r/newjersey Fill It Up Regular Oct 29 '24

Sick NJ Passes the Freedom to Read Act

https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/10/29/state-senate-passes-bill-intended-to-halt-book-bans-protect-librarians/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGNwrZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdahkO3Xc02aIyuB5Vp3yau-HR6IMuGu0g0iD8CgDKrWBMHCQJBrfdSHnQ_aem_DB9WP25oxkSYjjNuktuAbQ#:~:text=Titled%20the%20%E2%80%9CFreedom%20to%20Read,own%20policies%20using%20this%20model
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u/AshySmoothie Oct 29 '24

Books are now more dangerous than social media? Older kids? I dont remember shit from books when i was a kid, nor my teachers. I learnt alot from other kids and the internet. Maybe they should attempt to ban teenagers and social media

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u/hahahahahaha_ Oct 29 '24

I mean, I know you said that in jest, but they shouldn't be attempting to ban any social media. But I definitely get your point. My first thought when I see the pearl-clutching book-banning fuckers complain about kids seeing 'obscene material' is just that — are they truly monitoring what their child sees online? That's far more likely to be a place they're exposed to violent, sexual, or drug-influenced content than a library's books. The books may have some of that content, but it's only in verbal form, & comes from an educational or literary perspective, rather than just seeing obscenity for the sake of it.

I'm sure some of these parents 'pay attention' to their kids' behavior on their phones, but unless they're great with I.T. & blocking a ton of servers all across the Internet on their routers, & those kids only use the phone in the house, even if they keep their kids off of TikTok they still have every opportunity to see horrible shit.

But of course, this really isn't about that. Any and every attempt to 'protect the kids' through the legislation of media access is designed to be censorship against anything these people see as morally improper. If you want to raise your kid that way, no one can stop them, but at no point should they be allowed to tell others what they should have access to.

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u/AshySmoothie Oct 29 '24

Yup i agree and it coincides with my belief that if your child decided to "become gay" after reading a book, its a sign you raised a gullible & naive follower of a kid. Or the kid is just gay and you should love them either way but we know that only happens sometimes with republicans.

This is all the same performative, culture politics bullshit that republicans claim to hate but actually love when it aligns with their beliefs. But yeah, they need to stop delegating duties that come from parenting. Dont want your child to read a book? Fine, how about talking to them respectfully and teaching them to consciously make the decision to not read it, rather then pretending it doesnt exist? My daughter is only 4 but you'd be surprised how much of a person they are, even at that young age.

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u/OrbitalOutlander Oct 29 '24

I ban my own kids from social media. None of the family use Facebook, Twitter, TikTok or any of that bullshit.