Re:"None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Muc...
by whimsicalism on Thursday August 14, 2025 @12:16PM
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You’re motte-baileying to ‘related to free speech’. By the standard you are setting, any curriculum-setting is free speech related, so clearly not an impermissible state action.
Re:"None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Muc...
by Sprocklem on Thursday August 14, 2025 @01:11PM
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Curriculum-setting neither limits anyones free speech nor does it restrict their access to the free speech of others. Teachers are generally allowed to expand on the curriculum and students are given access to literature with information beyond that in the curriculum. These laws do effectively restrict access to information and ideas.
I do, however, think it is also worth noting that there is value in critically discussing the ideologies espoused by "The Bell Curve" and "Mein Kampf", since both ideologies persist and continue to have influence on American politics today.