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Judd Legum @JuddLegum
It’s interesting that “concern parents” alway seem to raise “concerns” about the language and sexual content of books about marginalized communities — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
.@mikeallen's @axios newsletter, which makes millions running ads from Facebook and other tech companies focused on improving their corporate image, today runs a piece about Facebook's efforts to burnish its corporate image as "news" Sorry, but this is a conflict https://t.co/vPkcmyamDO — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
While Jewish institutions, including the National Holocaust Museum and others, have harshly criticized the decision to ban Maus from classrooms in Tennessee, @FoxNews found a rabbi (who leads a pro-Trump Jewish group) to defend the decision. The rabbi has not read the book. https://t.co/gKb0inM3PA — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
UPDATE: The McMinn County Tennessee school board defends its decision to ban Maus from the classroom. "We simply do not believe that this work is an appropriate text for our students to study" They claim the decision "reflect[s] the values of the community" https://t.co/sBOjF7LXlf — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@jonst0kes @politicalmath I just saw it. Fair enough. — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@Fitz_DC @politicalmath @jonst0kes You wrote that they “voted to replace it.” They did not do that. They voted to remove it after acknowledging they had no replacement. Maybe get your facts straight before you appoint yourself as the accuracy police — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@jonst0kes @politicalmath Just want note that you wrote this about me and I asked you for an example and you referenced a “rant” about evangelicals that I never wrote and then deleted that tweet when I pointed it out — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@Fitz_DC @politicalmath @jonst0kes You should actually read the minutes. They didn’t replace it with another book. And they acknowledged that, as a result of the ban, the entire Holocaust module might have to be canceled — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@ringrangadong @Fitz_DC @politicalmath @jonst0kes Seems like a distinction without a difference. 8th graders were reading it and now they are not because it was banned from their classroom by the school board. — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@Fitz_DC @politicalmath @jonst0kes What happened to the book? It wasn’t removed from 8th Grade classrooms in a Tennessee county? — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@politicalmath @jonst0kes What’s the disinformation? I wasn’t the one who decided to pull the book out of 8th grade classrooms in Tennessee. Did that not actually happen? — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@jonst0kes @politicalmath I have no idea what you are talking about. I haven’t written anything about evangelicals. — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@jonst0kes @politicalmath Just jumping into this convo because I’m curious what I did? Sounds like it was pretty bad. — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@oliovlov It's actually LEG-um, sounds like Drum — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
If I didn't keep my DMs open, look at all the important information that I'd miss https://t.co/UjgEflosbI — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
Still available on https://t.co/DW3liV0gkA https://t.co/9sHcONMoa4 — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
UPDATE: Maus currently sold out on Amazon https://t.co/B88qRLw0nr — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@soldmoondoggie I think the website has too much traffic — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
6. In Oklahoma, a state senator introduced a bill prohibiting school libraries from carrying books "that address the study of sex, sexual preferences, sexual activity, sexual perversion, sex-based classifications, sexual identity, [or] gender identity." https://t.co/xofxxrQKsh — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
5. @Moms4Liberty argues that these books show "a heavily biased agenda, one that makes children hate their country, each other, and/or themselves" They also objected to a negative depiction of Bull Connor, the notorious racist who used hoses & attack dogs to enforce segregation — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@GovRonDeSantis 4. In Williamson County, Tennessee, @Moms4Liberty, a right-wing dark money group, is arguing that the state's new "anti-CRT" bill prohibits second graders from reading books about MLK Jr. and other civil rights icons https://t.co/7j51LDwxmg https://t.co/TlhB0R7pUx — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
3. In Florida, @GovRonDeSantis is pushing legislation to require teachers to describe America's founding as "based largely on universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence" That, of course, is a lie. Black people, women, and others were denied these rights — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
2. The archetypal "parents rights" candidate was Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin. Youngkin's closing TV ad featured a woman who tried to get Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved banned from her son's AP English class She called it "explicit material" https://t.co/RIWbIaLb2g — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
1. The decision of a Tennessee county school board to ban Maus from the classroom is not an isolated incident It is part of a much broader effort to censor history and literature being packaged under euphemisms like "parents rights" Follow along if interested https://t.co/Ciidqperrz — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@RalphSmorra @Twitter @realchrisrufo You are free to view this decision as non-censorious and reasonable. I disagree. The idea that there are copies in the library is speculation and doesn't change the fact that it's been pulled from classrooms. — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@Twitter @realchrisrufo Let's go over the facts. Rufo claims the book has been "swapped out." It has not. The board does not have a replacement and the result, according to the board, is the entire module on the Holocaust will be skipped because Maus is the "anchor text." https://t.co/WYoaXLk9hT — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@RalphSmorra @Twitter @realchrisrufo What would "banning" a book mean to you? There are 8th graders in Tennessee who are reading it right now. And this school board literally voted to ban it from the classroom. — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@Twitter UPDATE: @realchrisrufo, who has fueled anti-CRT hysteria, defends the decision to ban Maus from 8th grade classrooms. Oddly says that banning the book from the classroom is not a ban. Book banning is part of a larger strategy. https://t.co/dog9HUJ9Cn — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
@Twitter UPDATE: The author of Maus, Art Spiegelman, reacts to his book being banned "It has the breath of autocracy and fascism" https://t.co/xntkveIEEL https://t.co/zCAiRGMIOb — PolitiTweet.org
Judd Legum @JuddLegum
UPDATE: @Twitter informs me that it received a complaint about the tweet at the beginning of this thread, pursuant to German Law, but it will not be removed https://t.co/OYgp9CSLq3 — PolitiTweet.org
