No issues with my parents, but you nailed the rest of it on the head. I don't want conservatives telling progressives what to teach. You don't want the progressives telling the conservatives what to read.
I do have a lot of issues with what is and isn't taught in high school english classes. It's a very sore point for me--most high school classes are heavily biased towards modern Black literature and against the classics. Most classes jump straight from 1650 to 1950 with little to nothing in-between. But, that's another discussion.
I think you may have missed this part, Rich:
"She approached Caitlins teacher, then worked her way up the schools chain of command, informing them in private that she didnt want her daughter to read any further in the book or participate in class discussions about it."
So, she went to the teacher, and the teacher disagreed. She probably went to the principal, and the principal disagreed. Maybe even the superindtendent. They ended up in front of the school board, and the school board ultimately disagreed as well and did not remove the book from the curriculum. They did compromise and allow alternatives in the future. So, the teacher's book choice did not anger her "many bosses." Her most direct bosses all supported her. The school board more-or-less supported her. Most of the protestors supported her. So really, the teacher only angered a small subset of one of the groups you label her bosses. If anything, it's analogous to a worker who has the support of his manager, director, and president, but has a few complaints from a minority of stockholders.
But, I think some people here are getting pretty upset over my posts, so I'm going to bow out of this conversation. I've made just about all the points I care to make, and no one agrees with me. So, I'm going to shut up and take my F
See you all in happier threads.