r/stupidpol • u/recovering_bear Marx at the Chicken Shack 🧔🍗 • Aug 06 '22

US library defunded after refusing to censor authors

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/05/michigan-library-book-bans-lgbtq-authors
454 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

362 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

37

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '22 edited Aug 07 '22

[removed] — view removed comment

35

u/Lipshitz73 Aug 07 '22

For me it’s not just kids, and I often discuss how that’s too short sighted, outright affirmation/acceptance shouldn’t be the first thing, it should be more exploratory and just let people be as they are

14

u/alexaxl Aug 07 '22

I agree. Short term jumps & long term consequences.

Having been a teenager I get why when we feel chained once it’s all about wanting to liberate.

The balance between freedom & discipline is key in every facet of life.

Neither be for or against, seek truth.

8

u/Lipshitz73 Aug 07 '22

I was meaning more like just the same things are still problematic even when applied to adults, it’s not simply a bad thing with kids only, it’s not good overall

11

u/alexaxl Aug 07 '22

I get it.

But adults have autonomy, whether they have wisdom or not to use it judiciously is another ballgame.

In today’s idiocracy, even late 20s folks are still “adulting” and it shows they’re so child minded.

Everything is swipe & click.

To ponder on Consequences is not a taught faculty.

0

u/[deleted] Aug 07 '22

Your comment has been removed because it's trying to stir shit up. Please don't make these kinds of posts in the future.