100-year-old woman stands up against Florida’s book ban during school board meeting

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  • A 100-year-old woman stands up against Florida’s book ban during a heated school board meeting, arguing the freedom to read is under attack.
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  • @lunhil12
    @lunhil12 Рік тому +635

    She explained it with absolute clarity. I'm with her, we're not having it!

    • @chloeuntrau4588
      @chloeuntrau4588 Рік тому

      But she did'nt really understand what it was all about...

    • @angelainamarie9656
      @angelainamarie9656 Рік тому

      ​@@chloeuntrau4588 she understood perfectly someone whose family has fought the Nazis can certainly recognize a fking Nazi

    • @gottalovegabe1176
      @gottalovegabe1176 Рік тому +22

      @@chloeuntrau4588
      I’m sure she understands better than most are giving her credit for.

    • @vade137
      @vade137 Рік тому +1

      Absolutely, and bring the Bible back too. That book was banned in schools and none of these kids learned how to be brave and courageous. Kids didn't need "safe" spaces when the Bible was in schools. One of the best lessons from the Bible is "do not fear" your own shadow.

    • @cartoonraccoon2078
      @cartoonraccoon2078 Рік тому +8

      @@chloeuntrau4588 But you comment on the internet though, so I'm sure you know much better than she does.

  • @PirateParadox
    @PirateParadox Рік тому +741

    This woman is a gift to humanity. I am just so sorry that she has had to spend so long on this earth without her husband only to be continually disappointed by societies.

  • @barbaracollins385
    @barbaracollins385 Рік тому +363

    I Love this lady. As an avid reader all my life, I'm 67 and book banning and burning us on the top of my list too. My mother was German and she can tell you the same if she was still living. She was ten years old and rembered until she died it all started with book banning and burning. It was a fight to keep people ignorant about what was happening. Reading is knowledge and vitally important.

    • @frostfree7
      @frostfree7 Рік тому +8

      This!

    • @scabcrawler632
      @scabcrawler632 Рік тому

      We just burned millions of Democrat propaganda books. Only thing they are good for is bonfires

    • @annak8755
      @annak8755 Рік тому +5

      To be fair, my school library had a policy of not accepting adult novels, the line was drawn at young adult fantasy where if a book had s3x in it, it was donated to the city library. Then again the school system had us reading "Decameron" at 14-15 in class with one student reading and all the rest trying not to laugh. After that no contemporary adult novel would have ever shocked us. The same year we also had to read a novel about child marriage where the barely teen bride (13) was bought for a barely teen boy (14), but because the boy didn't know how to consummate the marriage, the old men next door steals her and rap3s the girl, thereby making her his wife instead, the novel continues with the girl being abused by the almost 50yo neighbor and the boy forced to recognize that he likes the girl but there relationship would be against God's commandments. I don't know what made the teachers/professors choose that particular book, maybe because we were a year or two older than the characters but it was scaring. I have read and forgotten many books but even though I don't remember the author of that novel, the content is stamped in my brain and makes me want to hurl every time I remember that book.
      So in my honest opinion, the thing they should be debating is what literature is taught in class, because most students would only visit the library if they have to write a book report and even then they'll be googling summaries, but there is no escaping if they are reading some awful stuff in class.

    • @slywesterkopec3474
      @slywesterkopec3474 Рік тому +3

      They are serving sexualy explicit content to children. Are you ok with that?

    • @Lazzyrus
      @Lazzyrus Рік тому +11

      @@slywesterkopec3474 most of the books i've seen being banned aren't even sexually explicit

  • @Wayne-O-5169
    @Wayne-O-5169 Рік тому +97

    “She thinks what’s happening in Florida is really bad.” And she is absolutely correct!

  • @bennyb4505
    @bennyb4505 Рік тому +1762

    The fact that this lady has personally witnessed 100 years of history and felt compelled to say this should resonate.

    • @thomaslarson459
      @thomaslarson459 Рік тому

      ​@Sara Mill so experience and history count for nothing, just because she's taking a side you don't like? I'm striking you with a logical fallacy card: character assassination is a tool used by the weakest minds to justify an idea that makes no sense. You can't back it up with evidence, so you resort to mud slinging. Do better.

    • @mistywolfmulti2639
      @mistywolfmulti2639 Рік тому +73

      ​@Sara Mill I'm sorry but what would it take to convince you that someone is just being honest? They have to agree with you? I don't know about you, but I can hear the pain and passion in her voice when she speaks. I don't think that is acting.
      Edit: Just so you know, if you responded to me I can't see your comment for some reason. I can see that there are 4 replies but only mine and the person I replied to are visible for me :/

    • @bulkvanderhuge9006
      @bulkvanderhuge9006 Рік тому

      @saramill2097 Better than the mindless slobs the Right gets

    • @chrispraz877
      @chrispraz877 Рік тому +36

      @Sara Mill you just don't get it...sad.

    • @briannaghey-hw7hj
      @briannaghey-hw7hj Рік тому +2

      Her opinion is worthless. Parental rights > Your feelings COPE

  • @Mandy87Marie
    @Mandy87Marie Рік тому +843

    Grace is like “ I lived through this sh*t before, I don’t want to live through it again”

    • @Theomite
      @Theomite Рік тому +10

      *DeSantis, sitting in his dark office watching the monitor over his tented fingertips*
      "Don't worry Miss Linn...you won't."

