How Conservative Book Bans Don’t Protect Kids Part 2

Conservatives are making a concerted effort to purge schools of books written by people of color and LGBTQ authors. But book bans don’t protect kids. They just turn them into ass holes. Part 2 of 2.
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[@shelaghsalisbury1325]

When I was in high school, I asked a friend why he thought a particular book should be banned. During the conversation I realized he hadn’t read the book. When I confirmed this he said “I don’t want to read a book that might change the way I think.” I think about that sentence a lot.

[@TROQUE4]

exactly!

[@Ketraar]

Your friend should be fine reading a book though, you can only change things that actually exist.

[@Avrysatos]

Well at least he was honest

[@rudomhende5108]

That sentence is terrifying 😖

[@aziizrocks]

That's really disconcerting and disheartening to hear, since you can use that "argument" for anything: • I don't want to get to know the new muslim neighbours cause... • I don't watch news on Israel and Palestine cause... • I stay in my echo chamers cause... And such a shame too, living in an age when information free, accessible, and available from so many sources.

[@lovelycrimeboy8368]

I'm angrier at the fact that parents are threatening schools for educating their children is more important than doing something to stop school shootings

[@relagro]

Dead kids don’t worry them. They won’t grow up to vote against them.

[@EndeavorsDnB]

They like school shootings, the NRA members know guns are selling well the more they occur. 😅🥺

[@-xirx-]

I find it infuriating that they are trying to stop EVERYONE'S children from learning about these subjects. Their entitlement is off the scale

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

Or the virus

[@stoodmuffinpersonal3144]

@@relagro yet they claim to be prolife

[@timturn]

A few years ago when I was pointing out a bunch of problems with Trumps "policies" to my right wing cousins and they told me that I read too much, like it was supposed to be a bad thing that you are educated

[@JonMartinYXD]

To them, it is a bad thing. Anti-intellectualism is a real and growing threat to America.

[@JonMartinYXD]

@@emichels The president doesn't control gas prices. What failed foreign policy? Citation on rising crime? Verified numbers for 2020 only became available in late 2021. The unemployment rate is now 3.6%, right where it was pre-COVID.

[@corigram]

I think they condemn education because of their own insecurities. They feel bad when others seem smarter than they are. They only see two sides, black and white, no grey. It's between good and evil. They obviously are the good so everyone else is evil. They also don't understand that no one else makes them bad. The concept that they choose how they feel based on their own perspective is beyond them. It's always someone else's fault when they feel badly.

[@clif26]

ironically i as well have been told that in similar conversations in two different situations.

[@pvtread5207]

To them it is "We love the uneducated"

[@cybernet3000]

When I was in sixth grade we had to read Daniel's Story by Carol Matas, a teenager's perspective of the holocaust. I also complained to my mom that it was giving me night terrors, especially the chapter where the Nazi's cleared out the ghetto... And she straight up told me "Good, it should." We talked, she turned it into a teaching moment about empathy, in class I had some really good talks with my teacher about why it was so important to learn about this kind of thing and I grew. Children can't grow if you shield them from everything that makes them uncomfortable.

[@ladybluelotus]

Facts! Reading or hearing about horrendous things should make any decent, well adjusted person feel awful.

[@janicel.johnson1683]

I think your mom is great!

[@glenchapman3899]

Yes, the book "Maus" also about the holocaust is being banned for the portrayal of nudity and cuss words. People really need to get a grip :(

[@michaelmartin1170]

Thank you for sharing this!! A bit of my faith in humanity has been restored.

[@persephonel2117]

@@glenchapman3899 It’s not banned, please do your research. It was just removed from the syllabus or curriculum. Taking something off of the lesson plan is not the same thing as banning it.

[@ericthompson3982]

In Lansing, our public library has an event called "banned books day." Thank you all librarians who protect our right to knowledge and free expression. Ooh, hey, remember who else loved to ban books?

[@animeotaku307]

I think it’s common for all libraries to hold it. The one I work at has (I even got to set up a display for it last year).

[@markwilliams2620]

Lapeer, MI does the same thing. I first found out about it 1984....the irony.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

Do you distribute the book The Turner Diaries which Timothy McVeigh loved, or do you draw the line anywhere?

