world-shaker:

So one guy named Wesley Scroggins, an associate professor at Missouri State University, who doesn’t even have a child in the Republic School District (he homeschools), called on the school district to stop using textbooks and other materials “that create false conceptions of American history and government or that teach principles contrary to Biblical morality and truth.”

That’s Wesley Scroggins, an associate professor who “is all about balance - balance in his teaching, balance in his research and balance in his service.”

That’s this Wesley Scroggins, who can be reached via email at WesScroggins@MissouriState.edu

And so the school district told this one guy (who doesn’t have a kid in their district), that while everyone’s entitled to their opinion, they certainly wouldn’t pull firmly established books and reference materials because it goes against the principles of the First Amendment, and pillars and principles that are foundational to our Democratic society sure thing, jerk face!

So the Vonnegut library is now giving all the students a free copy of Slaughterhouse Five.

High five to those guys.

In the meantime, I wonder what would happen if a bunch of people emailed Wesley Scroggins’ Department Head, Dr. Barry Wisdom (not making these names up), to let him know that he should not support any faculty member that imposes his anti-free speech views on school districts in which their children are not even enrolled…

Up to 150 students at a Missouri high school that ordered “Slaughterhouse-Five” pulled from its shelves can get a free copy of the novel, courtesy of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library, library officials said on Thursday.

The offer for students at Republic High School comes on the heels of the Republic School Board’s decision to remove Vonnegut’s novel and Sarah Ockler’s “Twenty Boy Summer” from the curriculum and the school library shelves.

“All of these students will be eligible to vote and some may be protecting our country through military service in the next year or two,” Julia Whitehead, the executive director of the Vonnegut library in Indianapolis, said in a statement.

“It is shocking and unfortunate that those young adults and citizens would not be considered mature enough to handle the important topics raised by Kurt Vonnegut, a decorated war veteran. Everyone can learn something from his book.”