I’m okay with adults doing whatever they want, assuming it does not harm others. And we can debate what that means when it comes to a wide range of things, but adults exposing children to sexualized content harms them, and it needs to stop.
Kids are neither physically nor mentally prepared for it, but pubic schools (not a misspelling), teachers’ unions, and even the US Department of Education are doing everything they can to keep this material available and in front of kids. Young kids.
What if it were the Catholic Church and priests? They are a sore spot for many on the political left, even the ones claiming to be Catholic. Cases of predation and pedophilia, and sexual abuse occur exponentially more often in pubic schools. However, if a priest says something remotely sexual, the people who want your kids reading porn lose their collective hive mind. And to be fair to the political left, that is not unusual. Their worldview is built on a foundation of contradiction. But how would the Dems feel about priests making the growing range of books designed specifically to sexualize children available to children?
Would that be grooming?
How would the leading lights in Dover, New Hampshire, feel about it? Father Ilovelittlekids put Susan Kulkin’s Beyond Magenta on the summer reading list.
“From six up, I used to kiss other guys in my neighborhood, make out with them, and perform oral sex on them. I liked it. I used to love oral. And I touched their you-know-whats. We were really young but that’s what we did.”
Or Boy Toy by Barry Iyga, which includes sex between a 13-year-old boy and an adult.
“Listen to me very carefully,” she said on the way. “What we did was fine. We care about each other, and when people care about each other, they kiss. You know that, right? …I was a little annoyed. I wasn’t a baby. “Yes.” …”But you know I could get in trouble for it, right? I mean, I could lose my job. I could go to jail.” Her fingers strummed on the steering wheel. …”I know.” …”So-and I know I’ve said this before-you can’t tell anyone what we talked about or what we did. OK?” …”Uh-huh.” …”Promise me, Josh. Promise me you’ll never tell anyone.”
Your pubic schools include dozens, if not a hundred or more, books like this that have mostly heterosexual child-adult sex, substance abuse, suicide, prostitution, rape, violence, sodomy, and a host of other adult topics. You paid for them. You’re paying to have them available and are paying teachers and staff who recommend them to students.
At the same time, thousands of books across a wide range of topics are not available, none of which are considered banned because they are not banned; they are simply not suitable.
What if they were available and encouraged reading in the vestry? And would suggesting they be removed be “banning books”?
As I said in my opening, adults are free to pursue a wide range of activities assuming they do not infringe on the rights of others. That includes adults who register as Democrats or are members of Teacher’s unions. But the sexualized material they promote physically and mentally harms children. If that’s such a great idea, what’s to prevent pedophiles from using them to groom children for sex regardless of where it occurs?
We know the answer. You threw women under the transgender culture bus, and the children are next, but here is some advice for anyone not in a protected class. Don’t think for a moment you have the same latitude.
It is an unpleasant truth you should take with you every time you head to the polls to vote.
