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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: January 28, 2025 05:08PM

“When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

- Sinclair Lewis


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https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/01/28/utah-students-banned-books/

https://www.alternet.org/utah-book-ban/


In addition to banning over a dozen books from school libraries and classrooms six months ago, the Utah State Board of Education is now prohibiting students from bringing their own copies of those books into the building, The Washington Post reports.

"These titles should not be brought to school or used for classroom activities, assignments, or personal reading while on school property," the State Board's guidelines reads, according to the public radio station KUER.

Authors including Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood and Sarah J. Maas' books are included on the banned list, which Let Utah Read co-founder Peter Bromberg told the Post "could grow quickly" in the coming weeks.

READ MORE: ‘Literally heartbreaking as a librarian:’ 150 titles pulled from Tennessee school libraries

"Now a kid might get in trouble or be disciplined for bringing a book to school that has not been adjudicated by a judge or a court of law, or even their own school district board that’s been elected by their own community," Bromberg told the newspaper.

Asron Terr, director of public advocacy at FIRE, a free-expression organization, argues that banning students from bringing their own copies is much worse than banning the books from school libraries.

"We've seen plenty of disputes over schools removing books from school libraries and whether that amounts to a ban. But this is different. This is an escalation," he told the Post. "This goes beyond the school deciding what to include in its own curriculum or library. The state is banning students from personally possessing books that they have a First Amendment right to access and read on their own time."

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Posted by: summer ( )
Date: January 28, 2025 05:28PM

I'm not sure that's even legal. I'll look into it.

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Posted by: GNPE ( )
Date: January 28, 2025 05:35PM

Don't hold your breath, summer; schools have a duty & authority to enforce their policies.

Freedom of Speech mostly applies on street corners & places where a 'public forum'(an unfettered exchange of expressions is allowed, not all public places), exists.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/28/2025 05:35PM by GNPE.

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Posted by: GNPE ( )
Date: January 28, 2025 05:31PM

'It's the gospel, ya know'


Will the school employees who enforce this have badges & firearms? Maybe BLINDERS would be more appropriate / acceptable, at least to start.

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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: January 28, 2025 06:45PM

The thing most feared by religious fundamentalists is the Freedom Of Thought.

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Posted by: BoydKKK ( )
Date: January 31, 2025 11:44PM

anybody Wrote:
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> The thing most feared by religious fundamentalists
> is the Freedom Of Thought.

MFMC says it is those who don't pay tithing.

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Posted by: dagny ( )
Date: January 28, 2025 06:34PM

Good grief!

When I was a kid they were concerned about kids bringing matches and weapons to school. Books? Seriously?

Who knew a Judy Blume book would be treated like a kid smuggling a Playboy magazine to school.

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Posted by: Lethbridge Reprobate ( )
Date: January 28, 2025 06:35PM

1984

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Posted by: Mormon Adjacent Lurker ( )
Date: January 28, 2025 08:38PM

Books bad!
Guns good!

When books are outlawed only outlaws will have books.

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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: January 29, 2025 08:12AM

"Zardoz" (1973) Opening Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he613E96E3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1fADiUWv48



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/29/2025 08:14AM by anybody.

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Posted by: slskipper ( )
Date: January 29, 2025 12:06AM

Two words: Boko Haram.

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Posted by: blindguy ( )
Date: January 29, 2025 07:05AM

This will go to both state and Federal courts. It is now anybody's guess what the final outcome will be.

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Posted by: sbg ( )
Date: January 29, 2025 11:51AM

I was the kid who would have read the book at home and presented a book report on it.

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Posted by: Susan I/S ( )
Date: January 30, 2025 07:11PM

I would have done the same. The banned list would be my reading list.

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Posted by: messygoop ( )
Date: January 29, 2025 12:46PM

I'm only for the enforcement of the policy if it begins with the repugant Book of Mormon and any other church book about seeing around corners.

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Posted by: GNPE ( )
Date: January 30, 2025 12:56PM

It's NOT the books they object to, it's the thoughts, alt possibilities that they're worried about.

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Posted by: dogbloggernli ( )
Date: January 30, 2025 02:59PM

At 13, my friend discovered a book from a much older brother. It was one of these,
https://www.goodreads.com/series/144339-cherry-delight-sexecutioner
though which one I can't tell from the list. It certainly entertained my 13 year old mind.

To the point, it was brought to school, shared with me and returned to my friend at school.

It would certainly meet the criteria of the books being banned currently...

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Posted by: anybody ( )
Date: January 30, 2025 04:16PM

Never heard of this author until now...


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_Fox

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