like stunts like Busing brown migrants to other cities..etc... Desantis is just another White man afraid their Spawn will learn from American and African American history what an abomination their ancestors were and afraid it would hurt their little brats feelings!
@@TheMangoAnglo_onTwitter They are different topics. What's your point, dear?
@@marclewis1199 Funny, that's what the Brownshirts said in the 30's
I wish some parents would have the same energy for social media that they have for books in their children schools.
Amen Amen yesssss👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
He MAKES me sick to my stomach glad i don't hav any children in SCHOOL!!!
the book gender queer should never ever be permitted in primary school. perhaps middle school, but certainly not primary school. and who is to day parents are not putting energy into their kids social media accounts? i certainly am.
They are both insanely valid issues.
They aren't telling you what these books are. The stuff in elementary school libraries is OUTRAGEOUS.
This is why more and more teachers are leaving the profession.
Woke teachers😢
@@marclewis1199 You sound triggered, dear. Leave the crazies and join the Democrats.
@@marclewis1199👈🏻❄️🐑
Gotta admire your Trump University Pride.
“LETS GO TRAITORS!”
“LETS GO TRAITORS!”
“LETS GO TRAITORS!”
MAGA DUM LOUDLY
@@marclewis1199 woke=educated
@liberal halfbreeds👈🏻❄️🐑
I taught in Florida. We can’t get parents to respond to an email, but they want the ability to tell us what to teach…
Well when then right decides to politicize education- this is what you get.
EXACTLY WHO do you think should tell you what to teach? WHOSE kids are they anyway, and who is paying a teacher's salary? Wow. You clearly demonstrate the problem. Parents lost touch, and teachers started assuming the role of parents. Fortunately, parents are beginning to wake up now. Thank you for this comment.
@@dodieodie498 The parents teaching degree is from? This is like the argument that a lawyer must use the specified legal argument of a client who lacks all consent.
@@starbuksman LOL, state sponsored cancel culture on steroids.
@@dodieodie498 OK WHO has a degree in Teaching and who does not PARENTS are in charge at HOME NOT at school !
I would bet at least 80% of the parents who support this would freak out if the banned the Bible from the library because lets be honest there are some pretty adult stuff in there.
At the 3:00 mark the criteria presented bans the christian bible. Lot and his daughters comes to mind.
Hey fool... just keep voting for democrats so YOUR children will get what is comming to them because of YOUR vote! lol
I think bibles MUST be banned!
A parent in Florida was successful in getting a book filled with more violence, murder, rape, and incest than any of the books that school district had already banned. You guessed it. It was the Bible. The school board published a list of the issues that would get a book removed, and the board's published policy stated it would ban any book if it contained one issue from that list. The Bible contained several. I was surprised the board stood by their own policy, but I also think most boards don't like book banning. What's good for the goose...
Parents in all the districts (or whatever organizational level this is happening at) need to file complaints about the Bible.
So much energy going into a non issue, when there is so many real problems facing children.
You'd think he'd spend all that energy in raising his state's national academic average.
Well he certainly took a big step to prevent the states kids from getting dumber. No grooming.
I would never think deathsantis would do that.
It’s Florida, let’s not get carried away
@@beaur252 why is it that liberal states outperform red states in math and reading? If states like MA don't know how to educate, why do their students do much better than FL students on almost all objective measures?
We're already higher academically than lots of other States. Sorry to burst your bubble
these book ban advocates are same parents who wouldn't recognize their kid's math or science book if you smacked them in the head with it.
Same type of parents that tried to ban music in the 70’s. If you ban something everyone will want to know why. It doesn’t work fascist DeSantis!
@@JBravo69 Yeah the beatles and elvis presley was the devil religious people sade. Same Mentality as the Religios people in IRAN and ISIS.
@@JBravo69 You're right. I wonder how long this conservative BS lasts? The young people are tired of this too
I bet half of them couldn't name all of their kid's teachers, either.
@@toomanydonuts It will past until young adults start showing up to vote. If 80% of those 18-30yo voted, in 6 years, over 2/3 of both chambers of Congress would be Democrat. Young voters are far more likely to vote Democrat but only 12-14% even vote. They have the largest number of people but vote in the lowest number.
Isn’t it ironic that some of these social media “ parents “
agree to ban books they’ve never read. More importantly they should ban children from owning phones that are addictive & contain explicit material.
Good point kids have access to everything through their phones and any parents that would stupidly support this have most likely given their children phones or access on the internet.
Now I could get down with that! Smart phones are indoctrinating & grooming the kids! And it's the PARENTS that give them the phones & it's the PARENTS that should be held accountable! Excellent idea! 🥰
@@rachelkristine4669 lol grooming. What?
@@rachelkristine4669 My son has strict phone rules. He controls everything through his phone. Phone turns on at 9 am off 9 pm. He can not google anything without his permission, he has to unlock only the things his kids asked to do homework and such. My son caught his son at a site not fit for any humans. If the parents care they can do this to their kids phones. They just have to take the time.
The beatles and elvis presley was the devil religious people sade. Same Mentality as the Religious people in IRAN and ISIS. always trying to show they are dictators and lack the knowledge to listening to others
Every teacher in Florida should just walk out.
You support drag shows in schools?
Every woke teacher should quit. They will be fired soon anyway - in areas that still have a memory of what morals are.
I want a list of banned books !!
And who are you?
Is that so you can go to a bookstore to buy them?
They're on google
@@rw9573 not a troll unlike u
@@gerardflynn7382 maga loves the uneducated
Remember reading Fahrenheit 451 for school when I was a kid and thinking how silly it was. No way that'd ever happen in real life. All these years later and it's actually happening. How this isn't alarming everyone is beyond concerning.
How bizarre you didn't see it as the warning it is.
