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Old 03-25-2020, 10:59 AM
 
Location: Santa Monica
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Why would you let your kids read anything from a trans gendered man?
That escalated quickly...
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Old 03-25-2020, 11:06 AM
 
Location: Elysium
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Michael P. Keaton turned out okay from his generational equivalent
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Old 03-25-2020, 11:12 AM
 
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They can read whatever they want, as long as they cover the book jacket so i don't have to look at that hideous she-devil.
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Old 03-25-2020, 11:28 AM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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I would not have a problem with it at all. Kids should be able to read anything that they want to. I was a pretty prolific reader as a kid, I would read literally anything I could get my hands on. I read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged but really only because of the story, not because of the philosophy. Having said that I would read Ambrose Bierce and Art Buchwald simply because they were on my fathers bookshelves. I wouldn't imagine there would be much entertainment value to a child to read Ann Coulter however.
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Old 03-25-2020, 11:40 AM
 
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Better than Ayn Rand...
No kidding. Advocating freedom is poison to the human mind!
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Old 03-25-2020, 11:46 AM
 
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They can read whatever they want, as long as they cover the book jacket so i don't have to look at that hideous she-devil.
How tolerant and diversified you are!
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Old 03-25-2020, 11:46 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Proud? Disappointed? Something in between?
define child....
under let's say 14...I don't want them reading anything political or from politico's


in HS...where they already have to read books like Catcher in the rye, catch 22, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, lord of the flies, animal farm etc.....why not let them read different books/articles from ALL parties/politicos ….an informed, open minded, society that can see from all sides and even outside the box, is better than one that is indoctrinated by only one side
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Old 03-25-2020, 11:46 AM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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They can read whatever they want, as long as they cover the book jacket so i don't have to look at that hideous she-devil.
I read that as, "...cover the book jacket so I don't have to think about my ideas being challenged."
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Old 03-25-2020, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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They can read whatever they want, as long as they cover the book jacket so i don't have to look at that hideous she-devil.
hideous she-devil... do you mean Pelosi, or Hillary, or Maxine Waters???
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Old 03-25-2020, 11:52 AM
 
Location: Chicago Area
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Parents, how would you react if your child started reading Ann Coulter?
Why would I be bothered at all? Does the OP think she's some kind of dangerous extremist? That just by reading her words, she will brainwash everybody? You must have a very high opinion of her voodoo psychic powers.

There are few if any words that have ever been written in the history of the human race that should ever fall into the category of, "You must not ever read that!!" People today regularly read Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifesto, mostly to try to understand the thinking that was behind such terrible ideas.
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