    • @JordannEdwards
      @JordannEdwards Рік тому +25

      Big facts 💯
      She especially does not want the young generation to go through what she went through 😢

    • @LilXancheX
      @LilXancheX Рік тому

      @@JordannEdwards she’s a living fossil

    • @margo3367
      @margo3367 Рік тому +1

      But, she didn’t live through it in America. It’s what we were fighting against!

    • @zerieth6620
      @zerieth6620 Рік тому +4

      @@margo3367 You think we didnt ban book over the past hundred years? It's none stop in this country. We had a banned books week in my old school system so we'd all get to read the stuff these people dont want us to read. I bet they don't do it anymore now seeing as how my state legislature has been flipped for years.

  • @kingjbird92
    @kingjbird92 Рік тому +82

    This 100 year old woman is a BOSS!!! The world needs more people like her!

    • @angelabluebird609
      @angelabluebird609 Рік тому +1

      We can our voices and speak up with her in this most American endeavor.

    • @kingjbird92
      @kingjbird92 Рік тому +1

      @@angelabluebird609 well said!

  • @mefford67
    @mefford67 Рік тому +44

    *”Fear of knowledge.”*
    *Powerful and true words being spoken.*

  • @rriddick8571
    @rriddick8571 Рік тому +1691

    She has more backbone than Floridians half her age. Please, people, stand up and fight for freedom.

    • @brupeboring
      @brupeboring Рік тому +6

      @Enigma grow up little boy

    • @r00kr0LL4u
      @r00kr0LL4u Рік тому +11

      pizzaGaetz, is that you🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕?

    • @russellnewton6660
      @russellnewton6660 Рік тому

      @@r00kr0LL4u if she was giving me information about you it would be…….stupid.

    • @liberalshaveitallbackwards4667
      @liberalshaveitallbackwards4667 Рік тому

      Freedom to sexualize, groom, and indoctrinate children in Marxist ideology? Ok buddy

    • @kickazz999
      @kickazz999 Рік тому +29

      Role of goverment isn't deciding what you read..shove it Roncon

  • @warrinbang1191
    @warrinbang1191 Рік тому +347

    When a person reaches 100 yrs old it's safe to say that they speak from experience. A word to the wise should be sufficient. Suppression of knowledge will inevitably lead to the suppression of freedom.

    • @ld3511
      @ld3511 Рік тому +8

      💯

    • @SOULRELIEF22
      @SOULRELIEF22 Рік тому

      She needs JESUS. To close to the grave to speak nonsense. BIBLES have been banned ALL over the country! The printing press was invented (by GOD) to get HIS WORD out!

    • @seraeirian2
      @seraeirian2 Рік тому

      eh, there are old morons too

    • @frankdsouza2425
      @frankdsouza2425 Рік тому

      Don't forget the IT, Warren. You remind me to read afresh whatever I may have written, BEFORE pressing the Submit button.

    • @warrinbang1191
      @warrinbang1191 Рік тому +1

      @@frankdsouza2425 Thanks Frank, you're right I should have checked because the autocorrect is not always correct when it corrects.

  • @sharondavid-melly1498
    @sharondavid-melly1498 Рік тому +69

    She has the most valuable freedom of all. In the winter of her life she still cares enough for others to speak out. Thank you.

    • @scabcrawler632
      @scabcrawler632 Рік тому

      Smelly bot

    • @jilliantaylor
      @jilliantaylor Рік тому

      ​@@scabcrawler632 You call them a bot yet you talk like one🤣🤡🐑. I bet you call everyone you don't agree with a bot🤡

  • @barbaradavis393
    @barbaradavis393 Рік тому +36

    I hate the story in "the Handmaid's Tale". I read it when it was first published. I would never suggest it be banned: 1) It is none of my business, 2) It is a warning of a horrible future that crept up on people who felt it would never happen to them, 3) It makes people think, 4) Children are people. It is the job of schools to teach children to think.

    • @lisashaw309
      @lisashaw309 Рік тому +8

      Margaret Atwood has said in many interviews that every single thing she wrote in The Handmaid’s Tale happened somewhere or other in history sometime. She just took those events and put them together to create a novel. She said she did it as a warning to us all to prevent fascism.

    • @ml37856
      @ml37856 Рік тому +4

      the story of the handmaid’s tale has already begun in our reality

  • @meghan42
    @meghan42 Рік тому +1411

    Fear is not freedom; Fear is control. She is absolutely correct!

    • @fredgarvinMP
      @fredgarvinMP Рік тому +5

      Reminds me of the pandemic.

    • @b-radg916
      @b-radg916 Рік тому +76

      @@fredgarvinMP: I assume you’re referring to vaccinations. That wasn’t about fear, that was about doing what’s best for society.

    • @ktb183
      @ktb183 Рік тому +9

      So well put!

    • @faiththrower7951
      @faiththrower7951 Рік тому +25

      She is absolutley 100% correct.

    • @frankiethebull8269
      @frankiethebull8269 Рік тому

      ​@@fredgarvinMP The one tRUMP wanted to ignore so you'd be afraid instead of fighting it

  • @stevegabbert9626
    @stevegabbert9626 Рік тому +104

    Her husband died at age 26. I welled up when I thought about her still keeping him relevant for over 70 years. Even as frail as she appears, she is stronger than any politician today.

  • @MsThebeMoon
    @MsThebeMoon Рік тому +30

    I got the chills and tears in my eyes listening to her. What a treasure. All the history she has seen and no doubt remember. Thank you Ms. Grace Lynn.