Should children read age appropriate material?
Is that book burning or good parenting?
Everyone's too busy buying nft images of cadet bone spurs.
@@davidrobertsemail they should but parents should make that case in the checking out not removing books entirely. We don't have to push extremes on forcing books to be read or banning books entirely. Let parents choose what their kids can be exposed too when it comes to literature and meet at the middle
@@hopeintruth5119 parents should not have to meet in the middle when you are talking about indoctrinating children.
Hilarious considering what kind of stuff kids can see on the Internet, without supervision.
You could always deal with both of those issues instead of being complacent to both.
doesn't make grooming children on the tax payer dollar right
Agree totally!!!! Santis is an idiot.
Not assigned by a teacher. You are correct though but thats where the parents come in............hopefully
77 people just said, they already have access the inappropriate stuff so who cares what they see at school...😳 no wonder things are going down hill fast.
I'm glad a few people are smart enough not to give up on our children.
Unbelievable! Censorship! Disgraceful. I was reading adult novels since fifth grade! My parents never restricted our reading of any materials, though they did say to ask them any questions I had.
Mine, too, and I was never harmed by reading or learning new things...
@@carolekjellander8917 I guess that depends on your definition of "harm". Which is the real problem, since these people see children growing up with critical thinking abilities to have been harmed by the system. Kudos to your parents.
What happened to children after they started releasing teen magazines. The anorexia and bulimia kicked into high levels. What do you think is happening now that they have confused children with all these extra toppings.
Children are battling body changes because of puberty, this will make most of them vulnerable. Their brain's haven't done growing until 25ish. So think about it, really think about the negative effects of exposing them to things they can't even fully understand.
@rainbow Autobiographies written by victims of child abuse and theocratic fascism are being banned. It’s as if these people are intentionally depriving children of resources that would help them recognize that their environment is detrimental to their health under the guise of “think of the children.” This is evil.
@@carolekjellander8917 how about the lgbtq info - are you a supporter?
*MESSAGE FROM EUROPE* glad to see you are at the "making books illegal" stage of fascism over there...!!! Going great - we tried it in the 1930's it worked out JUST FINE
Yeah and im sure the EU is just everyones idea of a good time isn't it?
@@georgejung9055 Yes, it is far more preferable to your idealized authoritarian death state George.
LOL, CNN is propaganda and it's sad that you're being played by anti-American liberals.
@@georgejung9055 This is a national embarrassment. If you’re for this nonsense you are an embarrassment too.
Removing pornographic books from elementary schools is... not quite the same as what the fascists did in the '30s. Nobody's saying grown adults can't enjoy these books.
Will the Bible pass the test? I think not!
Yeah the Bible is full of incest and violence.
They already banned the bible in Florida schools along with books about Anne Frank.
Well, God committed genocide on 99.9999% of the worlds population during the flood, only allowing Noah and his family (and animals) to survive. Makes him the worst mass murderer in history.
Sure as hell hope not.
Ew. that has no place in public school. Ironically the conservative right will probably allow it.
There’s MUCH WORSE written, verbal and etc communication going on in the hallways and on the school bus than in ANY book.
or at homes....
@Justin Ortiz you seem like you don't understand the topic.
@@Tsmith-nd6bl you seem like you don’t understand the meaning of censorship.
@Free Man …for what? A dumb excuse for what?
@CallieMae I wasn't disagreeing with you, I'm on your side. Read justin ortiz comment. He was making a racist comment about you being black.
Those parents who "aren't comfortable" not knowing what's in a book never read books. 🙄
I live in Florida and I can’t believe this is happening! I am so glad my child is an adult. This is crazy!
Yeah but what about your future grandkids, your cousins, the white floridain kids who become indoctrinated and grow up to make even more draconian laws which could be designed based off your skin color. It's levels to this nonsense.
Dont beleive what CNN says... all lies.. propaganda
We are going backwards while other countries are advancing at a very fast pace!
We each passing day, we are becoming less of a super power country.
@@A_Legal_Immigrant_1776 If I was a clueless moron that didn't understand what A.P. was in a educational setting, I would think it was propaganda too... but luckily I'm not a clueless moron.
Fla? You like old people and traffic and water water water? Fla is sinking and it can go. Bye!
This is what your freedom looks like under the GOP. F insanity.
Surely you still not under the illusion one party is good and the other bad? Both parties are devoid of any morals.
This has never been a damn problem. This is insane and really disturbing.
I remember it was the Harry Potter books in the 90s it’s always been a thing they ignorant want you to be just like them
what's insane?
Its called church and state.
@@mrrey8937 - Clearly you're not paying attention 🤦
@@davidpaul6656 No son, your not paying attention. There is a Black History Course Requirement as part of the core curriculum in Florida. What DeSantis did, is he banned a separate course that was teaching black history with "queer theory" on top. The Black History curriculum is still required as apart of the requirements and available just without the "queer theory". The same thing with CRT. What is happening is that cnn isnt telling you the full story as to how it was that DeSantis started this over a year ago and the history of indoctrination of children that have no maturity or business learning about at such a young age.
Recall in 2020 Ron Desantis tried to fire a large number of teachers. He then learned there was already a large shortage in Florida! This is Florida's version of "Fahrenheit 451!"
As an educator, I know that parents already have a seat at the table. Unfortunately, that seat is empty because they never show up... until their kid is failing, and then it becomes my fault that I "didn't contact the parent", when there were numerous calls made and ignored.
United States public education in a nutshell. Thank you Jaiden, this generation looks to be the most illiterate in decades.
Parents relying on schools to teach everything, is the problem. It starts at home.
Do parents have a seat at the table when they start teaching gender studies or queer theories?