[@ericthompson3982]

@@MilwaukeeWoman Understanding some of the underpinnings of the thinking of people who do hurtful things? I'd say that's a good thing, actually.

[@waynefeller8824]

@@MilwaukeeWoman - Have you read the Turner Diaries? If so, what are your objections to it?

[@Kpimpmaster]

Every time I see parents act like this I think “they’re teaching their kids that if you throw a big enough tantrum then you can get want you want”

[@QueenBoadicea]

Maybe that's what their children taught them.

[@seanluzdeluna8153]

@@QueenBoadicealol!😅😂🤣Good one!👍🏼😁😆

[@malissahyatt2425]

They gotta learn how to be a Karen somehow.

[@ateamfan42]

"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself." -- Potter Stewart

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I remember an interview not too long ago between Comedy Central's Jordan Klepper and a Republican voter. After asking the guy, who was protesting against CRT, what CRT actually is, the guy _actually_ said "I don't know what it is but I know I don't like it". Well, that pretty much sums up the modern Trump-era Republican voter. "Tell me what to hate and vote against and I'll do it!"

[@Echo81Rumple83]

Bullseye.

[@brandonmaddox4862]

Bingo

[@Viking_Luchador]

Jordan Klepper is invaluable. Being a tall white guy, he has the least likely chance of getting shot

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

Modern??? You've forgotten the Reagan years. Or, let's face it... any year with religion in it.

[@brianmcmanus4690]

Jeez.

[@daledarling11]

If I had talked at length, on social media, about my 17 or 18 year old sons negative reaction to a perfectly age appropriate school assignment and how I had to protect him from Beloved, I might as well have sent him to school in a T-shirt that said “my mom dresses me”. Cringe worthy.

[@ThisGuy76]

The fact that her heart "sunk" instead of "sank" tells me she should have paid more attention to her own education.

[@hunterrgntr]

@@ThisGuy76 👏👏👏

[@cancerino666]

That mom and her "kid" are real snowflakes

[@erinthesystem9608]

Good thing it's a made-up anecdote!

[@Sylfa]

@@cancerino666 Snow flakes are unique, beautiful, and surprisingly durable for what they are made of. I think they are more like salt crystals: uniform, salty, brittle…

[@cpdv6882]

Just bought Maus yesterday and my 11 year old started reading it. I will be purchasing every banned book

[@Ruthavecflute]

That could get expensive!

[@persephonel2117]

Maus wasn’t banned. It was simply removed from the syllabus. Deciding not to use a book in classroom lessons is not the same thing as banning it.

[@borisammerlaan7408]

@@persephonel2117 Preventing other people from using it in a classroom is very similar to banning, though.

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

I VERY highly recomment *"The Hate U Give."* It's on the racists' list of books to ban because it dares to show a cohesive Black family helping to protect their daughter when she witnesses police murdering her best friend.

[@animeotaku307]

@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 Also because it gives a far more nuanced look at so-called “ghetto” neighborhoods and gangs.

[@peterhope6377]

I remember reading Fahrenheit 451 in school and thinking how fascist that would be and that it couldn`t happen in todays world ...Silly me !

[@j.c.5528]

As a librarian myself, this is infuriating. Thank you for shining a spotlight on it.

[@elihan9]

You people are angels protecting one of the few places I call a sanctuary in any town or city. Never let these reactionary scumbags intimidate you. If any of you need put these people through what soviets called "gentle corrections" I will dontate to your legal fund. 😉

[@monstercloset2416]

As a writer, I thank you.

[@danieleagan9732]

Great show on Conservatives & how they want to ban books. Everyone should watch it

[@Sentientpotatoh]

Libraries are in my opinion the most important institutions in our communities. They provide so many services that just make people better humans 🤗

[@desireeespinosa3954]

Stay strong and fight for our right to read. Thank you 🙏

[@luvmyrecords]

In the Fall of 1987, a book store in Williamsburg, VA. promoted its "Banned Books Week" sale by covering its display window panels with black paper, with a small hole cut out on each panel You had to peep through that small hole to see a book of classic, standard literature that once had been banned. The town council found the display too provocative and even suggestive, and they had to take the black paper down. "The Daily Press" had a headline that said something like, "Banned Books Week Display Banned."

