School district slaps warning labels on books with LGBTQ characters

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A school district in Florida has added parental warning labels to over 100 books touching on everything from race to LGBTQ issues, including a children’s book called Everywhere Babies.

“This Advisory Notice shall serve to inform you that this book has been identified by some community members as unsuitable for students,” the label, placed on the inside front cover of books in the Collier County Public School libraries, reads. “This book will also be identified in the Destiny system with the same notation. The decision as to whether this book is suitable or unsuitable shall be the decision of the parent(s) who has the right to oversee his/her child’s education consistent with state law.”

“These warning labels are like something you might see on a cigarette package,” said Jonathan Friedman, director of free expression and education programs at PEN America. “They’re treating it like a controlled, alarming substance. This is literature for young people.”

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According to NBC News, the list of 110 books featuring the label overlaps significantly with a list of books that conservative group Florida Citizens Alliance inquired about in a December email to Collier County Public Schools.

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[Phoenix61]

1. Can't think of a better way to get kids to read.😂😂😂nt

[aeromanKC]

2. Just like albums with bad language stickers

I went to those first!!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Conservative Republicans are SO STUPID...

The more something is made forbidden, the more attractive it becomes. People will seek out these books just to see what the fuss is all about. Just like the Graphic novel about the Holocaust titled MAUS, which became a mega Best Seller within days.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Yes, but we have to realize today's cons, MAGA, GOP etc actually do want mass violence to happen

to all that are not them.

I bought a ticket for the recent 1 billion MEGA MILLIONS drawing with the fantasy of being able to donate 100 million dollars to the ten closest House races to keep the House Democratic because the money will have no real value if we dont and lives wont either.

Then I wonder why aren't the richest non cons in the world doing much more. Why aren't Soros and Gates and other billionaire non cons giving mountains of money to stop fascism from taking over at which time their money disappears?

Putin wont allow them to be rich if he manages to get those traitorous GOP senators and so on in charge. Even DeStupid may not be able to stop it.

I dont get it.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. ROFLMAO, idiots

[DBoon]

6. so now kids will know which books to hide from their parents

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. Just like PLAYBOY magazine back in the day.

[keithbvadu2]

8. Put those warning labels on Bibles.

[ShazzieB]

9. This is incredibly offensive.

But at least they didn't yank the books out of there entirely. Of course, that may well be the next step, but at least for now the books are still there and still available.

Don't get me wrong; I think this sucks big time. And it may just be a prelude to much worse things. So feel free to ignore me and my silly silver lining talk. I sound ridiculous even to myself!