Over the last several years, many across the United States have fought for certain books to be banned in libraries around the nation. With books by established abhorrently evil authors like Toni Morrison, John Green, and Harper Lee being banned in school libraries from coast to coast, they will soon be replaced with Adolf Hitler's 1925 autobiographical manifesto "Mein Kampf."
Sedalia, Missouri's Dale Welles, who doesn't have kids, but does like to yell, welcomes the change.
"I've been saying it for years — we need to bring the Bible back into schools! There's so much garbage out there tainting our children's minds when what they really need is the word of God. This country would be an awful lot better if people accepted the good word into their hearts," said Welles.
After clarifying that he was being asked about "Mein Kampf" by Nazi dictator and murderer of millions Adolf Hitler, Welles replied "Yeah, I know."
Lubbock, Texas mom Gretchen Lyles believes the switch is a step in the right direction for her family and community.
"You send the kids to school and they learn all of this stuff they don't need! Science, history, compassion, listening — it's holding them back. It makes me want to cry just thinking about it," said Lyles, wiping an invisible tear from her eye. "We're trying to raise kids that will grow up to be functioning members of society. We can't do that if they're learning to write poetry instead of reading about how one man by the name of Albert Hitler pulled himself up by his bootstraps and made his vision happen."
After overhearing Lyles, fellow PTA mom Elizabeth Baskin wanted to give her thoughts.
"I heard what she was saying and I just need to say that Ms. Gretchen does not practice what she preaches. She signed up to bring chocolate chip cookies to the last meeting, then she showed up and — lo and behold — no cookies! Yes, my brownies are popular enough to be on their own, but it just isn't right," said Baskin.
Once asked if she had any comment on her kids' library only containing "Mein Kampf" for the foreseeable future, Baskin shrugged and said "I prefer to watch 'The View.'"
Americans are right to be concerned by the prospect of the nation's future only having access to one of the most hateful books on the planet while at school. But if it's any comfort, the kids probably don't want to read anyway.
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