Utah Schools Ban Bible ✝️

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[@GreenToast01]

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[@alexanderwhite298]

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[@Gibon345]

You have put way too much effort into their add. Ive seen a guy literally mock them and they kept on working with him because talked about the game and displayed the qr code

[@raoulduke7668]

@@alexanderwhite298 Also, putting a wet towel around your neck is pretty amazing. And if you live somewhere where humidity is lower, you can also hang wet towels around your room, the evaporation sucks thermal energy from the air, thus cooling it down

[@ErthBeer]

....what does the bible say about love at first sight?...💏

[@zechariah22]

The widespread book bannings will be looked back on with shame. Though I find it hilarious that this has backfired a little on Christian conservatives

[@johndemeritt3460]

Well, you know what they say . . . turnabout is foreplay! And that's Republicans scr3w1ng themselves and their communities again!

[@AbandonedVoid]

Humanity isn't going to exist that long. Climate change has passed a tipping point. We're going to go extinct between 2050 and 2100 now and we don't have any realistic way to prevent it. We could have in the 60's, but now all of our more optimistic models are incredibly fantastical.

[@idigamstudios7463]

Malicious compliance is the bestest

[@Spagettigeist]

I'm also against book banning, but I agree that this is hilarious XD They deserve it. =)

[@mertalrooth01]

I don't feel bad about the Bible book van because it was religious people that were doing this to ban everything else. AKA sucks when your own rules go against you. maybe you should think about rules you make more so in the future before making them.

[@JALaflinOfficial]

Conservatives need to know that if one book can be banned, then THEIR book can be banned. Also, funnily enough, I had an adult Bible as a kid with graphic depictions of violence... Definitely scarred me for life.

[@MusMasi]

I learnt what Genocide and rape was from the bible, I also learnt that men can be raped by other men as well, talk about an eye opener.

[@4ucmikey]

Holy war time? You want to force yourself on me? I can be dangerous.

[@leyrua]

Yeah they totally included the word "pornographic" in the bill just so that anyone who opposed it could be accused of peddling pornography to minors.

[@fionatastic0.070]

Especially considering porn is not legally defined in the states. It’s a way to muddy the waters. Hence why blanket bans are typically bad and therefore used by fascists to draw in the general public.

[@Entomology314]

The Bible mentions sex. Quite a bit. By a conservative’s definition of pornography, the Bible is totally porn.

[@micksilva6028]

Well, they did make a law against school Librarians and teachers in Arkansas who peddle this "pornography", if they are caught distributing banned books, they will do instant prison time for it and have to pay tens of thousands of dollars in fines. This is frightening!!! This is freaking North Korea type tyranny.

[@iallso1]

I read recently a distinction between art and pornography, following reading an article on a Florida school district banning the image of the statue of David. If you took the definition I read none of these books would be considering pornographic and sculpture and paintings would also be art not porn. I guess if we are looking at the ability of the written word to provoke a sexual stimulus, that very much depends on the reader and perhaps whether the reader wants to feel stimulated at the time.

[@leyrua]

@@iallso1 Oh boy. When stuff is subject to a vague and subjective definition, things can easily get really dangerous and oppressive.

[@jkmil4981]

The first book burning in Germany targeted the research library of a pioneer research center studying body dismorphia, sexual reassignment and homosexuality. Possibly the first modern facility to examine these subjects clinically and sympathetically

[@panqueque445]

As a former schoolboy I can confirm that seeing a penis with the word "penis" next to it in a science book is only going to cause the entire class to laugh for 5 minutes. And teach us how to draw better penises on every surface available.

[@mckenna_L_]

This happened in my county, the same one I went to public school in and practically lived in the school libraries. The book ban has been breaking my heart and I was thrilled to see someone using it against these extremists by targeting their book. I know everyone is talking about how the Bible being banned was retracted but we all knew that would happen. The point was to show how hypocritical these far right legislative moves are

[@dbkaggie]

Oh hey, same background here.

[@ninjoshday]

Same here!

[@greyborg3846]

The right doesn't care about being hypocritical, even when it is pointed out to them, even when it is publically pointed out. They care about winning. In their mind getting the books they disagree with removed is winning. And when the books they approve of are pointed out to fall outside of the guidelines that they themselves set and they are able to get it to be allowed to not be removed they view that as winning even harder. They have no integrity, no shame, and no self awareness.

[@whispermason8052]

But in Utah they likely did it to ensure kids were focused on the book of Mormon. It's still indoctrination.

[@jessestreet2549]

Far Reich. Spell it properly.

[@daddystartrek]

Emma, you have no idea how bad it is to live in the US. My lesbian daughter has fled to Ireland. I’m happy for her, and I wonder if she will ever want to visit this sick country. I was an award winning teacher of human evolution and the works of Darwin. I was let go due to lack of funding in the anthropology department. Desperately I took whatever gig I could find. So I was a tutor at a middle school. Two students asked me what animal we were and I didn’t hesitate to tell them that we are apes. That got me fired and blacklisted in all schools within the district. I loved teaching evolution and when that love of my life was taken from me I had a nervous breakdown. Not a noble end to a career of which I am proud. So this country is truly terrible to live in and I doubt that anyone who doesn’t live here has a grasp of just how terrible it is. I am just glad that my daughter escaped.

[@doneestoner9945]

I'm ashamed of this country (USA).

[@BsKB1000]

That was an unfortunate story to read! I hope you keep being an awesome and open minded parent for your daughter and focus on her being happy. If you ever find a way to move/travel to Europe, I think your welcome in a lot of European countries. Take care!

[@crocopie]

Maybe a better wording is "primates"? But yiu are correct that humans are indeed apes.

[@RecMike]

​@@crocopiethey would have had a problem with that, too. Anything short of "We aren't animals. We're divinely created in the image of god as game wardens for creation" would be a sacrilege to these fools.

[@user-gl5dq2dg1j]

This is why we need national teaching standards set by rational minds that haven't been corrupted by theocracy.

[@laurencius415]

It's a time-honored tradition for boys to draw penises everywhere. Dates back at least to Roman times.

[@marionfowler4270]

I don't know why we do it, I just know it must be done.

[@johnbritain1790]

That's true. Boys took the practice over from the adults of pre-Roman times.

[@georgesparks7833]

It's like a dog marking it's territory by urinating on a tree...