  • @mssusanmarie
    @mssusanmarie Рік тому +609

    Thank you Ms. Grace for being a REAL patriot. I salute you.

    • @chadchurdley
      @chadchurdley Рік тому +1

      This is like the time the nurses helped my grandfather with dementia and lives in assisted living vote. We’re going to give you a script Ethel you just try and remember how to read…

    • @floridaviolets9601
      @floridaviolets9601 Рік тому

      @@chadchurdley your grandfather is dead.

    • @billbarr3960
      @billbarr3960 Рік тому

      let's be honest, you just want to get back to grooming kids

    • @deonna9100
      @deonna9100 Рік тому +7

      ​@@chadchurdley You should've been there "helping him vote"*

    • @deonna9100
      @deonna9100 Рік тому +5

      ​@@illsellthat8445 How SPECIFICALLY ❓

  • @jasonw7521
    @jasonw7521 Рік тому +763

    My uncle fought in Vietnam and is a diehard Conservative. He told me the other day that Desantis isn't a Conservative/Republican. He's a fascist dictator. Pretty crazy how anybody could or would ban books in a free country.

    • @deborahwhit118
      @deborahwhit118 Рік тому +3

      Liar

    • @Mr.White10-65
      @Mr.White10-65 Рік тому +1

      But nobody is banning these books in a free country.

    • @Bunkerdwarfputin
      @Bunkerdwarfputin Рік тому

      @@deborahwhit118 Only liar here is you with your fake a$$ account, komrade.
      🤣🤣🤣

    • @joek5492
      @joek5492 Рік тому +11

      There are no books in the school library on how to build bombs or make meth. There are just some books that should not be available to children and if you don't understand that there's something wrong with you.

    • @anacc3257
      @anacc3257 Рік тому +1

      So he doesn't know much about politics in other words.

  • @duckBarman
    @duckBarman Рік тому +13

    I noticed "The Handmaid's Tale" was one of the banned/removed books... can't think why they wouldn't want anyone to read that... 😞

    • @catladynikki2024
      @catladynikki2024 Рік тому +1

      Because of people think books don’t needs or apple pad/television are better than read a book. They are lazy people who hate books.

  • @bearlady5694
    @bearlady5694 Рік тому +29

    Her wise words and her courage to come forth and share them publicly! Thank goodness people like her exist!!

    • @imtheman4805
      @imtheman4805 10 місяців тому

      I bet she was something before electricity😁

  • @Schmunzelfee
    @Schmunzelfee Рік тому +470

    How awful it must be to reach 100 years of age and realize that not enough has changed in that huge timespan.

    • @DavidLS1
      @DavidLS1 Рік тому +68

      The awful part is that things had changed and people are trying to change them back.

    • @deonna9100
      @deonna9100 Рік тому +2

      ​@@DavidLS1 Specifically 🤭😶

    • @joycej9415
      @joycej9415 Рік тому +40

      ​@David exactly I am 70 and watching so much change in my lifetime and now to see those who always were against it try to bring us back to Hitler and Stalin really is horrific.

    • @1953lili
      @1953lili Рік тому +16

      And even regressed with Civil Rights regarding voting and Roe v. Wade. I am 70 and never thought I would see these hard fought for laws reversed.

    • @johnbees4443
      @johnbees4443 Рік тому

      ​@@1953liliWell you can always vote hahahaahahha.
      Lolol they never attack your right to vote hahahah.
      But Your second right is always attacked...gee I wonder why

  • @theinsaneshecklador6598
    @theinsaneshecklador6598 Рік тому +970

    More wisdom and courage in this 100 year old lady than in the entire MAGA wing of the Republican party.

    • @brupeboring
      @brupeboring Рік тому +1

      @Enigma more ignorant comments enigma you arent very bright are you

    • @r00kr0LL4u
      @r00kr0LL4u Рік тому +7

      @Enigma $1 usd= 76 rubles😂

    • @brianedwards7142
      @brianedwards7142 Рік тому +1

      @@r00kr0LL4u It's gone up: I checked a few weeks ago and it was .13USD so 13 cents.

    • @Kivas_Fajo
      @Kivas_Fajo Рік тому

      I would say she has more sense than 73 million morons who rooted for DJT combined...

    • @TheHardTruth176
      @TheHardTruth176 Рік тому

      Pedo-“Wait?! They are taking out the books on how to give good head😢 how will I get off to elementary and middle schoolers if they don’t know what they are doing😢”

  • @tomdespain68
    @tomdespain68 Рік тому +22

    A true champion for democracy. Made me tear up a bit listening to her wisdom. 💙

  • @astraphel1896
    @astraphel1896 Рік тому +10

    When a woman who is 100 years old has to come out to say no, you know this has gone too far.

  • @toonlyrics
    @toonlyrics Рік тому +470

    This 100-year-old woman is 100 times clearer in her head than DeCensorer.

  • @debmcgerrigle3477
    @debmcgerrigle3477 Рік тому +87

    So sharp at 100, good for her.

  • @Thehouseoffail
    @Thehouseoffail Рік тому +7

    To everyone in this comment section saying we need more people like her in this world: BE THAT PERSON. Don't wait for someone else to do it. Be that person NOW and FIGHT.

    • @davidgervais8876
      @davidgervais8876 Рік тому

      You know who will “Be that person “- young people

  • @albertamaloney6580
    @albertamaloney6580 Рік тому +9

    Her husband, like my father, fought against fascism. I'm sure they would both be horrified to see what is going on in our country today.

