ACLU Win Victory For Communist Propaganda
Posted on July 24, 2006
Congratulations to the ACLU for keeping Communist lies in a Miami school library!
US District Judge Alan S Gold ruled in favour of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida (ACLU), which wanted to keep the book, A Visit to Cuba.
Last month, the Miami-Dade school board voted to remove the book from libraries after a parent complained it was too positive about life under Fidel Castro.
The ruling may keep the book on shelves until the case goes to trial.
The school board had removed all 24 books in the series, dealing with children living around the world.
It is only a temporary win for now as the case will now go forward. Not everyone is happy about the judge’s decision.
Juan Amador Rodriguez, the parent who had complained about the book, said he was surprised and disappointed at the judge’s decision.
“The book has errors. It has errors of omission, omission about the reality of the country,” Mr Amador said.
While we are on the topic of ACLU and propaganda, the ACLU are putting their own propaganda out on DVD! Conveniently it will be translated into Spanish and Arabic!!
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The same laws that keep “a visit to cuba” on the shelf keep this website alive.
This is a good example of the importance of communication between parents and their children.
Keep the books there fine. But I hope that the families of that area make an effort to tell their kids the facts of Castro.
Relying on public schools to educate is a mistake indeed.
I’ve read the book in question, and to call it propaganda is a huge stretch. It may not paint the most realistic picture of Cuba, but it’s certainly not propaganda.
That doesn’t make me feel any better about this Maj. Rational. I don’t doubt that you have read many commie books that you don’t feel are propaganda.
No, really. Check out the book. “Propaganda” is another of those words you shouldn’t throw around lightly.
The omissions are exactly what makes it propaganda. The kid who reads that will think that Cuba is a beautiful place, not much different from the U.S. when it is really an oppressive Communist regime. You see no problem with this?
The omissions make it a poorly written book, but it’s still not propaganda.
Congrats on the promotion Maj! You should talk to Col. Ghadafi about giving himself a star, after all he has been the dictator of a country for a while, you’d think he’d bump himself up a pay grade.
Anyway…
How does your insistence that this piece of propaganda is not propaganda square with the definition of “propaganda?”
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/propaganda
What this book does is far worse. Purposely leaving out some information of “minor” importance (you know murder, mass imprisonment, destruction of the economy of a once-prosperous nation, pervasive oppression, police state, etc.) in order create a false impression of a dark, murderous tyranny…what can you call it other than propaganda?
I’d call it a bad children’s book. You have to look at the intent of the author, and I hardly believe he/she is trying to drum up support for Castro. It’s just a harmless book in a series aimed at very young children.
P.S. – Her Majesty, in her infinite wisdom, was the one who bestowed upon me the rank of major, and your mockery is an affront to the entire empire.
I don’t know if I would want my LITTLE kids to read a book that described the real political situation in Cuba.
But this book doesn’t touch upon politics at all. It describes the people and it describes the climate. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that.
Create a dialogue with your kids… that is the best way to combat public school education.
Well many people in Miami did not want to pay for the inclusion of this book with their tax money. I don’t blame them. We will keep an eye on the whole thing. It isn’t over yet. This victory is only temporary for now.