{"id":2107273,"date":"2023-11-24T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-dems-attack-conservatives-for-banning-books-heres-the-truth\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T16:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T21:49:18","slug":"fact-check-dems-attack-conservatives-for-banning-books-heres-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-dems-attack-conservatives-for-banning-books-heres-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Dems Accuse Conservatives of Book Bans &#8211; The Truth Revealed"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ffact-check-dems-attack-conservatives-for-banning-books-heres-the-truth%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=2107273&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>The Left Claims Conservatives Are Engaging in a Draconian Campaign of Censorship<\/h2>\n<p>Far-left LGBT and gender activists,\u200c Democratic Party\u200d lawmakers, and much of the liberal media have spent recent\u2064 years claiming the removal of certain books from public school \u2062classrooms and\u2063 libraries equates to Nazi\u200c Germany\u2019s book\u2064 burnings.<\/p>\n<p>The removal of this literature from schools has \u200bbecome such a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-school-district-pulls-lgbt-books-library-shelves-gets-shock-notice-biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hot-button \u200dissue<\/a> that there is a national\u2062 narrative \u2062that an all-out assault on reading is underway. On \u200dany given news day, a \u2063casual reader might\u200d come across\u200c a headline claiming not only that these so-called bans are taking place but also that there exists a virtuous\u200c group of people\u200d who are \u200dout to stop \u200bthem.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives are naturally being blamed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/boy-believes-walrus-matt-walsh-takes-trans-agenda-surprise-new-childrens-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the morally bankrupt left<\/a> \u200dportrays the battle over what should and should \u2062not\u2062 be\u2062 taught in classrooms as an issue of censorship and indoctrination by\u200b the\u200d right.<\/p>\n<p>It is generally omitted that many\u2064 of these \u200b\u201cbanned\u201d books are so graphic in nature that concerned parents have been\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chairman-makes-pastor-stop-reading-disgusting-library-book-school-board-meeting-responds-5-brutal-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked\u2064 to stop \u2062reading from them<\/a> during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-plans-to-ask-fbi-director-christopher-wray-to-correct-his-testimony\/\" title=\"House GOP to request FBI Director Christopher Wray to 'rectify his testimony'.\">school board\u2063 meetings<\/a> on account \u2062of their perversity and vulgarity.<\/p>\n<p>Here is one example of a parent being asked\u200b by school administrators to cease\u2064 reading from a book that is available to children\u200b but was deemed inappropriate at a forum for adults:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The \u200bfollowing video contains \u2063vulgar \u200dand blasphemous language \u2064that some viewers will \u200bfind offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Florida has taken \u2064a hardline stance against allowing such filth in\u2063 classrooms.\u2063 Other states that\u200d are also led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/youngkin-fights-back-student-walkout-children-dont-belong-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> have\u200b taken major steps as\u200b of late\u2064 to prevent small children from being exposed \u200bto depravity\u200c in literature.<\/p>\n<p>But is a \u201cbook \u2063ban\u201d in\u2063 place anywhere in\u2062 America?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look at \u2062not only the question but also the people who\u200b are making the claims, the\u2063 books that are being \u201cbanned\u201d and \u2064what exactly \u200cis in some \u200cof\u2063 these books.<\/p>\n<h2>The Left Claims Conservatives Are Engaging in a Draconian Campaign of Censorship<\/h2>\n<p>Just this \u2062past \u200bweek, \u2064pop music singer Pink was celebrated by much of the liberal media after she pledged to pass out books that are not permitted in \u2062elementary school classrooms in \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-administration-sets-record-straight-pink-attacks-florida-banned-books-publicity-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> \u200d during her concerts in the state.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Pink gave away 2,000 banned books \u200cat her South Florida shows this week \u200din partnership \u2062with the literary and free \u2063expression advocacy group PEN America.<\/p>\n<p>The singer said \u2063she wanted to highlight the rising wave of book bans in Florida. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T9p3SMkhMe\">https:\/\/t.co\/T9p3SMkhMe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/auINo6s0Ic\">pic.twitter.com\/auINo6s0Ic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC7\/status\/1725256431853830555?