Michigan GOP candidate Tudor Dixon wants a new book ban: No divorced characters

[marmar]

(Salon) 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.

Naturally, Dixon's idea of what constitutes pornography was lurid but entirely vague, such as "books describing how to have sex." Which could mean anything from actual sex education books to books that simply have sex scenes, a category that encompasses classics like "Romeo and Juliet" and also the Bible. (Neither of which are pornography, a commodity readily available on the internet should Dixon desire to grasp the distinctions.) Whitmer responded by noting that there are many opportunities for parents to be involved in children's education, but also that there's a "duty to make sure that all children feel accepted and safe and can learn and play when they are in school."

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.

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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." ..........(more)

https://www.salon.com/2022/10/28/michigan-candidate-tudor-dixon-wants-a-new-book-ban-no-divorced-characters/

[LymphocyteLover]

1. She is nuts. Thank god Whitmer seems to be in good shape in the polls

[MaryMagdaline]

2. So her child was on her way to becoming an empathetic human being,

worried about situations that other people experience, and the parents put a quick stop to that. They could have said, “yes, this is what many children go through, and if you ever see your friends split between two homes, you should do your best to comfort them and be a friend.” Instead, they basically said, “this will never happen to you. No need to read this stuff.” Republican training starts in the cradle.

BTW, wonder why the child grabbed that particular book …

[tanyev]

3. Hey, Tudor, how about you get the GOP to commit to no candidates who have ever been divorced?

Make yourself useful.

[vlyons]

4. The Bible is pretty naughty

◄ Genesis 38:16 ► Love this one about old Judah -- "He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”

[central scrutinizer]

5. Ezekiel 23:20

And lusted after her lovers there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses. For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

[vlyons]

6. Ezekiel must have had some first hand knowledge of all that flesh

So much flesh; so little time!!!

[Grins]

7. Books for 1st graders are "See Jane run..."

I dare you to find a book - for A FIRST GRADER - that mentions divorce.