[@jorybuechner9775]

I have never drawn a penis in my life or even boobs for that matter. I never understood why other boys did that and then they would laugh about it like it was the funniest thing they ever saw

[@insouciantFox]

@@jorybuechner9775 ah finally a kindred spirit

[@Uneclipsed]

For a group that largely promotes purity culture and is all "think of the children!", they seem to always forget just how much banging and inc*st is in the bible

[@norikofu509]

They love to talk about Sodom and Gamorrah but not about how God himself let Incest and Inbreeding happen between an Old Father who wanted his daughters to be gangraped by the Entire Town to save the Angels sent by God and his Daughters who tricked him with beer to sleep with him

[@mattmorehouse9685]

They're deluded hypocrites so that's par for the course. That and the Bible has to include the sick bits, otherwise how are the Christians going to argue Jesus was against gun control. "See, God slaughters loads of wicked people. Now he has to rely on us with our rifles to do it, but the principle is the same."

[@magister343]

The first time the term Apage love is used in the bible (in the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the old testament made in the 3rd century BC, which is the version that the authors of the New testament quoted) it is not talking about the unconditional love god has for us, but the feelings that one of King David's sons had for his sister before he raped her, but no longer felt for her after the rape.

[@mattmorehouse9685]

@@magister343 Wait they used the term "agape"? Why? I can see how a bunch of misogynistic sexists would say rape counts as erotic love in their twisted hearts, but agape?!

[@magister343]

@@mattmorehouse9685Because Agape did not really mean what Christians like C.S. Lewis claimed it meant. It was pretty much just a synonym for Philia love, mostly used for love between family members. When Philia was contrasted with Agape, the difference was generally that Philia often implied that the lover and beloved were of equal status (like brothers of similar age) while Agape would include love where there was a more significant power imbalance (as between a father and his children or a husband and his wife). Of course, Philia did not imply equal status all the time, as when the object of love was a horse, and the common epithet "Philopator" used Philia to describe the love one has for his or her father. I 'm not 100% certain that it used the term Apage for the desire that drove him to rape, but it definitely said that he no longer had agape love for her like he did before after he came to regret forcing himself on her. He stopped loving her the way a brother should love his sister.

[@mattg6106]

Banning the bible in schools is an absolutely fantastic way to point out the fact that book banning is more about promoting a conservative agenda than it is about child safety.

[@alexmcgilvery3878]

Just to update. The ban has been overturned and the Bible returned to primary schools. (age 4-10ish) It was never removed from middle school or high schools. I am waiting to see whether any other bans have been retracted. As an author, I have a new life goal, which is to write a book that gets banned in Florida or some other book banning state. I think that would look good on my CV

[@Yeetusdeletus897]

You haven’t wrote it but I’ll take 100 copies when you have

[@tudormiller887]

But I'll bet they'll ban other religious books in schools, just to keep kids on the right path to Christian Nationalist ideological doctrine.

[@InfinityKrompt]

Being banned or outrage talked about by right wing media is the best publicity you could ever want because it almost certainly means that you've done something good.

[@keriannekerr1876]

I had that goal as well in 2012. I'll never forget how the outrage over Harry Potter encouraging witchcraft and making any articles remotely connected to magic tie in with HP is how I learned about Noerther Star College of Mystical Studies in my country. The headmistress even had the last name Potter! I wanted to make a book series focusing on each country's interpretation and application of magic. It would have been a lofty goal that would require global participation which made it too intimidating to start to attempt.

[@JustaLuni]

Anatomy and psychology books and christian parents are all "think of the children" but when schools uno reverse it and suddenly that's getting rid of freedoms. Hypocrisy at its finest.

[@Soapy-chan_old]

"think of the children!!!" "oh, we indoctrinate and lie to them and let the preachers touch them? Yeah that's fine."

[@CHIEF_420]

🧂

[@jursamaj]

Yes, it's hypocrisy. But they don't care.

[@johnandersons]

But if it was a book on trans that gets banned the other side is all up in arms.

[@dogearflopper7011]

They don't care about hypocrisy. They care about power.

[@johnandersons]

That is on both sides. They both are all for what they want until it is used to help the other side.

[@alphaHero100]

@@johnandersons huh weird how democratic policies help republicans consistently as they don't discriminate.

[@erenjaeger1738]

​@alphaHero100 fr both sides uses political gain XD

[@choczynski]

Making it so children cannot identify or explain that they're being abused is a substantial part of the goal of this wave of book banning

[@Cuffsmaster]

Well said

[@Ozark-nq9uu]

So abusing children makes it so they can identify the abuse? Make that make sense.....

[@choczynski]

@@Ozark-nq9uu ?

[@Cuffsmaster]

@@Ozark-nq9uu I think you call information for Children abuse if I understand you. Showing them what is child abuse is far different that pushing a dick in them. Would you agree?

[@Ozark-nq9uu]

It's simple these books sexualize children. S Anything sexual related to a child is abuse.

[@ClutchSituation]

As an American, I can tell you that a lot of the "arguments" are now boiling down to "my opinion counts and yours doesn't" from the book banners. We are so beyond logic now. It is almost entirely "I'm afraid of the boogey-man that people tell me I should be afraid of and that's all the justification I need." It's primal fear.

[@dakotakae]

Live in Utah - we just undid this ban 😮‍💨. The bill that allowed it to be banned is still in effect and being used to ban all sorts of LGBTQ books. But the Bible is fine. The book with incest and "grapes" and violence that the bill was supposed to get out of schools.

[@merbst]

"Live in Utah", I'm sorry to hear that! If you ever need a respite, your welcome here in California! I'd even invite you to my house, for a meal or a weekend, occupancy permitting.

[@frogblasttheventcore69]

I loved that part where all the Sodomites wanted to rape that angel, but that one guy said he'd give up his daughter instead. Happy days.

[@private1177]

ah damn. should have banned all of those books

[@cocobunitacobuni8738]

@@frogblasttheventcore69 or the part in the new testament where slaves are told to obey their masters and women are told to shut up in church, not have authority and to serve their husbands. It truly is a religion for an enlightened age.

[@dakotakae]

@@merbst I'm actually a transplant here FROM California 😅. Itty bitty podunk town called Victor(victim)ville 😅. Work and home ownership is keeping me here now.

[@knitandcatboodle]

I'm from a Christian from Utah and I found this hilarious. I know so many people up in arms about this saying "oh look how far we've fallen that the Word of God is to be banned!" Calm down Susan, they're making a point about this absurd law.

[@FakingANerve]

"Calm down, Susan..." Jesus, I owe you a drink for that laugh. 😂 I needed that. Thank ya!

[@kentstallard6512]

How do you rationalize the genocide, slavery, misogyny, homophobia, infanticide, etc. in the Bible, all mandated and condoned by God?

