Frisco, TX lawmaker wants to ban Lonesome Dove in Texas schools

[GreenspointTexas 9568]

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/jared-patterson-lonesome-dove-book-bans/
 

 

Ive fucking had it with this state

[Grade of D as in David 13253]

[Gil Bang 25898]

I'm 100% confident, without reading the article, that said "lawmaker" is a member of the GOP.

 

[RDCanecutter 26283]

Those fat little brats won't put down their porn phones long enough to look at some old book.

Nor will their parents.

[fattyflattie 4636]

He needs to be taught that rude behavior in a man, won’t be tolerated.  

[F250 28691]

“Besides a whiskey, I think we will require a little respect."

 

 

[Satchel 6908]

59 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/jared-patterson-lonesome-dove-book-bans/
 

 

Ive fucking had it with this state

Sure he does but he won’t vote to extend insurance benefits to poor Texans. 

[Post Oak 20187]

In a shock to no one, he's an aggy

[atomheartbevo 89449]

34 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

I'm 100% confident, without reading the article, that said "lawmaker" is a member of the GOP.

Yep, and he hasn't read the book either.

This fucking state.  GOP is trying to pander to the dumbest people in the state, and whether those Republicans are considered smart/intelligent/educated, they are still pandering to the dumbest fucking people and pushing the dumbest fucking legislation, so they might as well be just as fucking dumb as their voters.

[hornmpa96 2598]

He’s really not going to like the ending in IT.

[hpslugga 4044]

Execute him…

 

and I say that as a staunch opponent of capital punishment.  

[tx 3 putt 76403]

Aggie + North DFw crazy = the world would be a better place without him 

[ultimaton 2966]

We should nuke Frisco

[atomheartbevo 89449]

11 minutes ago, ultimaton said:

We should nuke Frisco

[Chooky 13302]

Imagine that your kid's biggest problem was reading Larry McMurtry. 

[Sawbonz 27436]

That bill is going to pass

[SquishMitten 10401]

14 hours ago, hornmpa96 said:

He’s really not going to like the ending in IT.

To be fair, nobody should particularly like the ending to IT.

[troph 24563]

first the trans kids now you hetero-normative white guys... we toldya it wasn't about drag queens and trans kids. 

[fattyflattie 4636]

I'm stilly having a hard time with the fact this guy was an aggy and never read Lonesome Dove.  I know more than one aggy that hasn't ready any other books since they last read it. 

[GopherRock 1765]

...something about riding with an outlaw...

Edited March 29, 2023 by GopherRock

[Guest]

Who wouldn’t want a poke with young Diane Lane?  Anyone who spends time banning books and not 100% of energy on keeping guns out of the hands of crazies deserves public scorn. We are battling people running for our district’s school board trustees that are local fronts for an ultra right wing group in Florida that effectively wants to make our curriculum a private school curriculum. We are fighting it like hell. 

[HamsterHookah 112]

Topical because I literally just watched the series from the 80's last week on @shadow_operative recommendation.

What is objectionable that should be banned that I'm missing? Granted it was the made for TV series and not the book, so maybe there is more vulgarity and graphic in the book, but the series was super tame. The only thing I can think of is they use the word "whore" a dozen times or so and show prostitution?

[Sawbonz 27436]

2 hours ago, fattyflattie said:

I'm stilly having a hard time with the fact this guy was an aggy and never read Lonesome Dove.  I know more than one aggy that hasn't ready any other books since they last read it. 

This moronic piece of shit does not read. And he’s making laws that directly affect your childrens’ health and wellbeing. 

[fattyflattie 4636]

1 hour ago, HamsterHookah said:

Topical because I literally just watched the series from the 80's last week on @shadow_operative recommendation.

What is objectionable that should be banned that I'm missing? Granted it was the made for TV series and not the book, so maybe there is more vulgarity and graphic in the book, but the series was super tame. The only thing I can think of is they use the word "whore" a dozen times or so and show prostitution?

That's his concern. The prostitution. And Blue Duck did some evil shit to Lorena. Of a fictional book. 

[Sawbonz 27436]

I would like to give that piece of shit to Blue Duck 

[HamsterHookah 112]

1 hour ago, fattyflattie said:

That's his concern. The prostitution. And Blue Duck did some evil shit to Lorena. Of a fictional book. 

Dirty half-breed comanchero

[Satchel 6908]

I’d bet good money most of the parents supporting these bans have never read the books:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-library-books-banned-schools-rcna12986

[fattyflattie 4636]

Is anyone here seeing this at their schools?  I'm listed as one of the areas this is happening, but the oldest has had books about slavery, the holocaust, and several other books about fucked up events in our history (small pox blankets holla). She was also taught about the civil war in the correct context.   I read thru the descriptions of all the books on your link. I wouldn't be for against getting rid of them (lol at the Obama one); I don't really know when the appropriate age to be reading about blowjobs, rape, and molestation is?  It's been a long fucking time since I've been in a K-12 library, but are there areas cordoned off to the 11-12th graders, etc?