157
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
157 points (97.0% liked)
News
23305 readers
3634 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
These people are wild. American first and freedom of speach, then something says something they don't like and its ban this, make this illegal.
So you want elementary schools to have sexually explicit books in their libraries? Do you have kids of your own?
So whats going on is these idiots aren't aware of what a "book ban" actually is, and are wasting everyones time.
Now Ive wasted my time, simple case of dumb govt.
I have a now 6th grader and it’s called parenting. I decide what is appropriate and not appropriate for my child. Not someone else.
Dude's a troll (or just can't read) and it isn't worth engaging with him.
I find it impressive how you managed to quote the article while clearly not having read it
You didn't argue against him. You shamed him.
You shamed him for arguing an objective truth. Your children will grow in a land without freedom because you shamed people who tried to defend it.
Yes and yes
I WANT MORAL OUTRAGE ABOUT TOPICS THAT DON'T MATTER!
I have a kid of my own. I want her to have access to all kinds of book content, sexual or not.
Sexual content in books is not going to ruin children. The vast majority are mature enough to handle it and it will more often than not help teach them to navigate the real world with more nuance than they would otherwise.
It can give words to the actions and feelings they come across, say for example, when a child is sexually assaulted and isn't aware that it's wrong, so they don't speak up about it.
The books are not the problem. Books are never the problem and banning them is a huge infringement of the government on people's freedom.
This is Lemmy. Of course they don’t have kids. Most of these people are severely emotionally stunted teenagers going through a Che Guevara phase.
Not you though, right? You're special.
“special”
I don't think anyone has ever accused me of going through a Che Guevara phase.
Your "not reading the article" phase continues unabated though.