@@jaydoggy456 ngl it is funny to hear people who probably never set foot in a graduate seminar tossing out terms like "gender studies" and "queer theory" (which is singular)
75% of inner-city kids are unable to read, write or calculate basic math, so.....
I'd say the educators have failed to educate. They just collect a paycheck and don't care about the students who are struggling. And on top of it peddling literature that is perverse and racist. Thank God America has ONE decent Governor.
Remember DeSantis wants only certain parents have a seat at the table.
another Misguided troll😢
@@n_rameo4585 yes you are.
Ones that are actually concerned.
Yes, "woke", far left ideologues that think drag queen story hour is a good idea for children should definitely be excluded.
@@jonathanrandall4140
But preforming violent exorcisms on your kids is fine right?
It's a shame that this is absolutely not about children... It's all about the adults back in the sandbox.
It is about children. Repubs don't groom kids. Repubs want to stop hatred.
@@eby2257 what ?????
@@eby2257 What? Your incredible backwards thinking is what's wrong with this country. Mental gymnastics at it's finest.
@@eby2257Repubs like Gaetz and Boeberts hubby?
@@eby2257 Republicans are the biggest grooming party 🤣
It's so depressing that people of my generation are pushing these types of policies.
What policies do you disagree with? Let me guess. You have no idea, just that CNN said so.
is don lemon advocating that the book "gerder queer" should be in primary schools? because don..... i don't think this book should be in primary schools. sorry don.
@@robryan751 The book ban law, man, did we watch the same video??
@@nickyalousakis3851 Yet florida this week banned a perfectly reasonable poem about bravery and coming together and rising to the occasion. What do you think is the color and gender of the person who wrote it?
@@pluckybellhop66 -- i'm not so into 'banning' literature.... unless it's in schools and has to have a justified reason for doing so. which poem was banned?
When DeSantis banned the AP African American History class, he sure as hell wasn't thinking about the rights of parents (especially Black parents) to select an OPTIONAL course for their kids. And then he stood at a podium and said "we want teach our children facts and HOW TO THINK"! If that's not indoctrination l don't know wtf is. 🤯
you conveniently omitted why he didn't want the course taught.
@@Robert-lu3rz oh, sorry. Because he thinks that he owns the rights to cancel culture, AND he's a fascist.
@@Robert-lu3rz Why didn't he want it taught? Enlightened us.
@@AK.126 it's "woke", meaning you may learn something outside of the white privileged POV he wants to convey. We can't have the masses learning about reality, it takes away from their control. But yea...the "free" state of FL. I hope Disney leaves and finds a better location, I hate flying there and giving that state my $
@Paying more will save the planet. thank you for actually having the facts
From Europe (Germany): go ahead, Florida! WE know, where those things end .... Shall I send you a box of matches for a bonfire that starts with books, and does not stop short of human lives? (Sorry for the cynicism).
well said. This so-called flag-loving, freedom-loving morons don't even get the irony.
In Denmark we have big libraries for everyone and we have school libraries. There are no books in classes. We don't ban books from the state level. We learn about sex, racism, war, death etc. In those first 9⃣ years of school.
Sounds like a good system, and pretty peaceful, Denmark! 👍
*waves from Norway. I'm so glad I raised my son here. I was so impressed that the schools here had both 'Social Studies' and 'Ethics and Religions' classes. The kids learn to discuss topics in class with respect and learn how to regulate their emotions from an early age. He never would have gotten that where I grew up in the US. Granted, I had to subsidise the science curriculum myself, but with no family here, I was very glad for the, mostly, healthy socialising at school.
Do your schools have copies of Mein Kampf?
Don't buy into this CNN/liberal bulls@@@, the left hates America and wants to teach propaganda. They support drag shows and adult men dancing in front of children in very little clothing. I hope you don't support that.
@Pyladin maybe since you’re so so educated and tolerant over there in Denmark /s, research which books are being banned!!!
People like this want to turn the clocks back not just on this subject, but on plenty of other subjects too . Most Americans want to move forward and celebrates the progress that we have made and what our heroes have fought and died for. Florida is not the whole USA thank God. He won't be able to convince the majority of Americans that he is right.
amen. He won't be able to compete nationally with this mess.
The kids can start a BANNED book club & meet off school grounds. The parents can order cases of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison & leave the boxes where the book club members can pick them up for distribution. In high school, we read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It made me value my freedom to read.
We shouldn't have to meet off ground to educate our children or ourselves, we are allowing the GOP republicans to dicate whom we are as a country, our freedoms, our rights.
i don’t think you guys know the books that they want to ban 😂😂
Banning books is a leftist pass time now its a problem when it has porn in it or uses black people as a guise for gender theory. You guys are so disgustingly easily to manipulate its disturbing.
@@nicholassimmons9066 tell us then.
@@jacksoncowsert6964 Why dont you ?
If some of these parents actually picked up a book and read once and awhile they would be more knowledgeable! I know grown adults who brag about not reading a book once they left school….
I know adults who say "I don't want to learn anything new." and are proud of it.
Why are parents so worried about books when there are so many inappropriate movies, tv shows, and video games that children are watching daily.
The books aren't the point. They're trying to get as many teachers to quit as possible.
Those aren’t flammable
It's just another way to control things with extremism.
Yall are nuts. Go look up the books they are banning like Gender Queer. A parent was removed for reading it to school board members, it came from schools library. But you will project and gaslight. Nobody getting rid of to kill a mockingbird. This is where Don ended up after losing his show? Seems about right.
These children you speak of, you see them doing this everyday?? where do you find the time?? and why haven't you said anything until now!!! No wonder DeSantis is making a decision on it, he cant even trust the adults to speak up!!
They are not afraid of books, they are afraid of independent, critical thinking.
