Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is under attack with various Democratic leaders calling for him to resign.
Robinson’s crime is speaking out against pornographic materials about transgenderism and homosexuality in elementary schools.
A quote from a speech Robinson gave in June at Asbury Baptist Church in Seagrove is this basis for the uproar. In that speech Robinson said, “There is no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth. And yes, I called it filth. And if you don’t like it that I called it filth, come see me, and I’ll explain it to you.”
Robinson said that what he was talking about was public education, particularly in elementary schools, and he released his own video to explain and show exactly what he was speaking out against.
Robinson says, “Of course the media and those on the left have tried to change the focus from education to the LGBTQ community, specifically that I hate them. Let me be clear, I will fight for and protect the rights of all citizens, including those in the LGBTQ community, to express themselves, however they want. That is their right as Americans and I don’t think that government has any role in telling them otherwise. However, the idea that our children should be taught about concepts transgenderism and be exposed to sexually explicit materials in the classroom is abhorrent.”
Robinson goes on to talk about specific books that are available to children in elementary schools in North Carolina and shows some of the illustrations from the books that graphically depict and describe sex acts.
Robinson is, of course, not backing down and he is not alone. Outraged parents all over the country have been going to local school board meetings and from the podium reading pornographic material that is available in the schools. Often words are read out loud that would normally have a speaker silenced or removed from the meeting, but since the book is from one of their school libraries, the school boards sit silent.
The video that Robinson released in his defense can be seen here: Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. As Robinson warns in the video, the illustrations are graphic.
Good for him. Since the nutters love to call me a libtard (I am now an independent and voted republican until Trump took over), I will add my two cents.
Good for him!
There needs to be more discussion and less cancel culture. Especially if it is something said years ago like with Jon Gruden. Even in this case, his broader context is important and should be discussed…not shut down.
Go Mark it’s time for the “woke” crowd to realize that there a lot of people who feel the same as you. You’ll always have my vote.
God bless Mark Robinson. Honest beliefs and unafraid of the trash now in office…locally….state….Washington DC.
Refreshing to hear verses the daily dose of scum and filth I am exposed too.
No, his crime is he is black AND a Republican.
Time to support Robinson with money and time.
When roosters lay eggs, and bulls give milk, and trans people have babies then we will listen to what the LGBTQ LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ+++++ community has to say.
I happen to agree with Mr Robinson. I don’t know just who with the school board thinks this material is OK but I for one want them to be held accountable. I looked at the material on line and it’s totally inappropriate for children.
I fully support Mr. Robinson’s viewpoint of this matter.
His crime is calling gay and transgender people “filth.” He was not at all speaking about books when he said that. Acting as an apologist for him is just, to use an apt word, deplorable.
I heard him call the obscene pornographic material filth, not any people.
I see you re one who likes to make stuff up.
Mark Robinson has a spine. He is not a pathetic, limp-wristed Republican, he is a man with sincere and sound beliefs.
The Government Schools have no business AT ALL teaching any kind of sexuality to children. That is the purview of the parents. This is because the children belong to their family, not the state. The parents delegate the instruction and education of their children to the state, by default these days, but it remains their right to educate them as they see fit – BECAUSE THEY ARE THEIR CHILDREN. This delegation of responsibility puts the educators In Loco Parentis, in the place of parents, and therefore it is incumbent on those educators to respect the wishes of the parents.
Exposing little children to sexual perversion is not what the parents want.
It is not the duty or the obligation of any Government School bureaucrat to instruct our children in sexuality. They are tasked with teaching the three R’s. It is a task in which they are singularly incompetent, but because the state commands a de facto monopoly of education, they pollute our children with this filth. And yes, Mark Robinson is right, these images and depictions are grossly indecent. Half a century ago adults would be up on criminal charges. Now they defile our innocent children with it.
It is obscene.
They are foul.
I disagree. A good friend raised by evangelical parents that were not comfortable discussing anything sexual including the basics of puberty. When she had her first period, she thought she was sick. Even then her parents offered no explanation. She had to learn these topics from school age friends and she laughs today about the misinformation she grew up believing.
There are certainly limits to sexual education in schools. Boys education separate from girls, appropriate visual content etc…
I grew up with a great family and had all the awkward conversations with my parent that I needed to grow up healthy with a factual understanding of sex. Not call children are the lucky.
Blah, blah, blah….
If I said the Sun rises in the East, you would disagree.
This is why I make fun of you and enjoy getting you riled up. I make a solid rationale statement with no name calling, no making fun of you, and you still refuse to listen and respond with any rationale retort.
Being narrow minded is a choice Austin. Not a disease. No vaccine required. Bahahaha
You rarely make “a solid rationale (sic) statement”. You cannot string together a cogent sentence, let alone a cogent argument.
You lie chronically and casually. For example you claim you don’t engage in name calling but you’re always calling us nutters, and only last week you had to apologise for erroneously smearing me as a racist. Right? So who’s telling the truth here?
And buy in a dictionary, for God’s sake. Your stupidity, ignorance and lack of education are evident in every post you make.
You’re a joke in the columns. A bad one.