[@Marijuanifornia]

When author Kahlil Gibran was told that his book _Spirits Rebellious_ was being burned in a Beirut marketplace, he said that it was a good reason for a second printing.

[@vryusvin3905]

We read "Native Son" when I was in high school, we spent days on the book as a class going over every detail. It was one of the most memorable and enlightening experiences from that time in my life. To rob young people of that kind of experience, exploration and discovery is a crime in itself.

[@brianmcmanus4690]

Amen.

[@sadiehawkins5908]

Why would we allow anyone to ban books they haven't read ?

[@Ketraar]

Why would we allow people to ban book at all?

[@epsilonarcaneresearch1945]

@@Ketraar fascism that's why.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

@@Ketraar I don't know, a book on getting better aim with your dad's AK might already be the sort of thing that would get banned in a school library.

[@Ketraar]

@@MilwaukeeWoman Funny you concede that having an Ak is normal, but the book about aiming is considered a threat. Rather telling and ironic I must say.

[@suchanhachan]

I remember seeing an episode of I think "The Twilight Zone" where two parents are very worried about an upcoming intelligence exam given by the government that their young son has to take. You wonder why their worried because the little boy seems to be very smart. It turns out to be a future dystopia where children who score too high on the exam are weeded out and killed if I remember correctly. Seeing how threatened many conservatives are by curiosity, intelligence, and broad, honest education, if their power continues to grow that kind of future seems all too pssible...

[@borisammerlaan7408]

"Examination Day". It's comes across as a shorter version of Harrison Bergeron.

[@animeotaku307]

“The Obsolete Man” also comes to mind.

[@shards0fwords]

@@animeotaku307 that’s one of my all time favorites ❤️

[@shards0fwords]

@@borisammerlaan7408 I can see that

[@Varindran]

My conservative mother has been watching this unfold on fox news and now says crazy things like if i was still in elementary school she would sit in the back of the class every day to make sure i'm not being taught CRT. It's crazy.

[@tkam54]

That is why republcians won in governership in VA depsite democratc canidiate having a great track record with schools

[@hunterrgntr]

@@tkam54 In Va that is not even taught in schools K-12 so ignorance rules there.

[@dr.jamesolack8504]

@@hunterrgntr CRT isn’t taught in ANY K-12 school in the U.S. That’s what I don’t understand about this!!

[@scryguy1]

Have you looked into senior retirement homes?

[@jospinner1183]

Unless you went to law school, your mom can be certain you never encountered CRT in school . . .

[@jaimeemaurer]

Wait, wasn’t it the Conservatives who threw a fit last year about canceling Dr. Seuss?

[@BazzBrother]

and the funny thing was, those books were pulled by the Dr Seuss ESTATE, a private business decision. This is straight up government censorship i.e. oppression.

[@brianfox771]

@@BazzBrother And also, I think Dr. Seuss himself disavowed those books later in his life. So his estate was just following his wishes.

[@ussinussinongawd516]

@@brianfox771 yep

[@blackthornsloe8049]

Fire hoses tearing off children's clothes is sexy to " mom's for Liberty " lol. People get so creative to rationalize their own bull sh** .

[@robertdraper5782]

Banning a book educates no one, having it put into context is educational. The Hate you Give is routinely removed due to pressure by Police Departments but I doubt any of those who want it removed have actually read it. The line from Rage Against the Machine's Bulls on Parade springs to mind, "they don't have to burn the books they just remove them".

[@elizabethbennet4791]

while arms warehouses fill as quick as the cell rally round the family with a pocket full of shells

[@elizabethbennet4791]

they predicted Trump as President too didnt they? Phenomenal video. My 90s nightmare became real in my middle age. I wish I became revolutionary back then when i already knew to be

[@joachimschoder]

It isn't supposed to be educational. The conservative movement thrives on ignorance and revisionist history.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

@@joachimschoder The lies are MASSIVE, consistent and almost incomprehensible to be believed!!!