Liberal propaganda pushers? I agree
They’re afraid of the minds of young impressionable children being destroyed.
@@jayya.8232 its cute that you believe that.
No we're afraid of our children thinking debased lifestyle is normal.
Fahrenheit 451 was supposed to be a work of fiction, NOT a guidebook...
"
Speak out,
You've got to speak out against the madness"
RIP David Crosby
@Matt, “never forget, never again “ the cry of the 60’s anti war movement. Sadly lost to history. And Joe’s making it happen again
We must encourage all our impressionable youth to explore anything that comes into their minds.
This is probably another case of DeSantis passing an unconstitutional law. Gets overturned in court. Wastes more taxpayers money.
Why are you quoting a man who drugged and raped woman?
@@mrvlsmrv Hitler did the same thing. And the books were burned. The only alternative, if the parent is a responsible parent, get talking books or download them. To think people want deathsantis for president!!.
Easier access to guns than books. Only in America 😂
Floridians keep voting for these people and supporting them. 😅
So if my 13 year old is advanced, she's breaking the law by reading a college level math book? It's not age appropriate...these people are actually insane
@Paying more will save the planet. It's not. Kids are way smarter than people give them credit for. Math can be very difficult. I'm actually very good at math, but I personally couldn't get a hold of it until college. When I was a child my parents who grew up during Jim Crow were raised as Quakers, idk if you know about Quakers but it's the belief that we are all God's children, he doesn't pick favorites...nor does he turn his back on a child for being raised with different beliefs. My parents didn't understand the cruelty and different treatment, so they left Texas and went to New York got into the jazz scene and made friends. Later still searching for equality with the hippies. However, they made sure I understood the truth of it early on. Growing up in a almost totally white community, they read me black fables and histories, sad stuff like Tar Baby...and because they treated me like I should be able to understand I did. I didn't find myself hating all white people or myself I was not confused about the history. I wasn't indoctrinated into anything. I'm just a person who believes children are smart and strong, that understanding each other is important and that everyone no matter their skin color, history, religion, strengths or weaknesses is equal in the universe that made them...we are all atoms and the closest we can get to God on earth is enlightenment, but that doesn't come through prayers or meditation it comes from education. Bring kids closer to God, tell them the truth. No kid is going to break because their great-great grandmother was a part of slavery or homosexual. Kids don't feel that connection with the dead that adults who have loved and lost do.
LOL, you clearly watch too much CNN
@@BishopWalters12 I didn't get any of that from CNN. 🙄
@@lfeb That's good but your point still falls flat and you're pushing a BS narrative.
That's not what this is about.
This is about shielding our children from things that would, spiritually, predispose them to darkness/satanicassignments!
A child exposed to some erotica can really ruin a child.
54% of adults have a literacy below 6th grade level. So of course these adults should decide what the children can or cannot read. sigh.
Any whacko can make up the curriculum any way they like, teaching anything they like, and the parents or governor should have no say at all... Got it.. And you wonder why so many folks think liberals are flat out nuts....
In America? I didn't know that, how sad.
Is that U.S. statistics? If so,wouldn't surprise me. Just shows the majority of the general public is dumb.
I've had a go at science writing for a while and had a few things published, but I would keep getting told, 'You have to write for a 10 year old, Avie.' 'Remember not to use so many science terms that you can't also explain what they mean to a 10 year old.' It was too frustrating. I now write only for my own pleasure and folks want to read it, they can.
That rate must be much, much higher in Florida. The functional literacy rate is much higher in the developing world.
At this point Florida thinks it is a country not a state I think they forget kids have the internet on their damn phones You can't control that
Mom and dad can. Are you slow or something?
@@marclewis1199 Then mom and dad will be a part of the problem.
Especially if they listen to the BS coming from the Florida Governor.
yet
Oh yes they can.
Don’t give them smart phones.
Thank you for speaking out, Don! Outrageous is an understatement.
If you find the law disturbing, you most be part of the group of woke people that are causing this problem. I you that you are not a teacher. You should not be around kids. You are an enemy to humanity.
Propaganda Don
Don is lying to you. You need to look into This so called "banning of books" is not banning black history. These books that are being banned are inundated with associating black culture with queer and trans culture. These books need to be banned because they are indoctrinating people in to thinking that black culture and queer & trans are one in the same. Ron desantis has nothing against teaching black history. Desantis is completely for teaching black history that is correct, but these books that are being banned are not correct and and is trying to rewrite actual history that does not exist.
Just like the so-called "don't say gay bill" people will blindly listen to CNN and not go look at the actual subject. For those that do check for themselves are amazed at just how blatant CNN lies within their propaganda.
These books are lying about history with their propaganda and for that fact they should not be allowed to indoctrinate children with fake history lies.
Don Lemon is ignorant. He plays on “book burning” hysteria without explaining the real reason the law was put in place. The education system should not be teaching children about sexuality at this age. Parents should have a say in what information is being taught/forced in this case to their children. And finally, Don Lemon who is facing a sexual assault case has no place criticizing anyone on this matter!
I know.. it's DUMB.
One more thing... all the banned books are online. So Ron, are you banning books on the internet as well?
There's a radical group in DC now attempting to ban tiktok. So yes - the gears are turning. What with about 134 election deniers sitting IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW we are facing immense dangers to the structure of our nation.
One book that has more violence, including rapes,murders, and incest than any of the books Florida and Texas has already banned will remain in school libraries. It's the Bible, and if I lived in one of those states, I'd demand it be removed.
He knows his constituents don't read.
All you need to have is a kindle app, and you can read any book on your computer. Kids aren't reading physical books anymore anyway.
The problem is that by banning them in schools, kids don't have the opportunity to learn about the context or to discuss the ideas. Education is supposed to teach our kids how to think, not what to think.
