Has there been any point in history where the ones fighting against books have been the good guys?
Umm I guess if you are being very very charitable…you should probably read more history books.
you should probably read more history books.
(while you still can)
Why do I get the feeling that people that try to ban books don’t go to libraries in the first place
Libraries make them feel dumb
“culture wars” is such a nonsense and biased phrase to be using. There are no “culture wars” - there are just biggots being biggots. “war on woke” and “culture wars” and just stupid phrases used by the right wing nutters to try and legitimise there stupidity as some kind of “movement”.
Push back for sure, but we should also be reframing the converstion - there is no “war”; this is pushing back against biggotry which is nothing new.
Calling oppression a ‘culture war’ is obtuse af
You can view a lot of human history though the lens of two factions. One that that claims to have a monopoly on the truth that they zealously guard suppressing any alternative, the other that claims that everyone can understand the truth. The first leans towards dictatorship the second to democracy.
What’s the circle on the flag for?
I hope they all die soon to benefit the state
Landry later drafted a “Protecting Innocence” report on libraries and supported legislation to restrict minors’ access to certain library materials
Dude read the Bible and tell me if it’d allowed in this context. I say it wouldn’t. As someone with a religious background - mildly so, as I am a lazy fuck - I know that book has depictions that could at least have an impact on a kid’s mind. The book they’d be banning and the librarians they’d threaten with jail time (up to 2 years, according to one of the drafts) are probably offering much milder content than that.
Secondly: banned books have a charm that can’t be compared. People like to read banned books, especiallu young readers. Minf your actions anyone, we are not in charge of other’s literary choices.
Edit:
Lunsford described the American Library Association as a “Marxist” organization out to fundamentally change U.S. society.
Do the even know what that term means, geese study some more please.
Is that Atun Shei?
