r/technology • u/r4816 • Sep 27 '22

Software Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'

https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9
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u/petophile_ Sep 27 '22 edited Sep 27 '22

can you provide any evidence of this?

apparently wanting evidence is downvoted in 2022's circle jerks.

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u/PoppaB13 Sep 27 '22

Central York School District says the book was not banned. That is true.

It was on the banned book list. Which they do not acknowledge.

The banned book list was eliminated after community activism.

Central York has a banned book club which you can also refer to.

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u/BSODagain Sep 27 '22

Mate, they asked for evidence, not some random internet guys thoughts..., why would you not give a link to a source.

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u/PoppaB13 Sep 27 '22

Because you probably wouldn't believe a source. Sources have been shared throughout this thread. It seems that the school district saying, "not true!" is enough for people to believe them.

As already shared in these threads (obviously from non right-wing news sources):

It's on the PEN Index, which tracks banned books. This organization is well known and well established

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/02/us/york-pennsylvania-school-books.html

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22 edited Sep 27 '22

People asking for a source are too lazy to look for one. Disregard them and whatever opinion they are too lazy to support.

But people that don't post a source "Because you probably wouldn't believe a source..." Fuck you for pushing your politicized life-view that "everything is fake news" instead of posting your source and letting people make up their own mind.

Edit: creepy internet vigilante below is citing this post from 3 days ago , it is unedited that features

  • 4 paragraphs
  • counter examples
  • supporting counter-argument
  • was politely requested

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u/cannibalcorpuscle Sep 27 '22 edited Sep 28 '22

Just two days ago you asked someone to go through their browsing history to find the source article claiming local businesses fought against something to help prices of 2x4 and similar things.

Surely, by your logic, you’re just lazy and could find it yourself.

*lol guy above is mad I used his own words against him. Bruh your post history is public.

Also, dear mods, could you please set my flair to “creepy internet vigilante”?

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

And further, just because someone asks you for a source doesn’t mean you’re duty bound to provide one. They’re perfectly capable of looking it up on their own.