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The States: Where We Wish Texas Would Secede Already

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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Geez, Joe.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland...-pants-on-amid-coronavirus-stay-at-home-order
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Re: The States: Where We Wish Texas Would Secede Already

Never change Wasilla, never change...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Mat-Su Borough School District School Board voted 5-2 to ban 5 books from MSBSD schools: <br>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou<br>Catch - 22 by Joseph Heller<br>The Things They Carried By Tim O'Brien<br>Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison <br>The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald</p>— Frontiersman News (@matsu_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/matsu_news/status/1253215321017602048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Never change Wasilla, never change...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Mat-Su Borough School District School Board voted 5-2 to ban 5 books from MSBSD schools: <br>I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou<br>Catch - 22 by Joseph Heller<br>The Things They Carried By Tim O'Brien<br>Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison <br>The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald</p>— Frontiersman News (@matsu_news) <a href="https://twitter.com/matsu_news/status/1253215321017602048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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The GOP should put this in their platform.
 
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Kepler said:
The GOP should put this in their platform.
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Looks like Palin's district, so no surprise. Just another example of "It can happen here." Still, how in Parise's name to you pull any of those books off the shelf. Were people in attendance (if any) incredulous? Even one person? Was there anger? Did parents threaten to home school their kids? Had any of the "yes" votes even read any of them? Did the two "no" votes resign?

I know the answer to all those is "of course not," but I've lived in some very rural, flyover places, and there are always readers and thinkers in a community, and they often have kids. School board meetings are usually recorded and radio broadcast. It would be painful, but I'd like to hear that discussion, short as it probably was.
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
Meh, haven't read a single one of those...
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That says nothing about the books and something about well you know.

In all seriousness at least read Catch-22 and Gatsby. Without those you are a f-cking illiterate.

Invisible Man is a tough read, I imagine twice so for Smugly Ignorant Midwestern Whitebread, but it's rewarding and in its own way funnier (and darker) than Heller.
 
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burd said:
Looks like Palin's district, so no surprise. Just another example of "It can happen here." Still, how in Parise's name to you pull any of those books off the shelf. Were people in attendance (if any) incredulous? Even one person? Was there anger? Did parents threaten to home school their kids? Had any of the "yes" votes even read any of them? Did the two "no" votes resign?

I know the answer to all those is "of course not," but I've lived in some very rural, flyover places, and there are always readers and thinkers in a community, and they often have kids. School board meetings are usually recorded and radio broadcast. It would be painful, but I'd like to hear that discussion, short as it probably was.
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The smart kids always find a way. The first great challenge for smart kids is navigating through a world of mostly stupid people. Early on it's the stupid kids, but it becomes obvious quickly that most adults are pretty dumb too.

A little oppression is good for the soul. Gives you some anger and some spine, and those will be handy later in life.
 
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MissThundercat said:
In that case, I'm ****ed and my spine is made of steel.
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"It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls." -- Aristophanes

The finks, used correctly, are a resource.
 
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