[@MrZaborskii]

​@@kentstallard6512 She said, "I'm from [sic] a Christian from Utah and I found this hilarious." She did not say, "I'm a Christian: ask me anything." I'm sure you can find plenty of Christians on the internet who will willingly engage with you in defense of their book. This isn't one of them. This is a Christian who believes in secular government, and is only offering her beliefs as a way of saying, "not all Christians want a theocracy." And not all Christians do. Theocracies are bad for everyone. Some Christians know that. Aggressively confronting people like catboodle here is a waste of your time and hers. Especially because non-theocratic Christians aren't the enemy.

[@whispermason8052]

You are in Utah, do you think the Motivation behind it is to ensure the book of Mormon is the only religious text available?

[@Yeetusdeletus897]

No offense to you but in the context of comparing lgbt books to the Bible the Bible is way worse when it comes to awful themes that are glorified.there’s a part in the Bible where god justifies men graping (minus the g) women and then takes credit for it after his men do just that

[@russellmillar7132]

Somebody smart once said: "If someone doesn't want you to learn, that person is not your friend". I agree with your assessment that books should not be banned and that it was funny and ironic that Utah banned the Bible (temporarily). I know there are uneducated folks everywhere, but here in the home of the brave (US) there are millions that seem to consider being uneducated a qualification for in-depth analysis of politics, medicine, history, race relations, and cosmology. There is a loud minority of ultra conservatives (fascists) in our country that push bigoted ideology with the help of wealthy backers. No opportunity to divide the populace, be it racism, homophobia, sexism, and/or anti-intellectualism, will go unexploited. This group is really opposed to teaching children the real history of western civilization. They don't want the veil to be pulled back on how white people of European ancestry came to colonize and dominate so much of the planet's landmasses. They say they don't want white children to "feel bad" for the things that were done in the past. Yet there doesn't seem to be any concern for how it will make black, Native, Hispanic, and Asian, not to mention LGBTQ+, children feel that the origins, contributions, and sufferings of their people's history will never be taught. I often, when I have the golden opportunity to converse with one of these nutters, ask if children should learn about WWII and how Hitler led his country to invade countless countries causing the deaths of millions of people who had not attacked Germany (I purposely leave out the genocide). I also ask if it's okay to include the fact that Hitler was white. I then ask if knowing that Hitler was white, when they learned about WWII in school, made them feel bad for being white. I sometimes use the serial killer/cannibal Jeffery Dahmer, white also, in making this point.

[@Michael-D.-Williams]

Ultra conservatives, technically, are not fascist. Fascists seek to change the world. Conservatives want to conserve their way of life, even if its a nostalgic throwback to their own idyllic childhood that never existed outside their own experience. The modus operandi of these two groups are similar, but you don't have to be a fascist to be a dreadful shithead.

[@robertjohnston-mp5im]

The crazy conservative extremists will of course start screeching that Hitler was a socialist (still don't get how they came to that conclusion since he made it very clear where he stood when he placed socialists in the camps) so therefore Hitler must've been a LiBtRarD pushing the gay agenda lol🤡🤣

[@rianmacdonald9454]

Although I can agree with some of your points, there are some I can not at all. First, do you know why Hitler invaded Poland? The German people living there, were being ethnically cleansed, and sent request after request for help/protection - as they were facing genocide. Many requests were sent to the UK and France by Germany, to try to sort this out with out war, all requests were ignored, so the invasion took place, UK and France (forcing German hands to war) then declared War on Germany. The truth of WW2 is a lot worse than what is being taught, and starts with the end of WW1 - that war caused WW2, it was always going to happen due to UK and France's terms imposed on Germany. Secondly, regarding Europeans (and although you never mentioned the world, clearly refer to slavery) - who do you think were the slaves prior to the 1500's(there about) when Europeans entered Africa. Add to that, that for a long time it was the Africans selling other conquered Africans to the Europeans, but the first point was white people where the slaves, here in UK the English enslaved the Welsh, the Scottish and the Irish, well before any black person was taken, and well after the American civil war ending slavery. As to taught history, here in Wales UK - we are never taught about Welsh ruler ship, or Scottish rulership or Irish - it is only the English history taught. This issue of history being selective edited to teach a certain perspective while ignoring the truth - goes much much further and deeper than 99.9% of people actually realise. The true history of humanity is F'ing disgusting, no matter how you look it, no matter what standards you want to apply - it is barbaric and disgusting - then it is lied about to make the case of ''good guys vs bad guys'' - like what has been done to Germany over WW2.

[@bargainbassist]

@@rianmacdonald9454 To paraphrase you, "I can agree with some of your points, there are some I can not at all." For instance, the idea of the English enslavement of the Irish, the Scottish, and the Welsh has been proven to be a fallacy that's been promoted by far-right extremists to retroactively justify the enslavement of black Africans.

[@Pharasis90]

I like this analysis. As a teacher in the school district that banned the Bible, I have an update: our district's school board just overturned the committee decision that banned it. Basically, if the right group of parents complains, the district will give them whatever the f*** they want. Goodbye gay books, but we can't lose our precious bible (which the students don't check out anyway).

[@MrSeedi76]

I have to admit, the time I spent in a school library is 0 seconds. They didn't have Stephen King.

[@Pharasis90]

No Stephen King, but I'm sure they had ALL the porn books. 😉😉😉

[@popenieafantome9527]

@@MrSeedi76My school’s library didn’t seem widely used, but they did have a decent range of books. They did have some Stephen King books and one of the book i read for a book report from there was surprisingly a very mature book. Rape and domestic violence was the major topic of the book from what i remember.

[@mattmorehouse9685]

That's awful. Then again, from my experience, most Christians are greater or lesser hypocrites and deluded at that. Makes sense the loudest ones would be utterly self absorbed and irony immune.

[@BlueBD]

That's how it should be. The school doesn't run without students in the system and if the parents decide that X should not be taught then X will not be thought in that school. Within Reason of course, as always everything requires a level of compromise and nuance. But these are things that have to be discussed on a smaller level, this is not something that government can properly control nor should it. They can Overwatch it and set the guidelines but overall It would be down to the Families and the schools to decide what Extra courses are offered and taught.

[@Nevets1073]

Unfortunately here in America one political party has no shame when it comes to hypocrisy. They don't care and when you point out their hypocrisy to them, they think it's funny. They call you "triggered". They call you "woke". They will, in my opinion, simply pass a law out in Utah that will exempt all religious texts from being banned. That's what they've done here in Iowa where I live.