We stand with you Lt. Governor Mark Robinson!!! Keep up the good fight against these immoral anti-American perverts!
God bless Lt Gov Robinson for standing firm in this matter! It’s about time some one stood up for our constitutional right to speak freely!
And that you, John, for your fair & honest reporting on this. After.
I firmly believe Lt. Gov. Robinson is being attacked by the radical left in an attempt to make him ineligible to run for Gov. in 2024. I am pledging my vote right now to support him in defeating those that favor subversive and divisive Marxist indoctrination and anti-American narratives in schooling.
I don’t care what consenting adults do. Not my bed, not my business. But porn in the classrooms and school libraries? We are careful and shelter our children by checking the movies, video games and TV programs they watch. We hold down the bawdy talk in front of them. Then, THIS stuff is being dished up in school? Well it certainly is educational because I sure got educated checking it out today. I was absolutely shocked! I imagine when these kids grow up, there will be nothing that shocks them. They will have already seen it all maybe tried it all. (hope not) The classrooms should have a sex-ed field trip to a farm in the spring. One trip should do it, then they can get on back to learning the three R’s. They read 3 years below the age group of a generation ago, they can’t write cursive or make change, but they know how gay men “do it” What is wrong with this picture?
I am so very proud of my Lt.Gov.Robinson.He is a person with conviction and has the fortitude to take on a group that is intent on destroying America.,namely the Democrats.I wish they would take their Socialist party to another location in the world. Wherever that philosophy has been tried it has failed and the average people are totally under subjection to an elite class which are not the rich but the type that think they are better than the low class people or the middle class of America.The things that the Democrats are doing to America is cruel and inhuman.They are tearing down the middle class with high gas ,high groceries,high taxes.Everything Joe Biden is doing is systematically destroying America:such as the southern border is allowing any illegal or terrorist to enter our country with open arms .They are arriving in your neighborhood and will give major problems to you and us.He is tearing up our economic system.Inflation is going up each day.I remember Jimmy Carter and his near 20% inflation that we had to withstand.Look at Afganstan,America has never intentionally left Americans in harms way .Joe Does Not care about you ,me or any American that is not Democrat .I Pray that a change will take place with our current leaders,they are all not equipped to lead this country.
Mark Robinson isn’t afraid to SPEAK THE TRUTH!!! I pray he’s our NEXT GOVERNOR
There’s extremism in the left, right and yes even in the middle. Add social media to the mix and you suddenly have a whirlwind of epic proportions. Many of us saw things heading this way in the 80s with BBS'(bulletin board systems), but a lot ended up thinking we were overthinking things. Wonder what those people think now? Lol
It’s sad really, how nowadays you’re either a far lefter or a far righter…and if you’re not, you’re considered not worth mentioning because evidently you’re indecisive. I disagree. Some of us have learned to separate the wheat from the chaff (or is it chafe?) that’s all.
However, when it comes to material in schools it should be common sense what goes where and if necessary, when. Sex ex of any kind should not be included in grade school, let alone middle school at least to some content.
Let’s face it, with social media and the internet it’s really, really easy to get your hands on just about anything. Hacking is easier if you know what you’re doing and bypassing areas to bad materials isn’t hard at all.
This is the age we are in. Yes, the school has a responsibility, but so do the parents. And yes, I realize that in this day and age, both parents tend to work, sometimes in separate shifts. If I a home, set up with net provider to only have wifi or net service at designated times…if ifan apartment, there’s hardware out there that’s relatively cheap to disable wifi. Am a firm believer that before regulating anything else, have to have your house in order.
Kids are sneaky. We were all kids at one point. Even if you were a good kid, you had to know of kids that could get away with anything, right? Wake up, it’s the 21st century. Access to just about anything is readily available. Rotate passwords on net access, have multiple passwords set up. May be a pain to memorize 30+ pws at a time, but it’s doable.
Why the fear of sex ed in schools? It has been there for decades. Go back and look as to why it was added to the school agenda. Too many kids don’t have real parental support. One thing they lack (out of many) is truthful information about sexuality. I don’t even mean, LGBTQ agenda topics. I mean information about puberty, how pregnancy actually works.
With kids are overwhelmed more today with misinformation about sexuality from online porn, overhyped characters on regular TV etc… Some basic sexual education is needed in the schools. They just need to avoid the more controversial topics as Transgender rights and same sex parenting, etc…. Not Complicated.
That’s the very porn topics Mr. Robinson was talking about you once were a “conservative Republicans “ moron
Thank you Lt. gov Mr. Mark Robinson for bringing this to the voter’s attention, you have my support and my vote anytime you run for any office. You are a breath of fresh air, your morals and standards are what made America the greatest country in the world. Keep up the wonderful work, again thank you!
He’s one of the good guys.
LET’S HELP HIM!
I just made out a check to :
FRIENDS OF MARK ROBINSON
P.O. BOX 473967
CHARLOTTE
NC 28247.
To correct an earlier response, Mark Robinson did not call the LGBTQ persons filth. He called the rhetoric being pushed on the school children filth.
