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I hope this gets thrown out swiftly. FFS what is wrong with these people?
As if the internet was not full of porn and horrible stuff FREELY available to everyone who can click “I am 18”.
But no, free acces to educational resources, that’s where the line should be drawn. God forbid kids get access to books for free.
They’re trying to shut down porn on the Internet, too. Didn’t Texas already effectively ban it because you have to provide ID verification now?
Texas “effectively” banned non abusive porn. You think that those abuse and rape porn sites care about yet another law broken? And that it effectively keeps people in Texas from seeing any of it?
The only thing banning porn does is benefit abusers.
The ban is yet another example of how out of touch the geriatrics are with technology. The only companies that would ever comply with the ban are American based websites that fear the reach of a u.s. government. In other words, that ban has about as much chance of actually banning porn as I do of stopping rain by yelling at the clouds. All it does is push people to weird foreign/non regulated sites with the weirdest shit imaginable on it. It’s literally doing the exact opposite of what’s intended.
Not to mention it is 100% avoidable if you just have a VPN…
I wonder when it will get to the point where these states mandate whitelists of websites at the ISP level. . I’m sure that’s in Project 2025 somewhere.
Tor would still work
What percentage of internet users in Texas use tor?
Also it’s a good way to not support US based porn. Russian sites don’t give a shit how old you are.
How does one say “help step daddy, I’m stuck in the vodka barrel” in Russian?
Effectively is probably not the right word
They ineffectively banned it.
I’m in Utah and I need a VPN to access porn sites. Even if the nation implements id verification requirements for viewing it, I’ll just set my VPN to Canada or something. It’s stupid
Bro no you don’t. I live in Salt Lake City and watch porn all the time, no VPN. The PornHub universe has pulled themselves from the state, but there is so much more than them.
Only American companies can really be fined by this.
fwiw, I ive in fucking Texas and have not hit any ID requirements or even the ‘i am 18 or older’ button.
I am not using a VPN.
Maybe it’s not implemented yet. I do not know.
Let’s not go calling porn the danger.
The porn was mentioned just because its in the letter.
There are of course much worse things on the internet freely available, sometimes even advertised and pushed on you. And the internet is not the worst thing here. Alcohol and gambling advertisements on TV are IMHO the worst. But I have advertising as a whole so I might be biased.
Ryan Walters
Office of the Secretary of Education
State of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Board of Education:
In light of recent events involving Norman High School English Teacher Summer Boismier, I am asking the Oklahoma State Board of Education to revoke her teaching certificate immediately.
Upon review of the situation, the teacher resigned rather than face removal. There is no place for a teacher with a liberal political agenda in the classroom. Ms. Boismier’s providing access to banned and pornographic material to students is unacceptable and we must ensure she doesn’t go to another district and do the same thing. This action must be dealt with swiftly and with respect to all our kids and parents.
Teachers are one of our state’s greatest assets and it is unfortunate that one of them has caused such harm and shame for the entire profession. This type of behavior will not be tolerated in Oklahoma and I speak for parents across the state who are demanding swift and immediate action.
Kids first,
Ry Walter
Ryan Walters
Oklahoma Secretary of Education
I want to punch this guy in the face so much. Kids first…
Ms. Boismier’s providing access to banned and pornographic material to students is unacceptable and we must ensure she doesn’t go to another district and do the same thing.
Meanwhile cops get caught doing actual bad shit and just resign and go to the next county.
Meanwhile priests get caught molesting children and don’t have to resign because the church silently moves them to another parish hoping nobody else finds out.
the teacher resigned rather than face removal
This gets awkward if you don’t immediately recognize ‘face’ as the verb here.
I want to punch this guy in the face so much.
Waiting for the reactionary who blinks straight passed the OK Sec of Ed trying to financially ruin a teacher for handing out digital library cards and accuses liberals of advocating violence.
Jesus Christ that is a person that shouldn’t be anywhere near kids. How do we get him rightfully fired and blacklisted from being around children?
He’s an elected official in this shithole state. He’s not going anywhere but up.
I run for the position but how do I get the support down here? Or hell this teacher should run I do anything to help get someone elected that cares about kids.
This guy looks EXACTLY like one would imagine a thirty-something, poorly educated, American fascist would look.
Dude as someone from Oklahoma I 100% agree he needs to be removed from our state. Me and wife voted his against him but apparently to many hear agree with him or don’t fucking vote in midterms.
An Oklahoma teacher left her job after the state’s Secretary of Education accused her of giving students “banned and pornographic material.” The accusation came after Summer Boismier posted a QR code for the Brooklyn Public Library’s “Books UnBanned” program. It allows anyone 13 to 21 years old to access the library’s entire digital collection for free.
Links included in short article:
Bklyn Public Library source: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned
Recognizing Two Years of Books Unbanned
In April 2022, Brooklyn Public Library joined those fighting for the rights of teens nationwide to read what they like, discover themselves, and form their own opinions. Inspired by the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Statement, Books Unbanned is a response to an increasingly coordinated and effective effort to remove books from library shelves.