    • @JustMe-vk4fn
      @JustMe-vk4fn Рік тому +1

      I've often been grateful that my father, a Marine in WWII, never lived to see what our OWN government has become today.

  • @jamielittle567
    @jamielittle567 Рік тому +649

    She is brighter than any republican I know, and I only heard her speak for 1 minute. It's so true that we have a lot to learn from our elders. Activism is needed at all ages. Kudos to this patriot!

    • @hdtvcamera1
      @hdtvcamera1 Рік тому +7

      Are you aware of the news outside Trump? 🤣

    • @fredgarvinMP
      @fredgarvinMP Рік тому +9

      She doesn't know the difference between banned and not available at the school library. She means well though and I like that she's against censorship.

    • @Mr.White10-65
      @Mr.White10-65 Рік тому +3

      @@fredgarvinMP That's pretty much the case with everyone upset over this and you can put some blame on the media. These books are not actually "banned". Someone in Florida can go order theses books on-line, go to a book store or find it in a public library in some cases. Florida isn't taking every single copy of these books and burning them in a field like "Nazis", but it is now the new normal to compare everything to Hitler and/or Nazis.

    • @fredgarvinMP
      @fredgarvinMP Рік тому +1

      @@Mr.White10-65
      I put MOST of the blame on the media.
      These commenters also LOVE to accuse everybody of being a "Russian bot" or "Putin puppet".

    • @Defender1876
      @Defender1876 Рік тому +9

      @@hdtvcamera1 this is not a stump thing this is a red state dedumbass problem

  • @PeterThoegersen
    @PeterThoegersen Рік тому +1997

    she has more balls and sense than all the MAGA republicans put together. Bless her.

    • @MakeLoveNotWar687
      @MakeLoveNotWar687 Рік тому +15

      Sometimes you have to ban the book for the children eyes

    • @MakeLoveNotWar687
      @MakeLoveNotWar687 Рік тому +10

      Don’t worry comrade your sacrifice will not be for nothing

    • @VincentValentine33
      @VincentValentine33 Рік тому

      @@MakeLoveNotWar687 "It tells me that goosestepping morons like yourself should try reading books instead of burning them" -Sean Connery, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.

    • @StephenCarmona
      @StephenCarmona Рік тому +6

      Women with balls is common in the Biden Administration. Joe said, "most of the women in my administration were women."
      Be sure to get your 4th booster and wear your mask

    • @Big_Bag_of_Pus
      @Big_Bag_of_Pus Рік тому +47

      @Stephen Carmona When appropriate, I will, because (as crazy as this concept sounds to you) I actually care about people other than myself.

  • @ibme93
    @ibme93 Рік тому +117

    In all these meetings, it's a shame that the politicians have already made up their minds and they hold these open mic sessions to humor the public.

    • @zeronope6836
      @zeronope6836 Рік тому

      They absolutely couldn’t care less other than they hope to keep us divided and upset because then they make more money and get more publicity. It’s about small people trying to feel big at the expensive of a national and it’s democracy & people. They only care about themselves and their need to feel powerful bc they are small miserable people on the inside. They need psychological help not an audience.

  • @amysmith4779
    @amysmith4779 Рік тому +4

    Beautifully said, it just breaks my heart to know that she lived the history we're repeating and knows it. How terrifying that must be and how much courage must be required to speak out on it, knowing what happened to those who spoke out then.

  • @nakedreef
    @nakedreef Рік тому +8

    I'm SO PROUD of her!! Bless her. You GO Woman!! I'm glad that you live in FL. THANK YOU! 💙

  • @Sammy.goNavy70
    @Sammy.goNavy70 Рік тому +151

    This should be spread across all the boards ( social media, all new network, papers, and words of mouth! We can learn something from someone who has seen what fear bring if we leave it uncheck!
    Thank you Ms. Grace for being the voice of reason!
    Wake up America, don’t let history repeat itself again!
    I hope Lincoln Project pick this up!

    • @johntruesdale387
      @johntruesdale387 Рік тому +8

      Votevets as well.

    • @velikovskysghost
      @velikovskysghost Рік тому +6

      @Moberly70 Yes and the Meidastouch too! Bryan Tyler Cohen is going to love this piece, I know I do!

  • @michaelbray109
    @michaelbray109 Рік тому +240

    The voice of age and experience has cast a light on the games
    Ronnie D is playing.
    She is speaking truth to cowardice.

    • @tanker335
      @tanker335 Рік тому

      You hang in there. We'll get Hustler and Penthouse in them schools one way or another.

    • @michaelbray109
      @michaelbray109 Рік тому +1

      @@tanker335 you don’t think children have access to worse than those already with digital devices?
      Learning about other people’s experiences and views is not the same as pornography in the classroom. The few books that you seem to be referring to with explicit sexual content may be problematic for some, but that is exactly the point. Pornography, sexuality, intimacy are all conflated when they are very different things.
      This is why we talk and don’t just outright ban.

  • @qr5354
    @qr5354 Рік тому +20

    Proud of this woman. She’s living history and knows exactly what she is talking about.

    • @imtheman4805
      @imtheman4805 10 місяців тому

      She’s just blowing wind and has overstayed her welcome
      She’s not sung up oxygen others should be enjoying!!!!

