Geoffrey Miller on Twitter: "Kids deserve books that reflect stable aspects of human nature & civilization that will still be true decades from now -- not whatever forms of wokeness are considered fashionable this season.… https://t.co/aDBngsK0O6"

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Kids deserve books that reflect stable aspects of human nature & civilization that will still be true decades from now -- not whatever forms of wokeness are considered fashionable this season.https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1062287178976227329 …

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"schools [are] now stepping over one another in an effort to show how committed they are to ensuring that every single assigned book can be justified by direct reference to modern sensibilities." https://quillette.com/2018/11/12/from-to-kill-a-mockingbird-to-ballet-shoes-a-plea-to-save-childrens-literature/ …

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1. Travis Bookout‏ @Tbookout11 13 Nov 2018
  
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  "Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next." - William Ralph Inge
  
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1. Clayton Forrester‏ @warpfactor13 13 Nov 2018
  
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  Reality will eventually correct this but the damage will last for generations.
  
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1. SK8Lobster‏ @sk8lobster 13 Nov 2018
  
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1. Ace of Arrows‏ @Holosmoss 13 Nov 2018
  
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  what if we cant justify our current sensibilities
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1. Majestic Primate‏ @majesticprimate 13 Nov 2018
  
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  Oddly channeling Tacitus or something.
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1. David W. Lloyd‏ @djpretzel 13 Nov 2018
  
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  I think kids deserve a mix, personally. What's worth objecting to is overreach, and the demonizing of the canon, but not its revision/expansion to include exposure to new ideas and cultures. Some "forms of wokeness" might have some staying power & longevity, for valid reasons.
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1. George Hibard‏ @GeorgeHibard 13 Nov 2018
  
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  Well thats a good one.
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