Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with Jewish themes.

In Mission, the long list of books on the chopping block includes a recent illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary; both volumes of Art Spiegelman’s Holocaust graphic memoir “Maus”; “The Fixer,” Bernard Malamud’s novel about a historical instance of antisemitic blood libel; and “Kasher in the Rye,” a ribald memoir by Jewish comedian Moshe Kasher.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

This is really hard to believe. I don't doubt that it happened. I just don't get the thought process behind that action.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago

Typically, a school district would require book challengers to go through a formal challenge process in which each individual book would be assessed for merit. Instead, five minutes after receiving the demands, Perez agreed to them.

It's easy if you don't give a shit.

[–] motor_spirit 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Republicans are usually some combo of ignorant fucking morons, straight up evil, financially motivated, or fascist. Get these people together and it's basically a poker table of grifters conspiring for whatever their awful agenda may be. Add the leveraging of children's education, fear, ignorance on the books themselves.. you've got it.

[–] FenrirIII 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are no more rules once Republicans take over.

[–] geekworking 23 points 4 months ago

Quite the opposite. Lots and lots of rules for everyone except them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I just don't get the thought process behind that action.

1 - I am a perfect being who can do no wrong.

2 - Someone says I do something bad, or that something I do isn't perfect

3 - since I am perfect, they must be lying.

4 - there is no reason to lie other than pure evil.

5 - therefore everyone and anything that disagrees with me is the devil and must be destroyed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They want holocaust 2.

[–] Orbituary 3 points 4 months ago

Already happening under a different regime.