  • @gamepapa1211
    @gamepapa1211 Рік тому +10

    When a World War 2 veteran's widow like Grace Linn is calling you out for burning books, that's a big hint you're on the wrong side of history.

  • @resilientred1699
    @resilientred1699 Рік тому +153

    Shame that she’s our elder whose eyes have seen so much and they probably won’t even hear her. Listen to the jewels she’s dropping for us. Thank you sister for yours and your husband’s service.

    • @angelabluebird609
      @angelabluebird609 Рік тому +1

      We the People can lend our voices to this most American endeavor! When enough of us speak up, they'll hear.

  • @alexlifeson8946
    @alexlifeson8946 Рік тому +191

    She's more American than any Republican

    • @deborahwhit118
      @deborahwhit118 Рік тому +4

      BS 🤡

    • @faiththrower7951
      @faiththrower7951 Рік тому

      Republicans arent Americans, theyre a Nazi breed slowly infiiltrating the Country using ppl fears as stepping stones to gain power. Maga Republicans.

    • @KingofgraceSARA
      @KingofgraceSARA Рік тому

      Why do you have to use terms like republican? I'm not a republican or a democrat but it seems so juvenile.
      When will the republican democrat red vs blue gang wars end? You're all a bunch of adults, allegedly, acting like delayed middle schoolers and it's sickening.
      Grow up!

    • @docdirtymrclean3610
      @docdirtymrclean3610 Рік тому +16

      @@deborahwhit118 But you dont even live in the US. Your IP address says it all...
      but good try though , Comrade. Dasvidnanya

    • @compscidoggo
      @compscidoggo Рік тому

      ​@@docdirtymrclean3610lol did you ip grab her?

  • @janncoons7445
    @janncoons7445 Рік тому +20

    She comes from a generation of morals, principles, ethics, and basic humanity. These are now extremely rare!!

    • @AnimeFanNo3
      @AnimeFanNo3 7 місяців тому

      Maybe so, but as long as there are people like her still around, we can still pass those lessons to future generations and help ensure we can keep those values going.

  • @SeriousMoonlight666
    @SeriousMoonlight666 Рік тому +9

    What an amazing woman! Imagine what she's lived through and she's still seeing this human bs.

  • @theresebortzfield188
    @theresebortzfield188 Рік тому +321

    If Grace Linn has the backbone and courage to defend our rights, what are we going to do to preserve our rights and freedoms.

    • @cloudstreets1396
      @cloudstreets1396 Рік тому

      MAGA momentum is too great. The book bans are already in place and state by state rights are crumbling under the religious extremism of the MAGA party. In full maturity I fear the democrat party will no longer be allowed representation.

    • @vade137
      @vade137 Рік тому

      Right...bring the Bible back into schools so these kids can learn not to fear monsters.

    • @cloudstreets1396
      @cloudstreets1396 Рік тому +6

      @@vade137 MAGA Christianity is a faith practice. The Bible is not the law of the land, but that’s where things are headed and I think people aren’t taking it seriously enough

    • @vrvaughn
      @vrvaughn Рік тому +9

      @@vade137 The Bible is a great work of fiction and should be taught and viewed as such.

    • @goodun2974
      @goodun2974 Рік тому

      ​@@cloudstreets1396 , "MAGA Christianity" is a faith *malpractice*. There, I fixed that for you!😅 Except that having our political processes taken over by a rabid, ridgid, reactionary version of Christianity is no laughing matter.

  • @fuzzamajumula
    @fuzzamajumula Рік тому +111

    I would love to hear more of Mrs. Linn's hard earned wisdom.

  • @queenieevergreen
    @queenieevergreen Рік тому +9

    Her words make it hard for me to see through tears… ❤ She is absolutely correct.

  • @jimi28
    @jimi28 Рік тому +11

    She hasn’t forgotten what her husband fought and died for. God bless her!

  • @artemismoon7655
    @artemismoon7655 Рік тому +403

    I read a lot as a kid and teen. I read voraciously and much of what I read was from classroom libraries. I am 40 so that was back when people weren’t so threatened by children reading.
    I did read things that shocked me, but I was also a very sheltered kid. Part of the way I learned about the world in a broader sense was through these books. I think without my uncontrolled access to books, I would have grown up so painfully ignorant and unable to cope with being tossed out into the adult world otherwise completely unprepared. This is what adults are advocating to do to kids now.
    Reading all kinds of books and learning about the experiences of others, both good and bad, didn’t ruin me. I think it made me a much more successful adult. I was far less likely to be taken advantage of.

    • @StellarBoBellar
      @StellarBoBellar Рік тому

      Conservatives have been attacking public education and our access to reading for decades because they know people wouldn't vote for them if they knew any better.

    • @JustMe-vk4fn
      @JustMe-vk4fn Рік тому +12

      You're describing my life in your comment. Between my parents good advice, which I was exceptionally lucky to have in my life, books were everything to me.

    • @tunatofu63
      @tunatofu63 Рік тому +15

      Painfully ignorant is easy to control so yeah that's their plan.

    • @r.morris5589
      @r.morris5589 Рік тому

      Childrens books were written for children back them, today they are written for filthy propaganda sexual orientation crap

    • @retha1875
      @retha1875 Рік тому +1

      I grew up on the 60s and 70s. I could read anything on my parents bookshelf. Which ranged from Dale Carnegie to Henry James. I didn't understand a lot of it. My daddy would sometimes tell me I don't knowbif you should read that. I also read The Prophet by Kahlil Ghibran in the 3rd grade. But, the difference is, my elementary school wasn't checking out copies of Tropic of Cancer or The Story of O in the library. Which are pretty tame compared to some of the books they are providing for children now. And, these were books my parents had and they could take them away.

