{"id":2028895,"date":"2023-09-12T06:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T10:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-media-slam-library-book-bans-while-omitting-the-explicit-content-being-pushed-on-minors\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T06:46:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T10:46:13","slug":"local-media-slam-library-book-bans-while-omitting-the-explicit-content-being-pushed-on-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-media-slam-library-book-bans-while-omitting-the-explicit-content-being-pushed-on-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Local media criticizes library for not addressing explicit content being promoted to minors."},"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\">26<\/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%2Flocal-media-slam-library-book-bans-while-omitting-the-explicit-content-being-pushed-on-minors%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=2028895&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--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p><em>Warning: This piece includes sexually explicit content. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t surprised\u200b when I got a \u200bcall from the local\u2064 newspaper telling \u200dme it\u200c wouldn\u2019t\u200b run my \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-media-slam-library-book-bans-while-omitting-the-explicit-content-being-pushed-on-minors\/\" title=\"Local media criticizes library for not addressing explicit content being promoted to minors.\">editorial featuring\u2062 graphic\u200d sex excerpts<\/a> \u2063from a controversial \u2062teen book. The parts I \u2062included were definitely disgusting and over-the-top\u2064 \u2014 no question. \u200cThe South Bend Tribune\u2019s editorial\u2062 page editor, Alesia I. Redding, told \u2063me\u200c over the\u200d phone, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to print\u2064 these things. \u2026 We \u2062don\u2019t print those \u200dthings in a family newspaper.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-961030462\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-29f8484ef9ea02bf397536f0bfa1622f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-29f8484ef9ea02bf397536f0bfa1622f\"><\/div>\n<p>Exactly. That\u2019s why\u200d moms and dads don\u2019t \u200cwant\u2064 \u201cthose things\u201d \u200cin the family\u200b sections of our \u2062public library \u2064either. <\/p>\n<p>Just days before, \u200dRedding and the two\u200b others \u200don \u2063her editorial board, Executive Editor Ismail Turay Jr. and Enterprise Editor Cory Havens, defended Indiana\u2019s St. Joe County Public Library for refusing to\u2063 reshelve the sexually \u2062explicit teen book in question to the adult section. Their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/editorial-who-decides-what-books-are-appropriate-for-your-teen\/ar-AA1fYDAX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">own editorial self-righteously defended<\/a> political free speech and\u2062 implied prejudice in the hearts of parents protesting the book, <em>This Book is Gay<\/em>, noting that \u200cthe \u200cbooks \u200d\u201cmost often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/advocacy\/bbooks\/frequentlychallengedbooks\/top10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deemed \u2018inappropriate<\/a>\u2018\u00a0are those that tell the stories of Black and LGBTQ people or\u2062 are by authors in those communities.\u201d Yet, even the\u2063 Trib \u2063staff acknowledged \u200cthe inappropriateness of \u2062the material when it refused to run such vulgarity in its own pages. <\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 editorial board was able to make its allegations under safe cover because\u200d its \u200daudience had no context. The column they\u2063 wrote advocating to keep <em>This Book\u2063 is Gay<\/em> in \u2062the teen section\u200c didn\u2019t actually include any of the controversial material in question. As far as the newspaper\u2019s readers were concerned, the debated book \u2062\u2014\u2064 designed for 14- to 18-year-olds \u2014 was\u200d no more\u2064 scandalous \u2063than <em>Catcher \u200din the Rye<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>My goal was to dispel them of that notion,\u2062 which \u2064is why \u2064my rebuttal \u2063included some of\u2063 the actual passages from <em>This Book is Gay<\/em>, including some of the \u2064same excerpts \u2063one\u200b mom had used when\u2063 she asked the library to move \u2063it\u2062 out of the kids\u2019 sections. The following selections \u2063were \u2064included in the piece I submitted to\u200c the\u2064 Tribune, which\u2064 the newspaper rejected:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-aba7d11bde2cf62d55f4ac2e63bad409 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-aba7d11bde2cf62d55f4ac2e63bad409\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>\u201cSometimes\u2026 in order to be able to \u2063cum at all, you or your partner may need to finish off with a handie\u2026 a\u2064 good handie\u200c is all about the wrist action. Rub \u200cthe head of his cock back and forth with your hand.