And, once news of its banning made it to social media, don’t you think that some people would buy copies of it, just for spite?
Person who is perfectly free to show their own child whatever book they want to: You are wrong for banning this book from the school library.
Anyway, while pornography is the most obvious example of a book that shouldn’t be allowed in school libraries frequented by children, it’s not the only example. There are also books with graphic depictions of real crime scenes, books that promote racism or sexism or hatred in general, books that explain how to create weapons, etc…
Why do flat Earthers run away like whipped dogs with their tails between their legs when asked simple questions that expose their delusions as fantasy?
And the people who made those books knew exactly what they were doing. They wanted their books to be banned in school libraries. Why? Because there’s no such thing as bad publicity. The echo chamber social media did their advertising for them, once their books were banned, and they laughed all the way to the bank.
Also, “banning a book from a school library” is not the same as “banning a book.” No one is telling your children that they can’t read it. They’re just telling you that you need to provide it to your children, and let other parents make the same decision for their own kids.
At what point would you realize that by demanding that the book be banned, you just played your part in Tate’s marketing strategy? You did his promoting for him.
What happens to adults with Down syndrome when their parents can't look after them any more?
The book I’m talking about, by the way, has been in display right in the front of the “young adult” section at my local Barnes and Noble ever since it started being banned in schools a few years ago. It really is a genius marketing strategy for the book’s author and publisher. Had everyone just ignored the page with the illustration of one teen giving oral sex to another teen, this book would have been just another forgotten book in a sub-genre of books targeted to a specific group of people. By adding something that they knew would get it banned in schools, the author and publisher were able to gaslight a lot of people into suddenly caring about their book and, hopefully, buying more copies of it. They were able to convince people that buying the book was a part of the “culture war” and somehow “sticking it” to those evil red state book banners.
As a capitalist, and a cynic, I say: “Bravo. Well played. You convinced people that you were a victim of ‘the other side,’ and got them to send you money as a result. Honestly, very well played.”
Pornography is the obvious example here. Rather than arguing about why porn should be banned in school libraries (I’m assuming here we’re talking about schools that cater to children, and not adult learners), the better question would be why some people think that porn should be made available to children.
Someone said that Japanese girls fly to Los Angeles all the time to have fun with black men. Is that true?
Parents who know why the book was banned: Why are you so adamant about trying to show these things to other people’s children?
Of course.
“Controversial” authors aren’t “controversial” for nothing. It’s often better for their bottom line.
Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support.
I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized.
he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that.
he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened.
he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence.
i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me
i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction.
after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly.
things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it.
we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe …
our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far?
this has upset me so much its hard to even function.
That’s the big brouhaha over certain books lately. When people complain about some books being banned, they rarely mention why those books are being banned. For some books, it’s because they feature graphics of people engaging in sex. (You know… pornography.)
I’m going to include a drawing of two teens engaging in oral sex in my “young adult” book, send it to schools, wait for them to ban it, then make a fuss on social media. People will buy extra copies of my book, just to spite the evil “book banners,” without questioning or caring why the book was banned. Brilliant!
Should any books be banned from school libraries?
How can I move on from my ex?
Suppose Andrew Tate wrote a book about “how to keep your woman in her place,” and sent a copy, free of charge, to ever public school in the country. Suppose, too, it was full of illustrations of “women being put in their place.” Would you demand that it be banned from your child’s school?
But, again, the focus should really be more on why some people seem to really, really want other people’s kids to be exposed to, especially graphically, adult material.
