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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    It was banned by a lot of school districts.
    By wokesters.

    "More recent versions of "Lord of the Flies" have modified some of the language in the book, but the novel originally used racist terms, particularly when referring to Black people. Bullying is rampant throughout the book—indeed, it is one of the main plot lines. Many people also think that the book promotes a pro-slavery ideology, which they note is the wrong message to teach children."

    https://www.thoughtco.com/lord-of-the-flies-banned-challenged-740596

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    The irony of being angry about the Harry Potter books while it's okay to teach the Bible stories is lost on them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    A private school perhaps?
    were he home skooled?.....
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    were he home skooled?.....
    Perhaps he wasn't schooled at all?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    were he home skooled?.....
    Could be. Classic books must be a required reading.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    Could be. Classic books must be a required reading.
    What's hilarious is that some of those classic books teach partially about CRT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phantasmal View Post
    It was banned by a lot of school districts.
    I can certainly see why.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AProudLefty View Post
    What's hilarious is that some of those classic books teach partially about CRT.
    Like Huckleberry Finn?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    Like Huckleberry Finn?
    Yeppers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    I can certainly see why.
    Didn't you say you'd never read it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    By wokesters.

    "More recent versions of "Lord of the Flies" have modified some of the language in the book, but the novel originally used racist terms, particularly when referring to Black people. Bullying is rampant throughout the book—indeed, it is one of the main plot lines. Many people also think that the book promotes a pro-slavery ideology, which they note is the wrong message to teach children."

    https://www.thoughtco.com/lord-of-the-flies-banned-challenged-740596


    No not by wokesters, fucktard. By conservatives that don't want stories of naked little boys being mandatory in the school system.

    They're all white..well mostly.. no racism found.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    No not by wokesters, fucktard. By conservatives that don't want stories of naked little boys being mandatory in the school system.
    Who told you that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Dillon View Post
    They're all white..well mostly.. no racism found.
    How would you know, if you've never read the book and aren't interested in it?

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    In the midst of a raging war, a plane evacuating a group of schoolboys from Britain is shot down over a deserted tropical island. Two of the boys, Ralph and Piggy, discover a conch shell on the beach, and Piggy realizes it could be used as a horn to summon the other boys. Once assembled, the boys set about electing a leader and devising a way to be rescued. They choose Ralph as their leader, and Ralph appoints another boy, Jack, to be in charge of the boys who will hunt food for the entire group.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legion View Post
    Who told you that?
    It's common sense that FL school boards would not allow stories with naked little boys running around on a deserted island for high school classes, dumbass.


    Is that why you like it so much?

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