  • @berthabridges3483
    @berthabridges3483 Рік тому +49

    "To ignore evil is to become an accomplice to it.'
    ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 🕊

    • @KingofgraceSARA
      @KingofgraceSARA Рік тому

      Both sides can learn from that statement.
      Those who want to ban books think they are protecting children and those who do not want to ban books think they are protecting children.
      What harlot is the true mother of the baby, king Solomon?

  • @nb7345
    @nb7345 Рік тому +3

    Shame, shame, shame. How shameful that the poorly educated but duly elected in the state of Florida have to be lectured by a 100 year old about freedom and democracy. 😢

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary Рік тому +3

    Her husband died fighting against fascism. 80 years later, she’s still fighting fascism.

  • @markracer3281
    @markracer3281 Рік тому +196

    She made my day!!! We need more people like her to make a stand!!!

    • @robertjames6640
      @robertjames6640 Рік тому +9

      Mark, we are here and must make it known that De Santis is a nasty individual who must be deprived of any public office.

    • @markracer3281
      @markracer3281 Рік тому +1

      @@robertjames6640 I concur totally with you!!!

    • @RitchieCollins
      @RitchieCollins Рік тому

      Instead of talking about it Why don’t you set the example ?

    • @markracer3281
      @markracer3281 Рік тому +1

      @@RitchieCollins I don't just talk... I walk the walk!!!

    • @willielee5253
      @willielee5253 Рік тому

      They use have a commercial " Wheres the Beef " the Democratic National Committee should her a spokesperson.

  • @kimbaldunsmore4633
    @kimbaldunsmore4633 Рік тому +153

    Oh my god. this lady is a giant that puts the little kiddie politicians, who seek to control actual little kiddies' minds, to eternal shame. Bless her a million times.
    My late mother (died last year at 95 years) was of the same generation and would have been equally horrified and as strident as Grace in defending our kids' ability to learn.
    Keep it up Grace, you are absolutely invincible at that great age!!
    Big ❤ and a hug from an Australian/Kiwi cuz

    • @deonna9100
      @deonna9100 Рік тому +1

      ​@@illsellthat8445 How SPECIFICALLY,❓

    • @kimbaldunsmore4633
      @kimbaldunsmore4633 Рік тому

      Thankyou to both of you for these useful remarks.

    • @kimbaldunsmore4633
      @kimbaldunsmore4633 Рік тому

      @@deonna9100 Sorry @Deonna, didn't mean to include you in my response. :( sorry my bad.
      Anyways, interested in @I'll sell response. Take care.

    • @francismarion4450
      @francismarion4450 Рік тому

      When she was a kid the only book used in school was the King James Bible.

    • @frostfree7
      @frostfree7 Рік тому +2

      @@francismarion4450 Says the pers

  • @afergie76
    @afergie76 Рік тому +8

    Whoever this woman is, she rocks! She can teach many of us about our past. But more importantly, how we will repeat that past if we don’t learn from it.

    • @JustMe-vk4fn
      @JustMe-vk4fn Рік тому

      Exactly. Authoritarian dictatorships don't educate their citizens in critical thinking skills because they realize that ignorant people are easier to control through. :) Personally, I miss the Fairness Doctrine (1949 - 1987).

  • @lisamaurizi4274
    @lisamaurizi4274 Рік тому +8

    We need more BRAVE souls like her! You go girl!

  • @juniru6139
    @juniru6139 Рік тому +68

    Thank you Grace for reminding us all, that it’s happened before ❤️

  • @lorisharpe
    @lorisharpe Рік тому +383

    “ Fear is not freedom “…. Amazing words from an amazing woman!! Thank you dear lady! We could all learn something from you!

    • @imtheman4805
      @imtheman4805 10 місяців тому

      The grave won’t come soon enough

  • @heatherspence3848
    @heatherspence3848 Рік тому +2

    Go, Grace! Sending love to you and yours from Orlando Florida

  • @zazminrios7951
    @zazminrios7951 Рік тому +5

    God bless her!!! What a privilege to have as a beacon for the young and all!!!!

  • @gak2008
    @gak2008 Рік тому +401

    Every parent grandparent great-grandparents should be fighting like this amazing woman

    • @zeronope6836
      @zeronope6836 Рік тому +16

      Every PERSON. This effects EVERYTHING.

    • @Phoenix-J81
      @Phoenix-J81 Рік тому +9

      No. ALL of us. This will take everyone coming together and stopping it.

    • @eudofia
      @eudofia Рік тому

      The problem is there are parents and grandparents who do agree with DeSantis.

    • @scabcrawler632
      @scabcrawler632 Рік тому

      😂

    • @slywesterkopec3474
      @slywesterkopec3474 Рік тому

      Yes, we should all fight for our kids right to read and watch sexually explicit content. Progress! By all costs!

  • @jessicaatkins3173
    @jessicaatkins3173 Рік тому +100

    If we don't listen to her, I don't know who better there is to listen to. She's seen a whole lot of life 😮

  • @gamerjunction5335
    @gamerjunction5335 Рік тому +6

    When Grandma yells at you, then you know you have really screwed up

  • @in4cer457
    @in4cer457 Рік тому +10

    We need more ppl like her.

