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I saw some of those. While I agree some are pornography or close to it, I’m against banning any. So I would abuse the law and go after them all until common sense makes a comeback. Adult materials have always been marked as such. If we can’t agree on what adult material is, then we should ban it all until we decide.
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I think the bill is redundant, because there are rules regarding the kinds of things that can/can't be in schools regarding being age appropriate. The problem is that things are being considered age appropriate by the teachers/librarians placing the books there, without oversight of anyone in authority.
I won't say it's banned. But it's it in elementary school libraries? Are teachers trying to slip in those parts of the Bible into their teaching at the elementary level?
It's about being age appropriate.
And I'll have to go back and read the bill, I will admit I read a summary article only.
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It's about being age appropriate.
And I'll have to go back and read the bill, I will admit I read a summary article only.
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Right? I had to do the private school route and was very good friends with our librarian, believe it or not, she was the final authority on what books were allowed. I’m sure there were problems but they were kept private and books were never banned. Nothing was kept secret. Or hidden away. Picture books showing the art of fellatio are nothing compared to the Masters.
Public school authority is completely another matter. As we see today, the battle for that authority isn’t over. Or decided.
Public school authority is completely another matter. As we see today, the battle for that authority isn’t over. Or decided.
I'd say the crux of the bill is paragraph B...if a parent "believes" the book violates paragraph A (which is already very broad. I could argue/believe that just about any book fits in there somewhere)....s/he can ask that it be banned and removed from the shelf...and if the employee doesn't comply with that request based upon the belief of a single parent within 30 days the employee "shall" be dismissed.
I'm not surprised at all someone would come up with this bill. What really stands out to me though is that there's no oversight whatsoever. No process for review, validation or anything. Just "I think this book is about sex, remove it!", "OK". How is there not some type of system laid out to actually review the complaint and determine if it has any merit to it? There's nothing in this bill that allows the school to actually determine if the book meets the requirements or not. They're just required to pull it off the shelf based on a parent complaint, as valid or invalid as it might be.
What I'm getting at, is that it looks like it's written by someone that thinks they're a congress-person or a middle/high school assignment or something. It doesn't look like it was written with any thought to how it would actually work.
What I'm getting at, is that it looks like it's written by someone that thinks they're a congress-person or a middle/high school assignment or something. It doesn't look like it was written with any thought to how it would actually work.
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Hence why it is in this Thread. If it had been a well thought out bill with good oversight and detailed and thought out processes then it would have its own thread to discuss it merits and issues.
This is nothing more than a bill that says "If I, ME, MYSELF, do NOT Like something, then I can demand it be removed and you MUST comply with my Demands or lose your job!!"
Talk about the triggered snowflake bill. It is just political nonsense, and this guy is getting PAID by us taxpayers to write this crap.
It has NO Conservative principles to support it, has zero research or information to back up why this would be a good bill for Oklahoma and is the ultimate "Lets protect our conservative Karen's out there right to complain about ANYTHING and get their WAY"
It is the Get my way or you get fired bill.......AND opens a door for Dem & Republican activist in the state to use it to start a knowledge sharing war of what our kids can and can not read or see....talk about the ultimate Nanny state bill.
It baffles me that a GOP rep in Oklahoma wrote this bill and it baffles me that GOP party members in Oklahoma haven't been strongly speaking out against this
This is nothing more than a bill that says "If I, ME, MYSELF, do NOT Like something, then I can demand it be removed and you MUST comply with my Demands or lose your job!!"
Talk about the triggered snowflake bill. It is just political nonsense, and this guy is getting PAID by us taxpayers to write this crap.
It has NO Conservative principles to support it, has zero research or information to back up why this would be a good bill for Oklahoma and is the ultimate "Lets protect our conservative Karen's out there right to complain about ANYTHING and get their WAY"
It is the Get my way or you get fired bill.......AND opens a door for Dem & Republican activist in the state to use it to start a knowledge sharing war of what our kids can and can not read or see....talk about the ultimate Nanny state bill.
It baffles me that a GOP rep in Oklahoma wrote this bill and it baffles me that GOP party members in Oklahoma haven't been strongly speaking out against this