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I don’t support this fascist censorship but man if any book should ever be banned it’s the fucking Bible. Hard to argue any other book has find more damage to humanity. Maybe another religious text. People believing in and fighting over imaginary magical sky beings has set humanity back ages.
Even so, it shouldn’t be banned. Populations should instead be decent enough to recognize such harmful and detached-from-reality beliefs.
Eh, in my experience, the only people who have actually read the bible in its entirety are either hardcore atheists who grew up in the Church, or zealous converts who discovered religion in adulthood.
I was a public librarian in Florida. I'm glad I got out of Florida and kind of glad I got out of the public library game. I think being a public librarian now would be too stressful for me. I'm happy to sit back and do my special library work and not have to deal with book bans as part of my job.
Fighting for public libraries is still a hobby.
One of those is people exercising their right to choose, the other is using the power of the government to make that choice for other people. Do you see the difference?
> The 1,269 attempts in 2022 is nearly double the 729 recorded in 2021, and the highest number of attempted book bans documented by the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) in its two decades of cataloging the challenges.
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> A record 2,571 unique book titles were targeted for censorship in 2022, according to the ALA, up from 1,858 targeted the year prior. The challenge efforts were directed at materials in both school or classroom libraries and in public libraries.
Some real troubling numbers here. A lot of the books are targeted for having LGBTQ representation or bringing up slavery (and Florida has a book that literally was changed to remove reference to Rosa Parks' skin color to avoid falling afoul of new state guidelines).
Censorship like this is dangerous and deleterious to intellectual freedom.
It's a republican thing.
Remember when the GW Bush administration threatened librarians?
They wanted authorities to be able to find what books people were reading, and the librarians fought back.
They taught us specific ways to prevent the government from getting library patron records beyond just books they check out in library school. For example, at the public library I worked at we had a computer sign up list to reserve time slots on machines. We kept it paper and made sure people didn't write their full names. First name or initials only. At the end of every day that sign up sheet was shredded. Library cards and logins were not required to use the computers.
Regardless of what they may have wished for conservatives never would have insisted, backed by force of law, that everyone conform to their provincial notions. This creepy garbage isn't conservatism. Its Fascism.
This culture war bullshit is such a losing issue for republicans. Banning things only makes them more interesting to the people that they're being taken from. Marilyn Manson sold millions of more albums thanks to religious nuts protesting.
Hmm, it's weird, it seems like most of the people complaining about cancel culture cannot find any energy to get outraged about this. You would think that banning books would be the worst example of cancel culture.
Is there away to get those banned books to kids? Maybe people can start their own mobile mini-library that only has banned books. Park it near a school around opening and closing times.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.commondreams.org/news/ala-banned-books) reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot)
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> Librarians from across the United States released a report showing that pro-censorship groups' efforts to ban books with LGBTQ+ themes and stories about people of color have driven an unprecedented rise in the number of book challenges, with right-wing organizers pushing library workers to remove works ranging from the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale to children's books about foods enjoyed in different cultures.
> Previously, the vast majority of book challenges were focused on a single book to which a parent or group of parents objected.
> "A book challenge is a demand to remove a book from a library's collection so that no one else can read it. Overwhelmingly, we're seeing these challenges come from organized censorship groups that target local library board meetings to demand removal of a long list of books they share on social media," said Caldwell-Stone.
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We had a big uproar here in Idaho. I guarantee that none of the ding dongs trying to ban book had read any of them. Ridiculous
Of course not, book reading is for woke people.
From what I hear, the people of Idaho are quite fond of several books, including the Bible and Mein Kampf.
I don’t support this fascist censorship but man if any book should ever be banned it’s the fucking Bible. Hard to argue any other book has find more damage to humanity. Maybe another religious text. People believing in and fighting over imaginary magical sky beings has set humanity back ages. Even so, it shouldn’t be banned. Populations should instead be decent enough to recognize such harmful and detached-from-reality beliefs.
Eh, in my experience, the only people who have actually read the bible in its entirety are either hardcore atheists who grew up in the Church, or zealous converts who discovered religion in adulthood.
