Stephen King is not sending his best tweets these days. Perhaps he’s on a personal writers strike and outsourced this one?
This one is an attempted shot at ‘right-wingers’ over the 2nd Amendment and the book banning myth they so desperately want people to believe.
(What is the deal with the double spaces between every word? We bet he doesn’t let his mashed potatoes touch the corn at Thanksgiving.)
Right-wingers furiously defend the Second Amendment. The first, which includes the right to read? Not so much.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 26, 2023
The first time we read Stephen King’s tweet, it was like …
https://t.co/9f7wFahrVD pic.twitter.com/BnuFaKvgpi
— Johnny (@jrosejunior1975) May 26, 2023
He’s apparently trying to be clever, but it came off looking about as confused as Joe Biden trying to operate a 4-slot toaster.
Bro that is about material that is sexually explicit and not appropriate for 3rd graders. Make your arguments against any group you want but do it honestly.
— Joseph Arthur (@josepharthur) May 26, 2023
This guy just cuts straight to the chase. Which Stephen King novels would Stephen King like to be available to 3rd graders?
In their zeal to paint conservatives as book banners, the Left is pretending that age-appropriate content is no longer a thing.
Are you sure? Even if it were, it doesn't give the right to push sexually explicit material on children. No one is stopping adults from reading whatever they like. But fictional stories are your specialty, right? https://t.co/5ELawIaVvh pic.twitter.com/aDjbHrqjqI
— Paul Tarsus (@PaulTarsus6) May 27, 2023
Ignoring King’s clumsy tweet construction about the ‘right to read’, there is simply no case in the country where government is banning books for use by the general population.
Every single book that is claimed to have been ‘banned’ is widely available to the public.
Stephen King seems to be completely aloof the fact that the First Amendment prohibits the government from prohibiting free speech and press, among other things, by the People. It does not prohibit the citizens of the United States from dictating to government schools which books they are allowed to make available to their children.
So you support firearms in school? Because that is a more appropriate comparison https://t.co/cBi91HJOfv
— Gjoni The Oni (@GjoniTheOni) May 27, 2023
Great example. Is the Second Amendment violated because 2nd graders aren’t allowed to be strapped with Glocks?
No one is stopping anyone from reading…. I mean… other than public school teachers who pass illiterate children through the system
— Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) May 26, 2023
Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark.
Reading pornographic material in elementary school, you mean?
That’s not supporting the “right to read,” that’s your sick demented Hollywood mind who gets pleasure from arousing and corrupting our youth
— Ashley Muñoz (@RedLady2024) May 26, 2023
But tell us what you really think, ma’am. LOL.
Considering I was 12 years old when I read “IT” and the ending involved a pre-teen name Beverly getting gangbanged by several of her male friends at the end of the book so they could remember how to escape the sewers…I don’t think you are the best person to listen to on the…
— ⚡️ Christopher⚡️ (@Cee_Dubbbs) May 26, 2023
Yowza. Has the Constitution been violated if we don’t assemble kindergarteners in their reading circle for a dramatic reading of ‘IT‘ by a drag clown, Stephen?
There is so much outright lying about “bans” that it is hard to even respond to your claim.
— stevemur (@stevemur) May 26, 2023
It’s true. Liberals have completely redefined ‘book banning’ to serve their political ends.
Someone else wrote a book about totalitarians who destroyed language to control the population. Stephen King might want to read it again.
Which party tried to launch a Ministry of Truth, Steve?
Which party colluded with social media to kick writers off of their platforms and silence opposing views?
You…you're not very good at this, are you?
— Ultra Grateful Calvin 🇺🇸🐶🏒 🎶 (@shoveitjack) May 26, 2023
Ooh! Ooh! We know!
The left banned To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn. And Dr Seuss.
— Lorrie Ann 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇸 (@LorrieAnn25) May 26, 2023
Yes, if we’re going with their definition of book banning, left wingers have absolutely banned these books.
Theyre perfectly free to read whatever they want, not via the department of education. They can purchase whatever books they chose, their parents can as well.
The 2nd amendment is absolute, but I don't get upset they don't teach an AR 15 armorers course in kindergarten (would be…— 9mmSMG (@9mm_smg) May 26, 2023
Exactly. If you can buy it on Amazon, borrow it from a friend without being arrested by the secret police, or check it out from your public library, it’s not banned.
No one is being stopped from reading. Your sales are just down.
— Jswarens (@jeff_swarens) May 26, 2023
LOL. Burn.
Are you upset children aren't reading Playboy?
— StanleyFosha (@stanleyfosha) May 27, 2023
‘We think it’s up to the children to decide what’s best for them.’ (You have to read that with a whiny lisp.)
Stephen. You’re just a mess, my dude.
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) May 26, 2023
Word.
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