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A small school district removed a book because it contained some profanity that made some parents uncomfortable.

Is this supposed to be more important than the massive changes that states like California have quietly pushed through over the last year? How am I supposed to take this incident seriously?

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No one has to take it seriously if they don't want to, they just have to avoid chiding people for jumping to baseless conclusions while they simultaneously describe the situation in a way that is entirely fictional.

"Okay, the explanation of events given was completely wrong, but nevertheless it fits the general theme of overreaction" is not really avoiding a narrative.

California recently decided that long division should not be taught until middle school, in order to fight "white supremacy"

Some Tennessee backwater is not the joke here.

Please take whatever fight/flamewar you're trying to start elsewhere. I'm just trying to get people to accurately describe what happened -- particularly if they're also calling out people for not looking up the facts.

OP's description of the events doesn't match the meeting notes of what happened and doesn't accurately describe why people were criticizing the decision. California has nothing to do with that.

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