School district bans the dictionary to comply with Ron DeSantis’s book-ban law - eviltoast
Dictionaries contain words that potentially violate the law's broad language...

A Florida school district has literally banned the dictionary in an effort to comply with Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s ® book-banning law.

The Escambia County School District has reportedly removed over 2800 books from library shelves as they undergo a review process that will determine if they are inappropriate for students, according to Popular Information. Among the books currently relegated to storage are The American Heritage Children’s Dictionary, Webster’s Dictionary for Students, and Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary.

The district contends these texts could violate H.B. 1069, which DeSantis signed into law in May 2023.

  • rivermonster@lemmy.world
    104·
    10 months ago

    I’m a HUGE fan of malicious compliance. When people do stupid shit like, for example, being religious—if you just make them AC TUALLY live with their maleficence, then they give up faster than any other method of confrontation. If women really had to kill a dove every time they menstruated, then it would lose a bit of popularity. LMFAO, just one of an ENDLESS (well, I guess it actually is finite) number of examples.

    Leviticus 15:28-30 ESV But if she is cleansed of her discharge, she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the priest shall use one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean discharge.

    Edit: We’d probably run out of doves too. ><

    • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
      8·
      10 months ago

      Most Christians believe in the new law, which abolished sacrifice like that, so it’s not the trump card you think it is.

      I’m not saying you shouldn’t call out religious inconsistencies, just make sure you know what you’re talking about, first.

      Use turning the other cheek. That’s a basic tenet of Jesus, which highlights the hypocrisy of gun-toting Republican “Christians.”

        • TwentySeven@lemmy.world
          41·
          10 months ago

          Serious answer from a non fundamentalist Christian: Because the old testament laws were intended for a specific society, to pave the way for Jesus. They were also a mix of religious rules and secular laws. They weren’t (all) intended to be universal moral laws that apply to all of humanity.

        • Bgugi@lemmy.world
          31·
          10 months ago

          No-no… Jesus didn’t change the laws… He completed them! The rules are all still valid, they just don’t apply, except the ones that are convenient, or affect those people…

        • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
          12·
          10 months ago

          Because an infallible God is trying to herd very fallible people, which is way harder than trying to give a group of angry cats a bath.

          He is also working through fallible people, which is why a personal relationship with Him is so important. That is essentially what Christ taught.

          Just saying what their scriptures teach. You don’t have to believe it, but it is much more consistent than people claiming to be Christian would make it seem.

      • rivermonster@lemmy.world
        51·
        10 months ago

        It was just a quick low effort example, but yes, you are correct. Take my upvote! LOL

        One can always leaf through and pick any of the many examples of awful highlighted on the site: https://www.evilbible.com/

        I’d also say, though, that most Christians will use any law, new or old, to support their hatred and evil. If they’re looking to support their bigotry or hatred, then any version of the bible is fair game. It’s only abolished when it’s inconvenient for them.

        Sadly, I’ve had the misfortune of living in multiple areas with mega-churches. ><

        • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months ago

          But again, that’s not because they are Christians. Christianity for them is, at best, a veneer. A smokescreen. They are filled with fear and hate, and use whatever they can to justify it. They could be any religion or none at all, and would still act the same way.

      • Forester@yiffit.net
        31·
        10 months ago

        My parents raised me in the church and then were surprised when I objected to all of the republicanisms. They decided that “the church was gay.”

        Them : Be Christ like

        Also them: no not like that

        • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
          11·
          10 months ago

          Exactly. They are no different than Moses’ people, trying to form God into an image they can live with. They don’t actually understand their own doctrine.

        • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months ago

          That’s because they hate gays and are looking for justification, not because they believe in Christ and are seeking to become like him. Don’t mistake using religion as an excuse for actual religion. If it weren’t for the Bible, they’d cite something else.

            • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world
              1·
              10 months ago

              Some people who claim to be Christian, do. But hate is hardly limited to Christianity. It’s not a Scotsman fallacy if a core tenet of the group is being blatantly ignored. It’s only a Scotsman fallacy if the point has nothing to do with being in the group.