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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
This has no application to "Slaughterhouse Five." In fact, the whole *purpose* of the free speech clause is to *protect* speech from community standards. You need constitutional rights when the community tries to prevent you from reading or watching something. If the community all thinks that "Lassie" is a great book, you don't need the First Amendment to be able to read it. It's only when the community doesn't like the book that you need the First Amendment.
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Community Standards
absolutely apply to "Slaughterhouse Five" because of the book's explicit sexual scenes, the depiction of deviant sexual behaviors, violence, and obscene language. BTW, this is far from the first time that "Slaughterhouse Five" has been removed from schools. Google the phrase: Slaughterhouse Five banned.
There is nothing that prevents you from reading "Slaughterhouse Five," but you really have no right to tell others they must allow it in their schools when community standards classify it as pornographic. So says the Supreme Court.