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Florida Democrats Speak Out On National Banned Books Week
WIOD ^ | 10/04/2023 | Wendi Grossman

Posted on 10/05/2023 2:44:25 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat

Florida Democrats speaking out on censorship during National Banned Books Week. Party Chair Nikki Fried says Governor DeSantis is to blame for the fourteen-hundred books being removed from school libraries. Florida law requires schools be more transparent and give parents a chance to have input on selecting school library books. It also creates a process for school districts to ban books through a public hearing and vote by the school board.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: antiwoke; democrats; demonicrats; desantis; education; fl; florida; fried; liars; media; nogroomers; nopedos; porn4kids
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Local Miami media is cranking up the BIG LIE about books being banned in Florida.

Parents are scrutinizing what the leftist teachers unions are doing...and the Democrat party and the media (same thing) are BIG MAD.

1 posted on 10/05/2023 2:44:25 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat; Joe Brower

Florida news ping?


2 posted on 10/05/2023 2:44:47 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat

It’s porn.


3 posted on 10/05/2023 2:45:34 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I get angry when these know nothings talk about banned books, when it is just removing a book from a library.

My mother knew a person in Soviet-occupied Estonia, who went to jail for having a pre-occupation poetry book. The court found aggravating circumstances because he had underlined the word “freedom” with a pencil.

There is real book banning and there is this circus that the PEN does to dilute the meaning of it.


4 posted on 10/05/2023 2:53:16 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Recovering_Democrat

You can take a Bible into a Haitian school but not in this constitutional republic.


5 posted on 10/05/2023 3:04:58 AM PDT by momincombatboots (BQEphesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

This entire thing cracks me up. As a former teacher, so many of my coworkers were freaking out about censorship (when these dumb broads were some of the BIGGEST censoring lefty morons... hate speech was such a big thing for them.)

The thing is — as a Gen Xer — we had access to some really hard core stuff in the 5 and dime — every paper back in the 70s and 80s (John Saul, et al...) were always good for some graphic sex scene. No one raised an eye brow. So tired of this hand wringing hysteria.


6 posted on 10/05/2023 3:07:44 AM PDT by Mermaid Girl
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To: Recovering_Democrat

book banning under the guise of perversion


7 posted on 10/05/2023 3:10:07 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Recovering_Democrat

No doubt these same Democrats didn’t have any problem with social media expelling contributors who stray from the “True” liberal narratives.


8 posted on 10/05/2023 3:28:30 AM PDT by Don@VB (THE NEW GREEN DEAL IS JUST THE OLD RED DEAL)
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To: Mermaid Girl

I had a HS English teacher in 80s who ASSIGNED us Anthem by Ayn Rand. That, among other things, fueled my deep dive into Rush.

She’d be burned at the stake nowadays.

Now, in Elementary school, each of us wanted to take out of the school library The Lorax. That book is thinly-veiled ecologist propaganda, aimed at really young kids. Should that book have been removed from circulation (yes…I understand that there’s no trans etc in The Lorax - work with me)?

There is a simple solution to this problem. Libraries routinely prune their collection. So how about: post on the school’s website the entire library AND proposed purchases for the upcoming year. Give every taxpayer a code to vote books off the island. Majority votes win/lose.


9 posted on 10/05/2023 3:44:19 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DoodleBob

You trusts Leftists (librarians) to run elections? After 2020 in particular?


10 posted on 10/05/2023 3:50:26 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Florida does not what porn in school libraries - that’s the biggest problem

And as of yesterday men that rape boys and girls under the age of 12 can receive the death penalty... the gay community is mad about that too.


11 posted on 10/05/2023 3:52:10 AM PDT by GOPJ (MSNBC bimbos and pretentious 'men': "THE ELITE " ARE NOT "THE 1%". MAGA's not Marxist/Class envy..)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

These are not ‘banned books’ they have been removed because they are ‘inappropriate books’. Banned book would be burned and all of them unavailable in every place in Florida, the US or the world.
We should grade books as we grade movies: G, PG, R, X, XXX. Make them age appropriate. It is obvious what is wrong with this country. Sin and evil abound


12 posted on 10/05/2023 4:03:36 AM PDT by JCM
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To: FreedomPoster

No.

There are a million ways to do this.

There is also a lot of whining and complaining. People want to wave a magic wand and make this all go away.

If we’re going to be partially pregnant, then you have to work with the system.

Leftists like most pests hate light, heat, and antiseptic. Give it to them. Heck, make the vote open for all to see - find out if the Fussmuckers on the corner really want that piece of trash in the library. That also lets voters confirm that their vote wasn’t 2020’ed.

Or, we can just let people bravely type from their computer about how it’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham that these books are in the library blah blah blah, and nothing gets done.


13 posted on 10/05/2023 4:06:08 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; summer; ...
On the subject of the rise of Marxism in our government officials and the increased incidence of pedo-perversity, I here present to everyone Exhibit A -- Nikki Fried, who never fails to disappoint.

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

14 posted on 10/05/2023 4:09:51 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: Joe Brower

Florida may be a red State right now but it hasn’t always been. Still lots of creeps to clean out of this place, like Nikki Fried.


15 posted on 10/05/2023 4:12:46 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
"Party Chair Nikki Fried says Governor DeSantis is to blame for the fourteen-hundred books being removed from school libraries. "

Let's rewrite this with the truth:

Florida Democrat Party Chair Nikki Fried says Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is to receive credit for the fourteen-hundred pornographic books being removed from school libraries. These books describe explicit sexual acts and are books used to recruit children into homosexual lifestyles and having sex with adults including teachers and other school system officials.

16 posted on 10/05/2023 4:32:11 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: DoodleBob
Majority votes win/lose.

Ruled by the mob? No thanks. If a conservative/religious family is forced by circumstance to live in a district dominated by leftist you will demand that their kids be subjected to mob rule.

17 posted on 10/05/2023 4:37:36 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

Forced?

Nobody is forcing Johnny or Mary to take that filthy book out of the library.

Nobody is forcing people to procreate.

Parenthood is serious business. There are many decisions, things foregone, etc that accompany bringing a life or lives into this world.

If the prospect of public school is too scary for some people, they should plan on homeschooling. Or avoid parenthood.

But if your are going to start a family, you must be prepared to make decisions.

Or you can be a leftist.


18 posted on 10/05/2023 4:52:08 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DoodleBob

“I had a HS English teacher in 80s who ASSIGNED us Anthem by Ayn Rand. That, among other things, fueled my deep dive into Rush.”

Very similar experience in the 1970s.

L


19 posted on 10/05/2023 4:55:16 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Recovering_Democrat

A growing number of American adults just enjoy hurting children. They really do.


20 posted on 10/05/2023 4:56:31 AM PDT by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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