At least people are still thinking in San Antonio

[alfreda89]

"Handmaid's Tale" is back in the curriculum after a superintendent yanked it from the roster (it had been taught ten years.)

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/TX_Novel_Restored.html

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[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

"He said he would not want his own children to read the book."

Well. No. They might draw, you know, parallels.

Aside from the fact that Thinking Is Bad. Can't have Our Children thinking. Oh heavens no.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

You know how dangerous Thinking is!

(No one has an icon to top the hind end of a Lipp.) ;^)

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

A very Large Lipp. It's taken from eye level. 8)

Thinking is the death of any totalitarian regime. They only work if higher brain functions are shut off--by drugs, fear, or engineered ignorance.

Just ask Karl Rove. He's a master at it.

[vincam.livejournal.com]

"If we do ban 'The Handmaid's Tale' because of sexual content, then why not ban 'Huckleberry Finn' for racism? Why not ban 'The Crucible' for witchcraft? Why not ban 'The Things They Carried' for violence, and why not ban the Bible and argue separation of church and state?" Judson senior Craig Gagne told trustees.


Um...they do ban the Bible and argue separation of church and state.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Just ask Karl Rove. He's a master at it.

The man is scary. And, unfortunately, good at what he does. A friend of mine's sister had the dubious privilege of being Rove's first target, many years ago.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

He did get rather carried away, didn't he?

Who knows, in San Antonio, they probably carry their bibles to class.