[@mrboston6555]

@@elizabethbennet4791 if that was your nightmare in the 90.s that would make you a republican cause Trump used to be a Democrat

[@hectormargain3433]

just remember that dictatorships always ban books that don't agree with them

[@rjonboy7608]

They then ban people and scapegoat entire countries (Venezuela? ) to distract from the fact that the Emperor Has No Clothes. Do they even teach mideval literature anymore? Some ancient King wanted the finest clothes cheap. Bullied the tailor. Tailor had to cut corners and make bad seams. Old king didn't feel the breeze but e everyone could laugh at what was dangling in the breeze. The U. S. has our teabaggers hanging out for Putin's amusement.

[@persephonel2117]

You guys have been banning books, speakers, podcasts, social media profiles, etc. for like decades now. Are you kidding me with this?

[@rjonboy7608]

@@persephonel2117 I'm sorry, "you guys"? Do you think you know me? 😏 Are you possibly listening to the usual propaganda from Faux Noise Channel? Or MessNBC? Or even SeeBS, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Chinese Makeover Squad? What books do you imagine I have burned? Have you ever read a book? Have you ever read the book "Democracy in Chains" by Nancy MacLean or "The Hidden History of Big Brother in America" by Thom Hartmann. Very straightforward and full of references.

[@jeremyserwer2586]

@@rjonboy7608 This persephone is a super troll. Just ignore.

[@rjonboy7608]

@@jeremyserwer2586 I figured as much. But sometimes I just feel like stepping on some toes and no telemarketers happen to call. Besides, someone else might read this and realize there's more than just the prefab corporate news hacks out there. Like Thom Hartmann.

[@Myrddnn]

Here's the thing. If your "values" are the right ones, nothing your kid learns should be able to compete with your explanations of those values. If you cannot show them reasons that your values are the better ones, you lose. As you should. If your ideas are valid and your "values" actually worth while, you win. As you should. Either way, it's honest and REAL.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

Studies show young people are more influenced by their peers than their parents.

[@RickKasten]

Brilliant and so true. The cream will rise to the top. If your values can't complete, it's because they are deficient. And why else would these parents need to act with force, intimidation, threats, book bans, book burnings? Because they've already lost the battle of values and violence is their only option.

[@dilaisy_loone2846]

@@MilwaukeeWoman that’s actually not true and depends on the parents/ child relationship

[@chumark54]

Thank you, Samantha Bee. This country is in a downward spiral.

[@12345678abracadabra]

@@claude_in_Cincinnati cope

[@jonathan4189]

@@12345678abracadabra lol. i think we can see that there is no hope of that happening.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

There's all kinds of books that aren't appropriate for children, where the line is drawn is fair for adults to discuss. The The Turner Diaries that inspired Timothy McVeigh is a good one to ban. So are sexuality books that override a parent's morals.

[@jonathan4189]

@@MilwaukeeWoman what are sexuality books?

[@getplaning]

Projection is the first tool of conservatism. Who came up with the term, "cancel culture," anyway?

[@jimr9499]

And "triggered" and "snowflake" etc.

[@rjonboy7608]

Probably Herman Goering. And it probably sounded better in the original German. Mother-tucker Carlson never had a single thought that didn't come word for word from the RNC Daily Memo you used to be able to get on the permanent email list for by donating $5 during campaign season.

[@davebeach2343]

What makes those who seek to ban books think that they have a right to tell everyone what to think? Why is the threat of violence towards public officials and teachers considered acceptable? How are these the actions of patriots?

[@chidi2855]

"My heart sunk" She ought to read more books

[@chezmoi42]

Really, that made an audible 'clunk'.

[@Echo81Rumple83]

Her acting made my stomach turn 🤢

[@davec5233]

Scariest book ever read was the Bible, gave me nightmares -- a dad going to sacrifice his son, entire towns turned into salt, slaying of a first born child in an entire country, full of war, etc..... Should it be banned?

[@svenm4740]

Remembering the stuff with Lot and his daughters alone it should be on the "moms for liberty" list, if their stated reason is not an outright lie.

[@tanyamcpeek9846]

Written by foreigners as well.

