On May 9, 1:51=A0pm, Rudy Canoza <pi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Larry in AZ wrote:
> > Waiving the right to remain silent, Rudy Canoza
> > <pi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
> >> Eddie Haskell wrote:
>
> >>> Shouting down conservatives on college campuses is commonplace
> >> No more common than conservatives wanting "dirty" books banned, or
> >> wanting to lynch flag-burners.
>
> > Name the banned books,
>
> Not all banned, but challenged at least. =A0All except "Huckleberry
Finn"
> are challenged by low-brow right wingers:
>
> The =9310 Most Challenged Books of 2006=94 reflect a range of themes,
and
> consist of the following titles:
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93And Tango Makes Three=94 by Justin Richardson and Peter
Pa=
rnell,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 for homo***uality, anti-family, and unsuited to age
group;=
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93Gossip Girls=94 series by Cecily Von Ziegesar for
homo***u=
ality,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ***ual content, drugs, unsuited to age group, and
offensiv=
e
> language;
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93Alice=94 series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor for ***ual
cont=
ent and
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 offensive language;
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things=94 by
Carol=
yn
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Mackler for ***ual content, anti-family, offensive
languag=
e, and
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 unsuited to age group;
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93The Bluest Eye=94 by Toni Morrison for ***ual content,
off=
ensive
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 language, and unsuited to age group;
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93Scary Stories=94 series by Alvin Schwartz for
occult/Satan=
ism,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 unsuited to age group, violence, and insensitivity;
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93Athletic Shorts=94 by Chris Crutcher for homo***uality
and=
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 offensive language;
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93The Perks of Being a Wallflower=94 by Stephen Chbosky
for
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 homo***uality, ***ually explicit, offensive language,
and
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 unsuited to age group;
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93Beloved=94 by Toni Morrison for offensive language,
***ual=
content,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 and unsuited to age group; and
> =A0 =A0 =A0* =93The Chocolate War=94 by Robert Cormier for ***ual
content,=
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 offensive language, and violence.
>
> Off the list this year, but on for several years past, are the
=93Catcher
> in the Rye=94 by J.D. Salinger, =93Of Mice and Men=94 by John Steinbeck
an=
d
> =93The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn=94 by Mark Twain.
>
> http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/challengedbanned/challenge...
>
> > and flag-burners lynched.
>
> I didn't say any flag-burners have been lynched, stupid.
>
> Attempts to outlaw burning the flag as a form of political protest come
> entirely from the foam-at-the-mouth right wing. =A0Liberal
representatives=
> and senators acquiesce, to their lasting shame, but they are never the
> authors of these bills; only stupid, knuckle-dragging troglogdyte
> Republicans.
>
>
>
> > Now compare that to the number of conservative speakers completely
disru=
pted
> > and/or disallowed on campuses by "liberals" chanting "free speech".
>
> Probably about the same.
>
> I guess you missed this story in the L.A. Times about anti-war
> protesters in a suburb of Los Angeles being heckled and spat upon by
> foam-at-the-mouth knuckle-dragging troglogdyte conservatives:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-me-outthere2-2008may...
>
> They quote a loathsome young foam-at-the-mouth knuckle-dragging
> conservative punk: =A0"They are inappreciative and unsup****tive and
> ungrateful," he said. "You have no right to say anything unless you're a
> veteran."
>
> You have no right to say anything about American involvement in stupid,
> illegal, based-on-lies quagmire wars unless you're a veteran? =A0Where
> does that snot-nosed little cocksucker get ideas like that? =A0He gets
> them from old, decrepit foam-at-the-mouth knuckle-dragging conservative
> ****bags like you. =A0The story indicates that little punk goes to a
high
> school about two and a half miles from my house. =A0I'm going to go over
> and teach that little **** something about freedom of speech, and the
> lesson isn't going to be subtle.
That I gotta see.
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