These “people” teaching in the schools today are the kind of “people” that are spreading this type of material on purpose to the children to recruit them into this type of life style. Why do we let them become teachers and get near children. Teachers should teach reading, writing, and arithmetic ONLY. The teaching profession should be of better quality than we have in the schools today. AND we need to start at the top here in Guilford County.
That is your typical over the topic BS. It certainly is a ‘wok’ agenda that they want to push for LBGTQ rights. But to say there are people that want to recruit children to alternative life styles is just fear mongering BS from far right nutters. The idea that people can be ‘recruited’ into the LGBTQ community actually goes against their fundamental belief that sexuality is not a choice but determined at birth. But narrow mind right wingers don’t understand that concept so are afraid and think they can catch sexuality traits like a disease.
But you be you.
And you be STUPID. Go Trump
Good one! Direct and to the point.
I love it.
Most progressives grab Little Aiden and run from a room, or even a lawn with Little Aiden in tow if a smoker is detected anywhere near his delicate little lungs. These swooning liberals who believe gayness is adorable and SEEM to encourage it, need to do their research and see that men who smoke live ON AVERAGE ten years longer than gay men. Some internet sights say even more of a gap with longevity to the smokers, particularly cigar and pipe smokers. Now I have to delete all the icky emails I am getting from the cookies I dropped doing this unwholesome research. Oh yeah. Just to pound it home to Aiden’s helicoptering parents, gay men are more likely to smoke than straight men. Ba-da-boom.
Bahahah, how do you encourage gayness? Open minded people recognize sexual preference is not a choice but a natural human trait. Sure there are perverts out there that make weird and creepy choices, but not those that just want to be accepted as normal members of the community and have equal rights for marriage and the legal rights that are attached to marriage.
What they actually encourage is being allowed to live without being denied basic rights. There are certainly controversial topics that remain and require conversation such as Trans in sports, same sex adoption, etc…
So again, how do you encourage gayness?
Ahhh. Chris. I shall address all of your pointed concerns.
If you are born gay, so be it. Join a club, adopt a baby, vote for only the blue(who really hate gays, I used to be a dem and seen it first hand.) buy a gerbil, and marry a buffalo if you so desire. I do not care. I really don’t . I love to see people living their dream. I assume you are an adult. However Chris, we are talking about children here. young people, some(not all, but definitely some) of whom can be molded. The thing to consider Chris, is there is a confusing period in many children’s’ lives where the boys are scared of girls and the girls are tomboys. I myself am an alumni of childhood and assume you are as well. Remember those days? Normally around 12-15, but there again flexible. I believe I was a slow one to develop anything resembling sexuality. I hated being a dumb girl and fortunately was given enough time to outgrow it. That is the very age this school porn is aimed, and probably kids like I was, slow to appreciate the opposite sex or just plain scared of it. and when they are most vulnerable. I don’t think they are trying to mold little kids to be gay, but to just give them an option, but in the end, I really doubt it is healthy at all for those of us that were slow to mature and probably easy to manipulate. College age is soon enough and absolutely not middle school. If I was not shown gay porn in a classroom by a teacher I liked and respected, at that age when I liked my female friends and my horses way better than those goofy mouthy guys my age, well who knows? Not ever being a guy, i do suppose it might be easier for some boys to fool around with another boy than even ask a girl to dance. Particularly if taught in the classroom showing them all the ways and parts, this goes here and that goes there stuff. yeckk. They insinuate it Just a normal thing, relax and see where your sexuality lies. But Chris, do NOT show my children porn of any kind and call it education, or I will have you busted and registering as a sex offender. Schools need to step back on this one.
So now Chris since you brought it up and without whining please, tell me a “basic rights” a gay person does not have in this state and this country. I will check back to see your list. I cannot think of even one. There was that one, but I do believe in this state, any ol’ body can cruise on into any public bathroom. Now, there is a law with the pervs’ stamp of approval.
I just have to remind you Chris, the honest truth is, kids experiment and so you must consider just the one time your Little Chris Jr. and his buddies get curious playing “homework” between your pool house and guest house, maybe sharing a joint or a stolen bottle of your best boxed wine and they all get a little loosey-goosey. One of the boys has an older friend who has “been around” and ooopsie, they all come down with HIV and Hepatitis FOR LIFE. Bahahah indeed. Knee slapper there. Children will be children tsk-tsk. Bottom line (no pun, this is serious) When a child learns something endorsed in the classroom they assume it is natural, and no matter what they feel or think, could possibly be peer pressured into experimenting by an older or pushy kid. Or, here is a scenario, pressured by your 40 year old neighbor who invites him in with a cool beer and some movies. (“Sit on my lap Chris Jr. it is hot in here take off your shirt, you have such nice skin”.)
I know more gays with adopted children than straights. Hard for anyone to adopt a baby. Most people don’t qualify, or just not lucky enough to find a baby to be adopted. Magazines in Dr. offices always have wanted ads for babies to adopt. Straight and gay adopters. That issue is not whine worthy.
Don’t even think about the trans. in sports. I have children who had track scholarships and still holds 3-A state H.S. records and one who was All American. I have been to maybe a thousand track meets, so that dear Chris, is something I really do know something about. The difference in men’s and women’s track. Bring it on.