Meanwhile the kids are downloading all the banned books onto their phones. 😂
Good for them! The best way to get a kid to read something is to ban it! Stupid Republicans!
They're not banned
"This is completely outrageous." Exactly, and why isn't the entire nation up in arms about this???
IDK. It's the mentality of the south rearing its ugly head. States with the most poverty and most racism and most fear continuing on the path of idiocy.
I am alarmed. But also amused: these fear mongers seem to forget that about every kid has the internet in their pocket. They have everything in their phones.
It's about control and indoctrination. Distain of science and truth. It's not going anywhere productive.
@@donnavorce8856 I've spent some time wondering about this myself. (Not to go "there") but I've often wondered if Barron Trump does the same thing as my kids...watch the world on their phones and form their own opinions about social issues and world events. All of them veered towards the side of science and truth, especially by their mid-teens, thankfully.
And as the children get older, they will wonder why things were hidden from them and will resent it.
@Prasanth Thomas I resent that the history behind Stonewall, or the meaning of PRIDE celebrations, and the Trail of Tears were not available. I was an avid reader, but didn't know about Juneteenth or the meaning behind it until I lived in the South in my 40's. I was never taught about the Japanese interment camps in the US until I read about George Takai. I didn't know that LGBTQ+ people were also forced to wear symbols and were put in concentration camps during the Holocaust. Yes I resent that.
@Prasanth Thomas a Nobel Prize winner who people have described as just one of the great writers of world literature. I mean, why are the Toni Morrison Books Frequent Targets of Book Bans? It's is such anti-intellectualism. Morrison is one of the great American authors and now republicans are going after our heroes. This is the message through congress they want to send and they are running on it.
@Prasanth Thomas Some are scared to face the truth. Toni Morrison wrote 'Beloved' novel which is about the complexity of those enslaved where anyone is able to look at slavery through a new lens. Through the eyes of an individual. Suddenly, it is easier to understand slavery not as just an injustice that happened to a group of 600,000 people in the United States, but happened to actual individuals. People with their own uniqueness and personalities. This happened to mothers, fathers, daughters and sons. To people who, just like us, had dreams and fears. To people who, just like us, had loved ones. This Novel helps those certain people who want to minimizes the impact Slavery, from thinking about slavery as just a massive event that happened to thousands of people; but instead look at it as an injustice that could have happened to any person in your family, because this happened to people-individual people who actually exist.
yes they will
@@klh800 in today's times, children are getting smarter and smarter and more resourceful, so they will learn the truth much earlier.
Parents can be given a list of books and they can decide if they want their children to read them or not. This is censorship.
I don’t let my 10 year old watch R rated movies.
That’s not censorship it’s parenting.
@@davidrobertsemail Right, it's parenting, versus government-mandated.
@@davidrobertsemail yeah cuz porn/R rated movies are the same as children book🙄 smh going to 1984
parents have always had the ability to tell the school they don't want their kids to have access to certain books, this is the government telling schools not to make these books available to ANY child, even if their parents are fine with it
That's assuming the parents can read. That's asking allot these days.
Wow....The Bluest Eye....?? I really want to know what their reasoning was after reading 'the entire book' what the takeaway was. I grew up in Houston and we read this in high school in mixed Ethnicity class groups ....great discussions - no one felt disenfranchised. In fact, it was one of the books that gave non-black folks a way to understand and also black folks to examine their own internal societal blind spots. And for such a decorated author, they really want to make much ado about nothing to keep us the public from really talking about things that matter. Let's be clear about this tactic, there are more important things to be talking about but as long as they keep doing the silly laws little focus will be put on things that really affect people and they are in essence creating the divine because it was not an issue for decades, how is it now an issue when it was not an issue 30+ years ago? That's the real crux of the issue.
30 years ago. most parents didn't realize what books were in the school libraries. Toni Morrison's books are FILTHY in language. If a parent at home wants to buy the book for their child at home then go for it. It doesn't belong in a public school. Neither does nudity or gender studies. Maybe more science and math would be better.
Keep in mind that half those making these recommendations are barely literate. They haven't even read most of these books. They are more worried that their children will be smarter than them.
Removing books that help us learn about and understand people not like ourselves in some way deepens the divide between us all
@@janiceworthington9176 Most parents don't think transgender studies should be taught in school. More math and science!!!!
@@lotsoffun4716: Then "most parents" would be wrong. It's never detrimental to learn about perspective by taking a walk in another person's shoes. That's what literature gives us---the opportunity to examine worlds different than our own, expanding our minds as we take in more knowledge, and perhaps, learning to be tolerant once we understand the hardships, and the triumphs, that others face. Education is never wrong, but censorship always is. Censorship breeds ignorance, and what DeSantis is doing in Florida is nothing other than intolerance, and dressing it up like he's protecting students, is pure fallacy.
Ron DeSantis could very well end up in an Orwellian sequel to "1984." You Floridians say you're not familiar with "1984?" That's probably because Ron DeSantis has already ordered it removed and burned from every library in Florida.
Ron DeSantis and these IDIOT RIGHTIE PARENTS want to make sure that the children of Florida grow up to be just a IGNORANT AND RACIST as Ron and the parents. No one wants a kid that is better citizen, is smarter than them, or is more INCLUSIVE, RIGHT???
Dictator DeSantis is already an Orwellian sequel.
We must encourage all our impressionable youth to explore anything that comes into their minds.
As a Floridian I am very aware of 1984 and I voted for Crist. Also in two months I am moving out of Florida.
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 comes to mind (the temperature at which books burn). De Satanist is a male witch and should be dealt with in America's traditional way.
Florida is such a strange state. You never know what Desantis will try to ban next. I'm thankful that i don't live there.
