Ken WhiteMay 25, 2023
The “automatically remove books from the school library when a parent objects” movement in one quote:
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@Popehat I returned from a conference one time to find that the mother of one of my AP English students (!) had objected to the SATANIC LITERATURE I had asked them to read while I was gone. The text was Swift's 'A Modest Proposal."
May 25, 2023 at 6:52pmWeb
Show threadThe LichtenbergianMay 25, 2023
@Popehat And then later in my career: https://www.dalelyles.com/2021/10/25/satanic-milton/
Satanic Milton

Let me tell you a story. Years and years ago, when I was media specialist at East Coweta High School, the assistant principal in charge of curriculum bustled in, needing my assistance.  A mother had

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Show threadThe LichtenbergianMay 25, 2023
@Popehat These incidents happened *decades* ago — and now the crazies are ascendant.
Show threadMilcom MiasmaMay 26, 2023

@Lichtenbergian @Popehat
Socratic irony doesn't work with these people. They are incapable of being embarrassed by their ignorance. Watch any youtube video of Jordan Klepper interviewing a MAGA person.

https://youtu.be/kPNwJAcMH5U

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Show threadThe LichtenbergianMay 26, 2023
@mmiasma @Popehat You are correct. The "Modest Proposal" mom threatened to take it all the way to the State Board of Education (her AUNT WORKED THERE); I just dryly replied, "I think they're already aware of the work."
Show threadMilcom MiasmaMay 26, 2023
@Lichtenbergian @Popehat
I wish I could've been a fly on the wall when you said that to her. Just my mental image of that conversation is causing me to laugh out loud. 👍
Show threadAnathema DeviceMay 26, 2023

@Lichtenbergian @Popehat

https://www.rawstory.com/sound-of-music-nazi/

"Nazi elements removed from school's 'Sound of Music' performance after parents complain"

#NotTheOnion

Nazi elements removed from school's 'Sound of Music' performance after parents complain

A California elementary school made major revisions to its sixth-grade performance of "The Sound of Music."Parents at Rolling Hills Elementary complained about Nazi elements, including swastikas and "Heil Hitler" salutes, used in telling the story of the von Trapp family's escape from Nazi-ruled Aus...

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Show threadDoug WarrenMay 26, 2023
@Lichtenbergian @Popehat
"Malt does more than Milton [may] / to justify God's ways to [the PTA]."
Show threadAdvanced Persistent TeapotMay 26, 2023
@Lichtenbergian @Popehat somebody broke the server 😔
Show threadsandywb14May 26, 2023
@Lichtenbergian @Popehat 🙄
Show threadDenys BeecherMay 26, 2023
@Lichtenbergian @Popehat SW FL busybody mother filed an objection to Body Ritual Among the Nacirema. Apparently the ability to recognize satire is not high in the book-banning set.
Show threadPyperkubMay 26, 2023
@denysbeecher @Lichtenbergian @Popehat To be fair, they probably had it confused with the Macarena!
Show threadRod_RescuemanMay 26, 2023
@Lichtenbergian @Popehat *wondering if the satire-challenged set has heard about Birds Aren’t Real.*
Show threadStormy Dragon May 26, 2023

@Lichtenbergian @Popehat

I forget where I originally read this, but one insightful observation I came across that matches my experience is that one of the defining characteristics of the right is an entirely literal processing of language, which eventually renders any intellectual pursuit a haunted forest they can never really understand

Show threadFate MusicMay 26, 2023
@Lichtenbergian @Popehat 'I'll take Missing The Point for a thousand, Alex."
Show threadWendy MsGator 🐊Jun 6, 2023

@Lichtenbergian @Popehat

I despair for humanity sometimes.