Qasim Rashid, Esq.

Utah GOP passed a law in 2022 to ban books containing “pornographic or indecent” content from Utah schools, libraries, and classrooms.

So a a parent asked that the Bible be removed per GOP definition of vulgarity—and the committee approved.🤯

In short—the GOP has cancelled the Bible. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/06/01/bible-is-banned-these-utah/

The Bible is banned in these Utah elementary and middle schools now for ‘vulgarity or violence’

A Utah school district is removing the Bible from elementary and middle schools after a parent submitted a high-profile complaint.

The Salt Lake Tribune
Jun 3, 2023 at 3:05amMastodon for iOS
Show threadSpicewallaJun 3, 2023

@QasimRashid

Give them a month to come up with an excuse to unban it. For fascists, hypocrisy is not a bug, its a feature.

Besides, even if they do leave it banned, you can get a free copy of the bible from a million places. Its the most printed book in the world. But most of the books maga is banning cost money, so if they aren't in the library, most kids won't be able to find a copy. Yay capitalism!

Show thread72mzJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid
Ironic.
Show threadNotMaddie!Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Good, about time
Show threadUltra Verified 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Jun 3, 2023

@QasimRashid

It's about God-damned time someone banned the Bible.

Show threadB MillerJun 3, 2023

@QasimRashid

After my son's first day in a U.S. public school, I asked him "How did you like third grade?"

"It was ok" he said, "but the teacher told us a weird story -- about snakes and naked people".

Show threadC0ppertopJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid
This is exactly why the rest of the galaxy calls Earth, “Planet Fuckwit”
There just seems to be no lower limit to the level of stupidity among the modern Republican Party.
Show threadsteakfriteJun 3, 2023
@C0ppert0p @QasimRashid Nah, that's just how the rest of the world calls the United States
Show threadSami LappalainenJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid I bet that they did not expect backlash like this 😁
Show threadDikobraz (Одинокий дикобраз)Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid 
Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid ... and the Book of Mormon? Any knowing and begetting and so forth in that one?
Show threadSoozcatJun 3, 2023
@fgbjr @QasimRashid In that one, in the very first section, the protagonist finds his enemy drunk in the street, beheads him with his own sword, then takes his clothes and impersonates him to steal a holy book. And he's supposed to be the good guy.
Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵Jun 3, 2023
@Soozcat @QasimRashid Yes, but is there anything in it that would set a bad example for the children?
Show threadSoozcatJun 3, 2023
@fgbjr @QasimRashid 🤣
Show threadCarlGJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Hoist by their own petard. I don't like any book banning, but it's real hard to dislike this one.
Show threadNot My JobJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid But not the Book of Mormon.
Show threadmasyukunJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid #snopes rates this false. The books were not banned, but temporarily removed for reevaluation and returned to circulation 11 days later. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anne-frank-diary-banned-texas/
Were Anne Frank's Diary and the Bible 'Banned' by a Texas School District?

Controversial subjects like these often lead social media users to make comments before they grasp the full scope of the story.

Snopes
Show threadJustice💙 LICSWJun 3, 2023
@masyukun his toot was about Utah.
Show threadLairdJamesJun 3, 2023
@masyukun @QasimRashid you may want to look up the difference between Texas and Utah, they are two different states!
Show threadmasyukunJun 3, 2023
@LairdJames @QasimRashid oops. You're right. Missed the state reference, but saw "2022." 🙈
Show threadCIWS-30Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid To be fair, I think it shouldn't be exposed to children unfiltered and that it does fit the definition of indecent in many places. Especially the old testament. What a horror show. I remember reading some of the worst parts of that while I was a child / teenager. Absolutely traumatic.
Show threadDrumhead 🇺🇦🇩🇪🇳🇿Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Happens, if you let idiots run your country. Believe me! I’m German, we have experience with that 😉
Show threadMs. MissyJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid
Works for me.
Show threadEdJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid I like this story from JMS (Babylon 5)/and how he got the Bible banned in Chula Vista: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40531144
Chapter Cut from Bio: The Great Bible Battle | J. Michael Straczynski on Patreon

Official Post from J. Michael Straczynski

Patreon
Show threadJRPJun 3, 2023
@EdBruce @QasimRashid
I was a fan of B5 but now I have motivation to read his bio.
Show threadno brain no painJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid chewing their own food finally 😆
Show threadHavyhh2Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid
...the speed with which the GOP will eventually eat itself up completely seems to, finally, be accelerating to a noticeable degree....
Show threadkalizoid313Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid
🧙   I'm sening the Law of Unintended Consequences at work here. And Surprise Ending! As well as Bad Screenplay!
Show threadJoey Kloepfer (audio engineer)Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Brought to you by the party of "free speech" and "religious freedom"!
Show threadKerri LevineJun 3, 2023

@QasimRashid

#CarefulWhatYouWishFor

Show threada.d. 🗽🇺🇸Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid .. true dumb a-sses. I ain’t surprise the tables been turn on the gop extremist.
Show threadStanislawskiJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Wyjątkowo głupia poprawność polityczna.
Show threadJaime RobertsonJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid One thing I haven’t seen is whether the complaint was serious, or an attempt to show the stupidity of book bans.
Show threadChris A DudeJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid this is a step in the right direction. If a bigot use the bible to justify discrimination, there must to something to it.
Show threadJ. Randall ToddJun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid Beautiful. As a former Utahn, I love to see ‘the brethren’ squirm.
Show threadlord pthenq1Jun 3, 2023
@QasimRashid
Good. They are other indecent religion books to cancel too
Show threadMcQuiniacJun 3, 2023
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Show threadgraphictruthJun 4, 2023

@QasimRashid

The best compliance is malicious compliance!

Show threadBT_Finn🌈Jun 4, 2023
@QasimRashid which books are not on the index or are still allowed?