Thankfully not my state. 🙏
Teachers of Florida quit now, every state in the union needs more teachers. You will be happily in Braves and states that will let you teach complete versions of history. As well as discussing current events in their full scope. Teacher should never have to face of felony for teaching.
I Agree, all the woke teachers should quit right now.
MELANIA IS A GOVERNESS BEAUTIFUL !
Indoctrinating and teaching are not the same. Want to indoctrinate go to CA.
@@tommartinez62 So then you're against Huckabees children's books being distributed to schools and libraries?
When I was a kid, teachers were paid diddlysquat which resulted in chronic teacher shortages. Teachers were just absent or MIA all the time. The school would send a custodian, who was actually paid better, out on the street corner with a large pole-net to capture what they called "substitutes". These substitutes would sit with their feet up on the teacher's desk, ear plugs inserted, reading a paperback the entire period while the students goofed off in every way possible. That's what happens when you can't fill the teaching positions with passionate, competent people. Sounds like Florida may be rapidly headed in that direction again.
At this point, Florida is suffering tyrannical oppression by their governor who is turning Florida all-around into a nanny state.
@Paying more will save the planet. Be that as it may, you can't erase the past no matter how much bigoted you are. America wasn't always a model, perfect country and it's okay to freely acknowledge that fact.
@@merriemelodiesfan7425 "What is queer studies? Queer studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines how gender, sexuality and ideas of "normal" work together. The undergraduate minor in queer studies prepares students to examine how gender, and sexuality are constructed and policed." Agenda not history. African Americans should be outraged they are pinning that to all of them. I guess they are the new bastions of queer lifestyle according to Democrats.
@Paying more will save the planet. bigot
Only a matter of time before the “bonfires”, Fahrenheit 451 style
@Paying more will save the planet. The AP AA studies course has over a 100 individual study segments. One of them covered for a single hour in a year long course is about queer Black people. You are such a pathetic snowflake to think this is offensive.
I think parents want no books in a classroom beyond textbooks. Then they won’t have to be responsible for discussing topics with their children.
Which is odd since so many children have to deal with divorce, school shootings, bullying, poverty, abuse, low self esteem, depression and the list goes on. Life can be enjoyed but everything in life is not candy and rainbows and when its not it has to be addressed. How did that become a bad thing? Also If we are going to discuss the history of the U.S. then you you have to discuss the good the bad and the ugly of it all, not just the so called feel good stuff.
Under DeSantis, fascism is gradually taking over in the State of Florida.
@liberal halfbreeds *you're
The same folks who talk about "parents rights", are the same ones who don't discipline their kids, don't take an interest in their kids studies, and then turn around and think they can boss around the teachers. Teach your own damn kids if you want that much control over your kid's education
I would agree except then these kids will be just as ignorant and bigoted as their brainless parents.
@@peggyhansen8018 Fair point
If you want to know what your kids are reading, ask them, and then read the book also.
I’ve read several books that my (MS aged) kids were assigned, mostly because they enjoyed the book and thought I would as well.
You want to read those q u e e r books with your kids??? Sure
Have you read any of the books DeSantis says are objectionable, or do you just accept everything he tells you like a good, little sheep?
Book banning is disgusting! Glad I am Canadian😁
Thus is the Germany with hiter. Books are free speech. Tell parents to be parents and teach their children to be open minded. This is a free country.
My kid will read every book they ban. The kids are laughing at parents who support this. Middle schoolers think adults are manipulated red necks getting upset over stupid non existent problems.They are dying for a list of banned books. They all hate Desantis and his anti lbtgq bull. Gen Z is an open, inclusive, intelligent generation!
I was a kid for awhile. If this had happened, I'd Immediately sate my curiosity by finding and reading the banned books.
True story
You're talking about older teens. Classroom libraries exist in elementary school. Libraries are now controlled as well in Florida.
@@jayej692 Older teens? Any kid with access to the internet, you mean.
DeSantis' "laws" are frankly unjust, obsessive and just plain foolish. If he's using Florida to show how "tough" he is for his presidential run, God help parents, teachers, and especially Florida's students.
In what way? Do you support drag shows in schools?
Very false. This Gov is exposing the wicked and cruel LGBT agenda in the schools. By banning the pornography and the CRT books in schools. We don't want your woke things in our schools go to California and do that
I guess you support mutilating children under 18, and exposing them to lewd behavior of drag queens.
This is getting out of control, so much for “small government” and “freedom” huh? 🤔
Exactly. This country has been shit for far too long . Burn it and get it over with… seems like that’s the direction it’s going in anyway
@@prasanththomas3130you must be a lazy parent
The American Taliban hard at work. How long will Americans stand for this fascism?
Most parents can't even help their small children with homework. You think they know the ins and outs of any curriculum?
Why would someone want their kid to read a book about rape and miscarriage?
I know this won't happen, because of felony charges, but it'd be great if all the teachers could band together and keep the books. Then as thousands of educators are arrested each and brought to court it would reflect on the idiocy of this governor.
So you advocate pornography for minors.
someone needs to take it through the court systems all the way to the Supreme Court.
I know it is "right" controlled, but if the Supreme Court goes the wrong way on this decision it would be throwing even more ice-cold water on the country and hopefully wake up the people that think it is still okay to side with White Christian Nationalists, Neo-Nazis, and White Supremacists ... because if you side with Trumpians (including DeSantis) ... that is who you are siding with.
A far as I am concerned, if you side with White Christian Nationalists, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, and Trumpians to overthrow the American government and society, you are a threat to America and what it stands for - you have made yourself Anti-American and just as much of a threat to America as the Axis during World War 2.
WTF, why would any parent want to limit their kid from reading??? If your kid wants to read a book you don’t support, let them read, but you should also read it, then you can talk about it… this is called “learning”… the problem is these parents won’t make this type of effort…
These parents haven't read a book in 30 years. They learn all they need from Fox news.
