tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post371400392207009761..comments2024-03-28T19:37:15.230-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Should Lawn Boy have been in these public schools?<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-52639129500764846132023-11-08T09:12:11.572-05:002023-11-08T09:12:11.572-05:00hermes bag
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Emi...On Amazon:<br /><br />"From School Library Journal<br /><br />Eminently readable and deeply thought-provoking, Evison's deceptively simple novel takes on tough issues such as race, sexual identity, and the crushing weight of American capitalism. Mike Muñoz, the 22-year-old biracial (Mexican and white) narrator, has grown up dirt-poor with his hardworking waiter mother and his brother, who is developmentally disabled. The narrative follows Mike's attempts at several other jobs after he's fired from his lawn-mowing gig while he works on his love life and tries to help out his family. After Mike recounts a great disappointment involving his biological father in the first chapter, one of several themes emerges as Mike encounters several potential father figures (often bosses), each with his own deeply flawed philosophy of life. From the cutthroat capitalism of his first boss to the upper-class cronyism of an old high school pal, each man personifies aspects of Mike's life that he cannot stand, even while he learns valuable lessons from them. Meanwhile, other story lines fix on Mike's underdeveloped understanding of his sexuality, which is not helped by the rampant homophobia and sexism of his best friend, and his equally conflicted understanding of his ethnic identity. Unfortunately, Evison's often infective enthusiasm for his preponderance of ideas weighs down the demands of the plot. Nevertheless, the passion with which Mike and Evison share these ideas redeems the novel. VERDICT Give this flawed but exciting coming-of-age story to teens eager to engage with heavy and timely political issues.—Mark Flowers, Rio Vista Library, CA"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-66167242866740665602022-12-22T17:32:42.061-05:002022-12-22T17:32:42.061-05:00The headline of the article is “A mom wrongly said...The headline of the article is “A mom wrongly said the book showed pedophilia.” Natanson documents how this false claim originated and got publicized (Tucker Carlson repeated it on his show) and led to outcries around the country. <br /><br />Also, there is no mention that the book is being taught, only that it was in libraries. <br />mhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-78783166094502160842022-12-22T17:02:38.365-05:002022-12-22T17:02:38.365-05:00OT: Speaking of the Clinton/ Gore years, an Left...OT: Speaking of the Clinton/ Gore years, an Left lawyer and <br />MSNBC regular just made a rather clumsy flub on <br />" Dateline White House."<br /> The topic was Trump witnesses being coached, or <br />perhaps bribed, into claiming they couldn't recall things <br />when it is very possible they could. There seems to be<br />one very glaring example of this and we are likely to hear<br />a lot more about this. <br /> Andrew Weissmann (without mentioning Bill Clinton's<br /> name) said the situation was something like that of <br />Monica Lewinsky being offered a job "at Revlon I <br />believe", obviously in exchange for remaining silent <br />about her sexual relationship with the President. <br /> It's fairly obvious that Bill Clinton was attempting <br />to buy her off in this fashion. If He should have stepped <br />down, this is the best argument for insisting he do so. <br /> Trouble is, in a fact lost to history (and those who <br />somehow believe Lewinsky was mistreated by anyone<br />except Ken Starr), Monica Lewinsky was very open <br />to the notion and indeed, may have brokered the whole<br />deal. Much public sympathy was lost to her when the<br />tapes emerged of her telling her friend Linda Tripp that<br />the Salary offers were not coming up to her expectations. <br /> It was not, at the point this job shopping for Monica <br />took place, a legal matter in any sense, and Lewinsky's <br />testimony was not even yet an issue. <br /> The people Trump's lawyers were talking to were <br />under a lot of pressure. They themselves had only the <br />lawyers to rely on for the letter of the law, and they <br />might not have been able to afford their own legal <br />aid, as Cassidy Hutchinson apparently was. <br /> So Weissmann's misleading flub may badly <br />serve a lot of people. It also seems a product of the<br />general media rule of thumb "If it stings Bill Clinton, <br />anything goes." <br /> Bob cannot be trusted anymore to hold ANY of <br />the media to account, even MSNBC. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-92020776523699280092022-12-22T17:01:38.493-05:002022-12-22T17:01:38.493-05:00Somerby thinks Al Gore lost the presidency because...Somerby thinks Al Gore lost the presidency because too many kids read Lawn Boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-70088675493123472422022-12-22T16:55:53.737-05:002022-12-22T16:55:53.737-05:00Vagabond Scholar once said:
"The conservativ...Vagabond Scholar once said:<br /><br />"The conservative base does not hate many of their fellow Americans because they believe false things. They believe false things because they hate many of their fellow Americans. This is one of many reasons conventional fact-checking does not work on them."<br /><br />Somerby pretends this issue is about different views of how to guide children's reading. That isn't what it is about at all. This is about the right-wing's hatred of gay people. Notice that Somerby never says that Lawn Boy is about a gay encounter between 10 year olds. This is how Somerby puts his thumbs on the scales in this argument. He says it is only about differences of opinion about the suitability of a book, suggesting (without evidence) that middle school may be involved. <br /><br />Hate is the problem here. Hatred of gay people. This has nothing to do with education. It is about frustrating and blocking anything that might benefit gay people, even gay children.<br /><br />And Somerby tries to distance himself from that core issue by saying he hasn't read the book and doesn't know anything about it. He is just accidentally supporting the right wing in their efforts to deny any existence of gay teens or children in 35 school libraries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37210437913074808352022-12-22T16:53:12.644-05:002022-12-22T16:53:12.644-05:00Al Gore is Lawn Boy. It was during that unglorifie...Al Gore <i>is</i> Lawn Boy. It was during that unglorified sexual encounter when he first got the idea of the Internet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-50971526854454331602022-12-22T16:51:07.937-05:002022-12-22T16:51:07.937-05:00Mao Cheng Ji should read Lawn Boy.Mao Cheng Ji should read Lawn Boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61324289676915772772022-12-22T16:48:44.160-05:002022-12-22T16:48:44.160-05:00You failed.You failed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-24828035549820102322022-12-22T16:47:31.605-05:002022-12-22T16:47:31.605-05:00How do you know?How do you know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49268384935577439542022-12-22T16:43:39.937-05:002022-12-22T16:43:39.937-05:00test test Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-85568973989980717222022-12-22T16:43:18.677-05:002022-12-22T16:43:18.677-05:00testtestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-32050191837539507742022-12-22T16:29:05.548-05:002022-12-22T16:29:05.548-05:00"According to Natanson (see above), "[W]..."According to Natanson (see above), "[W]hat happened to 'Lawn Boy' reveals the little room left for nuance or forgiveness in the American political debate."<br /><br />Oddly, Somerby is urging nuance and forgiveness toward those banning the book, not toward those who might want to read it. There is no law saying that anyone, adult or child, who doesn't want to read Lawn Boy must read it. Those who object to it are free to avoid it. Why then, must they impose their own idiosyncratic views on the reading habits or educational opportunities of other people?<br /><br />Why does Somerby think that is OK to do? He never explains that. He only says that their views differ. That seems obvious. He never tells us why their extreme minority views must restrict the majority?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com