[@imajinallthepurple]

I remember reading books like Lord Of The Flies and Animal Farm in Middle school and loving the deep meaning. How are we to form opinions and a personality without being challenged on our world view?! And how do we learn from our mistakes if we're not allowed to know about them?!

[@sandramarshall8127]

People are trying to get books banned because they are afraid that if their children read them, they will have different values than the values their parents want them to have. They say, “Well, I read this book and it disturbs me.” Or, “My child will read this book and they will be disturbed. Therefore, everybody will have this feeling about the book.”

[@NiaLaLa_V]

Parents can try, and fail. My parents banned books in our house. I still became a vegan satanist, because I wanted it.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

@@NiaLaLa_V Did you really grow up? I don't think you have yet. Satanism is usually a phase for boys like Wicca is for girls. And once you start losing teeth over it, you'll probably eat an omnivore diet like human teeth show we were designed for.

[@hannabaal150]

I wasn't old enough to understand what Eisenhower was saying about the Military Industrial Complex, but Captain Nemo spelled it out for me when I read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea when I was 7. I would always advise anyone to read as much as they can as soon as they can about whatever they can.

[@johndaugherty7465]

"I believe that censorship grows out of fear, and because fear is contagious, some parents are easily swayed. Book banning satisfies their need to feel in control of their children’s lives. This fear is often disguised as moral outrage. They want to believe that if their children don’t read about it, their children won’t know about it. And if they don’t know about it, it won’t happen." - Judy Blume. "The books that the world calls immoral are books that show its own shame." - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

[@Doug47]

What is going to happen when their child graduates from public school and goes to college?

[@gryphonberlin]

What happened in the States since i was in school in the 70s? I learned in detail about slavery - and that started in 9th Grade. I am now so perplexed -we weren't damaged - it was a small town High School, combining 3 Upper Grade districts into one High School - a nice mix of mostly all white kids. No one had nicht terrors - we took it as it was our History. Nothing else, not a commentary on us specifically, no - but yes - a message to us to remember that the Country did and still does have things to answer for.

[@gryphonberlin]

@@BazzBrother Truth is never right wing propaganda. What i had learned seems to gel with what is known here in Europe.

[@persephonel2117]

The difference is that this isn’t the same thing you were being taught. This is a twisted version being used to politically propagandize children into thinking that they are living in a time exactly like that now, today. People aren’t complaining about the classic curriculum that taught about slavery and historical injustice in America. You weren’t taught history from a critical (Marxist) lense. Kids are being spoon fed a Marxist viewpoint of the world, and it’s damaging to them and society as a whole.

[@epsilonarcaneresearch1945]

Rising fascism happened.

[@E.J.Crunkleton]

@@persephonel2117 What's damaging about the labor theory of value?

[@dennisduncan7561]

You clowns love tossing out Marxism and communism as your all encompassing scare words while having no idea what idea what they are.

[@imayb1]

"...the GOP's long-standing effort to hamstring teachers and dismantle public education."

[@danielbaig6094]

Actually, you hit on the real reason behind a lot of this in your last sentence -- it was Betsy De Vos' biggest push -- they want public money ("vouchers") made available to parents who send their kids to private religious schools and for-profit schools. That really is the impetus for many of those funding these organizations and campaigns. Their dream goal is getting rid of public schools altogether.

[@molly-gh4we]

Beloved is one of the best books ever written. Disgusting that they would try to ban them from high schools.

[@sea_triscuit7980]

I'm really happy I was one of the last people to get a full education in America without worrying about my neighbor's mom telling me and my school why I couldn't haha

[@RudieObias]

I just have a feeling that Conservatives don't want children to develop critical thinking or media literacy. Easier to control.

[@LegendMkr7]

A lot of sci-fi and fantasy books have explicit passages, LGBT characters, metaphors for racism and sexism, if this nonsense continues it is just a matter of time before those get banned too.

[@FrontlinePros]

These are the most pathetic reasons to ban/burn books. Clearly loosely hidden by hate. These are the ppl that would shuffle their neighbours onto trains, thank you for identifying yourself.

[@thegazetteyt]

Moms for Liberty seems like an updated version or the Daughters of the Confederacy.

