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Chipper Chat

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1. When will these people ever learn. Bans DON'T WORK.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2025, 11:50 PM

Apr 2025

The kids will become curious. The books will get read somewhere somehow.
Our principal banned Peyton Place back in 1957. Hardly any student knew the book but after he banned it from school everyone bought the paperback.

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Supreme Court seems likely to let religious families opt out of LGBTQ storybooks - MSNBC Prime [View all] Rhiannon12866 Apr 2025 OP

When will these people ever learn. Bans DON'T WORK. Chipper Chat Apr 2025 #1

Good point. And when I was a kid in the '60s, I used to watch Peyton Place with my Dad Rhiannon12866 Apr 2025 #2

The book is pretty racy. Chipper Chat Apr 2025 #3

Well, the show couldn't be back in the '60s, but there was plenty of drama! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2025 #4

Will they allow opting out of biology classes, which of course teach evolution? tableturner Apr 2025 #5

Good point! Or how about history? That's now become controversial since MAGA wants certain movements left out Rhiannon12866 Apr 2025 #6

I wish they would opt out of society and barricade themselves in their houses !!!!!!!!! SamKnause Apr 2025 #7

Didn't the first settlers on these shores make that long journey in search of religious freedom?? Rhiannon12866 Apr 2025 #8