Anonymous #1 13w

I mean not all books are suitable for kids. For example I’d be perfectly happy with 50 shades of gray being banned in schools

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Anonymous OP 13w

Yes and that book makes sense. However, many books on banned lists make little to no sense. Keeping children’s books on the same lists as 50 Shades is inherently wrong in that sense as well

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 13w

Not every book is suitable for kids there are plenty of books that have zero place in schools

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Anonymous OP 13w

Obviously, but many books on banned lists do have a place in schools

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 13w

Like imagine being a young trans kid or a young immigrant kid and never seeing books that include people like you just because some wrinkly old politicians decided they wanted to wage a culture war against wokeness. That’s fucked up

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Anonymous #1 13w

And if some books should be banned then it means that it is up to the discretion of the schools which ones are

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Anonymous OP 13w

The problem is that it isn’t up to the discretion of the schools, the government is making these decisions

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Anonymous justinian 13w

That’s… not what is being said at all

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Anonymous OP 13w

Absolutely, which is why librarians devote their careers to sourcing books that are appropriate for children. Republican lawmakers are not concerned with this though, their main concern is ridding schools of narritave that highlight lgbtq people, immigrants, or anything that’s critical of America. You can tell this is true because every time some gop lawmaker talks about “porn” in schools, they’re unable to back it up

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Anonymous #1 13w

But in a public school system the schools are run by the government. Which leaves the government in charge of what books to ban. Private schools don’t have to follow those restrictions

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Anonymous justinian 13w

Caution tape 💀 the cation tape is literally so melodramatic. Harry Potter and Twilight? Caution tape? No, this is literally a secular version of American Christian persecution complex.

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Anonymous OP 13w

Public schools are not supposed to be run by the government, just supported. Currently, the government does want to run public schools, which is also a problem. Students in public education have the right to literature but that right is being tested

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Anonymous justinian 13w

Wait please explain cuz I’m confused

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Anonymous justinian 13w

It’s to make a hyperbolic point

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Anonymous #4 13w

If you think the American government is worrying about trying to prevent you from buying a copy of Twilight, you are being very dramatic.

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Anonymous justinian 13w

I think it’s more tongue in cheek than serious…anyone involved in making that display would know that the government is not censoring Harry Potter

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Anonymous justinian 13w

I mean tbh I get it. Librarians are increasingly unable to do their jobs because of gop ideological overreach. If I was in their shoes I’d want to find ways to explain what’s happening to kids and this seems like a good example. Book bans are dramatic and should concern people

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 13w

Yes! And even those included as tongue in cheek references are actually commonly banned due to “magic” which goes against the “American Christian values”

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Anonymous #1 13w

This pisses me off so much ITS FUCKING MAGIC WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS SATANIC FOR A KID TO WANT TO FLY

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Anonymous #4 13w

And it’s a FICTION book!

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Anonymous justinian 13w

If you want to make a profound statement about banned books, put books like religious texts, ideological manifestos, and works published by infamous mass terrorists, and put what countries have banned or restricted their dissemination and during what years. The banned books trend makes a million times more sense for stuff published by Karl Marx, Hitler, the Unibomber, ISIS, and various cults. It doesn’t make sense for Twilight and The Great Gatsby, which, nobody afaik is banning in America.

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Anonymous justinian 13w

Those are included

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Anonymous justinian 13w

And the point actually stands more when you show that books that make no sense to be banned are being banned

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Anonymous justinian 13w

Also people are def trying to ban the great gatsby and twilight, they’ve got vampires and cheating and reference sex

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