  • @mymatemartin
    @mymatemartin Рік тому +190

    That's one of the most compelling and powerful displays of courage and common sense I've ever seen. Amazing woman. Florida and the entire free world needs to listen to this.

    • @23merlino
      @23merlino Рік тому +19

      so true... people need to listen everywhere and not just in florida...

    • @elvangulley3210
      @elvangulley3210 Рік тому +19

      Florida is a lost cause they are in a race with Texas and now my home state arkansas to become the capital of crazy

    • @liberalshaveitallbackwards4667
      @liberalshaveitallbackwards4667 Рік тому

      @@elvangulley3210 =🤡
      Everyone is leaving NYC and LA for Florida and Texas.
      Moron

    • @Bunkerdwarfputin
      @Bunkerdwarfputin Рік тому +6

      @@elvangulley3210 Tennessee is up there too.

    • @rlundquest
      @rlundquest Рік тому +8

      @@joek5492 which books are you referring to? The books in school libraries are already vetted for children, they don't need politicians using them for propaganda

  • @LMSunshine420
    @LMSunshine420 Рік тому +106

    Ms.. Grace Linn needs to be a commercial played everyday primetime on every channel across the USA , until this madness ends .
    ✊🏻

    • @susank2019
      @susank2019 Рік тому +4

      Sounds like a job for Lincoln Project

  • @Granny21
    @Granny21 Рік тому +2

    My eyes are filling as I listen to this marvelous lady ! And, read the wonderful responses. I am encouraged to have hope.

  • @gracev5288
    @gracev5288 Рік тому +2

    I love my English teacher. He’s having us read Animal Farm. He’s always very outspoken about censorship and how not letting kids read is a type of censorship. He says that there are lessons to be learned in all books and that not letting a child read books opens that child up to being controlled

    • @simplytruth9729
      @simplytruth9729 Рік тому

      Fantastic book and great discussions. Thankfully the teacher has courage.

  • @sandra47958
    @sandra47958 Рік тому +223

    Wow you go Grace so proud of you and standing up to R DiSaster and his authoritarian policies 🗽🇺🇸⚖️ thank you 🙏

    • @FirstLast-di5sr
      @FirstLast-di5sr Рік тому +12

      Ron DiSaster, good one!
      🇺🇸☮❤

    • @StephenCarmona
      @StephenCarmona Рік тому

      Are you aware of anything going on in the world other than democrats fan fiction?

    • @resQfurppl
      @resQfurppl Рік тому +2

      DiSaster 😂😂😂 i call him De Satan 👿 lol

  • @danieljames1852
    @danieljames1852 Рік тому +124

    Thank you for your wisdom, experience and truth Grace Linn 🙏

  • @larryg.9187
    @larryg.9187 Рік тому +2

    We should all be, as I am, honored to hear this proud Americans wise commentary ... Thank you for posting this film clip ... 🇺🇸 ...

  • @aprilhensel7806
    @aprilhensel7806 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Grace you are the best!

  • @tjhill4044
    @tjhill4044 Рік тому +38

    Thank you lady. She is 100% on the spot. And greetings from Germany.

    • @fredgarvinMP
      @fredgarvinMP Рік тому +1

      She's about 40% on the spot. The books aren't banned, they're just not available in the school library. Greetings to you as well from Los Angeles, USA!

    • @douglasreagan4979
      @douglasreagan4979 Рік тому

      The books being banned are full of sexual content not appropriate for kids. I know in Germany the school's don't care what parents think, but here we do. Germany is also a country full of sexual miscreants and weirdos.

  • @Laura-LaFauve
    @Laura-LaFauve Рік тому +44

    Amen, Grace Linn!

  •  Рік тому +1

    Bless you Grace Linn! You are absolutely spot on regarding the banning of books in Florida, or in any state for that matter! Fear is not Freedom. Fear is not Liberty. Fear is CONTROL!

  • @sallyweiner4180
    @sallyweiner4180 Рік тому +1

    Just wow!

  • @StellarSeen
    @StellarSeen Рік тому +93

    Thank you so much for voicing a truth... Dear Lady!

  • @rebeccamouse9294
    @rebeccamouse9294 Рік тому +66

    We are so lucky to have this lady in our country. ❤

    • @velikovskysghost
      @velikovskysghost Рік тому +1

      @Rebecca Mouse We are so lucky to have her as a part of humanity. Mrs. Grace Lynne, and people like her, are a national treasure.

    • @one-seventh
      @one-seventh Рік тому +1

      @@velikovskysghost International treasure. (Greetings from Africa.)

    • @velikovskysghost
      @velikovskysghost Рік тому

      @@one-seventh Yes she is an international treasure and all those who understand that we need to stop pointing fingers at each other are pretty good too.

  • @Smithandgunnoutdoors
    @Smithandgunnoutdoors Рік тому +3

    Nah cus you know it’s serious when a 100 year old shows up and slams the school board.

  • @longforgotten4823
    @longforgotten4823 Рік тому +2

    Dang, that wisdom is timeless.

  • @niclewis9610
    @niclewis9610 Рік тому +101

    Grace in name and grace in nature. Thankyou for standing up to those who silence people's voices and choice's. Fear is not Freedom and yes tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. 💯🔥🎤

    • @ld3511
      @ld3511 Рік тому

      💯 That's the only way people will vote gQp!