\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/pink-give-away-banned-books-florida-tour-stops-8401409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People magazine<\/a> \u200b glowingly\u2062 reported on the stunt with the headline, \u201cPink to Give Away 2,000 Banned Books\u2064 About Race and Sexuality at \u200dUpcoming Florida Tour Stops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marvel-actress-evangeline-lilly-targeted-for-cancellation-after-calling-on-justin-trudeau-to-listen-to-ottawa-protestors\/\" title=\"Marvel Actress Evangeline Lilly Targeted for Cancellation After Calling on Justin Trudeau to Listen to Ottawa Protestors\">left-leaning celebrity<\/a> and\u2064 gossip outlet conveniently left\u2062 out that one of the singer\u2019s own posts was\u2064 hit with Community Notes\u200b on X for \u200dpushing false information about what is and is not allowed to\u2062 be\u2064 taught in Florida\u2019s classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the books Pink claimed were \u200bbanned in Florida are\u200b actually recommended by the state \u200din its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/7539\/urlt\/elabeststandardsfinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking Standards for English Language Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The following are some\u2064 titles\u200d of\u200b books that\u2063 have \u200bbeen banned from schools in \u200bFlorida\u2026.\u2063 Lmk which book is \u200cpornography\u2026. To Kill A Mockingbird, The\u2064 Hate You Give, Forrest Gump, A Catcher In The Rye, \u2063The \u200dHill We Climb, Girls Who Code, Atlas Shrugged, 1984, The Kite Runner, The\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 P!nk (@Pink) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pink\/status\/1724224528740463099?\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pink\u2019s false claims\u200b can be attributed to either \u2062ignorance\u200b about the issue or a marketing tactic to sell tickets.<\/p>\n<p>But pushing the\u2062 falsehood \u200cthat \u200bbooks \u2063are being \u201cbanned\u201d left and right is\u2062 not\u2062 isolated to\u200c singers.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cbook ban\u201d lie has been pushed by\u200c everyone from President \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-not-happy-81st-birthday-even-family-members-worried\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> to LeVar Burton \u2014 who\u200c helped raise a generation of millennials \u2062with \u2062his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pbs-branded-enemy-people-network-slaps-warning-label-trump-live-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PBS<\/a> show \u201cReading Rainbow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger\u200c of Virginia,\u200b who is \u200brunning for governor \u200din her \u200dstate, made the issue of \u201cbanned\u201d books a\u2064 part of her campaign rollout last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m officially running to become the next Governor of \u200bVirginia.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a\u200d former CIA case officer, \u2064former federal agent, current Member \u200bof Congress, and\u2064 mom to three great\u200b kids.<\/p>\n<p>I \u2062know that when we rise \u200dabove the\u200b chaos and division, \u200dwe can focus\u200d on what matters most to \u2063Virginians. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rB5EoNnD2H\">pic.twitter.com\/rB5EoNnD2H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abigail \u200bSpanberger (@SpanbergerForVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpanbergerForVA\/status\/1724033299721433213?\">November 13, \u200d2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Days later, Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-allegedly-targeted-gunned-maryland-divorce-judge-found-dead-following-manhunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland<\/a> Gov. Wes Moore\u200d posted on the social media platform\u2064 X that \u201cbook bans\u201d were \u201cthreats\u2064 to education.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>All\u2062 around our country, \u200dI see \u200dthreats to education. From \u200bbook bans and shutting\u200c down\u200d curriculums\u200b to outright censoring educators, we\u200c have to recognize that the threats to our students\u2019 education are\u2064 threats to our strength as a nation.\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AipJ7yB07F\">pic.twitter.com\/AipJ7yB07F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Wes\u200b Moore (@GovWesMoore)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovWesMoore\/status\/1725660216698581148?\">November 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A simple search of X posts yields seemingly\u2064 unlimited results of claims of \u2064\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-heaps-praise-librarians-push-porn-kids-criticism-parental-book-bans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book\u2063 bans<\/a>\u201d on the platform that are unchallenged\u2062 and\u2064 widely shared:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In an age of unprecedented book bans, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/levarburton?\">@levarburton<\/a> is going\u2062 to the mat for \u200cthe freedom to \u2063read. \u201cAmerica loves to live in the shadows,\u201d he says, \u201cbut we\u2019re living in\u2064 an age when the truth wants to come out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full interview by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adriennemwest?\">@adriennemwest<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o3zzHWneGO\">https:\/\/t.co\/o3zzHWneGO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Esquire (@esquire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esquire\/status\/1724774278401302817?