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

Regardless of political views, he's not wrong. This is an R rated series and minors should not be reading this kind of content. As far as I know, R rated movies are not shown at schools either so neither should any form of R+ rated entertainment be allowed at school.

If they already ban books for obscene content then they should rather start with things like the bible. You wouldn't believe how much debauchery and violence is contained in that book. They even have bestiality in there.

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

When I hear something like this, my first thought is "What school had this book in their library?", and my next thought is "Did a school have this book in their library, or is the politician using this book as a severe example of what children shouldn't read, as well as a reason to ban more books/manga in general as a scapegoat?" It wouldn't be surprising using this as a new front of the culture wars if enough people took a look at this.

Asturaetus wrote:

If they already ban books for obscene content then they should rather start with things like the bible. You wouldn't believe how much debauchery and violence is contained in that book. They even have bestiality in there.

They won't because they are hypocrites. They will be like "It's gods words, so it's okay to teach kids on how to be anti-LGBTQ, etc". This is why I'm not a fan of Abrahamic religions.

These are probably the same people that love bitch cancel culture and censorship on Fox News, and yet they are doing the same thing here. They always had the "Ohhh, won't somebody please think of the children!" mindset ever since I was a kid in the 90s.

Redlinks wrote:

Regardless of political views, he's not wrong. This is an R rated series and minors should not be reading this kind of content. As far as I know, R rated movies are not shown at schools either so neither should any form of R+ rated entertainment be allowed at school.

When I was in High School, we show R rated films if it was approve by the school and the parents would need to sign it before showing it. I had to watch Mississippi Burning, Schindler's List, and In the Name of the Father in History Class.

Spawn29 wrote:

These are probably the same people that love bitch cancel culture and censorship on Fox News, and yet they are doing the same thing here. They always had the "Ohhh, won't somebody please think of the children!" mindset ever since I was a kid in the 90s. Redlinks wrote: Regardless of political views, he's not wrong. This is an R rated series and minors should not be reading this kind of content. As far as I know, R rated movies are not shown at schools either so neither should any form of R+ rated entertainment be allowed at school. When I was in High School, we show R rated films if it was approve by the school and the parents would need to sign it before showing it. I had to watch Mississippi Burning, Schindler's List, and In the Name of the Father in History Class.

I graduated high school back in 2007, so I guess times have changed. But yeah, as long as it gets approved by the school and every kids' parents then I don't see an issue with it.

Shaheen described Gender Queer's content as "little boys performing sexual acts on each other," arguing that neither Gender Queer nor Goblin Slayer should be in schools. He argued that both titles fall under the Texas Penal Code's definition of obscene: "Patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including sexual intercourse, sodomy, and sexual bestiality."

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I graduated high school back in 2007, so I guess times have changed. But yeah, as long as it gets approved by the school and every kids' parents then I don't see an issue with it.