“He’s pulling off my T-shirt, laughing when I can’t undo his shirt buttons. He’s undoing my belt. I’m reaching into his bedside drawer for a condom.”
Those were the words of Knox Zajac from Maine as he read aloud the words from a book he innocently found in his middle school library. When the 11-year-old approached the librarian with his concerns, she simply offered a “picture version” of the book in question.
The subject of Knox’s quandary was entitled “Nick & Charlie,” a book about a sexual relationship between two teen boys. During Fox News’ Friday episode of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” both Knox and his father Adam expressed their concerns to the host. When asked by Carlson on his thoughts concerning his librarian’s response, Knox responded this way: “The only thing that went through my head was, I was so uncomfortable, and I was just like, so angry; I don’t know- I didn’t believe it was actually happening.”
Utter Filth!
In the details further revealed in an article published in The New York Post last week by Fox News’ Joshua Q. Nelson, Knox’s feelings are understandable:
“An 11-year-old in Maine spoke out against “pornographic” content in his middle school and wants the administrators to be prosecuted. Knox Zajac, an 11-year-old sixth-grader, spoke up at a school board
meeting last week to read aloud from the book “Nick and Charlie” that he had checked out of his school’s library.
The age advisory in this book is 14 years and older. “Nick and Charlie,” written by Alice Oseman, begins with two early teen boys stealing wine from their parents and proceeding to experiment sexually with one another. “This book was on the stand. I would like to read you a page,” Knox said at the school board meeting, according to a video posted in the Maine Wire.
Knox proceeded to read, “My back over my hips. I asked if he should take his clothes off. He was saying yes before I finished my sentence. He’s pulling off my T-shirt, laughing when I can’t undo his shirt buttons. He’s undoing my belt. I’m reaching into his bedside drawer for a condom.”
Knox read more of the sexually explicit material in the book. “When I rented it out and showed my dad it, the librarian asked if I wanted more and if I wanted a graphic novel version,” Knox said. Knox’s father, Adam, spoke up to address the Board of Windham Raymond School District, also known as RSU-14.
Adam proceeded to blast the book “Gender Queer,” which also shows sexually explicit depictions of two minors. The age advisory in the book is for readers 18 years and older. “This is bulls–t,” he said. “We do not need to be having literature that is showing boys how to s–k d–k … you may think the schools know what’s best for our children. You know who knows best for our children? The parents.”
Porn for All Ages
Unfortunately, this is not the first time that our nation’s most vulnerable have been exposed to pornographic material. In 2022, reporter Chrissy Clark wrote a powerful piece in reference to a similar dilemma in Dallas, Texas:
“Dallas Independent School District offers 22 copies of the book ‘Flamer’ throughout the district’s multiple school libraries, according to the district’s online library. ‘Flamer’ appears to be available at ‘Spence Middle’ and ‘Marsh Middle.’ ‘Flamer’ is a comic-style book with pictures with pictures of children flashing and masturbating near one another, according to graphics of the book obtained by Libs of Tik Tok.
One picture shows a young boy sitting next to his friend while the friend appears to masturbate into a soda bottle. “We’re each busting a load into this bottle. If you don’t cum, you have to DRINK IT! Hahahaha!” the
graphic reads. Another page reads, “Hey, Navarro, suck any good d**ks lately?”
Dallas Independent School District’s library claims the target audience of the book is labeled “juvenile.” Sadly, the library offers even more books with sexually explicit content; the school district could not be reached for comment. However, state and federal laws prohibit the possession or distribution of pornographic material involving children. In fact, a Maryland mayor was just indicted for 56 counts of child pornography. Shouldn’t these schools be held to the same standard?
While this issue was once only a smoldering ember lacking only combustible elements to continue, it is now a long-ignored 5-alarm fire destroying everything and anything in its path. And much like a fire needing oxygen to survive, this sustenance comes in the form of young minds strengthening their resolve to go on.
Parents, far too long oblivious to this and issues like it, operate more like pimps rather than caregivers- offering a fresh supply of innocent participants on a daily basis. The danger inherent is not the collateral damage we see in our classrooms and libraries, but rather the harm lying dormant waiting years before coming to fruition.