\u201d \u2064Pg. 202: \u201cBlowies\u2026 massively misleading\u2026 \u200bit\u2019s\u2063 more about sucking\u2026\u200b it\u2019s more about sliding your mouth up and \u2063down the \u2063shaft of his cock.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe clitoris is \u200ca super sensitive cluster of nerve endings that, when rubbed, kissed or licked can make a\u2063 woman orgasm (and that\u2019s a good thing)\u2026 That clitoris really \u200ddoes \u200clike being licked and kissed\u2026 Toys, dildos,\u200d vibrators and \u200cstrapons \u200call\u2064 fulfill the \u200dsame \u200cpurpose\u2026 a prosthesis\u200c to \u200cinsert into the vagina.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAn open relationship is one with a cat flap\u2063 allowing\u2063 other people\u200b to drift in and out of the bedroom\u2026 sometimes this means threesomes\u2064 (or\u200c moresomes) with other people. All\u200c the intimacy with your partner, all\u2064 the variety with extras!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other terms in the book include: <em>rimming (licking the butthole), scat (eating poop) and golden shower\u200c (peeing on each \u200bother).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The \u2062author also \u2063introduces minors to Grindr, a hook-up site for adults only, saying, \u201cIf people want \u200ccasual sex,\u200b then Grindr is a must.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redding told me on the \u2063phone that\u200d I \u2062should realize\u2062 as a \u2063former \u2063journalist that a newspaper wouldn\u2019t run the language I used above, but \u2063the\u2062 language IS the \u200cstory.\u00a0As a former journalist, I know that. Writers are taught \u200cto show, not tell. <\/p>\n<p>One cannot capture the severity of a book by simply saying it\u2019s \u201csexually explicit.\u201d Depending on generation,\u200c personal definitions, and exposure, \u2064the term can mean many\u200c things to different people. But by\u2063 quoting from\u200b the\u2063 original \u200ctext, there can \u2063be no question as to\u2064 why moms and\u2062 dads were saying <em>This Book is Gay<\/em> was beyond\u200c what\u200d is acceptable for \u200bteenagers. It is the entire reason that the\u2062 parents read\u2064 from the actual \u200dtext at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attempted-book-bans-surged-in-2022-as-leaders-target-sexual-content-and-critical-race-theory-report\/\" title=\"Attempted book bans surged in 2022 as leaders target sexual content and critical race theory: Report\">library board meeting<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-096cc8fe9c8480b7b523434332d7924d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-096cc8fe9c8480b7b523434332d7924d\"><\/div>\n<p>It is likely also the reason the board originally voted to revisit the policy that allowed \u200cthe library\u2063 to keep \u200dthe book in the teen section.\u2064 They were \u2063certainly shocked by\u200d the contents as well.\u200b Yet, a month later, at\u2062 a meeting overwhelmed with left-leaning library advocates, the board voted in no \u2063substantial changes that would protect children from\u2063 sexually explicit and degrading materials.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, backroom discussions \u2063that took place in the interim convinced board members\u2064 to keep the obscene material\u2064 available for kids. Instead, a library\u200b employee gave \u200da \u2062speech celebrating the library\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communists-sweep-sham-hong-kong-election\/\" title=\"Communists Sweep Sham Hong Kong Election\">diverse political views<\/a> and the importance \u200bof \u2064the First \u200cAmendment. <\/p>\n<p>The\u200b library cleverly dodged the real issue. Obscenity is not the same\u2062 as political speech.