Virginia Mom Begs Voters Not To Let Toni Morrison Kill More White Children With Words

[Nevilledog]

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Youngkin's deliberately misleading ad never mentions the title of the scary book, which you'd assume is porn based on Murphy's description of how lawmakers reacted. Was it the novelization of I Am Curious (Yellow)? And how old was her son?

Virginia Mom Begs Voters Not To Let Toni Morrison Kill More White Children With Words
This story is both laughable and offensive.
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7:44 AM · Oct 26, 2021

https://www.wonkette.com/uptight-virginia-mom-begs-voters-not-to-let-toni-morrison-kill-more-white-children-with-words

Glenn Youngkin, the Republican candidate for Virginia governor, has unleashed his own version of a Willie Horton ad against Democrat Terry McAuliffe. This is his intro to the damning video he shared on Twitter:

What's it like to have Terry McAuliffe block you from having a say in your child's education? This mom knows – she lived through it. Watch her powerful story. #VAgov

The mother is Laura Murphy, and she looks like she's been through hell ... presumably because of McAuliffe's actions as governor. Let's go with that.

MURPHY: As a parent, it's hard to catch everything, so when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. It was some of the most explicit material you could imagine.
Then we see her white lady hands clutching what I assume are invisible pearls.

MURPHY: I met with lawmakers. They couldn't believe what I was showing them. Their faces turned bright red with embarrassment. They passed bills requiring schools to notify parents when explicit content was assigned. It was bipartisan. It gave parents a say! The option to choose an alternative. I was so grateful. And then Gov. Terry McAullife vetoed it!

Oh no! As she shares her disappointment, we see an image of her with her very white family dressed in white at the beach.

*snip*

[DinahMoeHum]

1. Dave Zirin of The Nation magazine has this to say. . .

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"Running for Governor on a platform of banning Toni Morrison. It's staggering, really, to proudly deny children the greatest writer of the 20th century. White supremacy wears stupidity like a medal."

[leftieNanner]

2. Beloved is a haunting book

It still gives me chills when I think about it.

Toni Morrison is a stunning writer.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. This is outrageous.

What's next? Terry McAuliffe supports public high schools "allowing" students to be assigned To Kill A Mockingbird because the story suggests that a white woman might lie about a black man raping her?

The ad is extremely misleading.

Is McAuliffe going to respond?

[Nevilledog]

4. He did

[no_hypocrisy]

7. This IS good.

I hope it persuades the Independent Voters to take another look at McAuliffe.

[riversedge]

5. " The controversial book was, in fact, Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, -12th grade AP English class.

Historian Kevin M. Kruse pointed out that Youngkin's deliberately misleading ad never mentions the title of the scary book, which you'd assume is porn based on Murphy's description of how lawmakers reacted. Was it the novelization of I Am Curious (Yellow)? And how old was her son, who's showing her his heart-sinking reading assignment? This all seems relevant.

The controversial book was, in fact, Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988. A New York Times survey of writers and literary critics ranked Beloved as the best work of American fiction from 1981 to 2006. It's brilliant and transformative but I wouldn't let my second grader read it. He'd complain about the lack of dinosaurs.

However, Murphy is whining because Beloved was assigned to a 12th grade AP English class. This is a college-level course, but she claims the book gave her son nightmares. The kid was old enough to drive a car and see the 1998 film version without adult supervision. That's probably why McAuliffe vetoed the stupid bill. Your child's willing admission into AP English is sufficient parental notification that they'll be exposed to adult content. You can water seal your kid's bed if they're extra sensitive.

According to a 2013 Washington Post article, Murphy tried to ban Beloved outright for six months.....................................

[markie]

6. ...

"...The controversial book was, in fact, Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988. A New York Times survey of writers and literary critics ranked Beloved as the best work of American fiction from 1981 to 2006. It's brilliant and transformative but I wouldn't let my second grader read it. He'd complain about the lack of dinosaurs.

However, Murphy is whining because Beloved was assigned to a 12th grade AP English class. This is a college-level course, but she claims the book gave her son nightmares. The kid was old enough to drive a car and see the 1998 film version without adult supervision. That's probably why McAuliffe vetoed the stupid bill. Your child's willing admission into AP English is sufficient parental notification that they'll be exposed to adult content. You can water seal your kid's bed if they're extra sensitive...."