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Re: Latest GOP Censorship Target: Books With Divorced Characters - Like #DirtyDon? LOL

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Lee wrote:
> Michigan GOP candidate Tudor Dixon
> wants a new book ban: No divorced characters
> 
> With so many radical Republicans
> running for office across the
> country, there's been relatively
> little coverage of Tudor Dixon,
> the Trump-endorsed Republican
> nominee for governor in Michigan,
> who's running against incumbent
> Democrat Gretchen Whitmer. But
> Dixon, whose name admittedly
> should belong to the socialite
> villainess of a Harlequin romance
> novel, is definitely one to watch
> in the "how far-right can
> Republicans get" sweepstakes that
> is midterm-watching. She has
> described working women as having
> "lonely lives," declared a 14-year-
> old incest victim to be a "perfect"
> candidate for forced childbirth,
> and, unsurprisingly, backs Trump's
> Big Lie. During her debate with
> Whitmer on Tuesday night, Dixon
> accused Michigan schools of
> distributing "pornographic" books.
> 
> So there was plenty of vagueness
> all around, but a Democratic PAC
> called American Bridge 21st Century
> dug up an audio clip demonstrating
> how expansive Dixon's views are when
> it comes to controlling what students
> are allowed to read. In it, she
> proposes that books featuring
> divorced characters are just too
> spicy for most kids.
> 
> Dixon complained that her daughter
> had checked out a book "about having
> two different homes" and how the very
> idea of divorce "caused an unnecessary
> anxiety."
> 
> "Why was this something she was
> just able to pick up off the shelf?"
> Dixon inquired. She allowed that a
> kid whose parents are divorcing might
> find some use-value in such a book,
> but evidently believes all other kids
> should be kept blissfully unaware
> bout this widespread social reality.
> 
> https://www.salon.com/2022/10/28/michigan-candidate-tudor-dixon-wants-a-
> new-book-ban-no-divorced-characters/

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