Local ABC7 news reported in a segment yesterday that "To Kill A Mockingbird" is being taking off a summer reading list at a Bolingbrook Middle School, I think it was, for its racist language. Two middle school girls (you can guess the race) complained to their parents who complained to the school.

Do these people understand it's an historical novel that captured that period in history in Alabama and that whatever racist language used by Harper Lee was for literary effect? Did they completely miss the story-line that it's a book about a white lawyer standing up for justice in the face of mob action against him for a wrongfully accused black man, when his daughter and son were assaulted as a result?

As Boers would say, "For the Love of God."

adults never seem to learn that annunciating the banning of materials only leads to greater interest from teens in consuming the product

The menstrual cycle changes among Hassidic Jewish women was something as well.

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There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

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I have no idea what any of that means.

its funny when the internet trolls think they can get at people who not only have FU money but a fan base that is going to remain loyal

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At KFC Trinidad, we always strive to recognise our nation's multicultural history and make up, and to play our part in recongising it.

Our intention was to support and recognise the importance of this historically significant event. We recognise that our posts commemorating Emancipation Day drew some negative responses.

Clearly, we got it wrong and we want to unreservedly apologise for the offence caused.

As a result, we are reviewing the approval process of all of our communications to avoid situations like this reoccurring.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

Yes it is.

When this is all over, which is not going to be for a while, Trump will be re-elected President.

Kindergarten cop

https://www.foxnews.com/us/kindergarten-cop-screening-canceled-police-brutality

The NWFC chose it "for its importance in Oregon filmmaking history," according to a press release. However, their stance quickly changed following a Saturday tweetstorm by left-leaning Portland author Lois Leveen.

Leveen went on a Twitter rant six tweets long about how the film is exploitative and has no comedic or redeeming qualities. She also referenced a "school-to-prison" pipeline and claimed the police frequently arrest American children and throw them in jail.

"What's so funny about School-to-Prison pipeline? Kindergarten Cop-Out: Tell @nwfilmcenterthere’s nothing fun in cops traumatizing kids. National reckoning on overpolicing is a weird time to revive Kindergarten Cop. IRL, we are trying to end school-to-prison pipeline," she began. "There’s nothing entertaining about the presence of police in schools, which feeds the “school-to-prison” pipeline in which African American, Latinx, and other kids of color are criminalized rather than educated."

Leveen added, "5- and 6-year-olds are handcuffed and hauled off to jail routinely in this country. And this criminalizing of children increases dramatically when cops are assigned to work in schools."

She then compared the movie to "Gone with the Wind" and "Birth of a Nation," claiming it to be inappropriate for families.

"Yes, KINDERGARTEN COP is only a movie. So are BIRTH OF A NATION and GONE WITH THE WIND, but we recognize films like those are not 'good family fun,'" she continued. "They are relics of how pop culture feeds racist assumptions. KINDERGARTEN COP romanticizes over-policing in the U.S."

NWFC said the tweets had nothing to do with the cancellation and instead credited "overwhelming demand" and discussions with its "staff and community members" for the change. However, their statement on Twitter was a direct reply to Leveen's thread.

They will instead show the second screening of "Good Trouble," the new documentary about the late Rep. John Lewis, who died last month.

Leveen reacted to the statement with disdain and said the NWFC should have admitted to making a blunder and apologized for it.

"I think what you meant to type was, 'Yes, we made a grave error in not realizing the implicit racism in that programming decision. We apologize and are rethinking who makes our programming decisions hereafter,'" she tweeted. "How deep a white normativity hole will @nwfilmcenter keep digging?"

I have no idea what any of that means.

weddings at plantations

if you were married there previously please post on twitter how ashamed you are.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ryan-reynolds-says-getting-married-183700274.html

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

We had our wedding at the mansion of a former railroad magnate from the 1800s.

I'm not sure if I have to, don't know the full history of the guy, but I apologize for being an awful person.

Deadpool would never apologize.

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Tulsi Gabbard's Congressional run has been canceled.