\">November 15, \u20642023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese are people who would rather children \u200cnot \u200dknow the truth. Those kids\u200b will never know what they\u2019re\u200c missing, but it\u2019s our job to stand up\u2064 for them, to be \u200btheir voices and their advocates. That\u2019s what\u200c being an elder in this society means to\u200c me.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o3zzHWneGO\">https:\/\/t.co\/o3zzHWneGO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Esquire (@esquire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esquire\/status\/1724840846841847885?\">November 15, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBooks have rescued\u200d me. \u2064Books\u2064 have\u2064 delivered me. Books have exalted me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Special \u2064guest Oprah Winfrey discusses protecting libraries, fighting \u2062book bans, and how reading changed her life. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAwards?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAwards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6lm9rHHKpM\">pic.twitter.com\/6lm9rHHKpM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Publishers \u200dWeekly (@PublishersWkly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PublishersWkly\/status\/1724959473461063952?\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Biden announces initiatives \u2063to \u201cprotect the LGBT \u200bcommunity\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Federal resources to protect Pride celebrations<br \/>\n\u2022 A new coordinator to protect LGBT students from book bans<br \/>\n\u2022 More mental health resources<br \/>\n\u2022 Protect LGBT kids in foster care<br \/>\n\u2022 Steps to end LGBT \u2064homelessness <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5P2xrjUWzc\">pic.twitter.com\/5P2xrjUWzc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062The Recount\u200b (@therecount) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1666881236717928483?\">June 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/book-banning-in-america-losing-issue-for-republicans-2023-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Insider<\/a> not\u200b only claimed that conservatives are outright banning books but also jumped\u2062 to the conclusion that the party would face a reckoning over the issue with\u200d voters in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState GOP\u200c leaders have enacted\u2063 laws or pushed for banning children \u200dfrom accessing\u200d certain books in school classrooms and libraries, and polling shows banning books is\u200b popular among Republicans,\u201d the outlet reported. \u201cBut the issue could come back to haunt the GOP in the 2024 general election, with book bans remain unpopular with the\u2063 general electorate.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Claims That Republican \u200cLawmakers Are \u2018Banning\u2019 Books Are Pure Fiction<\/h2>\n<p>While conservative lawmakers and advocacy \u200bgroups such\u200d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/levar-burton-kicks-off-national-book-awards-ceremony-suggesting-moms-liberty-violently-assaulted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moms for Liberty<\/a> are the\u2063 tip of the\u200b spear in \u200dregard to protecting\u200d children by monitoring\u200d what ends \u2062up in their \u2064classrooms \u2064and on \u200dschool library\u200b shelves, claims that any kind of \u201cban\u201d is ongoing are patently false.<\/p>\n<p>There is no ban \u2064on any literature anywhere in the United \u2062States, as \u2062banning literature would violate\u2063 the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives are simply\u2063 protecting\u200c children \u2063from perverse agendas or\u200d political themes\u2064 that their minds cannot yet understand. Those\u200d are themes they can and\u200b most likely will discuss once they reach adulthood.<\/p>\n<p>Florida\u2019s schools have been \u2064on the frontline in \u2062the \u2063battle \u2064against deviancy\u2064 in \u2063literature.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Republican Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ron-desantis-scores-important-endorsement-gop-presidential-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron \u200cDeSantis<\/a> debunked the narrative\u200d that \u200dhe and others in the state were \u2062\u201cbanning books.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExposing the \u2018book ban\u2019 hoax is important because it reveals that some are attempting to\u2063 use our schools for indoctrination,\u201d\u2062 the GOP presidential candidate said\u2063 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2023\/03\/08\/governor-ron-desantis-debunks-book-ban-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Florida, pornographic and inappropriate materials that have\u200c been snuck into our classrooms and libraries to sexualize our students violate our state education standards,\u201d he said. \u201cFlorida is the\u2063 education \u2062state and that means\u2063 providing \u2062students with a quality \u200deducation free from sexualization \u200band harmful materials that are not age appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2064 listed\u2064 four books\u2064 that would \u2064not be permitted in\u200c Florida\u2019s classrooms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u2022\u200d \u201cGender Queer: \u2064A Memoir\u201d<br \/>\u2022 \u201cFlamer\u201d<br \/>\u2022 \u201cThis Book \u200bIs Gay\u201d<br \/>\u2022 \u201cLet\u2019s Talk About It\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The books contain explicit \u2063language, descriptions of\u2062 sex acts,\u200c and some alarming descriptions of fetishes that are \u200dapparently popular in much of \u200cthe \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-national-museum-director-fired-displaying-lgbt-photos-violated-child-protection-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT<\/a> community.