The Problem With Jake Chapman's 'Obscenity' Claim

[TexasTowelie]

Republican State Sen. Jake Chapman has vowed to create legislation to criminally penalize teachers and school staffers with felonies for distributing materials he considers “obscene.”

Chapman, who is president of the Iowa Senate, says his definition of obscene is based on Iowa Code Chapter 728.

The materials in question: Books penned by authors of color and/or the LGTBQ community, some of which describe their experiences learning about their sexuality, instances of sexual abuse, and experiences with racism.

Chapman, in a now-viral video, goes full Helen Lovejoy and essentially asks “won’t someone please think of the children?”

Read more: https://iowastartingline.com/2021/11/29/the-problem-with-jake-chapmans-obscenity-claim/

[Walleye]

1. Any 10-year-old could teach him a course on obscenity. Protecting children from books doesn't work

[elleng]

2. 'The phrase "I know it when I see it" is a colloquial expression

by which a speaker attempts to categorize an observable fact or event, although the category is subjective or lacks clearly defined parameters.

I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description ["hard-core pornography"], and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case is not that.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

[Cartoonist]

3. Ask Chapman about the bible

Especially the scene where Lot has sex with his daughters.