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Texas school district reinstates adaptation of Anne Frank's diary
israelnationalnews.com ^ | 8/23/2022 | Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Posted on 08/23/2022 5:41:25 PM PDT by Nextrush

Keller Independent School District outside Fort Worth returns "Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation" after controversy

The Texas school district that ordered a version of Anne Frank's diary to be removed from its shelves last week says it has added the book back into its schools after igniting a media firestorm...

Board president Charles Randklev lashed out at the media and outside critics of the school district during the board's public meeting Monday.

"The media has done an absolute(ly) terrible job on covering what's happened over the last week within Keller ISD," he said in a statement, to applause and some yells from the room. "For the record, Keller ISD is not banning the Bible or Anne Frank."

Attacking what he said was "a misinformation campaign of lies" and an "unhinged mob". Randklev said the board's aims were "to protect our children from pornography" and "championing transparency by opening up the procurement and challenge process to the public."...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: book; education; porninschools; pornography; schoolbooks; texas
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1 posted on 08/23/2022 5:41:25 PM PDT by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

Is there a more asinine media talking point than “Banned Books”?


2 posted on 08/23/2022 5:43:10 PM PDT by Borges
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To: All

Was that a hard decision?


3 posted on 08/23/2022 5:43:23 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Vote NOW!! to repeal the Second Law of Thermodynamics like your life depends on it.)
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To: Nextrush

I read that book a couple times a year


4 posted on 08/23/2022 5:46:25 PM PDT by al baby (Yes i know it was Gere )
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To: BipolarBob

The version makes Anne Frank a lesbian. At
east that is what I understand. If so, it is evil.


5 posted on 08/23/2022 5:46:42 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Nextrush

“Adulterers In Churches, Pornography In The Schools, You Got Gangsters In Power And Lawbreakers Making Rules”

Bob Dylan-”When You Gonna Wake Up”

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qyO9exWFDE4


6 posted on 08/23/2022 5:47:24 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: BipolarBob

An Amazon review:

“The artwork is very nice. The pages are glossy and made of quality paper, and it’s a well constructed, substantial book for the price. However, the book is written as if Anne Frank had the mindset of an overly sexual 16 year old living in 2020. I bought it for my very mature 10 year old daughter that has been learning about the events during World War II and the Holocaust. Puberty hit her early, and unfortunately she is having to deal with issues that go along with that. I can see horny teenage boys liking the fantasies that the main ‘character’ has about both boys and girls, but my daughter was not impressed with that aspect of the book. While some may applaud this ‘open minded’ creative license from the author, my daughter found it very puzzling. She wondered if she was in the minority for not having romantic feelings for both sexes, and it appears that was the intent of the book. It comes across as the perverse fantasies that a teenage/20s boy came up with, and not the thoughts of a young Jewish girl in the WWII era that wasn’t exposed to modern ideas of AMERICAN sexuality as it is portrayed in the media. Otherwise it is a great book, but I wouldn’t recommend it for the intended age group listed on the book. At least 14-15 years old and up, and the book should have a warning about the mature content. My parents (I’m a millennial) would have quietly made this book disappear from my bookshelf, and my grandparents would have set it on fire.”


7 posted on 08/23/2022 5:51:10 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Nextrush

“For the record, Keller ISD is not banning the Bible or Anne Frank.”

So, they never took the Bible or the Diary of Anne Frank off the shelves and both are now available to the students?


8 posted on 08/23/2022 5:58:03 PM PDT by Round Earther
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To: Round Earther

They started a new book review policy which led to the claim that books were “banned”.

Regardless this is an anti-pornography in schools policy as stated by the board president.


9 posted on 08/23/2022 6:02:00 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: al baby

THAT book?


10 posted on 08/23/2022 6:08:20 PM PDT by lee martell ( )
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To: Fai Mao; Revel

So this isn’t her actual diary but some editorialized version of it? Well, in that case . . I guess i don’t care if it’s on the shelves or not.


11 posted on 08/23/2022 6:20:37 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Vote NOW!! to repeal the Second Law of Thermodynamics like your life depends on it.)
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To: al baby

I suspect you've never read the graphic novel -- the comic book that paints Anne as a closet lesbian / bisexual.


12 posted on 08/23/2022 6:41:05 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: BipolarBob

As I understand it, it was a comic book (Graphic Novel) portraying Anne as a lesbian. The same with the version of the Bible they pulled. If so, every member of that school board should be removed.


13 posted on 08/23/2022 6:45:20 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Nextrush
If some sicko made a XXX porn movie out of Anne Franks diary, and some other sicko put it in the library for kids, and some parent asked for it to banned...the media would say:

Texas Right Wingers Attempt To Ban Anne Frank Diary Adaptation

14 posted on 08/23/2022 6:56:57 PM PDT by Pxzftrnqfrn
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To: BipolarBob

Right. This is not the real deal. It is a fictional woke version designed to contaminate the minds of children. It should banned from schools with children.


15 posted on 08/23/2022 9:54:52 PM PDT by Revel
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To: All

This was a graphic novel that included sexual matters not in the original.

What’s the story with the original? Did Anne actually write it or her father? Wasn’t there some controversy about a ball point pen being used that didn’t exist at the time? Or was that conspiracy nonsense?

I’m sure after a few weeks in the concentration camp Anne recalibrated her assessment about humans being good at heart.

People are evil at heart in need of grace and without it are doomed to Hell justly.


16 posted on 08/23/2022 11:28:44 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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