<\/p>\n<p>For example, \u201cThis Book Is Gay\u201d explains\u200d to children\u2064 that\u200b there are \u2063some\u200b people\u2062 who engage in an act called \u2062\u201cscatting,\u201d\u200b which\u2062 Urban Dictionary defines as\u200b a \u201csexual act entailing defecating onto the face of one\u2019s partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karol Markowicz, a columnist for \u200cthe New York\u2063 Post, shared a glossary from \u200bthe book in \u2062which \u200bit\u2064 explains that some people consume feces during sex.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I \u200bknow \u2064why I don\u2019t want this\u200d in my kid\u2019s school. Can anyone explain why any parent \u200dwould? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JGhIYtTouH\">https:\/\/t.co\/JGhIYtTouH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B0Fls1Pn9o\">pic.twitter.com\/B0Fls1Pn9o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dKarol Markowicz (@karol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karol\/status\/1658905331689299982?\">May 17,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>The Left\u2019s Book \u2018Ban\u2019 Narrative Debunked<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThis Book \u2063Is Gay\u201d is not banned anywhere in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200dfact, \u2062the book by Juno Dawson \u200bis selling on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/customer-receives-defaced-tucker-carlson-book-amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> and many other \u200bonline retailers. Each of the\u200b other books cited \u200cby DeSantis is also available to purchase \u2014 \u200bas are other titles\u200c from\u2063 common lists of supposedly \u2064\u201cbanned\u201d books.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should books like these be allowed in \u200bschool libraries?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this\u2063 poll entitles you to The \u200cWestern Journal news updates free of charge via \u2063email. \u200cYou may opt out at anytime.\u2062 You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy \u2064Policy<\/a> \u200b and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 100%\u200d (1\u200c Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname)\u2064 {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar\u200c name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3531873\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>The \u200csimple fact is \u2063that many adults with sound\u200c morals tend\u2064 to agree that these \u200bbooks are for older audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Tayler Hansen with TENET Media recently asked people \u2063who said they were broadly against \u201cbook bans\u201d \u2063to read \u200dfrom some of \u200dthe books\u2063 that are being pushed onto children.<\/p>\n<p>After viewing the materials for\u2064 themselves, a number of people concluded they were inappropriate for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/preposterous-judge-tells-striking-teachers-get-back-classroom-risk-jail-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classrooms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Should we be banning books in schools?<\/p>\n<p>Most people think\u2062 no \u2064until they see the examples\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/watchTENETnow?\">@watchTENETnow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2NCjRWlx7e\">pic.twitter.com\/2NCjRWlx7e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tayler\u2063 Hansen (@TaylerUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylerUSA\/status\/1724944222426423476?\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amid the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crt-experts-offer-advice-on-how-parents-can-fight-back-against-indoctrination-in-their-childs-classroom\/\" title=\"CRT Experts Offer Advice On How Parents Can Fight Back Against Indoctrination In Their Child\u2019s Classroom\">ongoing culture wars<\/a>, \u2064DeSantis and other prominent\u200c Republicans \u2064have thoroughly\u200d disproved the claims that conservatives\u2063 are banning literature as part of \u2064a broad\u2064 campaign to brainwash children.<\/p>\n<p>What has happened\u2064 is that in states where\u200b parents have classroom \u200crights, the adults they have elected to represent them have chosen to ensure their children are only exposed to age-appropriate materials\u2064 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-actor-takes-woke-book-giant-fight-harmful-sexualized-books-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Books that the left has \u2063claimed are \u201cbanned\u201d are \u2062available \u2064for sale online and in stores. Parents \u200bwho choose to push such vile \u2064literature onto\u2063 their children have every legal right to\u2062 do so in their private\u2064 time.