Roberto Clemente Banned in Florida

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

All books have not been removed though for this review, have they? And who decides what discussions of race are OK and which aren't, a media specialist? Give me a fucking break. This is America. Or used to be. Stop making it sound neutral and innocuous, it isn't.

Totalitarianism always starts with censorship. And as Phil said it goes both ways, cancel culture from the left has gone way too far too IMO.

I am fine keeping sexually explicit material out of the schools. I am fine waiting for kids to be a little older before getting into sexual and gender identity. But banning books for what ultimately is a political value judgment? Noooooooooo thank you.

You've never had a more totalitarian President and govt than what you currently have now.
It is no different up here with Trudeau at the helm. Like I've said numerous times in various threads, the Liberals are all in bed together worldwide. Cancel culture, censorship, the media in their back pockets, etc, etc, etc. All Liberalism, imo.

It amazes me how many have forgotten history and I'm afraid we are going to repeat it.
WW2 was won but the dream never died with it. It is still an agenda and they are not even trying to hide it anymore.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Dale, I don't like it any more from the left than from the right.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Dale, I don't like it any more from the left than from the right.

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree but it is, by far, imo, more of a left agenda than it is a right one.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Dale, I don't like it any more from the left than from the right.

Originally Posted by irv

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree but it is, by far, imo, more of a left agenda than it is a right one.

You won't have to worry about either left or right soon. Our alien overlords are going to make themselves known in the near future. Then we will have real problems. I have this on good authority. I seen it on both Facebook and Twitter.

[irv]

Originally Posted by bnorth

You won't have to worry about either left or right soon. Our alien overlords are going to make themselves known in the near future. Then we will have real problems. I have this on good authority. I seen it on both Facebook and Twitter.

We're having an adult conversation here, Ben. I know it's hard for you to grasp and understand but why don't you go grab yourself a juice box and a fruit rollup then sit back and try to learn something for a change.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by irv

We're having an adult conversation here, Ben. I know it's hard for you to grasp and understand but why don't you go grab yourself a juice box and a fruit rollup then sit back and try to learn something for a change.

I learn something new with every one of your amazing posts.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by bnorth

You won't have to worry about either left or right soon. Our alien overlords are going to make themselves known in the near future. Then we will have real problems. I have this on good authority. I seen it on both Facebook and Twitter.

Will they be releasing a Green Refractor insert set before they take over the world?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Will they be releasing a Green Refractor insert set before they take over the world?

The whole 1962 set will be reprised.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The whole 1962 set will be reprised.

I hope not the only uglier set is the wood grain 87 Topps set.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The whole 1962 set will be reprised.

I would think they'd reissue the scarce 1947 regional issue with the Roswell backstamp, maybe add a weather balloon relic insert.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bnorth

You won't have to worry about either left or right soon. Our alien overlords are going to make themselves known in the near future. Then we will have real problems. I have this on good authority. I seen it on both Facebook and Twitter.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=249549163546747

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by steve B

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=249549163546747

That is hilarious and I have met more than one person like Steven in real life and many on forums.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by irv

I guess we'll have to agree to disagree but it is, by far, imo, more of a left agenda than it is a right one.

I am probably on balance a little to the right of center especially these days and I do like some of what DeSantis has done, and maybe that's why seeing him stoop to the level of unnecessary censorship bothers me a great deal. IMO it's just a bad precedent and the non-Trump Republicans should be above such things.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I am probably on balance a little to the right of center especially these days and I do like some of what DeSantis has done, and maybe that's why seeing him stoop to the level of unnecessary censorship bothers me a great deal. IMO it's just a bad precedent and the non-Trump Republicans should be above such things.

I don't think that genie is going back in the bottle. Straight up lunacy is now widely accepted as a legitimate political position. That may change over time but I don't see it going away anytime soon.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I am probably on balance a little to the right of center especially these days and I do like some of what DeSantis has done, and maybe that's why seeing him stoop to the level of unnecessary censorship bothers me a great deal. IMO it's just a bad precedent and the non-Trump Republicans should be above such things.

I honestly don't think he is stooping to unnecessary censorship, he is just making sure, imo, no race baiting, critical race theory, gender reassignment info, LGBTQ info, among other things, are in these grade school books?

I am pretty sure he is an advocate for free speech as well but he knows/recognizes being a certain age to be able to understand such things, especially of a sexual nature, is important too.
These drag queens and the like reading and dancing for these toddlers is something I never imagined would ever happen. It's insanity, and guess what party is pushing it?

[Peter_Spaeth]

I would not give a public official authority to decide what is or is not race baiting. If a kids' book on Roberto Clemente is under scrutiny, something is wrong with that picture. BTW I went to school with Kim Crenshaw, credited with being one of the founders of critical race theory.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I am probably on balance a little to the right of center especially these days and I do like some of what DeSantis has done.

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