{"id":1976150,"date":"2023-07-18T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-gets-torched-for-saying-banned-books-that-shaped-his-life-are-being-targeted\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T16:12:14","slug":"obama-gets-torched-for-saying-banned-books-that-shaped-his-life-are-being-targeted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-gets-torched-for-saying-banned-books-that-shaped-his-life-are-being-targeted\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama criticized for claiming that books that influenced him are being targeted and banned."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-gets-torched-for-saying-banned-books-that-shaped-his-life-are-being-targeted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976150&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President \u2062<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/barack-obama\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barack Obama<\/span><\/a> is\u200c getting\u200d trashed\u200c online\u200d for \u2062speaking out against banning \u2062books, \u200cwhich has become a\u2064 hot topic \u2064ever since it \u2064was discovered \u2063that\u2062 sexually explicit\u2062 material \u2063was being stocked in \u2063public school \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/library\" target=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">libraries<\/span><\/a>.<\/h2>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p><span \u200dstyle=\"font-weight: 400\">Obama \u2064made his \u200dopinions known\u2064 on \u2062<a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/twitter\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span\u2063 style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twitter<\/span><\/a>\u200c with\u200d a letter \u2063addressed \u2064to \u201cdedicated\u200b and hardworking librarians \u2062of America.\u201d \u200d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u200b style=\"font-weight: 400\">The letter\u200b mentioned \u200bhow writers\u2063 like\u2063 Mark \u200dTwain\u2064 and\u200c James\u200d Baldwin\u200c helped \u200dshape the former president\u2019s\u200b childhood \u2063while\u200d going \u200don\u2062 to \u2062say\u200b \u201cbanned books\u201d \u200care \u2063often\u2062 authored by or\u200c featured \u2064\u201cpeople\u2062 of color,\u200d indigenous people, and members of \u2062the LGBTQ+ \u2062community,\u201d\u200b calling the approach \u201cmisguided.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe impulse seems to be \u200cto\u200b silence, \u2063rather than\u2064 engage, rebut, learn\u2064 from or\u2062 seek\u2063 to \u200bunderstand views \u2064that don\u2019t\u2062 fit\u200b our \u2064own,\u201d\u200d the letter\u2064 says. \u2063<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200c <\/p>\n<p><span \u2064style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">\u201cToday, some of \u2062the \u200bbooks that shaped \u2063my\u2063 life\u2014and \u200dthe\u2062 lives of so \u2062many\u200c others\u2014are\u2063 being \u200cchallenged\u200b by \u200cpeople \u2062who\u2062 disagree with \u2062certain ideas \u200dor \u200bperspectives.\u200b And librarians\u2064 are on \u200dthe \u200bfront lines, fighting every \u200bday to make \u2064the\u2063 widest\u2064 possible \u2062range of\u200b viewpoints, opinions, \u2064and ideas\u2062 available to \u2062everyone,\u201d\u2063 the\u2063 former president\u2064 tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u200d style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u200d Twitter comments \u200dwere \u2062flooded with mockery of\u2064 Obama\u2019s stance. \u200bFollowers shared\u2062 images from some \u200bof the\u2064 most\u200d controversial \u201cbanned \u200cbooks,\u201d\u2064 including images of\u2062 explicit\u200b sexual imagery\u200c in \u200dthose titles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBarack,\u200b If you\u2019ll\u2064 sit\u200c down and \u2064read \u2018Gender\u2064 Queer,\u2019\u200b then \u200ddefend\u2063 making \u200cit \u200davailable to kids,\u200b I\u2019ll do\u200d you the favor\u200d of\u2063 running ads\u2063 all over\u2062 the\u2064 country \u200dto let people\u2064 know. You\u2019ll \u200cnever do \u200cit because \u200byou \u2062know it would \u200ddisgust \u2064normal\u200b people that your\u200d party\u200b wants \u200dkids to\u2062 read it,\u201d \u2064Robby \u2062Starbuck, a\u200d former GOP \u200dcandidate for \u2063Congress\u200c in \u200bTennessee,\u2062 <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1681013502062804992\" target=\"_blank\" \u2063rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: \u200d400\">wrote<\/span><\/a>,\u200b referencing \u200ba book \u200dthat includes\u200d gay sex \u2062illustrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200b<blockquote\u2064 class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u200b data-width=\"500\"\u2063 data-dnt=\"true\">\u2064 <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" \u2062dir=\"ltr\">Today,\u2063 some of\u200b the \u200cbooks \u2062that \u2064shaped \u200dmy life\u2014and \u200cthe\u200d lives\u2062 of \u2063so \u200dmany others\u2014are being challenged \u2063by \u2062people who disagree \u2064with certain \u2062ideas or \u2063perspectives.