[@MusclesandBooks]

Oooh if they DO exempt all religious texts let's get the Quran in every library! Once again use their laws against them, LOL.

[@_Sloppyham]

@@MusclesandBookswe should make a truly saucy religious text lol

[@Rc3651]

As a kid, when we learned about history I always thought we were so advanced. Surely we had learned that book bannings were bad, or that if you knew a social system wasn't working then you should address it. But no, we're still making all of the same mistakes, and correctly pointing out that we're making those mistakes as we make them. It always makes me wonder what future generations will think of us. Heck, forget them, even the kids growing up now are going to think that we're all inept dumbasses

[@Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear]

Don't worry, you won't have to wait for future generations, here in Europe many of us already consider the US a third world country.

[@jursamaj]

Kids generally think the adults are inept dumbasses anyway…

[@TheJasonBorn]

I literally think "you're an inept dumbass" whenever I hear Republican politicians and collaborators thoughts on most matters.

[@nuttysquirrel8816]

_"...it makes me wonder what future generations will think of us..."_ If we stay the course you described, they may not be future generations.

[@rianmacdonald9454]

there won't be future generations. Humanities time has come to an end, just running out the clock now.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

Man, it's almost like banning books isn't a great idea. Who could have seen that coming?

[@jones1351]

When I was a kid (post adolescent) I remember hearing, 'the streets are no place to learn about sex' - we didn't have internet in the stone age. About a month ago I saw a clip of an angry parent (understatement) who was reading from what I assume was a book on sex and sexuality written for young teens. It appears that he picked out the most graphic passage he could find. And began ranting about this 'filth' being taught to 'our children!!' Now, I don't imagine this guy 'having the talk' with his young'uns. And if he gets his way, and this and other books like it, are banned, how will his and other children learn? Well, from 'the streets', of course. Teen pregnancy, STDs, and other horrors to follow. Foot, meet gunshot. P.S. I remember my time in the U.K. and Europe. Seems y'all ain't discovered air conditioning. 😁

[@toforgetisagem8797]

We have discovered air conditioning in UK. It's expensive to run. It turns warm damp air into freezing damp air. It's not worth getting for the 4 or 5 days of hot weather, we get here, every other decade. Britain is usually a cold, damp dot in an ocean.

[@sarah_757]

I never had any formal sex education because my parents were abusive authoritarian Christians. They concealed and lied to us about so much of the world, neither I or my siblings were in any way prepared to be a part of society. Again, because my parents abused us *because* they were Christians. At 45 I'm just now starting to unpack some of this stuff. I'm very, very angry at these systemic abuses I suffered and that no one will ever be held to account. I despise how Christians are given special privilege because of their propaganda that they are "good" people. They are not.

[@Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear]

@@sarah_757 I'm sorry you had to go through that. If you're looking for educational content, i recommend the channels TheraminTrees for information on abuse and indoctrination and how they are tied to religion (i think his video "copying enemies | the after-effects of abuse" should be able to help you); Stated Clearly for simple explanations of scientific concepts; Forrest Valkai and Viced Rhino with their series "The light of evolution" and "the evidence for evolution" respectively (their other materials are also nice); Paulogia on the historicity of the bible; AnticitizenX's series "the psychology of belief" (this one is short, about 11 videos for a total of 1h of watch time, and it's very good); TMM and Venaloid for some replies to apologetics arguments. I heard that AronRa did some informative videos but i haven't really watched him so i'm not sure if he's interesting. Lastly you can also check out Logicked, who replies to fringe, astonishingly baffling or broken arguments and beliefs. To give an example, somebody wrote a book in which he said that math is a lie because (among other examples) when you take an apple and divide it once you get two pieces, so 1 divided by 1 should be equal 2.

[@mattmorehouse9685]

@@sarah_757 Indeed. Jesus, the supposed perfect guy, invents the idea of an eternal torture chamber where everyone who doesn't love him to his exact specifications will go after they die. At least Yahweh "merely" kills you.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear You watch pretty much the same people I do. Kristi Burke also does videos about the damage christianity has done, and tries to help people who have been traumatised by it.

[@Juni_for_short]

As a child raised in the christian Church, can confirm they did not in fact shield us from the vulgar, sexual, and extremely violent parts of their good book...

[@ojrmk1]

I became friends with my Secondary School librarian in the 90's and convinced them to have Ben Elton books added to the school library. They were so on board with this, they read the first chapter of the Ben Elton novel "Popcorn" out loud in assembly. So that's how I got the school librarian to say "Shit Happens", out loud, in front of 500 11-16 year olds. My proudest moment.

[@lara-ce2kg]

I agree book banning are bad. But how else can we point out the hypocrisy in their laws?

[@spiderzvow1]

sadly the people doing this crap dont learn lessons.

[@Natheist]

Add the Satanic Bible

[@GameTimeWhy]

​@@Natheistadd it to what?

[@mizquitl]

@@GameTimeWhy Add it to the books that have to be banned from libraries so at the point that they overthrow the whole thing it will become legally available.

[@krankarvolund7771]

She said in the video, it's a good thing the Bible is banned with that law ^^ Personally, I don't feel comfortable letting bibles in school anyway. It's not a question of the content, it's just a symbol, in my country chch and state are separated, students can be punished or expelled for wearing religious signs, and teachers are also forbidden, I think it's a more neutral way to do it than aepting religion in school.

[@georgem2334]

Judy Blume's famous novel, Are You There God, It's Me Margaret has been banned off and on for the past fifty years and is currently again banned in several southern states. It's essentially about a girl's first period. Book banners have lost all reason and have chosen to give in to mob fear and panic over nothing.

[@Mudbutt73]

I am very old and very atheist. Nice to see so many young people coming around. Good channel

[@MrMontey726]

The school's reversal of this decision shows it's not about violence, just as long as the violence is in service of their message.

[@rianmacdonald9454]

SPOT ON. wondered how long before i saw this comment. As long as it serves what they want it is acceptable.

[@Forsworcen]

Malicious compliance is the best way to combat most stupid laws.

[@truthgiver8286]

Maybe it should not be banned but definitely placed in the fiction side of the library.

[@catsmeow1630]

👍👍👏👏😊

[@paganphil100]

@truthgiver8286: Yes, in the children's fiction area.

[@dogwalker666]

X rated, Myth & Magic section.

[@ishmael4510]

Ban it Ploytheism is more truthful and practical for life then that book unless it's written in classic Hebrew the OG scripts/language.

