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kpete

(72,897 posts) Sat May 27, 2023, 08:51 AM May 2023

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This is what a high school student told the Granbury ISD School Board. Wow. [View all]

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This is what a high school student told the Granbury ISD School Board. Wow. [View all] kpete May 2023 OP

Well said. Let's celebrate that student. I'd like to know more about them. yardwork May 2023 #1

Banning books means no chance of getting the book. jimfields33 May 2023 #6

No, that's not what it means. Mariana May 2023 #8

Books are being banned in schools and libraries. yardwork May 2023 #11

title dropping Marthe48 May 2023 #15

Well-educated, progressive parents will ensure that their children have books. yardwork May 2023 #18

I hope that kids keep surprising us Marthe48 May 2023 #26

That isn't the point of a library. edisdead May 2023 #19

Not sure what you mean Marthe48 May 2023 #27

The problem is today's Republicans don't want to be known as the good guys Walleye May 2023 #2

That is such an important point. yardwork May 2023 #12

It makes me sick to see the selfishness surrounding the student loan forgiveness Walleye May 2023 #13

The written words attributed to Jesus are completely ignored. yardwork May 2023 #14

But they're reliably the first to take to the "holier than thou" podium calimary May 2023 #32

There are also many on the right who believe they recieve "new prophecy" about the current state of Axelrods_Typewriter May 2023 #39

I don't know, but even the Old Testament (their preferred source) warns of false prophets. yardwork May 2023 #40

Big, big, big, big KNR. NNadir May 2023 #3

Kick dalton99a May 2023 #4

K & R...nt Wounded Bear May 2023 #5

Granbury ISD is in Texas, southwest of Ft. Worth. Lonestarblue May 2023 #7

Granbury is where Elmer lived.. Beachnutt May 2023 #9

What a perfectly worded statement! DFW May 2023 #10

Man-oh-man did I love that album when I was a kid! calimary May 2023 #22

People who are scared of books are sad people LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #16

The utter shame those ADULT school board members NoMoreRepugs May 2023 #17

wow.....i dont remember being that aware during HS! samnsara May 2023 #20

... Major Nikon May 2023 #21

Kick. n/t Upthevibe May 2023 #23

If you ban books for certain parents' rights, you deny parental rights for those who feel their chil keithbvadu2 May 2023 #24

Wow! Outstanding! Give that kid a scholarship vlyons May 2023 #25

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2023 #28

Nailed it. republianmushroom May 2023 #29

The millions of adult magats might as well had the books banned, because they housecat May 2023 #30

All the books are in a data base. The Jungle 1 May 2023 #31

Here is the video of the Granbury ISD student quoted above Celerity May 2023 #33

Book banning fighter Chrisdutch May 2023 #34

Granbury where? Laura PourMeADrink May 2023 #35

It's a complicated way of saying it, but he's not wrong FakeNoose May 2023 #36

K&R Blue Owl May 2023 #37

K&R, uponit7771 May 2023 #38