An author's clash with a Georgia school district over a brief mention of homosexuality in a presentation highlights the reach of conservatives' push for what what they call parents' rights.
  • xantoxis@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have a lot of questions about different parts of this title that I don’t understand, but I support him.

    • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Marc Tyler Nobleman was supposed to talk to kids about the secret co-creator of Batman, with the aim of inspiring young students in suburban Atlanta’s Forsyth County to research and write.

      Then the school district told him he had to cut a key point from his presentation — that the artist he helped rescue from obscurity had a gay son. Rather than acquiesce, he canceled the last of his talks.

      • Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        First of all thank you for saving a click. Secondly, Marc Tyler Nobleman is not just a Batman researcher, he is a symbol. What an absolute Chad.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Comic Book Historian would have been a better title. I thought “batman” might have been referring to an unrelated school or something.

  • Flambo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Then the school district told him he had to cut a key point from his presentation — that the artist he helped rescue from obscurity had a gay son. Rather than acquiesce, he canceled the last of his talks.

    “We’re long past the point where we should be policing people talking about who they love,” Nobleman said in a telephone interview. “And that’s what I’m hoping will happen in this community.”

    They didn’t ask him not to “say ‘gay’”, as the title all but claims. They asked him to participate in the erasure of a relevant gay person from a story he was teaching to children.

    • bobman@unilem.org
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      1 year ago

      I dunno, would he mention the artist had a straight son? Or is it just a son in that case?

        • bobman@unilem.org
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          1 year ago

          What are you talking about?

          Was this guy hanged?

          This is the second reply you’ve made that doesn’t make any sense, lol.

          • stown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            OP is making a point that the visibility of queer and other minorities in history and in public is more important than the visibility of straight/non-minority people. Their point was that non-minority groups aren’t hated and target for who they are unlike minority groups. It is important to display and teach about the humanity of different groups in order to prevent mistrust and violence against them by the majorities.

            If you really didn’t understand this then you should get your head out of your ass and wake up to reality.

            • bobman@unilem.org
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              1 year ago

              Calm down, no need to resort to personal insults. Rule #1: Be civil.

              It seems the guy you’re talking about doesn’t understand my point. Here’s my other post on the matter that can explain it better for you if you’re also having difficulty: https://unilem.org/comment/1447121

            • bobman@unilem.org
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              1 year ago

              Or just explain your case better? It seems you’re the one who doesn’t understand what I’m saying, based on your other reply.

              Lol. Not sure why you’re calling me a ‘dog.’ Let’s leave the personal attacks at home, eh?

    • Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Wait, was it a relevant person?

      It’s the son of the artist, right? Did the son have anything to do with Batman? Did the son’s sexual orientation have anything to do with Batman?

      What else is relevant about the son? Was he an artist? A writer? What did he do for a living? Did he have any relevant health disorders? Food preferences? Did he have any children?

      BROADLY SPEAKING, your sexual preferences are the least interesting or relevant things in any conversation, unless we’re considering dating each other.

      I don’t know the history of Batman so maybe it’s actually relevant, but my gut says it’s just not.

  • bobman@unilem.org
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    1 year ago

    The world is way more tribalistic than most people realize.

    You say or do anything that goes against the tribe you’re in, you’re going to have a bad time.

    • Staccato@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think you have it backwards. People realize tribalism so intrinsically it doesn’t even register.

      The beauty of the social justice push we’ve seen from the 70s to today is that it actively tries to counteract the human tribal instinct to create a more fair and inclusive world. Granted, I’m not sure how successful it’s been at removing tribalism… it just seems to have redefined the tribes.

      • bobman@unilem.org
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        1 year ago

        Yes, I’m referring to the school or community as the tribe.

        Even if they’re wrong, since there’s more of them than you, they’re right.

        • Staccato@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          They can be so right that they all collectively drink poisoned Kool-Aid.

          Tribal behavior is simultaneously humankind’s greatest strength and its greatest threat.

    • theangryseal@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      That’s pretty much all it is or has ever been. I’m fine with it though. We are what we are.

      I’m just happy to be here to play a little music and video games.

      My tribe’s music of course. My tribe makes the best music. Of course I feel that way.