[@Soapy-chan_old]

​@@ishmael4510lol it's not

[@lauraevans2104]

I remember in elementary school we read this historical fiction book about the revolutionary war (USA) that had a focus on how split allegiances affected families. It was called “My Brother Sam is Dead”. It was easy to read and understand as a 3rd grader. Anyway along comes my sophomore year of Highschool and what book is in the news about being added to the banned book list? Yep that one, I got to do an interview with the news anchor who was covering the story. The reason why it was banned one of the characters is beheaded for livestock theft “Billy’s head jumped off his body.” Yep that was it. I still don’t get it. There was no gore, a 9/10 year old was able to understand what was happening. Like parents if you have issues with some books then limiting access for age appropriateness and being available to discuss the information in the books is the way to go. Don’t just ban them. Also I own this book as an adult. I would say that in the public school setting, the Bible should be presented literature in the same vein that when doing the religions of the world, the Torá, Qur’an, the Pentateuch and so forth are presented.

[@Mavisdundundunnnmanston]

In 5th grade we had our 1st s*x ed class. Because of this, it became clear one of my classmates was being abused by a family member. My teacher was able to save my classmate by teaching her how to word what was happening, and what was happening was not ok.

[@The_real_Arovor]

I‘m a Christian believer, and I love to see the law backfiring on the hypocrites in the US. If you’re starting to ban books, no matter what political position you take, you’re doing it wrong. Edit: There are some rare exceptions, that may be viable for a ban. But those are like really rare. Edit2: one example that comes to mind is the banning of „Mein Kampf“ in post WW2 Germany. Nowadays it should be legal again though.

[@DennisEngelhard]

"Mein Kampf" being banned in Germany is a widespread misconception. Germany doesn't do any form of censorship, there is an article against that in our constitution. But we have an index of media that is considered unsuitable for children and young people. What that means is, you have to be 18 to buy them and businesses are not allowed to advertise these pieces of media in any way. That means I could order "Mein Kampf" from Amazon in Germany (I just checked, it's there) but it will never show up as an recommended article for anybody, because that would be against the law.

[@devforfun5618]

here in Brazil historians are thinking about only allowing edited versions of mein kampf with added context, because publishing a book with unfiltered lies isn't very usefull, specially when it is lying about something that happened decades ago on the other hand some conservatives were mad because a childrens book had a drawing of the father spreading butter in toast, instead of the mother, but they vote on senators that want to unban mein kampf

[@whispermason8052]

What about the anarchists cookbook? Also, Utah probably did it to indoctrinate the book of Mormon , being the only religious book in a school library.

[@luislux2859]

Actually mein Kampf was never really banned in Germany. It is only forbidden to buy, print or sell new copis of this book. Buying or selling an antiquarian copy isn't vorbiden. Also buying or selling new edited versions is also legal. Still this is something I would not want on my bookshelf.

[@AndyMarsh]

I remember my mum telling about how a copy of Lady Chatterly got passed round her class with the corners of all the juicy pages turned down, despite it being very definately banned!

[@Lia-uf1ir]

7:11 On the Nazi book burnings, connecting them to the book banning on sexual orientation and gender identity, it is important to mention that at the same book burning in 1933, the very first in Nazi Germany btw, the books of the Institute of Sexual Science founded by Magnus Hirschfeld were also burned. The institute researched sexual orientation and gender identity and was very progressive for its time (ironically the terms it used are now considered outdated and insulting). The institute also performed some of the first gender-affirming surgeries such as that of the oldest known case of a trans woman medically transitioning. She was named Dora Richter. In 1933, the nazis raided the institute and destroyed its contents, which also meant their library. The standard of research on trans people was set bet by decades and wouldn't be met again until the 1990s. During the raid, it is speculated that Dora Richter was killed although it is not confirmed. It is unknown what happened to her afterwards.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

So sad about Dora.

[@khanhngo5979]

The banning of books is due to fear and insecurities

[@foxesofautumn]

It’s probably more ignorance and entitlement. These are the people with the most power, after all. I’ll add that the church has been co-opted in the US. It’s no longer about faith. It’s about control. It’s about trying to homogenise a diverse society because some people would rather destroy others than move an inch on their understanding. Hmm, maybe it’s is about fear.

[@joachimschoder]

I am actually fine with banning books from schools that openly promote genocide, slavery or rape. The bible checks all of those boxes. And before you come to me with "this is old testament": I would take this a lot more seriously if "Christians" wouldn't constantly cherry pick quotes from the old testament when they want to judge people they don't like.

[@vincentcomeau7844]

Whenever I hear " that's the old testament " I reply with " remove these pages from your Bible then".

[@joachimschoder]

@@vincentcomeau7844 The funniest part is when they have used the old testament to attack gay people and then turn around and say that the rules in the exact same books don't apply to them because old testament.

[@Soapy-chan_old]

​@@vincentcomeau7844same!

[@simongiles9749]

​@@joachimschoderThey can always fall back on some stuff in (I think) 1 Corinthians to back up homophobia, although in context this whole Epistle is more a warning to local Christians to avoid "Greek" practices of the general population than a universal set of rules.

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Just seems redundant, like they probably already have a couple bibles at home. anyone renting a bible from the library is probably a heathen and just using it for research or mockery . Like putting the bible on blast for their oral report or some shit. could be fun

[@bargainbassist]

The Bible is easy prey. On the other hand, banning the *Book of Mormon* in Utah would be a GENUINE act of courage.

[@hudsonhaynie1632]

As someone who lives in Utah, this gives me infinite joy, and I hope the Book Of Mormon is next.

[@danielcameron9857]

Although we have had the bible in school libraries while I was growing up (in the USA), there was never a copy of the Torah or Quran (nor any other religious text that I recall). Regardless, we were never forbidden from having our own. I do disagree, based on our constitutional "separation of church and state", that public schools should have any religious text outside of a class that discusses religions and religious history.

[@thembill8246]

Yeah but that's just like what happened with prayer in schools, and you know how much they bitched about that, flat out lying and saying that you weren't even allowed to do it on your own anymore. That's what they would say on about the Bible too

[@CHIEF_420]

🧂🧂🧂

[@jonathanmarth6426]

Don't think the separation of church and state applies there. Making a book available to read isn't the same as promoting the ideology depicted therein. However it is ridiculous that a bible would be available while other holy texts aren't.

[@johnscaramis2515]

@@thembill8246 There's a lot of lying going on when it comes to beliefs and/or beleivers talking about their beliefs. Although lying is against the rules they claim to live according to. The more I take a look and find examples, the more I get the feeling that this is a kind of natural law that every belief necessarily comes along with lying. At least to oneself.