They will find out about fruit loops soon enough and the normal among them will be just as revolted by it as the vast majority already is.
The weirdos will,whether they like it or not,leave our kids alone - watch and see.
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength! George Orwell 1984
1984 is not banned, nor is Fahrenheit 451 or Lord of Flies. Books that make you think are not banned, books TELL you how to think should be.
No books have been banned in Florida. Restricted does not equal banned. Stop being hysterical.
My mother went to a Catholic high school in the 1950s. A nun “caught” my mother reading Gone with the Wind which she had gotten out of a public library. She took the book from my mother and burned it. Florida really wants us to return to those days?
No, that is too liberal for DeSantis.
You support drag shows in schools?
@@BishopWalters12 I don't support children being sexually abused by those creepy guys wearing the cloth...ministers, priest and clergy. Good looking out that you crawl over the hundreds of thousands of children molested and raped by the clergy in the history of the US to go check out those drag queens. Guess you want to save child sexual abuse for religious leadership, huh, Bishop? Because you really "love" children. We see right through your concern.
@@BishopWalters12 Because not wanting a book ban is the same as wanting drag show in schools.
@@Whitehero26 Who's banning books? the left wants propaganda about race, gender and other things in schools. Common sense people are saying no but nobody is banning you from getting these books at a library or online. Why doesn't the left stand against drag shows in schools?
Florida is not there yet, but this quote from Heinrich Heine is somehow appropriate. “Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn human beings too.”
Not there yet, but certainly on the fast track
Ya or just don't try to indoctrinate children.
@@jaydoggy456 No one wants to indoctrinate children more than Dictator DeSantis. He wants prevent every child from ever having an independent thought or learning any actual facts.
MESSAGE FROM EUROPE glad to see you are at the "making books illegal" stage of fascism over there...!!! Going great - we tried it in the 1930's it worked out JUST FINE
@@jaydoggy456 I hate how liberal indoctrinate kids with things like math and reading comprehension. Why is it that liberal states have much better scores on math, reading, and science than red states?
DeSantis has lost his mind!!
Oh, he is very "right" minded in the style of totalitarians that have gone before him. He knows exactly what he is doing, and it is entirely in-line with current Trumpian politics.
Many of these parents are UNEDUCATED themselves, so pls, tell me how the hell they know what should/shouldn’t be taught!
The level of a parents education or lack thereof is grounds for teachers having authority over what a child is exposed to?
You're not very smart, dear.
And they wonder why it is a teacher shortage
Yea it is not because of low wages or anything it's because they can't teach queer studies.
Democrat governors fired them all because of Covid policies
They don't wonder. They're doing it on purpose.
Make the children dumb. That is the agenda. It's about creating the next generation of Republicans voters . The dumber the better.
My kids could read anything they wanted! I did not censor anything. And now they are in their 30’s and well rounded critically thinking people who I am very proud of.
Talk about lying
most Americans aren't that anti-intellectual and they will really resent them going after a Nobel Prize winner who people have described as just one of the great writers of world literature. It's too bad for those Republicans that the majority of people do see the facts that they are indeed going after famous authors like Toni Morrison. Her novels have inspired many generations within schools, and she is literally one of the great American writers. Forget what color she is, she is just a brilliant writer. For all of the republican rhetoric, they can try and go after our heroes and try and knock down our statutes.
When are the Florida students going to bring action against the government for failure to provide for personal protection and failing to provide an education
Lol they'll just get it tossed because kids don't have standing.
I wonder how many of these parents’ kids have smart phones with the internet on them.
And this is why Florida will continue to have a teacher shortage. As an educator in this state, attending elementary through college here, it’s sad to see the state of education in Florida. Banning books won’t limit kids from finding things…they have their cell phones and the internet.
Floridians really are something else. They keep electing these people over and over again.
Who really wants teacher that pass out po**ography
@@Joellarainbow NOT A DAMN TEACHER IS HANDING OUT PORNOGRAPHY IN ANY SCHOOL. I BET YOU READ THAT BOOK CALLED THE BIBLE THAT IS FILLED WITH RAPE, INCEST, PEDOPHILIA AND OTHER ATROCITIES.
Nobody will want to teach in Florida, ever. Only the worst teachers will get anywhere near that horrible state.
@@sionnachmacbradaigh1010 and yet look at the flood of people going into this state. 😆
Why are teachers scared, it's coward to me to let this man do what ever he want to do... Stand up for what's right!
I learned to read at an early age. I always read above my grade level. I explored worlds and universes that few children could afford. It is a shame that they are limiting children in this manner.
And if the reader doesn't like or agree with a book's contents, reasonable critical thinking skills will usually ensure that they don't continue reading it, i.e. it comes down to personal choice. As a _very_ young child, I read Noddy, Big Ears and Golliwog books - I read them with a child's eyes, not with the bigoted mind of some of today's adults. They were my toys, but now they're gay!
Children should have some limitations, they are children.
@@Joellarainbow children should be channeled not limited. Many of discoveries I made, through reading as a young child, forced me to ask questions of the adults around me. Many of those adults ended up doing some research in order to find the answers. So all of us improved.
@@mindmatters5904 I agree to a point, but that's not what is happening in school's. It's not like they are taking away everything, it's letting parents help pick.
Once a child see something it changes the way they behave, why do you want small kid's learning about se*? Why does it matter so much telling them about different genders and how they have se*? I just don't think they need to know all that. They should learn how to read do math make friends and tell jokes. I think you have a right to give your child what you think is ok, and so do I.