  • @MaySun74
    @MaySun74 Рік тому +44

    I got chills hearing her speak 👏🏾

  • @TChalla007
    @TChalla007 Рік тому +2

    We throw around the term. "Protect this woman at all cost" This woman is a national treasure. Protect her "AT ALL COST'. Shout out from Oakland California.

    • @briankoski817
      @briankoski817 Рік тому

      From Canada too. Grace is f'n awesome!

    • @joek5492
      @joek5492 Рік тому

      What is the definition of woman?

  • @DaysofGrace-k7v
    @DaysofGrace-k7v Рік тому +2

    Ive always seen it that way Fear can be debilitating, stand for something or fall for anything

  • @melaniemoses2544
    @melaniemoses2544 Рік тому +52

    You go, girl!

    • @deborahwhit118
      @deborahwhit118 Рік тому +1

      Girl? 🤡

    • @douglasreagan4979
      @douglasreagan4979 Рік тому

      Shes wrong. The Left has used her just like old Joe.

    • @deonna9100
      @deonna9100 Рік тому

      That part

    • @deonna9100
      @deonna9100 Рік тому

      ​@@deborahwhit118 Says the 🤡 (see how your childishness goes both ways)

  • @williamchristensen5088
    @williamchristensen5088 Рік тому +20

    What a brilliant, gutsy statement.

  • @judd442009
    @judd442009 Рік тому +5

    Grace Linn is an incredible inspiration! Thanks for sharing this video of her.

  • @raquelwilcox6683
    @raquelwilcox6683 Рік тому +2

    They ban books but not assault arms. Sick

  • @thomthom6268
    @thomthom6268 Рік тому +33

    The way I calculate it, she's standing up those who would be her great-great-grandchildren. If not triple great. Which is what she is. Thank you, Miss Grace.

  • @ot316
    @ot316 Рік тому +67

    We need more people in this world like her. Especially in politics.

    • @slitor
      @slitor Рік тому

      I wouldnt DEIGN to let her suffer through modern day American politics!

    • @Thehouseoffail
      @Thehouseoffail Рік тому

      Be that person.

    • @imtheman4805
      @imtheman4805 10 місяців тому

      Actually she’s a plight on moral values and she’s exceeding her stay!!!

  • @robertjames6640
    @robertjames6640 Рік тому +2

    Bravo Ma’am, it is a pity that you are a lone, visible symbol against the arrogance and small mindedness of De Santos and his minions.
    Banning books leads to chronic ignorance and is the abuse of curious minds.
    Ban De Santis,

  • @215rwg
    @215rwg Рік тому +2

    Imagine being 100 years old, with all the health implications, and still annoyed to the point of bringing the smack down. I'd vote for her before desantis but I'd also vote for an alligator before desantis. Can I vote to have desantis fed to an alligator at the next book eating?

  • @susancaldwell624
    @susancaldwell624 Рік тому +25

    Now that's a real American, so true

  • @annjoski2711
    @annjoski2711 Рік тому +100

    Thank goodness for women like her to say the truth. A modern hero. Thank you so much for standing up for all of us.

  • @mandyharewood886
    @mandyharewood886 Рік тому +3

    You go, girl! 100yrs of wisdom!

  • @dr.100purrscent5
    @dr.100purrscent5 Рік тому +2

    Book Banning is similar to Book Burning, it's purely sinful.

  • @dickiemallorca
    @dickiemallorca Рік тому +34

    what an amazing lady.

  • @sharontrujillo
    @sharontrujillo Рік тому +31

    🎉 BRAVO!!!!! That gorgeous quilt too...thank you Miss Grace....💝

  • @operative2136
    @operative2136 Рік тому +1

    I'm giving this lady a standing ovation from far to the north in Canada. Well said!

    • @briankoski817
      @briankoski817 Рік тому

      I'm Canadian too...
      Living in WA state...
      This 100 yo woman Grace almost brought me to tears, but instead, I felt pride & power from Grace. Thanks.

    • @willielee5253
      @willielee5253 Рік тому

      From a 100 year old, That's a Sermon @!!!

  • @jeromep3182
    @jeromep3182 Рік тому +3

    You know you messed up when grandma gotta come out at her age and take you back.

  • @lisaann2319
    @lisaann2319 Рік тому +19

    Those are words of true wisdom! You go girl!!!!!!🥰

  • @topgrain
    @topgrain Рік тому +16

    There are so many republican attacks on freedoms going on now, that I am having trouble focusing on the essence of what it is they are are really doing to our country. Thank you, Mrs. Linn, for reminding me and helping me focus. I am with you 1000%

    • @elloowu6293
      @elloowu6293 Рік тому

      The short answer is they want to keep red states red. With the recent trend of people moving from blue states to red states due to the cost of living. Republicans are getting spooked. And so they're going all in on making their states as undesirable as possible to "liberal voters."
      Abortion laws, anti LGBQT laws, etc. Are being put in place to dissuade democrats from moving to these states and pushing them to move out, giving Republicans a huge leg up in keeping their power, by making sure their big key states remain deep red.
      This has nothing to do with kids, wokeness, babies, nothing. It's all about them desperately clinging to their dying ideology.
      Like the old saying goes; "If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy."

  • @jefferyschic
    @jefferyschic Рік тому +2

    And so do all those that watched the fight for decades...go woman go! I stand with you everyday!

  • @patticake5944
    @patticake5944 Рік тому +4

    She speaks words of wisdom! Her words were learned the hard way.
    It's women's history month. This is a good lesson for us to learn from a true woman of history.