Desantis bans Paradise Lost by John Milton

[Biff_Poindexter]

I think all books need to be removed from schools.....it won't be a ban because you can still get the books elsewhere....

 

[progressive hunter]

Where is it ?

in almost every library and book store in the country,,

 

[Rawley]

No books have been banned.

Hard to believe the crap these folks will swallow for their party.

 

[progressive hunter]

I think all books need to be removed from schools.....it won't be a ban because you can still get the books elsewhere....

we can always count on you to say something stupid,,

 

[Tommy Tainant]

in almost every library and book store in the country,,

Not in Orlando. Why is that ?

 

[progressive hunter]

Hard to believe the crap these folks will swallow for their party.

while at the same time biden is trying to overturn the 1st amendment,,

 

[progressive hunter]

Not in Orlando. Why is that ?

got any proof its not??

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

we can always count on you to say something stupid,,

Well, if a book isn't available in schools but still available to get -- that isn't a ban, right?


So instead of getting your bitch ass panties in a bunch when you morons are painted as book banners -- just remove all the books and run that same "but but you can still get the books tho" excuse

 

[progressive hunter]

Well, if a book isn't available in schools but still available to get -- that isn't a ban, right?


So instead of getting your bitch ass panties in a bunch when you morons are painted as book banners -- just remove all the books and run that same "but but you can still get the books tho" excuse

and just like that you dbl down ,on stupid,,,

 

[Harpy Eagle]

oh wait you want children to read it

No reason at all children in High School should be restricted from reading it or getting it from the school library

 

[SassyIrishLass]

No reason at all children in High School should be restricted from reading it or getting it from the school library

Maybe parents don't want them to?

 

[SweetSue92]

Florida schools remove books by John Milton and restrict Shakespeare

Over 100 have been removed from school shelves, teacher says

www.independent.co.uk

Over 150 books have been removed from a large, Orlando-area Florida school district, including classics like The Scarlet Letter, Paradise Lost, and The Invisible Man, as school officials review materials for sexual content under the state’s restrictive book ban laws.

I am very rarely lost for words but this act of vandalism takes my breath away. I doubt that Ron Meatball has read it. I doubt that whoever complained about it has read it, much less understood it.

Parts of it are difficult, parts of it require a classical education to understand it. Its not something that you read on the beach or is likely to be made into a film.

For those unfamiliar with the work it is about the fate of Satan after he was cast out of heaven. It runs to 10 books of blank verse and was written by arguably the greatest poet in the English Language. Certainly the greatest Puritan poet.

He wrote it whilst he was blind and under fear of arrest by the restored Charles !!. More than just a poem it is a triumph of christian spirit.

Banning it is a perverse action. Denying people the right to read it is an act of a barbarian. In a better life there is no way the world of John Milton should collide with that of Desantis.

I also believe that it is an act that runs contrary to the American constitution. Paradise Lost is a signiificant christian work of art. If it isnt protected by America then America has no meaning.

The same little weasel has also banned Midummer Nights Dream and earlier this year a principal was fired for showing pix of David to an art class. How long before these people start burning witches ?

Hmmm, this has the scent of the NEA all over it. Some teachers in my district, at other schools, are attending the national conf. Guess what they're doing? Making (physically constructing) those "little libraries" people put in their yard with all the books "DeSantis has banned".

Too on the nose = coordinated. Beyond a doubt.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Maybe parents don't want them to?

Then they tell them not to, you know they be a parent. Why should those parents choose for other parents?

 

[Ralph Norton]

I think all books need to be removed from schools.....it won't be a ban because you can still get the books elsewhere....

What are you going to do when you finally realize that your brilliant sarcasm isn't brilliant.....or even close?

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

What are you going to do when you finally realize that your brilliant sarcasm isn't brilliant.....or even close?

When are you going to learn that claiming you can get something elsewhere doesn't make the book any less banned by reactionary right-wingers?


Yall remind me of the folks whining about being censored or banned by one social media platform even tho they can just go to another social media platform....


Yet in this case, the government is literally doing the censoring/banning....yall are clowns

 

[progressive hunter]

When are you going to learn that claiming you can get something elsewhere doesn't make the book any less banned by reactionary right-wingers?

it means exactly that,,

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

it means exactly that,,

You lost the narrative on that one dunce...


Everyone knows this is about removing books that ruffles the sensitive feathers of Conservatives who are so worried about people learning how often they have been on the wrong side of history....



And to think...it all started with them being triggered by this book...

 

[progressive hunter]

You lost the narrative on that one dunce...


Everyone knows this is about removing books that ruffles the sensitive feathers of Conservatives who are so worried about people learning how often they have been on the wrong side of history....



And to think...it all started with them being triggered by this book...

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some day you will have to tell us why youre so obsessed with exposing children to adult content,,

if the parents are OK with it they can go to several other places to get it,,

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Which part of Paradise Lost includes graphic sex you moron ?

Just out of curiosity, do you want all the books put back in the schools or just some of them.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Maybe parents don't want them to?

They would have to read it first. Why do you object to this religious poem >