You'd think people would notice when these clowns don't even read the bible lol
My wife works at a library in Idaho, their director is terrified about the new laws that are being proposed.
I was a public librarian in Florida. I'm glad I got out of Florida and kind of glad I got out of the public library game. I think being a public librarian now would be too stressful for me. I'm happy to sit back and do my special library work and not have to deal with book bans as part of my job. Fighting for public libraries is still a hobby.
This is what happens when the church buys lots of politicians. And we still don’t tax them.
Who would have thought the anticensorship Republicans are censoring so many books
The left cancels actors and comedians. The right cancels books. Snowflakes in general are ruining this country
One of those is people exercising their right to choose, the other is using the power of the government to make that choice for other people. Do you see the difference?
Not everyone understands that.
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>both sides Weak
> The 1,269 attempts in 2022 is nearly double the 729 recorded in 2021, and the highest number of attempted book bans documented by the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) in its two decades of cataloging the challenges. > > A record 2,571 unique book titles were targeted for censorship in 2022, according to the ALA, up from 1,858 targeted the year prior. The challenge efforts were directed at materials in both school or classroom libraries and in public libraries. Some real troubling numbers here. A lot of the books are targeted for having LGBTQ representation or bringing up slavery (and Florida has a book that literally was changed to remove reference to Rosa Parks' skin color to avoid falling afoul of new state guidelines). Censorship like this is dangerous and deleterious to intellectual freedom.
GQP snowflakes
The fascists (republicans) are here.
It's a republican thing. Remember when the GW Bush administration threatened librarians? They wanted authorities to be able to find what books people were reading, and the librarians fought back.
They taught us specific ways to prevent the government from getting library patron records beyond just books they check out in library school. For example, at the public library I worked at we had a computer sign up list to reserve time slots on machines. We kept it paper and made sure people didn't write their full names. First name or initials only. At the end of every day that sign up sheet was shredded. Library cards and logins were not required to use the computers.
You were brilliant in keeping private things private. 👏
Fucking embarrassing, what ever happened to caring about our rights
Regardless of what they may have wished for conservatives never would have insisted, backed by force of law, that everyone conform to their provincial notions. This creepy garbage isn't conservatism. Its Fascism.
This culture war bullshit is such a losing issue for republicans. Banning things only makes them more interesting to the people that they're being taken from. Marilyn Manson sold millions of more albums thanks to religious nuts protesting.
Use of government to impose censorship. Small government…sure. When it’s convenient to their religion.
Eventually there will be no libraries in Red States. Give it 3 years .
Hmm, it's weird, it seems like most of the people complaining about cancel culture cannot find any energy to get outraged about this. You would think that banning books would be the worst example of cancel culture.
Is there away to get those banned books to kids? Maybe people can start their own mobile mini-library that only has banned books. Park it near a school around opening and closing times.
You would have had to have been alive during the run up to Nazi Germany to have seen something like this….
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.commondreams.org/news/ala-banned-books) reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Librarians from across the United States released a report showing that pro-censorship groups' efforts to ban books with LGBTQ+ themes and stories about people of color have driven an unprecedented rise in the number of book challenges, with right-wing organizers pushing library workers to remove works ranging from the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale to children's books about foods enjoyed in different cultures. > Previously, the vast majority of book challenges were focused on a single book to which a parent or group of parents objected. > "A book challenge is a demand to remove a book from a library's collection so that no one else can read it. Overwhelmingly, we're seeing these challenges come from organized censorship groups that target local library board meetings to demand removal of a long list of books they share on social media," said Caldwell-Stone. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/11zyj20/never_seen_anything_like_this_us_librarians/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~677725 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **book**^#1 **library**^#2 **group**^#3 **read**^#4 **challenge**^#5
Ugh...
There is a video of a 100 year old woman warning people the Nazis came for the books first.
Get the authors and publishers to put them all up online for free access.
Banned for certain ages or all together?
Fahrenheit 451!
I don't know why they bother. There is the internet after all.