[@devforfun5618]

@@johnscaramis2515 that is because they lie about the testment that say you cant lie, the correct term is bear false witness, which they also do, but is a more reasonable rule

[@redblaze8700]

Many Christians don’t read the Bible, except for the selected nice parts, so no wonder why they were shocked by this ban 😂

[@nightmarerex2035]

its true most "christains" read only the "nice parts" and most "Satanist" read only the "bad parts"

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

​@@nightmarerex2035 Most realists read the bad parts

[@mkuhnactual]

Yeah had JW's come to my door the other days and at first denied that the bible gives the seal of approval for slavery and beating your slave as long as they don't immediately die, then when I gave them the verse they spent 15 minutes trying to explain to me how that's a a good thing actually.

[@Soapy-chan_old]

​@@nightmarerex2035satanists don't do that

[@AnotherCraig]

And it's a very selective definition of 'nice.' Apparently most of them consider Jesus' "ain't no wealthy people getting into heaven, y'all," a safe-to-ignore part

[@RurikDankil]

I'm just disappointed it's already been lifted. One person interviewed about the ban being lifted I can agree with (her reasoning was that no books should be banned) but it's not going to do anything about the other banned books. Even more unfortunately, it's ban was lifted by unanimous vote.

[@nicholaskarako5701]

The last time I looked up a list of book that are in US schools it seemed like half of the books on the list were book I had read when I was in school like Catcher and the Rye, Animal farm/ 1984, To kill a Mockingbird, Mice of men, Slaughter house five, Lord of the flies, The Dairy of Anne Frank and Flowers for Algernon.

[@airlag]

These are lots of books that really have important messages. It's a shame they are banned. It's doing no good to the USA.

[@hydrofenrir4175]

​@@airlagI'm not sure if it's consistent across the entire US. I read most of those in school too. Wouldn't be surprised if certain parts of the US still have it banned in schools still. Glad I lived in one of the parts where it wasn't. Those who didn't get the opportunity to read those books really are missing out

[@stylis666]

A little chuckle? I LOVE it! :D Laughed my ass of and spent 3 hours sewing it back on! :p I think it's great poetic justice and I've been advocating for banning bibles for quite some time because of its vulgarity and violence, not seriously though, but as a response to the hypocrisy of parents and other idiots trying to ban books from schools for similar reasons and those parents pretty much always religious and they also advocate for public schools teaching christianity as true and praying in class. And teaching faith based religions as true, promoting faith, and praying in class is abusive and normalizes and desensitizes kids to red flags that indicate abuse, so that should be illegal even in christian and islamic schools, but bibles should stay, just as Mein Kampf shouldn't be banned. Sure, neither of those two books should be read to kids in school under the age of 12, but after that just let them read and see anything they and their parents think they can handle. And learning about religions and the holocaust is important for historical awareness. At what ages I'll leave that up to parents, psychologists, and teachers, and such to hash that out - I don't know that much about the development of children's brains and emotions and I don't give a shit about the specifics. I watched horrors and gruesome action movies when I was 8 and since I could handle it just fine my parents were okay with it and my mom even went with me to the cinema to see movies like Batman (she also had a crush on the Joker, so there's that :p). My point is, the bible is a horror and not every child can just handle blood and gore and extreme emotional abuse in stories. If your kid can, that's fine, read the bible to them and watch Alien with them. Every child is different. Even siblings can have massively different responses to things and if my brother would have nightmares over the acid scene in Robocop, I wouldn't have been allowed to watch it. I'm also super sensitive and empathic and I had trouble killing a trout to eat later. Somehow in fiction my empathy just doesn't switch on until I care about a character and it gets unfairly or emotionally hurt. That's something I can't easily handle, so I didn't like the bible because I thought that the god was the bad guy and he should get wrecked and I still think that and instead of getting what he deserved he's glorified and excused, in real life even. That is so fekking twisted. Kids should learn about THAT. So that's why I think the bible shouldn't be banned and Mein Kampf shouldn't be either and they should be used in class to teach about our histories and how our societies got this stupid and messed up and backwards. But if you get your panties in a twist over a boy animal in a kids book falling in love with another boy animal, you deserve to watch your bible get ripped from schools, even if just for a couple of weeks to give people a chance to enjoy the poetic justice and rub in the hypocrisy. Your bible IS actually toxic because real life people take the book way too seriously and that gives the impression that the bible gives good examples and that the god in it is a good person, which it definitely and demonstrably isn't and it normalized the worst examples of how to treat people from the first page to the last with no exceptions.

[@telgato711]

Emma, yours is the only channel that I watch the whole sponsors part because they are so well done. Love the puppets.

[@stefkukla8533]

Zola was banned in the UK in the late 19th century because of his portrayal of the working class as being every bit as human and worthwhile as the ruling class. Even the translators of his works were imprisoned.

[@PreistofGHAZpork]

Hot take from someone who use to work in education. Parents are the last ones who should have any say on what subject should and shouldn't be taught.

[@SilverMKI]

I would say everyone should have at least some voice in most things, though certainly not a deciding voice, or even one that should be taken seriously in the face of expert input.

[@FateofEllusion]

@@SilverMKIIf you let one parent dictate what gets taught you have to let all parents have a say… you’d literally get nothing done because everyone is offended by something.

[@SilverMKI]

@FateofEllusion kind of missing the entire point of what I said; everyone should be able to voice their thoughts and concerns because otherwise how do you know what people think? However, the decisions should be made by subject experts; the amount of weight they give to "the voice of the people" in coming to their decisions should be proportional to how sensible the comments are :D

[@melindasingleton7359]

Unfortunately the hypocrisy is irrelevant to them, because they don't care about being ideologically consistent

[@cosgrovemanning7581]

I have taught some of these conservative students. The goal of the parents is to "protect" their children from ever being exposed to anything they think is bad or wrong. One of these students was taught to ignore or avoid anything that their father disagreed with for fear that it would infect them with negative or satanic influences. This student was absolutely trained to isolate themselves from any non-christian views or ideas. They truly believe that their children should never be exposed to anything but their church approved ideas, if the world intrudes on their children then their freedom of religion is being intruded upon and the federal government has an obligation to help them maintain this isolation. Weird views, but I have seen it play out more than once in my community. I always wish those families good luck as their children graduate and enter the wider world where most of humanity disagree with their views.

