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Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with Jewish themes.

In Mission, the long list of books on the chopping block includes a recent illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary; both volumes of Art Spiegelman’s Holocaust graphic memoir “Maus”; “The Fixer,” Bernard Malamud’s novel about a historical instance of antisemitic blood libel; and “Kasher in the Rye,” a ribald memoir by Jewish comedian Moshe Kasher.

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[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My fragile mind doesnt want minors to see things they shouldnt see till later. That should be a pretty obvious thing that everyone wants for children...

[–] WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Get rid of anything that mentions rape, prostitution, genocide, or god forbid SODOMY?

Out goes the bible then. No one under 18 should read it.

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The difference between the Bible and other more modern books is that the Bible is the most influential book in western civilization. If you want to have a censored on that removed those exact passages then that seems like a reasonable compromise.

[–] maniclucky@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Fuck that, the wretched thing doesn't deserve special treatment. There is nothing about the contents of the bible that are worth granting exception for. You want to ban adult themes? I can think of nothing more deserving of such a ban than the oldest book to incorporate rape, divinely ordained murder (all over the place), instructions on how to perform an abortion, incest, and the severly mixed message of "god loves everyone, unless you don't worship them, then you get tortured forever".

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like it or not the Bible is the most influence book in western history, so yes it gets special treatment. But again, if you want to make a censored version for kids that takes out those parts, it seems like a reasonable compromise.

[–] halowpeano@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah, you're just some Christofascist. The correct and moral thing to do is ban you, from society.

[–] CableMonster@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

I guess so if that includes not showing sexual things to kids.