<\/p>\n<p>But the narrative \u200bthat\u200d conservatives are on a nationwide \u2063crusade against reading is simply untrue and can \u200cbe more accurately\u200d described as \u200dan attempt to spin the truth \u200b\u2013 which is that conservatives have become \u200ban effective firewall against an agenda that \u2064seeks to\u2062 poison the \u200dminds of children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FACT CHECK: Are \u2062conservatives coordinating to ban books in an effort to indoctrinate \u2063children \u200dand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-cant-solve-our-cancel-culture-problem\/\" title=\"Government Can\u2019t Solve our Cancel Culture Problem\">suppress free speech<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONCLUSION:\u200c False.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-dems-attack-conservatives-banning-books-truth\/\">Fact Check:\u200c Dems Attack Conservatives for &#8216;Banning&#8217; Books\u2062 &#8211; Here&#8217;s\u2064 the Truth<\/a> appeared\u2064 first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u2064Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Do concerned parents have \u200dvalid\u2062 reasons for wanting \u2063to \u200bremove certain books from school settings?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Schools? \u2063It&#8217;s a question \u2062that has been at the center of a heated debate \u200din recent years, \u200bwith \u200cthe left\u200b claiming \u200cthat conservatives are engaging in a draconian campaign of censorship. Far-left LGBT and\u200d gender activists, Democratic\u2063 Party lawmakers, and much of the liberal media have been vocal in their opposition to the removal of \u2063certain books from public school classrooms\u2062 and libraries, equating it to Nazi\u2064 Germany&#8217;s book burnings.<\/p>\n<p>The removal of these books has become a\u2062 hot-button issue, with a\u2063 national narrative suggesting that\u2063 there is an all-out assault on reading. Headlines claim that bans are taking place and that a virtuous group of people is out to stop them. Conservatives are being blamed for \u2063engaging in censorship and indoctrination.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2064it is important \u2064to note that many of these &#8220;banned&#8221; books are graphic\u200d in nature, containing explicit content that concerned parents find inappropriate for their children. There have been instances where parents have been \u2063asked to \u2064stop reading from \u2064these\u2062 books during school board meetings due to their perversity and vulgarity.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, pop music \u2064singer Pink made headlines for pledging to distribute books \u2063that are not permitted in elementary \u200bschool classrooms \u2062during her concerts in Florida. People magazine reported on the stunt with\u2063 enthusiasm, \u2064conveniently leaving out the\u200d fact \u200cthat some of\u2064 the books Pink claimed\u200c were \u2062banned in Florida\u2062 are actually recommended by the state in its Benchmarks for Excellent Student \u200cThinking Standards for English Language Arts.<\/p>\n<p>The false claims of banned books are not limited to singers. Prominent figures like President Joe Biden, LeVar Burton, and\u2062 Democratic \u200blawmakers \u2063have all perpetuated\u200c the narrative of\u200b book \u2063bans. Even\u200b the \u2062media\u2064 has played\u200c a role in amplifying these claims, with\u2064 articles \u2064suggesting that book bans could come back to \u200dhaunt Republicans in future elections.<\/p>\n<p>However, the truth is that there\u200b is\u200b no ban on literature\u200b anywhere in the United\u2064 States. Banning books would violate the First Amendment. \u200cConservative lawmakers and advocacy groups like \u200bMoms for Liberty are simply working to protect \u200bchildren from explicit \u200cand \u2063inappropriate content. Florida, in\u200c particular,\u200c has taken\u200c a hardline\u200c stance against\u200c allowing such materials \u2064in classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>In debunking the narrative of\u2064 book bans, \u200dFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis explained that the state \u2062is not \u2064banning books\u200c but rather protecting students from pornographic and \u2063inappropriate materials. \u200cHe listed \u200dfour books that would not be permitted in Florida&#8217;s classrooms due to their explicit content.<\/p>\n<p>The fact \u200cremains that these books, including &#8220;This Book Is Gay,&#8221;\u200d are widely available for purchase and are not banned anywhere in the\u2064 country.\u2062 It is important to recognize that many adults with sound morals agree that\u200d these books are for older \u200caudiences.<\/p>\n<p>The question of whether these books should \u2064be\u200c allowed in\u200d school libraries \u2063is a valid one, and opinions on\u200b the matter \u2064may differ. However,\u2062 it is crucial to base the discussion on accurate \u2064information and \u2062avoid perpetuating\u200d the false\u2062 narrative of book\u2063 bans. Conservative \u200defforts to protect children from inappropriate content should\u2063 be seen in the context of ensuring\u2063 a quality education\u2064 free from sexualization and harmful\u2064 materials that are not\u200b age-appropriate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far-left LGBT and gender activists, Democratic Party lawmakers, and liberal media often compare the removal of specific books from schools to Nazi Germany&#8217;s book burnings. 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