Thread by @sunnyright

Your reminder that books are not banned in this country.

Preventing public school teachers from forcing their charges to read politically-charged books is not book banning. It's elected officials controlling public school curriculum. The books remain available for reading.

Now, those elected officials may make unwise or outright stupid decisions in the course of that. And voters should hold them accountable!

But no one seriously disputes that elected school board officials should be able to exert control over standard curriculum. And that does

not amount to "book banning." Book banning does not consist of preventing a government employee from forcing other people's children to read certain literature in order to graduate. That has historically never been what "book banning" is.

And what's more, you will find that *everyone* supports some version of "book banning" if that's what you insist on calling it.

Lefties screeching about book banning would not support public school teachers forcing kids to read pro-Trump hagiographies or climate change denial

literature or pro-gun literature. I think we can safely assume there would be a bipartisan consensus that public school teachers shouldn't be able to force students to read Holocaust denial books.

"Well that's different."

Why? You're preventing public school teachers from

forcing students to read certain books. So you support book banning?

Of course not. You support elected school board members being able to shape and control the curriculum. So that if you disapprove, you can vote them out and replace them. Accountability.

Our children do not become the property of whatever public school teacher they're assigned to for a year. Teachers have zero (0) rights vis-a-vis my child. Zero. None. They're not wronged by having to teach approved curriculum to other people's children when that's their job.

You're not a college professor. Your charges aren't there voluntarily and because they're interested. They're there because education is mandatory. You're paid by everyone's taxes. You're not there to indoctrinate. You're there to communicate approved curriculum so that the

broad citizenry has a basic educational foundation upon which to function. It's not your opportunity to effect change by indoctrinating the next generation. If you think that's your job, you can leave. Regardless of your politics or ideology. You can get out.