[@Kpimpmaster]

Who says they aren’t

[@milkflavored]

Aren’t they basically the same

[@berrios181]

Trump said he loves the poorly educated.🙄

[@malissahyatt2425]

He has a lot in common with them. 😉

[@JeffersonAleman]

When Karens unite...

[@Surreality22992]

"Moms for Liberty?" "One Million Moms?" Where are these "Moms" coming from??

[@-xirx-]

The Koch brothers wallet

[@chezmoi42]

@@-xirx- Yep, the crazed mind of the Heritage Foundation was my guess.

[@firstname7470]

The South.

[@jospinner1183]

@@firstname7470 The South doesn't have a monopoly on conservatism. The North-South divide is less significant than the urban-rural divide these days.

[@GwendolynnBY]

@@firstname7470 this is happening everywhere in the US, not just the south.

[@MrPublicPain]

Last Night my 20 million person prayer group all had 20 million nightmares after 20 million of us read THE BIBLE> I guess we ban the Bible.! Thanks Lady!

[@jglobetrotter2830]

Nightmares after the reading Bible? No, those are VISIONS and PROPHETIC DREAMS.

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

The Bible is banned in school libraries, at least in my state.

[@gazpachopolice7211]

Republicans: "Democrats opposed Emancipation" Also Republicans: "We don't talk about slavery. It makes me uncomfortable to talk about something I use to beat the other side with."

[@ironfist458]

Republicans: out front racists and white. Democrats: hide their racism and are white. Me: I can not stand white people period.

[@lionheart4529]

@@ironfist458 lol, facts they are ALL one in the same. 💯

[@shmikex]

It's funny that the majority party who was against the Confederacy at the time of the Civil War now has now problems waiving their flag and claiming it's "Culture"

[@julioperez1850]

@Mike Robbins Republicans and Democrats switched parties after the voting rights act was passed in 1964. Today's Republicans are actually yesteryear's Dixiecrats

[@chezmoi42]

@@julioperez1850 That's the point Mike was wryly trying to make. They will deny that change ever happened until you stuff the proof into their faces, probably because no one ever taught them anything about the fight for civil rights in the 20th C. (With the possible exception of 'Rosa Parks sat on a bus' and one sentence from the 'I had a dream' speech.)

[@NewMessage]

That book must be a work of fiction.. Ben's eyes are open.

[@bwenluck9812]

@New Message 😂

[@Ineddiblehulk]

The woman in that book banning ad… her parents are brother and sister right?

[@rodriley4132]

🤣🤣🤣

[@biblioholic7139]

Stores and libraries should have one of those by subject display shelves for "Conservative Banned" books to make it easy for the kids in the banned book clubs to find what they need.

[@annehurst3906]

Love that.

[@miscalotastuff733]

Our local book stores did that when I was a kid.

[@nickrich56]

There's not much wiggle room between banning and burning books. The same goes with people.

[@kristopherloviska9042]

At least burning books can provide heat when it is cold.

[@nancyjay790]

The thing that worries me is how many of these "worried parents" are advocating for the books to be destroyed.

[@nickrich56]

@@nancyjay790 oblivious to the obvious they mimic false teaching and pride themselves for their loyalty to misinformation.

[@jkuhl2492]

Here's that same protest logic they used on the Ruby Bridge's book as applied to other books: "I read the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and I demand it be removed until he mentions OTHER great Secretaries of the Treasury like Steve Mnuchin and Janet Yellen!"

[@ZT1ST]

@4:01; I can't be the only person who heard that and went "You must be new to the internet."

[@stephenspackman5573]

It's called Boko Haram, if I recall correctly… . Now taking bets on how long it is until Florida bans teaching all science.

[@dr.jamesolack8504]

…….and then, mathematics.

[@l.a.gothro3999]

And they only care about their *own* feelings - what projectionists!

[@guymontag1427]

Banned books are the best books.

[@willae1]

that murphey woman looks exactly like the simpsons character that cried think of the children in that mem....

[@-xirx-]

3:48 She looks absolutely cray-cray: dead behind the eyes. She is honestly petrifying.

[@howardmulvihill6726]

I agree totally. I'll bet she wants the librarian to only read the book of Revelations to the children 🤣

[@radagastbrown9001]

She's a disgusting hypocrite.

