Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:57:23 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Censorship of books in libraries Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <17c4b72567149412$90$3553870$c2d58868@news.newsdemon.com> <20240409165532.00005caa@example.com> Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 54 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 02:57:25 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3137 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c5b78c04677d3a$12727$4052113$2d54864@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3517 On 4/12/2024 6:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article , FPP > wrote: > >> On 4/11/24 3:39 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> In article , >>> The Horny Goat wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:43:22 -0400, FPP wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh, for fuck's sake. Banning books, banning drag shows, banning rainbow >>>>> flags, banning the words "climate change", Don't Say Gay bill, trying to >>>>> force Disney because they didn't like what they said. >>>>> >>>>> Nobody believes you. >>>> >>>> Hardly - though I personally am not spending money on Disney for my >>>> granddaughter (who turns 2 within the next month) as frankly they're >>>> NOT the Disney of my childhood when my grandmother took me to my first >>>> movie (Mary Poppins) >>> >>> And of course Effa, like most of the left, continues to perpetuate lies, >>> like the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which doesn't prohibit anyone from saying >>> they're gay anywhere in the text of the bill. >>> >> And Obamacare wasn't ever actually referred to as Obamacare until >> Republicans tagged it that way But you never objected to using that term, >> did you? > > Neither did Obama. He called it that, too. And his campaign sold it on > t-shirts. > >>> Explaining why Florida's 'Parental Rights' bill is called 'don't say gay' >>> and more WHY DO SOME PEOPLE CALL THE BILL 'DON'T SAY GAY'? >>> >>> The bill as originally filed prohibited school districts from encouraging >>> "classroom discussion" about sexual orientation or gender identity in >>> "primary grade levels". Opponents of the bill interpreted that provision to >>> be a ban on speaking about LGBTQ topics in classrooms and started using the >>> "don't say gay" moniker. >> >> When proposed, it was quite accurate. > > Nope. It prohibited 'don't say straight' every bit as much as 'don't say > gay'. > > In other words, it was telling teachers to keep their personal sex lives > to themselves and out of the classroom. > > Hardly an unreasonable position for anyone who isn't a lunatic. I wonder if "don't say genitals" (aka 'the Ken rule') was included...