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Texas is getting sued over HB 900, a book
banning

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bill by Jared Patterson.

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And of course, Jared Patterson is now claiming
that it's

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the left that wants to sexualize children.

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How dare the left?

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He's just a good person trying to keep sexual
materials

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away from kids.

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Well, let's see uh what they said on the House

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floor when he introduced the bill to the
House.

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This bill did not start with HB 900 and
Representative

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Patterson's uh conversations with Frisco ISD
about books upon their

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shelves.

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This bill started with House Bill 3979 that
was directly

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targeting, that was directly targeting the
narratives of people of

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color about race and racism.

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After that bill, our former member,
Representative Matt Krauss, released

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a list of over 800 books that he thought
schools

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should remove from their libraries.

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Members, those books contained lots of books
that contained no

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sexual conduct whatsoever.

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And Representative Patterson's own path to
this bill was not

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straightforward with sexually explicit
material.

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He also targeted books that he claimed taught
critical race

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theory.

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And I think that is something we need to
fundamentally

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understand about this legislation.

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It is not about protecting kids.

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It is about allowing books to be discriminated
in our

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schools because we disagree with the content
within them or

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with the types of narratives they're sharing.