The wokeists are so brain-dead they donât realise they are setting a precedent where someone could try do the exact same to them as they are trying now ie shut down or âcancelâ opinions that donât conform with their own narrative. Freedom of speech is one of the most important for this reason.
If they had cogent arguments theyâd make them and defend them. Much easier to say just just just shut up!!
Hang on now a second. @Tank has expressed an opinion that people should be subjected to a little bit of racism when theyâre young so theyâll be able to deal with full on racism when theyâre older and that gets a free pass.
Instead the usual suspects are going on a diatribe against a point made by some gowl on Twitter that noone made here.
Also dropping a book from the school list isnât the same as banning it, but it might arguably lead to banning it one day further down the line, especially if there was a situation where a particular word has been made illegal and the artistic / ethical arguments for including it in a particular work if art have been rejected by the Establishment.
but if weâre removing a book from the syllabus because it might make a 13 year old feel uncomfortable. then surely we should be ditching history altogether. most of irish history would make any 13 year old feel uncomfortable from cromwell, 1798 insurrection being brutally put down (by carkies) to the famine, to the penal laws and then up to the blood sacrifice of 1916
The difference is, art, that isnât happening anymore. Its actual history.
The teenager in question is quite likely still subjected to the N word and having to read it in a book.
Noone is saying to remove the book from the curriculum but you canât with any clear conscience say it wouldnât have a negative effect on a young lad who is receiving abuse for his skin colour.