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Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2024
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I think maybe you don't understand how libraries work, particularly ones for children in public elementary schools. I'd be far more concerned about what kids in private schools are being exposed to. It's not like sexually explicit books are just on display when you walk in. This is a non-issue and it's insane that we even have to discuss this.
Also, kids use the Internet. If parents aren't stopping them from reading sexually explicit books, what do you think they're doing online? Should we remove all sexual content from the Internet (don't disregard this question, Project 2025 ultimately wants to literally ban pornography. That's real. JD Vance is that type of dude)?
The complete lack of an ability to see historical context and learn from past mistakes is disturbing. We've been through this, it is not something that needs to be rehashed. I'm so fucking tired of having to learn the same fucking lessons over and over again because people refuse to believe that maybe we do things a certain way for a reason. Maybe we started with the thing you want, and over time adjusted it again and again due to real world conditions (in some cases, like with regulations, people literally died), until we got where we are... Maybe we shouldn't just throw all that knowledge and understanding away every ~50 years or whatever.
Unfortunately, when it comes to education and reading, it creates a negative feedback loop. Kids aren't raised with the resources they need to think critically, and in turn, they grow up to allow politicians to pass laws banning the books they should have read. Rinse and repeat until you have an electorate that lets you get away with murder because everyone is so goddamn ignorant.
/rant