The Four Color Media Monitor

A writer at Florida Today spoke about a manga book that could be of the "yaoi" genre (which means "boys love" in Japanese) that drew a complaint for what it may emphasize:

OK, now I get it.

A book doesn't have to violate the law to be banned from Brevard County schools, it just has to present an ideology someone doesn't like.

Or maybe it was the hysterical, fear mongering language from the woman who first objected to the manga graphic novel she never read that influenced our fearless school board. The woman complained this book ― "Sasaki and Miyano Vol. 1" ― could lead to "compulsive masturbation."

Umm, what if she did read it? The theme alone clearly troubled her, and based on what's been going on over the past decade in quite a few USA schools has been nothing short of a disaster. The columnist's use of "hysteria" and "fearmongering" is very insulting. Has he taken any notice of LGBT activists who've been endangering children with their antics? Bizarre how these issues are overlooked by the same apologists belittling parents. Yet something tells me that, if a Muslim objected to the manga book (and plenty in the USA are), the columnist wouldn't say much of anything, if at all.

Now that is a problem we definitely do not need in our schools. So, I decided to investigate.

As an avid comic book collector and comic writer, I was intrigued. (A part of me was also worried that I would be so turned on by this graphic novel that I, too, would not be able to control myself.)

This manga must be pretty titillating, I thought as I poured myself a bourbon, lit a candle and downloaded the book to my e-reader. Then I dimmed the lights and started reading.

The story is about two high school students who become friends when one defends the other from bullies. Yes, you read that right: the two boys become friends.

They talk about their favorite manga books. They talk about baking. They compare their favorite sweets and even their choice of carbonated drinks. They also discuss their friends and a class project they are working on together. As they spend more time together, it is clear they are developing feelings for one another.

Well if the book's emphasizing homosexuality, isn't that itself dismaying? One can only wonder if it'll get to the point there can't be any simple "best buddies" tales anymore where LGBT ideology isn't shoehorned in. And if National Socialism, Communism, Islamism and drug/sexual abuse were normalized in such comics, which would be very bad, why is it wrong for anybody to complain when LGBT ideology ends up presented positively in every way? And why is it such a big deal this be put on the shelves in almost every school? The writer tries to justify this manga by claiming:

Compulsive masturbation? This book was so dull that it bored any such notion right out of me. It definitely was not pornographic.

So why, then, did the school board remove it from the shelves?

Well, as book review committee member Michael Howell stated: "The problem is, is that a book like this can be used to push an agenda."

Ah, yes. The old "groomer" argument.

The belief that someone's sexual orientation might change by reading this novel. As if it were a children's book or comic that caused me to be the heterosexual I am today. Hmm, let's analyze that. As a kid I read many of the classics but absolutely loved books about NFL football players. Red flag No. 1? Then I spent an awful lot of time reading my Spider-man, Captain America and Thor comic books filled with super males with bulging muscles. Red flag No. 2? My favorite movie as a kid was "The Cowboys," in which John Wayne has to train a bunch of school kids to accompany him on a dangerous cattle run. Red flag No. 3?

Am I gay?

Based on my childhood reading, I probably should be, right?

Curious he doesn't mention all 3 of the above superheroes had love affairs with women (Betty Brant, Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, Sharon Carter and Jane Foster, in example), and decades ago, writers weren't so hell-bent on pushing the kind of LGBT indoctrination seen in today's entertainment scene. Sorry, but psychology, which LGBT is part of, can be a pretty formidable subject when one considers it is possible if they try to desensitize even adults to outlandish views on sexuality. It doesn't occur to the guy that, if he had read the kind of propaganda seen today when he was a kid, he might be thinking very differently about quite a few subjects. There's a reason some call it "education". And the argument about grooming is "old"? Please. It's actually very new, based on how it's occurring.

But all kidding aside, why did our fearless school board ban a book that does not violate HB 1069 (which lays out what can and can't be in public school libraries and classrooms)? The book is neither inappropriate or pornographic content. Well, they couldn't really explain it, they just did. Although, board chair Megan Wright did confess she disliked the fact that the book had to be read from back to front and right to left — the traditional form of writing in Japanese.

Is she serious?

I don't think this guy is. What he fails to consider is that the modern cult of LGBT pushes stuff like this at heterosexuality's expense. And towards the end, the Florida columnist becomes even more insulting to the intellect:

Now, as being experienced in Escambia County, (and throughout the state) our school board has left itself vulnerable to lawsuits from authors, publishers, parents and students by banning a book just because it can. Just this Thursday, a group of the country's biggest book publishers filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida law that has resulted in so many books being removed from the shelves.

I would hold the board in higher regard if they came out and just said they plan to remove any book that has any inkling of homosexuality.

After that, perhaps, they can focus on books featuring Blacks, Jews and Latinos.

It's insulting to the intellect - but not surprising - he'd put homosexuality - or anything ideological - in the same boat as race/skin color. And, if a Judaist rabbi had voiced objections, as plenty have, the columnist would likely turn against them, no matter their ethnical background. It's hugely disappointing how he disregards any and all parents who may have objected to pushing LGBT ideology in schools, here in the form of manga or even USA comics. It's not just because the school board can. It's also because the parents are making the appeals for their children's sake. The columnist is another somebody who doesn't respect parental rights, and if he really is a comics writer, I'd rather not buy any GNs he may have published.

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