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DeeDave said:
LOL

You are one butt hurt chick over a years old post. I'm not posting it again "bill". Your inability to read or accept it is a problem best handled by your obviously challenged and overwhelmed therapists.
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I'm not Bill. That's someone else that you wished death upon his kids. I just enjoy pointing out that particular instance, as it is the epitome of your behavior; lie, then lie some more. Again, indeed. We're still waiting for the first time.

And now you prove to be a sexist as well. Sad.
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Forever Fowl said:
I did love the book but the N word was used and I can understand how insulting that might be to young readers. You can't deny that banning books is a more common practice among right wingers.
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I would gladly concede that the right wing pushes to restrict more books for children. But that would entail the left wing being okay or pushing questionable books onto children more.

That seems a reasonable compromise.
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Forever Fowl said:
Last time: Banning and removal are the same thing according to the American Library Association

"A banning is the removal of those materials"
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And yet the books are still readily available through other means, or in school libraries when you get older.

Just don't be surprised when you get questioned for using the word "ban" when the book is still available.
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Lurker123 said:
I agreed. I even typed "Yes, actually banning books is improbable."

Local schools removing offensive books is a different matter though. I personally approve of some books being removed from school settings. Not every pornographic book needs to be available to kindergarten kids.

And if we're intent on making it a political divide, I don't think To Kill a Mockingbird is the right example. Just my opinion.

Edit: I'll agree that often times some parents object to things that their kids could probably be okay with. My major contention with your post was the rhetoric of calling it "book bannings" when in reality, it's no such thing.
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Last time: Banning and removal are the same thing according to the American Library Association

"A banning is the removal of those materials"
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GoCocksFight2021 said:
New Republic? Sorry, not worthy of a click. Nut. Jobs. Not giving those idiots a click.

Like I said, the book you mentioned, To Kill a Mockingbird, was removed (not banned) by liberals. But I guess THAT was ok?
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I did love the book but the N word was used and I can understand how insulting that might be to young readers. You can't deny that banning books is a more common practice among right wingers.
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Forever Fowl said:
Lurker take the time to read my post. I said a "nation wide" ban on any book is improbable. A controversial high school book in a conservative area is more likely to be banned than the same book in a more liberal area.
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I agreed. I even typed "Yes, actually banning books is improbable."

Local schools removing offensive books is a different matter though. I personally approve of some books being removed from school settings. Not every pornographic book needs to be available to kindergarten kids.

And if we're intent on making it a political divide, I don't think To Kill a Mockingbird is the right example. Just my opinion.

Edit: I'll agree that often times some parents object to things that their kids could probably be okay with. My major contention with your post was the rhetoric of calling it "book bannings" when in reality, it's no such thing.
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Lurker123 said:
Yes, actually banning books is improbable. That's why using the term "banning" isn't really accurate, in my opinion. These same kids can get the book at the library or online even if it was removed from their school.

To kill a mockingbird was taught in my sons school last year though. I was glad it was.

Just because the NAACP and others object to the racial slurs, doesn't mean the book promotes that. History should be taught and portrayed accurately.

But removing sexual content from gradeschools shouldn't evoke the passions of people screaming "book banning". Again, my opinion.
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Lurker take the time to read my post. I said a "nation wide" ban on any book is improbable. A controversial high school book in a conservative area is more likely to be banned than the same book in a more liberal area.
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Forever Fowl said:
Sadly a masterpiece of literature "To Kill a Mockingbird' was removed from school libraries and since it's no longer available to the students that means it is banned for their use. You don't seem to understand that book banning is relative to the setting in which it was banned. A nation wide ban on any book would be improbable today.
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Yes, actually banning books is improbable. That's why using the term "banning" isn't really accurate, in my opinion. These same kids can get the book at the library or online even if it was removed from their school.

To kill a mockingbird was taught in my sons school last year though. I was glad it was.

Just because the NAACP and others object to the racial slurs, doesn't mean the book promotes that. History should be taught and portrayed accurately.

But removing sexual content from gradeschools shouldn't evoke the passions of people screaming "book banning". Again, my opinion.
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Lurker123 said:
There's a lot the party doesn't do anymore, and it's not all good.

You've posted a couple articles now about book "banning". Are you trying to convince anyone that books are actually being banned? Because what you post is about removing books from schools, not actually banning books.
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Sadly a masterpiece of literature "To Kill a Mockingbird' was removed from school libraries and since it's no longer available to the students that means it is banned for their use. You don't seem to understand that book banning is relative to the setting in which it was banned. A nation wide ban on any book would be improbable today.
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hahnenkampf said:
Democrats always use the line “make the rich pay their fair share” and it always works on their economically illiterate rubes. There are hundreds of thousands of research papers that conclude tax increases on the wealthy ALWAYS result in tax decreases on the rich while actually increasing taxes on the group it was meant to help. The research papers include one of my own where every paper I examined for the literature review found that same result. Republicans and the wealthy merely shrug their shoulders at the idea of raising taxes on them because if enacted they will find a way to pass those taxes onto someone else — specifically the lower income classes. The rich don’t become wealthy by being stupid.
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Federal Reserve data indicates that as of Q4 2021, the top 1% of households in the United States held 32.3% of the country's wealth, while the bottom 50% held 2.6%. There is a huge inequality of wealth in this country and sadly with our tax structure that top 1% only increase their wealth. Trickle down economics ( favored by repubs ) has never worked.
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Forever Fowl said:

Thankfully the Democratic Party of today is not the states rights party of yesterday. Dems no longer wave the confederate flag as it now belongs to Trump's maga insurrectionists.
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There's a lot the party doesn't do anymore, and it's not all good.

You've posted a couple articles now about book "banning". Are you trying to convince anyone that books are actually being banned? Because what you post is about removing books from some schools for younger kids, not actually banning books.
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GoCocksFight2021 said:
Really? What book am I banned from owning? What book are you banned from owning?

Just a lie.
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Lurker123 said:
Fowl, I believe I understand you a lot better since you revealed your age.

I will simply politely say that this Democrat party is not the party from your youth.
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Thankfully the Democratic Party of today is not the states rights party of yesterday. Dems no longer wave the confederate flag as it now belongs to Trump's maga insurrectionists.
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