Comments | ontd_political: TX pastor thinks Dobby is "demonic" and wants to ban scary "occultic" books!

moonshaz in ontd_political

TX pastor thinks Dobby is "demonic" and wants to ban scary "occultic" books!

Sep 01, 2014 17:10

Church leader pushing petition to ban certain books at Austin Memorial LibraryA Shepherd [TX] minister is leading a petition to have certain books removed from the shelves of the teen section at Austin Memorial Library ( Read more... )

excuze me wtf r u doin, texas, censorship, stupid people, not the onion, somebody please think of the children!, books, god save us from your followers, fuck this guy

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mastadge September 1 2014, 23:17:25 UTC

Only 75?

moonshaz September 2 2014, 03:33:40 UTC

Well, it's a pretty small library, so yeah. Hehe.

moonbladem September 1 2014, 23:44:47 UTC

While pointing out the area of the library in question on Thursday, Cohn said the library’s collection also includes one of the most banned books in the world - the Holy Bible.

I burst out laughing at that.

And oh, Phillip Missick? You're a fucking idiot. You don't get to decide what books people read and what they shouldn't. For instance, as much as I hate the Twilight series, even I wouldn't support banning those. Because at the end of the day, people should be free to read whatever they want to read.

nesmith September 2 2014, 00:43:33 UTC

Exactly. I would rather kids not read Twilight because it's crap, not because the book's not allowed to be on the shelves.

that_which September 1 2014, 23:46:10 UTC

I used to work for a company which was trying to break into the children's textbook market. A big part of that, at least at the time, was trying to get your books past the racist milleniallist sexist homophobic reactionary asshole who took over the Texas schoolbook buying process for decades ( ... )

mastadge September 2 2014, 00:01:35 UTC

This is dark. There's a sexual element. You have creatures that aren't human. I think it's dangerous for our kids.

Has Missick checked out the bible lately?

synekdokee September 2 2014, 00:04:18 UTC

The only demonic thing about Dobby was how fucking annoying the thing was. Even moreso in the movies.

moonshaz September 2 2014, 03:44:00 UTC

Lol--OT, but I actually found him more annoying in the books, just because he was there so much more! But the movie Dobby was a more annoying character, that makes any sense--I always felt like he was one character that didn't translate well on screen--or the filmmakers didn't capture him properly--or something. Anyway, something about him always kind of...grated on me.

bmh4d0k3n September 2 2014, 15:49:59 UTC

Lol, mte.

dw_10rosefan September 2 2014, 16:44:47 UTC

OMG yes! The only thing more annoying than Dobby, is Jar Jar Binks!