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lydiardbell t1_je61jk4 wrote

All libraries involve a selection process, since no library can fit every book ever published. That's not a controversial idea. What is controversial is taking books about puberty out of high schools "because they're providing porn to kids", and taking books that acknowledge non-straight people exist at all out of elementary schools "because they're grooming kids". Neither of those justifications are true; nobody was providing 5-year-olds with PornHub membership or The Illustrated Marquis De Sade.

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222lil OP t1_je662j0 wrote

I agree with you. I don't think banning sex-ed books in high school is the right call. Nor do I think sexually explicit content is inappropriate for high schoolers. And yes, banning books with queer characters/about the queer experience is also not a good thing. It's insane what the groomer panic has led to, and it's scary to think about what it may lead to in the future...

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lydiardbell t1_je9wfzl wrote

> It's insane what the groomer panic has led to

Do you remember a couple years ago when right-wing pundits tried to tell us that furries were replacing school bathrooms with litterboxes? 😂

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222lil OP t1_jea8hpk wrote

nooo don't remind me 😅

then it turned out those litter boxes were used so children could use the bathroom during school shootings, the very thing they couldn't care less about preventing

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radiobirdman-69 t1_je61l07 wrote

They are being taken out of public libraries. There is no reason other than attempting to score victories in a one-sided culture war.

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CrazyCatLady108 t1_je61u9s wrote

Hi! Please post to the banned books megathread here. Thank you!

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222lil OP t1_je62daj wrote

Oh, thank you. I didn't know that was a thing haha

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BulbasaurusThe7th t1_je630xt wrote

I agree that a school library not having a book is not banning. Also, a book being removed from a mandatory reading list is not banning.

The thing is, a parent should have a word in what they allow their children and what they don't. It's not a popular standpoint on reddit, I know that, but even parents you disagree with should not be forced to make their children "the community's property".
I don't have to agree with someone's politics, religion or wordview to admit that forcing their children to partake in things they are against is not a great idea.

It just opens the door to awful things. Many on this website are convinced that they themselves are right and others' kids NEED to be forced to live according to them. But those other people's views should be removed from the public discourse. So it's a lot of hypocricy.

Showing explicit descriptions of sexual acts to underage kids who are not allowed to say no is absolutely messed up. No matter what. I am not going to copy and paste things, but I am against that categorically

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