[@Alexandrashepiro]

thank gods, when I worked in my HSl Library in the 90's we didn't have this going on!

[@acenasty1298]

Fahrenheit 451 READ IT

[@EndeavorsDnB]

^

[@esbtux]

They need to be careful with this. There is another popular "book" that's been around a long long time and it too is controversial to people. We need to ease up on this madness.

[@willbrolley262]

Is it a Good Book? I bet that it is.

[@esbtux]

@@willbrolley262 you are correct Sir. Just imagine if people started to congregate and deem the stories in said book as false because it makes them feel bad or they disagree with how other interpret the message. Then they voice their objection to the book and proclaim it should not be available to you or your children. Yes, I know my comparison is broad, but just think about it. We are all better people when we don't ban the thoughts and beliefs of others. When it's out in the open, intelligent parents can teach their children properly with the use of multiple examples. One book, one way is not going to work. Thanks for your comment and know I do appreciate your time. Have a wonderful day.

[@E.J.Crunkleton]

I'm not really for banning books, but I would like to see the heads of evangelicals explode. I vote we do it. :)

[@kristopherloviska9042]

@@willbrolley262 There is nothing "good" about that book. It belongs in the fantasy section of any bookstore or library. And as for the quality of that fantasy writing, it is awful.

[@jdwilkins2000]

@@kristopherloviska9042 Right On! I always thought the Bible should be in with all the rest of the mythology books, in the fiction section!

[@Max.Paprika]

It's "my heart sank," but what's a republican scare tactic without a grammatical error?

[@EricaGamet]

Thank you for saying this... I feel slightly less bad about yelling, "SANK! Idiot." to my computer screen.

[@danielbaig6094]

@@EricaGamet Hey, now. Be Best! 😉

[@lorenrenee1]

Moms for liberty From Florida? Ugh; why is this not surprising. Nobody on earth is as subversive as a librarian; they make vast amounts of knowledge accessible to all-and for free.

[@janicel.johnson1683]

I love librarians...they know everything AND where it is located!

[@bwenluck9812]

@@janicel.johnson1683 That's why librarians are so dangerous, lol....

[@janicel.johnson1683]

@@bwenluck9812 Masters of the Dewey decimal system AND the Card catalog!

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

@@janicel.johnson1683 enough librarians are young enough they never touched an actual card.

[@janicel.johnson1683]

@@MilwaukeeWoman True enough, but any librarian worth their salt KNOWS what it is!

[@RiffRaff654]

Reading is what? Fundamental!

[@gordonbesancon709]

kids should be allowed to learn what ever they want.the child learning time is 1 to 14 and they will absorb the most then.

[@waynegray7130]

Good Lord! Perhaps if we banded guns from schools rather than books, we all might be a little better off! Ever read Twain's Huckleberry Finn?

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

Guns are banned from schools. We just don't have storage laws for parents to keep the guns away from their children.

[@jayjones9225]

A very important topic. So glad that my little brother and sister are reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Great book on segregation in the south during the early 20th Century

[@sarahlivingston]

I was forced to read Candide twice. I have no sympathy for these conservatives.

[@bchearne]

When did the word “liberty” become a synonym for fascism? I must’ve missed the memo

[@williamjmccartan8879]

I'm not sure when it happened but congratulations on breaking the million subscriber mark Sam, all the best to your family, keep it up Mrs. Bee

[@cycoklr]

Perverts are created by depriving them of appropriately sensuous ideas during their formative years. Teens experience all kinds of new feelings and ideas about life and steering them away from these foster deviancy later in life. Educate them!

[@qwertydog9795]

can confirm 💀

[@oldsesalt8496]

You want a best seller? Ban it.

[@texasiguana]

again, the saddest thing about this is that people want everyone to "be" and "think" like "themselves!" How boing and furthermore, they're in for a big shock!

[@agalva100]

The best way to make kids read- tell them they can’t

[@tiffanyanderson9437]

Maybe that mom in the commercial should spend more time reading about how certain views leave a certain hollow, dried out effect to one’s soul and general demeanor.

