![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A hashtag on Twitter, #speakloudly, became one of the most popular topics on the micro-blogging site last weekend, and vehement anti-censorship campaigner and author Judy Blume described the situation as "outrageous" and brought it to the attention of the National Coalition Against Censorship, which is now investigating. It gets worse, if that's possible, when he goes on to completely mischaracterise the book," wrote Anderson on her blog, which she said has now been viewed by tens of thousands of people. "The fact that he sees rape as sexually exciting (pornographic) is disturbing, if not horrifying. The content ranges from naked men and women in cages together so that others can watch them having sex to God telling people that they better not mess with his loser, bum of a son, named Jesus Christ"), which has now been removed from the district's curriculum, and about Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler, which is being reviewed. The 'f word' is plastered on almost every other page. Scroggins also complained about Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five ("This is a book that contains so much profane language, it would make a sailor blush with shame. "This is unacceptable, considering that most of the school board members and administrators claim to be Christian." "How can Christian men and women expose children to such immorality?" he wrote. ![]()
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