“A year, a year and a half ago, we were told that these books didn’t belong in school libraries, and if people wanted to read them, they could go to a public library,” said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, the director of the A.L.A.’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. “Now, we’re seeing those same groups come to public libraries and come after the same books, essentially depriving everyone of the ability to make the choice to read them.”

      • StellarTabi [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        is that actually the Good™ kind of true? a shallow googling tells me something more like:

        Warner Bros. censors gay dialogue in Harry Potter movie

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    Privatization, here we go! I can't wait for the next big wave of budget cuts to put our public library system out of business, now that reading is considered Woke.

    If you complain, maybe you should just buy your own books, rather than borrowing on the public dole.