Twitter source:
- https://x.com/RyanWaltersSupt/status/1565115199547482112
- Screenshot:
- Image:
- Image to text: [Ryan Walters | Office of the Secretary of Education | State of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Board of Education:
In light of recent events involving Norman High School English Teacher Summer Boismier, I am asking the Oklahoma State Board of Education to revoke her teaching certificate immediately. Upon review of the situation, the teacher resigned rather than face removal. There is no place for a teacher with a liberal political agenda in the classroom. Ms. Boismier’s providing access to banned and pornographic material to students is unacceptable and we must ensure she doesn’t go to another district and do the same thing. This action must be dealt with swiftly and with respect to all our kids and parents.
Teachers are one of our state’s greatest assets and it is unfortunate that one of them has caused such harm and shame for the entire profession. This type of behavior will not be tolerated in Oklahoma and I speak for parents across the state who are demanding swift and immediate action.
Kids first, | Ryn Walter | Ryan Walters | Oklahoma Secretary of Education
State Capitol Building | 2300 North Lincoln Boulevard, Suite 212 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 | 405.521.2342]
The Liberal political agenda of letting teenagers read books.
Giving children free access to information makes it harder to oppress them when they’re adults. Can’t have that!
These people are fascists, plain and simple. This country is pretty fucked
These fascist pieces of shit need their breathing certificates revoked.
Teachers are one of our state’s greatest assets
We’re ranked 49th in education
Sure bud
Ah, but never forget that America has the best education system globally as dictated by American News Media.
So it may look bad on paper, but imagine living anywhere else. It’s so much worse!
USA! USA! USA!
thank God for Mississippi
As a porn watcher I think it’s ironic that most pornstars (and all hotwives I’ve seen) are from the South and toute a gun loving, right wing Texas personality. Meanwhile this secretary tries to protect kids from the leftist books.
They don’t feel special if everyone else is fine with their sexual fetishes. That undermines their persecution fetish!
I’m sure that he believes that he is doing the right thing. Doesn’t even realize just how wrong that he is. It would be nice to have a secretary of education that cares about all kids.
One should flood that city with stickers with that QR code on…
How is providing children resources to learn bad? What the fuck is wrong with that person? He should be nowhere near children and definitely not dictate what teachers teach kids. Whoever hired him has failed the kids and the state greatly.
How did they do it? gestures around vaguely
I rarely look at the text of legislative bills, but how does some of this language wind up in binding laws?
“Harmful to minors” includes in its meaning the quality of any material or of any performance or of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sado-masochistic abuse, when it: (a) Appeals to the prurient interest of minors as judged by the average person, applying contemporary community standards;
Who the fuck is the “average person”? What the fuck are “contemporary community standards”? Realistically, I know it’s on purpose to give the courts leeway to apply the law loosely, but it’s still outrageous.
Who the fuck is the “average person”?
A Chinese Muslim woman named Mohammed with one breast and one testicle.
“average person” and “contemporary community standards” are in tons of court decisions. It’s not a simple definition, but any lawyer or judge in the US will be familiar with it.
The legalese phrases don’t bother me, it’s the declaration that anything that might arouse a teenager is harmful to them. That’s a fight against basic puberty biology they are going to lose, but hurt a lot of people in the battle.
This country is a nightmare. Just reinforces my desire to not have children. Not that I can afford them anyways.
It’s not as bad if you don’t live in the shithole states.
I live in NJ and still had to deal with conservative teachers. They’re just more subtle about it then this. The liberal ones would dance around supporting Climate Change, but the conservatives ones would talk about how great things like US Military “Intervention” was or complain about welfare queens.
You can move!
*if you are financially secure enough to do so (which many aren’t)
This is true.
May his heart stop swiftly and naturally.
Or unnaturally. I’m not picky
This my attempt to walk the line between advocating for violence, and expressing my belief that the world would be a better place without these fucks in it. I don’t want someone to go out and kill them, I’d rather nature expedites their life cycle. But if some loony toons 2a nut job comes unhinged, I won’t shed tears.
I wouldn’t advocate for violence, either, but a lot of these types of fucks came a long way by simplifying the use of violence as a proper means vs use of violence as a way to devolve, then complicating it with their own definitions of violence to bring it back with suitable terms for themselves.
See the latest Trump example and how there is the term “political violence” is applied vs how they apply every day to regular citizens.
I wish any kind of, possibly the worst kind of, violence be upon these types of backwards fucks that become an obstacle against education, progress, and unity.
We didn’t fight the Nazi’s with harsh language. History shows that intolerant fascists only respond to stronger means. 30-06 and higher worked last time.
And may the doctor that attends to him be educated in his state.
No book should be banned except The Art of the Deal for being completely useless and teaching you nothing about deal making.
Just file it under “humor/comedy”
Romance novels
It was written by a degenerate pedophile. Conservatives should ban this book by their own logic.
It wasn’t even written by him. Tony Schwartz did it. And he feels guilty for its role in helping popularize Trump.
This is old news from almost two years ago.
Yup, Sep 22, 2022. Sadly, it’s even more relevant today.
Desisitization, we do a lot of dumb shit here. Fun fact, you don’t need a concealed carry license here. If you can legally own a firearm(meaning you are not a convicted felon) then you can legally concealed carry with no training, registration, or any additional background check or anything.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if your e a teacher, youbcant give kids knowledge. You’re supposed to keep them dumb and within Republican party lines. And make sure they don’t do the sex.
