Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools

There's an article?

I guessed right 🤣

thank you!!!

Doing the lord's work. Thank.

Could have fit that right in the headline without even increasing the number of words.

Thank you for your service.

These headlines here are becoming some google news clickbait titles.

Damn. He could have gone with, "Fuck Ron Desantis."

You mean "what the f***" right? You know it's illegal to swear online and will have you face capital punishment

perfectly remarkable, i think.

i mean, its pretty obvious what the 3 words were just given the context of the title.

The image is a flyer for a "Banned Books Club" (Bokklubb för förbjudna böcker) targeted at young people between the ages of 13 and 18 in Bromölla, Sweden. It invites readers to explore the topic of banned books, asking questions like "Which books are banned, where are they banned, and why?" The club aims to discuss these books during the fall and winter, and the first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 19, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the library (biblioteket).

The flyer has a "STOP" sign, a warning label at the bottom, and a bird illustration. It encourages participants to sign up via email and features logos for Kulturpunkten and Bromölla Municipality.

It's just gobbledygook

jättemycketbra!

Back in the ‘80’s I had a high school English teacher that had us read his Night Shift short stories. The entire class loved it.

But, are you religious and support the right like it's your job?

I read The Stand and It before high school, and lots of other mature books with "inappropriate" material. It resulted in improved reading skills.

I absolutely loved the entire series. I miss Eddie and Susannah, and I want to reread it again now.

Did you forget about the shit weasels in Dreamcatcher, the various instances of SA in Hearts in Atlantis, the forced abortion in the Gunslinger, insomnia, and so forth

"What? You scared?"

I was hoping for an "Actual Cancel Culture"

best i can do is 1 and yes it is "fuck"

“Skibidi toilet Ohio”, even.

"Please and Thanks."

Oh I’d LOVE to see you show your work on this. Let’s see proof of this accusation.

Everythings genocide with you ppl. Get a clue and realize America is extremely pro Israel. You're in the cast minority and nothing will change no matter how hard you demonize Democrats you're just going to end up with trump who'll be worse.

To be fair, that’s pretty much every American. They’re all blood thirsty monsters. Just watch them come to tell me I’m a Nazi for not supporting a second holocaust lmfao

Technically it was a train, and they were experiencing a transcendent connection across time with their older selves, in a deliberately unsettling and transgressive scene meant to evoke the rawness of adolescence being laid bare before the worst cosmic horror -- an eldritch carrion-eater who feeds on destroying the souls of children -- as a way of reclaiming strength from vulnerability. At any rate, depiction is not endorsement.

But yes, considering how many actual adults misinterpret and mischaracterize that scene, I don't recommend that particular book to children -- not because they'll be damaged by it, but because they won't have the wisdom of age to understand it.

I think high schoolers can handle that. But I guess when you're in a state where the intention is to prevent young people from understanding sex, it starts to make sense.

Now violence on the other hand... No problem there.

The books shouldn’t be banned in high schools for sure. I could see the argument for middle schools, and the books should never see anyone under 12.

Yea. There has to be some kind of balancing act. I don't know what the right answer is. My wife is a teacher and we spar over this sometimes. I lean towards not banning but she claims the resources just aren't there to vet and manage check-out. She concedes that if there were more resources and staff available then it wouldn't be an issue.

This does bring up a good question though: Should access be

• Completely unrestricted?
• Somewhat restricted?
• Heavily moderated?

The last time I posed this question I got dogpiled on Lemmy but I feel like people are really not thinking through the consequences. And if you can't, then you should really pause and think about it.

There are pros and cons for each stance. I just don't think it's that simple as many here want it to be.

Edit : to be clear, Im not pro-banning. I'm just musing online hoping to hear other perspectives. I'm not offended if you down vote, but I was hoping to hear more your opinion.