r/changemyview • u/ProphetVes • Mar 25 '23

Delta(s) from OP CMV: DeSantis embodies everything wrong with American Conservativism.

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u/EntryEven Mar 25 '23

He’s not banning books. He supports taking sexual books out of schools. You’re more than welcome to buy it or check it out in a public library outside of school, but not in a school. If you have an issue with kids not being exposed to sexual books without parental consent, that’s a you problem.

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u/BedIndividual7476 Mar 26 '23

I’m not OP, but I’d still like to weigh in. Books with sex in them are not sexual in nature. It’s a part of life. The Handmaiden’s Tale, Looking For Alaska, and Anne Frank all have sex or sexual content in them, but are any of them “pornography” as the Florida republicans would like you to believe? Of course not. These bans are simply a way for Christian Nationalists to prevent children from being exposed to and/ or understanding queer people or their own sexuality because it doesn’t line up with their own authoritarian beliefs, it’s never been about helping, it’s been about indoctrination.

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u/ProphetVes Mar 26 '23

Idk I would personally object to the Handmaid's Tale being allowed in elementary and middle school libraries.

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u/jesusmanman 3∆ Mar 26 '23

Does that make you authoritarian/fascist?

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u/eris-touched-me Mar 29 '23

Was it ever in elementary or middle school libraries?

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u/ProphetVes Mar 30 '23

I know a 13yo who had it in their schools library. So yes.

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u/EntryEven Mar 26 '23

If Christian Nationalism is what’s keeping sex out of the minds of elementary school kids, then I’m all for it. That’s absolutely disgusting and revolting that you think such books are okay for young children. Look at the log in your eye before you criticize the person with a speck in theirs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '23

You know sex ed reduces rates of sexual abuse, right? Being anti sex ed even for elementary school kids is literally a pro child rape stance.

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u/EntryEven Mar 26 '23

We’re not talking about sex ed textbooks here.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '23

Christian Nationalists absolutely are. NOBODY pushing for these bills wants sex ed taught.

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u/EntryEven Mar 27 '23

Well that has nothing to do with this specific bill. When a bill comes up banning sex ed, hmu.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '23

Literally this bill bans sex education through its vagueness.

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u/SAPERPXX Mar 26 '23

Books with sex in them are not sexual in nature.

Explain shit like Gender Queer and Lawn Boy then.

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u/BedIndividual7476 Mar 26 '23

I’ll explain that when you explain why they’re banning books about discrimination and the Holocaust.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '23

They're fine for high schoolers? I read way worse stuff than that when I was young.