[@andrewwenner2781]

Emma, ur explaining how kids not knowing about their bodies and how that can be used to cover up abuse should be said a few times very very loud! Ur on to something there! Never thought about it that way but ur exactly right on the nose darling! Had to stop ur video to make sure I got what u were saying right but DAMN girl! Love ya

[@lost_in_a_crowd_of_3257]

I had a good laugh at the book banners expense about this. The irony over this is just delicious. And I knew the ban of the Bible would be overturned, but it displays how ridiculous their criteria for book banning is. As well as their hypocrisy.

[@aislynnmari]

I only recently discovered this channel (via auto recommended shorts) and I'm so glad the algorithm brought you into my life. Love this channel so far! Good luck with everything Edit: a word

[@shauno5888]

"A Yorkshireman reads the Bible" was not the comedy bit I was expecting today, but I would honestly love to see it fleshed out.

[@moosepocalypse6500]

I'm generally opposed to book banning, even the bible. BUT I am chuckling at this because it backfired on them. Hopefully this will in time show the absurdity of these ridiculous laws and get them repealed.

[@gratefulot360]

Apparently, the ban was just reversed. The Davis school district, north of Salt Lake City, voted unanimously on Tuesday night to accept a recommendation by a subcommittee of three of its members to reinstate the book to middle and elementary school shelves.

[@mkuhnactual]

So the hypocrites predictably revealed themselves as hypocrites.

[@82Jaster]

Yeah, and unsurprisingly members of the Board of Education there celebrated the ruling because they really like Bible and think there's spiritual value in it for children. It really highlights what a joke all the banning of books has been and how it's never been about protecting kids from vulgar material, but rather people using kids as a shield to push their own bigotry. Just like when they went dead quiet in May when the Illinois AG findings came about how nearly 2,000 children had been abused since 1950 by 451 members of the Catholic clergy in Illinois. Not a peep about what to do about protecting kids from that.

[@mementomori7825]

@@mkuhnactual If conservatives didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all.

[@johnscaramis2515]

I hope that the initiators have a court look over the whole thing. To either reinstate the ban or to find the law illegal. But considering how corrupted the legal system and prone to double standards the legal system in the US seems to be, I don't think anything will change. One can only hope that people will vote with their feet, aka move out of this state, if it's possible. Brain drain never was good for a state or country and with the brain drain along comes companies also moving out of the state/country, as they find no qualified workers.

[@ingiford175]

@@mementomori7825 If politicians didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all. (corrects it for you)

[@Tzimisce]

While I do agree in general with not banning books, I also think it's harmful to indoctrinate children into any religion.

[@Wampa842]

Correction - indoctrination into any ideology, including nationalism, is harmful on both a personal and a societal scale. Forcing children, who don't even understand what they're saying, to recite the pledge of allegiance every morning is particularly disturbing. At my first school, we had to say a prayer before every meal to thank God for it... and like... I know the people who work in agriculture, and I didn't see the angry sky monster there. I had to switch school because I stayed defiantly silent every time.

[@johnandersons]

@@Wampa842 and I don't want my kids taught about racism or gender issues.

[@chopperwhitewolf7050]

In the first book of the Bible it explicitly talks about drunken, non-consensual incest. Lot and his daughters

[@chopperwhitewolf7050]

As if consensual incest would be any better, drunken or otherwise. In the same story it also talks about gang rape.

[@HolisticHealthEducation]

A popular christian doctrine, too be sure. One now advanced by the transphobic minority in the USA.

[@AnotherCraig]

Someone once described the bible as a book from the B.C. era-- Before Consent

[@ida6950]

⁠@@chopperwhitewolf7050It would definitely be better, though still very bad

[@matteoallodi8030]

0:59 “a little chuckle”?!?! How dare you Emma! To your information, I just bursted in an evil laugh which would have put Light Yagami to shame.

[@MidgetPally521]

AC went out today in the southern US. Its miserable. Stay cool and thanks for the vid!

[@erikblaas5826]

Emma, about banning books... sometimes it's not to harm people, but to protect them... for example; Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" has been banned in several European countries to discourage people from practicing this ideology.

[@theturtlemoves3014]

I wonder if the banned books have seen an increase in library loans or Amazon sales?

[@RichWoods23]

That's usually what happens. Tell kids they can't read something and some of them are going to go look for themselves to see if that's for a reason they'd agree with.

[@optillian4182]

"It hurt itself in its own confusion!"

[@tadwimmer6225]

Hello from the (not so) great state of Utah! I found this story absolutely hilarious. When they were younger three of my daughters attended school in Davis County, and my wife’s extended family still live there. This becomes even more ironic when the fact that the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is only a short drive to the south. I have to wonder if the Book of Mormon was also banned. It contains a rather gruesome murder very early on. (loved the northern accent, btw. Reminds me of Christopher Eccleston…) keep up the good work.

[@AuthorJakeAStrife]

Seperation of church and state? I dunno... I wasnt doing well in an AP Chemistry class in high school. So they put me in a regular chemistry class. The teacher in the new class, day one, pulled out a bible and said, "If all of you dont pull out your bible at the beginning of class and say (whatever prayer), then I will fail you all." ...and that was public school. Needless to say I stood up at that moment and walked to the counselors and said I was dropping out. They talked me out of it, but I failed Junior year because I would not go back to that class. I did manage to graduate on time, thanks to a different amazing school. But if seperation of church of state had been being enforced, that teacher would NOT have been able to threaten us with a bible.

[@liryns]

Love you for discussing this. States are also requiring adults to input their driver’s license when viewing many pornographic sites… you should do a dive into that as well!

[@byrnemeister2008]

LoL no wonder there are so many adverts for VPNs!!

[@cyanmage1]

well looks like its my time to get a vpn lol

[@515aleon]

Might be to prove you're of age??

[@timw8398]

Well done as usual!

[@aaroneidinger]

"It's not like there's pictures." The household bible we had while I was growing up had a complete set of full-color pictures of the Sistine Chapel and possibly other classical works. I'm sure some would find those images pornographic.

[@GoodVolition]

Bless your heart Emma. But as an American I can tell you this will be undone by tomorrow.

[@DenisLoubet]

Donkeys, horses, and issue, oh my!

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Excellent video and commentary. While watching the video I discovered that Utah schools banned 52 books back in December 2022. So, I can see why banning the Bible would be a response to that.

[@TasTheWatcher]

_"Care about something important, like Star Wars"_ Oh, these people have *_very_* strong opinions on Star Wars...

[@AlatheD]

Despite living like 5 miles from Utah, I hadn't heard that yet. And in many ways, it tickles me. So thank you for sharing, Emma.