Pick up the book they are referring to and let me know if it's suitable teachings for elementary kids.....if a man gave this book to a child as a gift you would scream grooming!! Come on be a little more objective don't just listen to the mantra that "The Sky Is Falling"
Parents have ALWAYS had a "seat at the table" PTA's and local school boards...whether they CHOOSE to sit at that table is up to them....this is a solution looking for a problem
All the teachers in florida should just quit this is ridiculous
All wont and shouldnt quit. Nobody would miss the minority of notjob liberals though.
@@beaur252 all should quit and leave that nut case state
@@beaur252 Sadly Florida is running the largest teacher shortage in the country. That is why Ron is allowing folks with no training to teach, so yes they do miss them. It is also interesting how liberal states have the best math and science scores as well.
I WILL DECIDE what books my kid can and can't read, not some whole 1000 miles away who doesn't even know me.
So....if I'm a parent and I want my kid to read a certain book in school and it's banned? Now what? Or is it only "certain " parents voices matter?
It's that second thing. You'd have to spend your own money to educate your children.
It's called a public library idiot, be a parent if you want them to read something inappropriate that's on you
@liberal halfbreeds do you know me tough guy?? Keep your ignorant comments to yourself unless you know me.
You can let your kid read anything YOU want.
@@tommartinez62 Not necessarily. I read that bookstores have even had to deal with this.
"The free state of Florida" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The responsible non-grooming state of florida.
@@beaur252 Florida is a slave state where children are groomed to be idiotic and compliant.
@@beaur252 nope, just helicopter state of Florida. What happened to individual freedoms. You don't have to ban books. Parents have to learn to be involved and set their own boundaries with their kids and teachers. It seems everyone wants everything done for them. Even parenting
I guess Mein Kampf will be one of the approved books then.
Liberals will only push for it if it has a chapter on "queer theory" like the "black history" class they proposed.
Parents didn't ask for this Governor DeSantis 🙄 😒
This is ridiculous, parents who wanted to be this restrictive with their kids just pulled them out and homeschooled them. If homeschooling is a scheduling issue, that’s their personal problem. Other children shouldn’t be punished.
@@prasanththomas3130 If you’re fetishizing people, that’s something you should explore in therapy. Are you reading these books or are you blindly trusting political grifts?
Imagine how insecure a society has to be in their values, their beliefs and their view on life, for them to ban books, ideas and other ways of thinking? I kinda feel sorry for Floridians, being so insecure is no way to live.
Imagine how insecure a society has to be to force other to call them by their preferred pronouns
@@rafovasquez3902 Imagine how uneducated you'd have to be when you can't discern between individuals and society in general.
@@Derguz I’m an electrical engineer currently specialized in control systems, pretty sure I’m more educated than you and your gender studies “major” 🤣
@Paying more will save the planet. You're lying
@@rafovasquez3902 excuse you. You're not in our society. You've chosen not to be.
We need more protests in this country and we need to stop paying taxes.
So are you opposed to the GOP proposed 30% sales tax, dear? I know I am.
Free to leave the country and not pay taxes at any time. Then the rest of us also wont have to listen to ridiculous hair brained proposals and constant whining when they get shot down. = Win-win.
Go protest sweety. Nobody cares about your obsession with skin color.
I am guessing the Constitution of the United States does not apply to Florida.
I’m sure they don’t know what that is seeing as how everything he does is tyrannical and they made him the governor. It’s a sad,pathetic, uneducated state.
While good teachers are admittedly rare, most of them are a dime a dozen.
Gary, what is your career field?
Just feel sorry for the children who unfortunately will be at a HUGE disadvantage in life when everyone in the world will know the truth. Except for the ignorant children of Florida.
DeSantis wants to be President and this is just a taste of what he will do nationally: fascism.
@@mtaylor7307 definitely agree there
@@jennifercorson8915 White Christian Nationalist and the Trumpist will vote that gawd-awful in. If they can't have life their way, they want to watch it burn and don't care if it hurts their children, grands and generations to come. They are nihilist.
Couldn’t have said it better myself
Make each parent take an AR test on each book they want to ban. FL is about to get way dumber
Not more test ! lol
Ron DeSantis, governor of the state of Florida, the state where ignorance comes to thrive.
I went throughout my school years thinking that I was the only 'gay in the world'!
It doesn't matter where you are on the face of the earth, there exists a plethora of sexual identities in your immediate orbit.
Books, TV Serial Dramas, and other sources provide our young people with information that they are possibly uncomfortable about talking about in the family environment.
IF your son or daughter identifies in some non-binary way, be it LGBTQI+ or other, then they are on their own personal and PRIVATE journey to find their true self.
Removing the books, removing access to TH-cam , removing access to social media will not change the underlying struggle that your child is experiencing!
WE NEED TO GET AWAY from this BLAME orientation!
In times past our ancestors were FORCED to engage in heterosexual relationships OR BE SHAMED.
The CATHOLIC CHURCH actually used CHURCH SPONSORED whore houses to get young men on the 'STRAIGHT AND NARROW'.
To all the GOP eejits that think that these policies will protect our children from information; you are LUDDITES!
You can remove and restrict access to any book you want, but the internet will bypass your censorship.
Furthermore, you cannot rewrite the programming that God Himself gave to any particular part of his Creation.
You think your child is somehow an abomination?
PLEASE re-read the New Testament and the actual WORDS OF JESUS!
YOUR CHILD IS A BEAUTIFUL PART OF GOD'S CREATION IRRESPECTIVE OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR IDENTITY!!!
❤️❤️❤️
Well said ❤
All he really is doing is really increasing the curiosity of that information he’s working so hard to hide.
your another Misguided troll😢
Teachers in Florida, Washington State could use more teachers! And we pay better too! This sounds a lot like these Dumbsantis followers are getting their feelings hurt by what is in some of these books.