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A comment on "None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of FL's Book Ban Bill. Parent comment

Re:"None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Muc... by const_cast on Thursday August 14, 2025 @09:00PM (#44907530)
> The non-white kids are encouraged in subtle and not-so-subtle ways to identify with the oppressed people in the books in a way the white aren’t.

Well, um, yeah. That's because white people just aren't oppressed.

Its the same way I don't identify with feminist literature. I can read it, understand it, enjoy it - but I can never fully relate, because I'm not a woman and the way I experience the patriachy will always be different.

Of course black people identify with or relate more to something like the color purple. That doesn't mean the color purple is racist.

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Re:"None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Muc... by Chris2048 on Friday August 15, 2025 @06:51AM (#44910779)
> the way I experience the patriarchy will always be different

Then how can you evaluate feminist literature to be accurate?

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Re:"None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Muc... by const_cast on Friday August 15, 2025 @06:36PM (#44918082)
The same way I evaluate my doctor to be doing a good job - trust.

Your experience in life will always represent a tiny tiny fraction of one percent of all experiences. If you require a "see it to believe it" approach, you will live and die closed-minded.

That does not mean I need to blindly trust feminists, however.

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Re:"None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Muc... by Chris2048 on Monday August 18, 2025 @08:18AM (#44939759)
I don't trust my doctor, or any doctor. I do my own research and if anything seems fishy I get a second opinion.

but then, maybe I can trust a statistically relevant sample of doctor on the basis they are objectively and scientifically trained, regulated and liable?

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