\u200c In fact, we have laws to protect minors\u200d from obscenity because it is developmentally\u200c inappropriate and harmful. And\u2063 while Indiana \u2064law \u200cprovides an obscenity loophole\u200b for \u200blibraries, \u2062it doesn\u2019t\u2062 mean that it\u2019s right to \u200bsexualize children just because \u200ca library can\u2019t get in\u200b legal\u200b trouble for it. In fact, even the St. Joe County Public Library\u2062 itself has an internet policy that forbids \u2063pornography:\u00a0\u201cUse of Library computing\u200b resources to\u2064 display or disseminate sexually \u2062explicit or sexually suggestive \u200c(obscene\/pornographic) material\u2064 in any Library building is prohibited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most rational people know\u200b that porn isn\u2019t \u2062for kids, and by its policy, the library acknowledged there \u200dare limits,\u2064 too. One of the moms said on a complaint form that <em>This Book\u200d is Gay<\/em> should be removed because: \u2063\u201cChildren \u200bwill be\u200c more likely to engage in\u200c sexual\u200c acts \u2064with adults, or\u2062 might be \u200bat risk to be victims\u200c of sexual abuse by adults.\u201d When asked what \u2062the library should do with the book,\u200c the mom wrote: \u201cIt needs to \u2064be\u200d far away from kids so \u200cthat they won\u2019t stumble upon it while browsing \u2062in the section for \u200bminors.\u201d Sounds reasonable.<\/p>\n<p>But the moms and dads did not realize the unreasonable force they were\u200c up against.\u00a0No doubt a\u2062 new Indiana law\u200b to rid schools of sexually explicit books \u2014 and \u200drecent <a href=\"https:\/\/fox59.com\/indiana-news\/hamilton-east-public-library-suspends-controversial-review-policy-after-national-scrutiny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controversy<\/a> at the Hamilton East Public Library\u200c in Fishers, Indiana, also involving\u200b reshelving such\u2062 books to\u2064 the adult section \u2064\u2014 contributed to the hostile\u2062 reception they received. <\/p>\n<p>They did not expect to show up at \u2064a library board meeting filled to the brim with activists, who\u2064 had responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-russian-police-arrest-over-700-protesters-against-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"Reports: Russian Police Arrest over 700 Protesters Against Ukraine War\">social media calls<\/a> to flood \u2063the event. \u2063They \u2064did not expect to be labeled Nazis and book banners and be interrupted by insults while taking their\u200d time at \u2064the microphone to argue for a middle ground. They did not expect to be told \u2062not to question the expert\u200d librarians, \u200cwho had \u201cundergone rigorous schooling and preparation to decide the best place\u200b to put every title\u2026\u201d (As\u200b if a specialized library education somehow justifies keeping obscene material in the children\u2019s section.)\u00a0They\u2062 did \u2064not \u200cexpect that the library would \u200bend up doing nothing to protect kids.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064newspapers \u200bwon\u2019t tell the full story. The\u200d librarians disguise porn as \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/using-wrong-pronouns-should-be-criminal-offense-say-almost-half-of-millennials-survey-2\/\" title=\"Almost half of millennials believe that using incorrect pronouns should be considered a \"criminal offense,\" according to a survey.\">free \u200dspeech<\/a>.\u2064 The activists twist age-appropriate categories into book banning. The publishers hide the material under pretty\u2063 rainbow \u2064covers that invite little hands\u200b to grab it. The librarians tell us not to question their selection decisions because they\u2019re smarter than we are. <\/p>\n<p>The South Bend Tribune\u2062 editorial got \u200csomething right in\u2062 its op-ed when it said that the recent uproar over teen books is \u201cabout the \u200bminority deciding what books \u2062are \u2018appropriate\u2019 for the\u200c majority.\u201d\u00a0But the paper identified\u200c the minority incorrectly. The minority isn\u2019t concerned parents. The minority is the\u2064 activists who believe \u200bwe should\u2064 have\u200d no obscenity limits ever, not even for kids.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4d486f88d43a38de1c099ae05eaa2cfb fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4d486f88d43a38de1c099ae05eaa2cfb\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: This text contains explicit sexual content. The local newspaper declined to publish my editorial, which contained explicit excerpts from a controversial teen book. The included parts were undeniably repulsive and excessive. Alesia, the editorial page editor of the South Bend Tribune, informed me about their decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1660,"featured_media":2028896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}