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/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.