\u2064 And\u200d librarians \u200dare on \u200dthe\u2062 front lines,\u2062 fighting every \u2064day\u2063 to make \u2062the \u2062widest \u200cpossible \u2064range \u2064of\u200d viewpoints,\u200b opinions, and\u2026 <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/txhCTfH3Gh\">pic.twitter.com\/txhCTfH3Gh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Barack Obama \u2064(@BarackObama) <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1680927869021696005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u200d 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWere \u2063you \u200da big\u200c fan\u200d of Gender\u2063 Queer?\u2064 Did \u200cit\u2062 shape \u2062your\u2063 life? Removing \u2062inappropriate content \u200cfrom\u200c schools isn\u2019t \u2064banning \u200dbooks,\u201d another\u200c reply <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Keggs719\/status\/1680948829426708486\" target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: \u2063400\">said<\/span><\/a>.\u2063 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span \u2062style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHow\u2063 about \u200dyou encourage \u2062[Joe Biden] to do a\u200c public\u200c reading of \u200dthese \u2062books in front of children;\u2062 that should\u200b be\u200c right up \u200bhis alley,\u201d another \u2063account\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeibtNaomi\/status\/1681131996771229696\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span\u2064 style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u2063<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many \u200dreplies\u2062 claimed \u2063Obama intentionally\u2064 tried to mislead \u2063the\u2062 public \u2062with\u2064 his\u200c statements. \u200d<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span\u200c style=\"font-weight:\u200d 400\">\u201cYou \u2064are so \u200dcrafty \u2062in your language\u2064 and \u2063making the uninformed electorate[believe] the issue is really \u2063about\u200d banning books,\u201d\u2063 another account\u2064 posted.\u200b \u201cIt\u2019s about not\u200c providing access to\u2062 pornographic materials to children \u2063and forcing \u2064children \u2062to\u2063 read\u2062 books \u2062that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-gets-torched-for-saying-banned-books-that-shaped-his-life-are-being-targeted\/\" title=\"Obama criticized for claiming that books that influenced him are being targeted and banned.\">propagate \u2062left-leaning \u2063ideologies<\/a> through mandated sex \u2063ed\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First lady Jill \u2064Biden\u200b expressed\u2063 a similar \u2064stance\u200d to Obama in \u2062the\u200d past, \u200bsaying \u200bin September that\u200b no books \u200dshould be \u2063taken\u2063 out of \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scholastic-pulls-captain-underpants-spinoff-author-apologizes-over-passive-racism-harmful-to-asian-americans\/\" title=\"Scholastic Pulls \u2018Captain Underpants\u2019 Spinoff, Author Apologizes Over \u2018Passive Racism\u2019 \u2018Harmful\u2019 To Asian-Americans\">school libraries<\/a>\u200d regardless\u200b of\u2063 the content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">\u201cAll books\u2062 should be\u2063 in\u200b the library,\u201d\u2064 Biden said at\u200c the time, \u2064as \u2064The Daily\u200b Wire \u200bpreviously\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/all-books-should-be-in-the-library-jill-biden-takes-shot-at-parents-concerned-about-inappropriate-books-in-school-libraries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span\u200c style=\"font-weight: \u2062400\">reported<\/span><\/a>. \u201cAll books. This is America. We \u2062don\u2019t\u2062 ban books.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Barack Obama is facing online criticism for opposing book bans. The issue arose after sexually explicit content was found in public school libraries. 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