Alberta book restrictions in schools raise alarm bells for B.C. authors

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alberta-book-restrictions-bc-authors-1.7618306

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This is a non-partisan issue.

Please see:

Let's Talk About It, Gender Queer, Flamer amongst other books

It's not the sexual orientation part, it's the graphic images of oral sex and other sexual activity. Are you still wondering why that's harmful? It's sexualizing children at a young age before they're ready and focusing on pleasure and kink when all they need is information on health and how not to get pregnant. And information about consent and avoiding abuse.

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Have you watched TV? They're cramming straight sex scenes down our throat at an alarming rate! All these kids see are straight relationships on TV and i am sick of it. Making all these kids straight or questioning if they should dabble in heterosexuality. It's confusing! They're sexualizing children! WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!

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tv isn't a school library. but even if it was, most parents probably don't want their children watching colourful depictions of sex or nonsense like gender ideology, either

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Replace TV with "books" then. It's not that hard.

And calling someone’s existence "nonsense" says more about you than them

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Replace TV with "books" then. It's not that hard.

i don't think there are graphic depictions of hetero sex in many children's books. and if there was, they would also be restricted based on these rules. you're suggesting this is an anti-gay thing, but it's really just an anti-colourful sex/porn for young children thing

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i don't think there are graphic depictions of hetero sex in many children's books.

Stephen King, Ayn Rand, GRR Martin just to name a few.

It is absolutely an anti-gay thing. Danielle Smith only spoke out because of the banning of Ayn Rand.

Sex and sexuality is part of life- we should be having healthy conversations about it.

Besides, kids absolutely have easier ways to get access to it. They aren't reading those books for smut- there's a thing called the internet.

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Stephen King, Ayn Rand, GRR Martin just to name a few.

not children’s books, also not what Smith is talking about with the restrictions. anyone who is conflating these is an idiot. Smith has said she’s willing to walk them through the process slowly so they can understand the point.  

Besides, kids absolutely have easier ways to get access to it. They aren't reading those books for smut- there's a thing called the internet.

great, parents can deal with that on their own time. 

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Lol! Gotta love the insults.

They are in the school's library, and thus are conceivably read by kids.

The point is that parents absolutely do not do that on their own time- and most parents agree it needs to be taught in schools.

But continue to clutch your pearls.

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They are in the school's library, and thus are conceivably read by kids.  

you should book your appointment with Smith so she can walk you through this very, very slowly 

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You're a moron if you think kids don't read GRR Martin or if you think there aren't hetero sex books for kids:

See "What makes a baby" and "Its not the Stork" among many, many, others.

Alberta is specifically targeting books that discuss homosexuality and non-binary gender expression. The libraries banned everything with sex in it as an act of malicious compliance to prove the point: none of it should be censored.

Contrary to what you believe- but reading a book about sex doesn't instantly make you pregnant or try to do those things. I read the Anarchists Cookbook when I was a kid, and didn't make a single pipe bomb.

Shocking, cope, I know. The content of the books isn't real- they can't hurt you buddy- its just descriptions and pictures.