across Tennessee since 2022 when the State passed a law to establish a local review process to make sure books and materials are “appropriate for the age and maturity levels” of the students who can access them. Since that time 1100 books have been removed.
I recently shared my thoughts on two of the books. To see what I had to say about two of the books see, 'A Light in The Attic' by Shel Silverstein Removed from Knox County Public School Libraries. This is a Shame. and, Who's Afraid of 'Where the Crawdads Sing'.
I have not seen a complete list of the 1100 books and maybe there are some really inappropriate books that have been removed. I don't know. I assume the two titles I reported on are representative of what is being removed. If so, it needs to be harder to remove a book. It looks like the most vocal and most puritanical are deciding what other people's children can read.
There is a book in school libraries across the state that deals with some very adult subject matter that has not been removed. I don't know that it has even been challenged. This book was banned from school libraries in the state of Utah due to vulgarity and violence but has not been banned in Tennessee.
Not only does this book contain vulgarity and violence, but stories of adultery, seduction, lust, fornication, masturbation, prostitution, pedophilia, ritual genital mutilation, castration, abortion, homosexuality, bestiality, rape, gang rape, incest, teen pregnancy, cannibalism, murder, genocide, witchcraft, torture, suicide, human sacrifice, nudity, drunkenness, voyeurism, blasphemy, bribery, corruption, eating excrement, drinking urine, and a bunch of other bad stuff.
Let me give you an example of what is in this book. In the below excerpt the book tells of women who lusted after men because the men were hung like a horse; well, actually, hung like a donkey.
She lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose semen was like that of horses.
This book was written in a foreign language and the above is the way one translator translated it, another translation says simply, "and lusted after their lovers, whose sexual members were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions."
Here is another excerpt from this book. This one deals with rape and incest.
When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, sleep with me, my sister.” But she said to him, “No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful sin! As for me, where could I get rid of my shame? And as for you, you will be like one of the fools in Israel. Now then, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” However, he would not listen to her; since he was stronger than she, he violated her and slept with her.
Here is a long excerpt speaking approvingly of rape, murder, and pillage. This is pretty bad.
So they sent twelve thousand warriors to Jabesh-gilead with orders to kill everyone there, including women and children. "This is what you are to do," they said. "Completely destroy all the males and every woman who is not a virgin." Among the residents of Jabesh-gilead they found four hundred young virgins who had never slept with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
The Israelite assembly sent a peace delegation to the little remnant of Benjamin who were living at the rock of Rimmon. Then the men of Benjamin returned to their homes, and the four hundred women of Jabesh-gilead who were spared were given to them as wives. But there were not enough women for all of them. The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the LORD had left this gap in the tribes of Israel. So the Israelite leaders asked, "How can we find wives for the few who remain, since all the women of the tribe of Benjamin are dead? There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel will not be lost forever. But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under God's curse."
Then they thought of the annual festival of the LORD held in Shiloh, between Lebonah and Bethel, along the east side of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem. They told the men of Benjamin who still needed wives, "Go and hide in the vineyards. When the women of Shiloh come out for their dances, rush out from the vineyards, and each of you can take one of them home to be your wife! And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, 'Please be understanding. Let them have your daughters, for we didn't find enough wives for them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not give your daughters in marriage to them.'"
So the men of Benjamin did as they were told. They kidnapped the women who took part in the celebration and carried them off to the land of their own inheritance. Then they rebuilt their towns and lived in them. So the assembly of Israel departed by tribes and families, and they returned to their own homes.
Here is an except that advocates killing rebellious children.
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death."
This book advocates putting homosexuals to death.
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
I am sure you have figured out by now that the book I am referring to is the Holy Bible. If there was any objective standard as to which books are removed from school libraries, this book would be removed before Light in the Attic is removed.
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