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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 90 points 9 months ago (5 children)
[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 86 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

After our office consistently heard from student, parents, and teachers about objectionable curricula, policies, or programs affecting children, we launched the Eyes on Education portal.

Our kids need to focus on fundamental educational building blocks, not political ideology - either left or right.

Eyes on Education is a platform for students, parents, and educators to submit and view real examples from classrooms across the state.

The Office of the Attorney General will follow up on materials submitted to the portal that may violate Indiana law using our investigative tools, including public records requests, and publish findings on the portal as well.

To view examples or submit to the portal, select the school corporation and name of the school and upload your documents.

Upon submission, someone from our office may contact you for additional information or clarification.

Submissions to the portal will be reviewed and published regularly.

this is the most ridiculous rhetorical doublespeak I’ve seen in a while. kids need to focus on education, not political ideology, so let’s shove some political ideology down their throats? And, of course, the ass-covering BS logical absurdity that anything “objectionable” must, certainly, be unsafe for children.

[–] Gonkulator@lemm.ee 46 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I just watched a youtube video discussing how much fundies have had shel silverstein books banned over the years. I guess they found them "objectionable". You know, where the sidewalk ends. Fucking psychopaths.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They want objectionable Shel Silverstein? Because that can be arranged.

(I don't want them banning Shel Silverstein or anyone else, I just think it's funny that they want to ban the only non-dirty stuff he ever did.)

[–] Devdogg@lemmy.ml 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He (Shel) was published a bunch in Playboy (the above is an example) and he was a great illustrator.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Kurt Vonnegut and a ton of other authors were also published in Playboy.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Including Isaac '3 laws' Asimov

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Shel was a known cannabis user and a bit of a hippie. That's probably why.

Fun fact, he also wrote the Johnny Cash song, "a Boy Named Sue"

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

by the time I was in school - the age we were reading Silverstein - was the mid-late 80s. he’d a had couple banned by then, but my teachers were in love with him, so I got to read most of his books as a kid. what books of his weren’t assigned were to be found in our school’s library and were often fought over. we had a school that really pushed a curriculum that relied heavily on using both the school and local public library for research, even in elementary school. I remember my parts being annoyed at how often they had to take me to the library for even basic schoolwork.

I loved it.

I really lament that, today, with the internet, there isn’t a central public repository of trustworthy information for research. the closest is Wikipedia, and, for what it is, it’s pretty fucking great. It’s a great jumping-off point for anyone to start learning on any subject, and I’m super-glad it’s there.

bringing it back around, Shel Silverstein was a wry observer of humanity but poked his finger in the eyes of too many powerful critics. He had a way of opening the minds of people - especially children - that made people who would like to manipulate the weak scared that Silverstein’s message would make their efforts more difficult. It’s no wonder the would wish to silence him.

[–] oatscoop@midwest.social 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The theater adaptation of Where the Sidewalk Ends was one of our middle school plays at our decidedly "rural" school.

One mom had a problem with it, and it was only with the "rebellious" bits. She shut up when every other parent rolled their eyes at her. It's crazy how attitudes shift.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm looking at some of the "legitimate" complaints on that page. Someone complained about inappropriate content... in Orwell's 1984.

https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/files/4_11_Parental-Concerns-Required-Reading-Sexual-Content.pdf

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Flood it with Chat GPT-3 content, super easy to generate, and it would probably create more unique content that would be harder to filter out.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Ask it for objectionable stuff in Bible lol

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I sent them a copypasta

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Massive Salad Fingers vibes coming from this. You, Internet Stranger are a god damn legend and hero that we need.

I wish I could take credit, but I don't even know the origins of that copypasta!

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 30 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Man, that form doesn't verify any contact information. It sure would be easy to flood it with genuine concern in picture format.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No captcha, no contact info verification not even an old school forum "What's your favorite color" lmao

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does it sanitize user inputs? Or is a 90s style SQL injection possible?

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Bobby Table, do it!

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Use tor before they start filtering it. That’s usually what they block first. Submit from multiple IPs to make it harder to filter. Be realistic - there are websites that’ll help you generate fake names, addresses. You can even use ChatGPT to write time wasting comments. Try to avoid using real people’s names so you don’t get innocents harassed.