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INTEREST: Texas Republican Rep Cites Goblin Slayer As "Obscene" Book To Ban From Schools

Cutty Mink wrote:

Animeeightoh wrote: I mean, in regards to Goblin Slayer, he's not wrong. It is graphic content of women being raped by demons and shouldn't be sold to minors. Agreed. Putting aside those who might get worked up over hearing the word "Republican" in any context, this series shouldn't be given to people under 18.

A logical school wouldn't put books on shelves without doing their own review process and noting that the books do have age ratings on the back spines It seems like a nonissue.

Somer-_- wrote:

I'm usually against pearl clutching like this but can't really say the series belongs in a middle/high school.

Siegfriedl88 wrote:

I love this series and i wouldnt put it in schools either

Ideally, that decision should lie with school librarians and not the state. A good librarian has a ton of resources to draw from these days, including for graphic novels. Punishing a book vendor because of some mature titles they carry (and which librarians do not have to buy) is definitely overkill.

At any rate, the other books they're banning are probably the bigger issue. Given the mention of Gender Queer, imagine if they'd said Our Dreams at Dusk or My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness instead of Goblin Slayer.

Cutty Mink wrote:

Agreed. Putting aside those who might get worked up over hearing the word "Republican" in any context, this series shouldn't be given to people under 18.

I mean while that is somewhat reasonable the problem with this logic is that some people seem to ignore the fact that kids under the age of 18 are generally going to become aware of things like sex and violence before they turn 18. Either through first hand experience or second hand accounts or a third party witness.

But even more bizarre some of these same people are fine with the idea of teaching or putting the Bible on school shelves despite some “issues” with said book.

Cutty Mink wrote:

Agreed. Putting aside those who might get worked up over hearing the word "Republican" in any context, this series shouldn't be given to people under 18.

I mean while that is somewhat reasonable the problem with this logic is that some people seem to ignore the fact that kids under the age of 18 are generally going to become aware of things like sex and violence before they turn 18. Either through first hand experience or second hand accounts or a third party witness.

But even more bizarre some of these same people are fine with the idea of teaching or putting the Bible on school shelves despite some “issues” with said book.

I thought Lesbian experience is autobiographical at least, so I could see an argument made for putting it as allowable as nonfiction.

Яeverse wrote:

Surely there are bigger problems that can be focused upon in republican platforms than jpn light novels, surely???

Just remember you asked for this

https://19thnews.org/2022/03/idaho-state-senate-votes-six-week-abortion-ban/

wonder if Republicans saw "My Dress-Up Darling" and reacted horribly that it contains fan service and ecchi, and the female MC in it is an underage. I imagine they are shocked and condemned.

As the article states the real story here is him comparing the sexual violence of Goblin Slayer to the mere existence of LGBT people. The tactic is to get people to go “of course that should be banned,” and then jump on the wagon of also banning the other things he includes with it. If you attempt to refute banning of the latter he’ll go back to the content of Goblin Slayer and claim that’s what you think children should have access to since you disagreed with him. It’s important to acknowledge this in it’s entirety, because that’s his true conservative position here.