Michigan GOP candidate Tudor Dixon wants a new book ban: No divorced characters

[DownriverDem]

Source: Salon

"Why was this something she was just able to pick up off the shelf?" Dixon inquired. She allowed that a kid whose parents are divorcing might find some use-value in such a book, but evidently believes all other kids should be kept blissfully unaware about this widespread social reality."

Read more: https://www.salon.com/2022/10/28/michigan-candidate-tudor-dixon-wants-a-new-book-ban-no-divorced-characters/

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Authoritarian government is in full view.

[Lovie777]

1. There are a lot of RWers that are divorced many times over ....

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Like their current hero.

[Traildogbob]

8. Yep!

Gingrich, trump(s) Rudy, as many as three each, so far. And these were brutal to the wives they left. Gingrich and cancer stricken wives ring a bell to anyone? I guess impregnating many and NOT marring them and having them get abortions, and or abandoning the ones that carry those to term without a father, may be a book that is acceptable, right?

[hibbing]

9. Limbaugh n/t

[d_r]

21. this one puzzles me

they can twist and search the bible to try and find the tiniest scrap that they will try to spin as support for their hate, but on the other hand Jesus himself was crystal clear and explicit on no divorce and they just ignore that part.

Don't misunderstand that I am making a value judgment here about divorce, I am saying that right wingers are carpartmentalized-thinking hypocrites.

[Tanuki]

2. No books about Donald Trump or Ronald Reagan, then?

[ck4829]

4. "Good. Now they'll never have to know about a tragic event until it happens to them!"

But really, divorce isn't always tragic. It's liberating, it can be liberating for one party, it can even be liberating for both.

And that's Tudor's REAL problem with divorced characters.

[bronxiteforever]

5. But she believes a 14 year old rape victim must give birth

to the rapist’s child.

In an interview, she described the example of a 14-year-girl raped by her uncle as a "perfect example" of an abortion that she believes should be prohibited, adding, "a life is a life for me."[24][27] In follow-up interviews, she has repeated her belief that there should be no exceptions for victims of rape and incest.[28]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_Dixon

[Lonestarblue]

7. I don't know if she has a 14-year-old daughter, but I would bet that she would be whisked away

quickly for a secret abortion in such a situation. These people are freaking nuts!

[Rebl2]

11. No doubt

[TiredGenXFemme]

17. Absolutely!

Their MO is "I don't care unless it personally effects me". Rich white people get the healthcare they need and happily throw poor people to the wolves when it serves them politically.

[sarisataka]

6. There goes Trump's biography

Silver lining?

[Rebl2]

12. Yep

[barbtries]

10. these are the same people who worship trump, right?

mr divorce? 3 wives, cheated on every one of them, kids by each, that guy? WTAF

[SouthernDem4ever]

23. yes but they think Trump was chosen by god

so it's ok.

[patphil]

13. How about no married characters...makes just as much sense in this day and age.

[DownriverDem]

18. Dixon

has said that single women are lonely and it's Gov Whitmer's fault.

[packman]

14. Right-winer wants to ban books with words

Shit- why not?

[Botany]

15. Speaking of people from Michigan and divorce. Anybody heard of Betty Ford?

[dalton99a]

24. +1

[DownriverDem]

16. Todays MAGA repubs

would consider the Fords RINOs.

[kimbutgar]

19. I encounter many children in my substitute teaching who's parents are divorced

They need to read books to know they are not alone.

[Vinca]

20. I have to admit, this is one case where I would relish the sudden reveal of photos of

this creature doing drugs or posing naked or some other such thing. The self-righteousness is too much to bear.

[Celerity]

22. lol, no Empty G

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Husband Files for Divorce

[Traildogbob]

25. Sooooo

I am guessing the autobiography of Tom Brady will be banned in schools.

[sakabatou]

26. Because having relatable characters is bad for kids, according to Dixon.

[Bayard]

27. Wait a minute

Let me get up off the floor.



Once again, a rethuglican proves they are the ones divorced--from reality. But, I bet plenty of divorced rethuglicans will vote for this loon.

[BlueIdaho]

28. Q-Taliban says what?

Good news! Your free QAnon rose tinted glasses will be arriving in the mail on Monday. Just remember if you are caught without yours after Tuesday there will be a $1,000 fine.

[joanbarnes]

29. how about a ban of frequently adulterous Repuklicans!

[republianmushroom]

30. No more Orange A-O just more Pence.

Guess she doesn't want the kids to read about the Orange A-O.

[keithbvadu2]

31. The sanctity of Holy matrimony for conservative Christians - Kim Davis

The sanctity of Holy matrimony for conservative Christians - Kim Davis

[scarletlib]

32. That's a lot of books both fiction & nonfiction

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. Fine. She has about as much of a chance of becoming governor as I have.

Bozo for Guv. It's time to fix the damn Lions.

[Retrograde]

34. What about the classics?

"Jane Eyre" should be OK - Rochester just keeps his wife locked up in the attic.

[MrsCheaplaugh]

37. Too funny!

[SunSeeker]

35. So no books about Trump? They do realize he's been divorced TWICE, right?

[yardwork]

36. What?!

[jmowreader]

38. I do find it humorous...

…that the Party of Personal Freedom wants to ban so many things.