[@royferntorp]

1st time seeing you. I am 60 yo. Kids know so much more than we used to know at their age. Thank the internet. The kids are racially and religiously tolerant.

[@augustmadsen5322]

NIV Ezekiel 23:20 "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." I wonder why the bible could be inappropriate...

[@christianbergmann8114]

In Vienna main library we put religion at the exact same shelves as esoteric "Religion und Esoterik".

[@odinson8761]

I'm surprised it took this long for the Bible to get banned at a school in the USA.

[@stansburygreg]

I live in Tooele (pronounced ‘too-illa’) County just southwest of Davis County. Really happy to see you covering this. Mormon land is losing its mind over this. It’s hilarious.

[@maximusdarja]

I may have been projecting, but I expected 14 mins of Emma laughing with an intro and ad pasted in. I mean, I giggled for DAYS.

[@cainen6355]

POV: Keeping children from learning about themselves and their bodies is medieval and serves only to control and limit their behavior and development to the likes of the parents or the social group.

[@CHIEF_420]

🧂🧂

[@jimhelbert]

Ezekiel 23:20 New International Version 20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

[@slicerjohn1897]

Banning books these days when we have almost all human knowledge at the tips of our fingers just sounds petty.

[@jennahart84]

"Grow up! Care about something important. Like Star Wars." 🤣🤣👏👏 Interestingly enough, Star Wars, which focuses heavily on the dangers of ...fascism. Annnd were back to book burning! 😜 Great work, as always 💕

[@clarencegboddicker8144]

Very interesting. I live in the states and was not aware Utah would actually go to the extreme. That Devil plushie concerns me. New sub!

[@CartoonHero1986]

Yeah in my Grade School growing up the Bible we had was called The Good News Bible which was in modern English, Included simple illustrations, and only included select gospels that didn't include excessive violence of graphic acts. Side note to this; it was always hilarious watching the grade school teachers try to side step the answer as to why the Moabites and Ammonites where looked down upon by the Israelites until like Grade 11 when it was finally deemed "age appropriate" to explain the biblical account of Lot's Daughters getting dad drunk and jumping his bones to get pregnant.

[@Number1ZERO69]

They actually announced yesterday that they are keeping the bible in the school library... But they are putting it in the fiction section😂

[@zoyonara]

I hope this is true. I always find it weird that people base their lives on a two thousand year old fantasy novel. It's the most out of control fandom

[@Number1ZERO69]

​@@zoyonarathe last part was a joke.. But they did say they weren't banning the bible. I live in Utah so I got the news report from local news.

[@lockedonlaw]

The bible should not be banned but it should be located in the Fiction section.

[@4thDan]

Loved the little caption for Baphie! Well played!

[@Dragonborne223]

From your resident Yorkshireman, thankyou for that accent, it made my day

[@MrRolnicek]

I'm gonna have to point out that those who are a minority or holding a minority opinion and getting their speech banned are WELL in their right to jump up, wave their hands around and scream "Look, YOUR books are getting banned now as well, can we finally start considering that banning books is bad?"

[@erikblaas5826]

I have to disagree with you... and have one example to support it... In several European countries the book: "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler is banned, for a good reason. It comes down to the reasons behind the decission for a book ban that makes it good or bad.

[@MrRolnicek]

@@erikblaas5826 For a good reason? What reason, the governments of those countries want people to read that book? Because you can bet that I, much like most people, would actually read that IF it was banned where I live. Or they just want history to be unknown and repeated?

[@erikblaas5826]

@@MrRolnicek I guess you have never heared the name Adolf Hitler? Please learn some world history, especially about WW2.

[@MrRolnicek]

@@erikblaas5826 I have but I'm starting to think you've never met a human. I haven't read Mein Kampf because I don't really care, what I know about it I've heard that sort of verbal diarhea before and I'm sure it's not going to stop coming out of peoples mouths any time soon. But if the book was banned you can be damn sure that I'd read it cover to cover no matter how bad it was because I, like many other people, despise censors.

[@ShintogaDeathAngel]

@@erikblaas5826 I see the logic in your comment, and do agree, but sadly I think history will be repeating itself regardless of Mein Kampf being (rightly) banned. Banning books that promote harm to large portions of society unfortunately does nothing to actually change the minds of people who think that way.

[@Nickelbag610]

My mom was very against banning books. In 3rd grade my mom got me a book about Nazis/World War 2 (I mostly liked it for the pictures I didn't understand a lot of the ideas/ impact behind the book) and it had a swastika on the cover. The teacher took it away and called my mom. My mom freaked out saying the school/ teacher had no right to touch my book or tell her what I can and can't read. So after that she got me books with Hitler and swastikas on them and said even if I don't understand it act like I'm reading it. And the teacher couldn't really do anything otherwise my mom said she'd go to the district.

[@bobiboulon]

I heard the banning law is still there, and so are the bibles. To think that Utah is not even in the bible belt... Gosh, I'm not happy with things going on in my country right now, but at least I don't have to deal with religious extremists in politics. I feel you people of the "land of the free", and I wish you all the strength and stamina in your fight against those who want to impose their religious beliefs on the rest of your country.

[@martinmckee5333]

While Utah is not in the Bible Belt, it is the center of the Mormon Church, so it might as well be.

[@bobiboulon]

@@martinmckee5333 Ah, that's an important data I missed, indeed!

[@talesofunity]

2:22 - 2:38 smartest ad-read ever all things considered, especially with the adorable animation!

[@andrewgarcia6951]

Those that can't read and need to go to church to hear stories... Should not be in charge of the books... Look what they did 2000 years ago to all the books

[@SiriusMined]

We need to fund air conditioning for Emma 🙂

[@ericdere]

Tough when your video is overtaken by events happening today. Was this the video you planned for last Saturday?

[@EmmaThorneVideos]

Indeedy ):

[@charliemallonee2792]

Oh dear. What happened now? My utterly random shot-in-the-dark guess is it’s pride related.

[@JP-JustSayin]

​@@charliemallonee2792Utah un banned the Bible... because hypocracy.

[@JP-JustSayin]

​@@EmmaThorneVideos question about the baphy plush. The link says size 9 inches but the one you hold on camera looks bigger than that. Are the ones for sale the same size as the one you are holding on camera?

[@jimmygravitt1048]

Banning any book sounds stupid. I think kids can handle more than what a lot of people give them credit for.

[@visforvegan8]

Just ordered Baphy for my daughter who's going to school in Italy. It'll be waiting for her when she arrives. Thanks

[@PerspectiveEngineer]

Like like like! Thanks journalist. You do just great work. ET... wait what!?!