[@JJ21210]

"My right to not feel uncomfortable, briefly, from reading about racism matters more than your right to be free from the daily assaults of racism!" Biggest. Snowflakes. Ever.

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

Fahrenheit 451.

[@ronaldfontes8381]

Just remember knowledge is power, guess nobody should be more powerful than the ones who want to control you.

[@oonegro82]

Moby shopping at Trader Joe's.... Now that's classical hilariousness indeed right there!

[@aisadal2521]

Sick burn, Samantha! 👏😂

[@thomasdesmond2233]

Open house at my kids’ Catholic school-they had all the books students would read in the four years on display. Said to the English teacher’”all the banned books.” He said proudly, “the banned books are the best books.”

[@Thiefnuker]

Imagine calling yourself "for liberty" while literally advocating book bans. ?!?

[@jenaminton7009]

Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat that same history. Someone should challenge every politician to name one historical figure they admire from another race and why they admire them. Let's see how well they do.

[@patuberTV]

That Moby joke was one of the funniest sentences I've heard in awhile.

[@shawnloop2796]

Why are school board meetings not being held Virtually and the links to the meeting only being sent to parents of confirm kids in the district?

[@TellyKNetic]

Sounds to me like that high school senior just didn't want to do his homework.

[@amberzec]

I have always loved books and reading. My kids too. I'm so grateful this show is covering this subject! Love ya Sam!

[@ken7165]

Republicans are trying very hard to make Bradbury's Farenheit 451 a reality

[@pop5678eye]

'I don't know it, understand or agree with it therefore my child shouldn't either!'

[@Usernameping]

I love how Republicans pretend that colleges are filled with safe spaces where nobody is allowed to be challenged with ideas contrary to their beliefs… when that’s literally Republicans’ goals about primary, middle, and high schools.

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

Thanks Sam, for speaking truth. Even when it's as pathetic and sad as this.

[@lorifiedler13]

I remember reading Roots. It was horrifying. I remember throwing the book across the room, revolted. But I picked it up again and read the whole thing.

[@brandonmaddox4862]

Some of the most powerful books I’ve ever read were books that would make these Karen’s heads explode

[@MultiMackD]

Weren't these the same people losing their minds over Dr. Seuss VOLUNTARILY discontinuing several books???

[@yesidromero7299]

We can’t abdicate the intellectual responsibility to stay well informed. Critical thinking leads to better options for everyone but some people think that if someone else improved their life standards is because it was took it away from the privilege ones…

[@stefangonzo]

I have a compromise for these book-burning unrighteous-Dominion types. Keep these books in the school libraries, displayed next to the front desk... In a locked case with signs stating "students are banned from reading these books without parental consent." The Karen's get their bans. The Public keeps the books (mostly) uncensored. And the "the Streisand" will be in full effect... This compromise doesn't work for intentionally teaching empathetic material in the curriculum. But at least it works for libraries.

[@lovanaries]

That's right let's scare children out of reading books, that'll go down well. In my day (20 years ago) they encouraged us to read, literacy rates when up. I wondered how well read students will be after seeing parents lose their minds over books that deal with topics that they are now introduced to on the news 🙄 Cool😒

[@MilwaukeeWoman]

I don't know if you've noticed, but young people are terrible writers, but many of them can create and edit rather complex videos. The written word isn't the main method of communication among young people anymore, visuals are.

[@divamarvalousoneal2454]

White moms telling non white kids(not their own) What to read - The Most Karen thing ever

[@Thorum13]

Great show. Much needed. Thanks!

[@TheDecoCottage]

This makes me appreciate my parents even more. My mom NEVER opposed any of the books I chose to read. If there was a topic she thought might be questionable or a bit too heavy for me, she’d read it first or we’d read it together and then have discussions about the books. Sometimes I’d bring whatever I was reading to school with me; I got some raised eyebrows from a few teachers, even a few calls/emails home to make sure my parents were aware of what I was reading. I plan to use that same logic with my own kids. They love to read and I want to encourage them to confront uncomfortable topics in a safe way and open their minds to other view points and experiences.

[@noisyimp]

the mother on the advert said "my heart sunk" - she used the incorrect past particple of sink when she should have used the simple past "sank" - My heart sank. Maybe she should have read more books at school.