Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ubiquitous Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Censorship of books in libraries Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:38:05 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 61 Message-ID: References: <17c4b72567149412$90$3553870$c2d58868@news.newsdemon.com> <20240409165532.00005caa@example.com> Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 21:38:06 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="02cf5c5ec541f3f490c792c54891d83a"; logging-data="1958464"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX198uAqwNELU4VzZB4UM4e/MQyZzEfTCZvw=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:9cdAOSd4MLZSXsRMDlLIBwKxZP0= X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.12N (x86 32bit) Bytes: 3731 In article , fredp1571@gmail.com wrote: > On 4/9/24 4:55 PM, Rhino wrote: >> On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 16:38:49 -0400 >> moviePig wrote: >>> On 4/9/2024 2:43 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: >>>>> Is the left or the right winning the race to the bottom on >>>>> censorship? >>>>> >>>>> Once again, I make the distinction between curriculum and books in >>>>> school libraries. The former might be subject to complaints of >>>>> inappropriateness by parents as it's mandatory. But reading books >>>>> in school libraries is optional so leave book selection to >>>>> profession librarians and not parents. >>>>> >>>>> That's not the law in Missouri. Librarians can be subject to fines >>>>> and imprisonment for sexually explicit material on bookshelves. >>>>> >>>>> A graphic novel adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale was withdrawn >>>>> due to one panel depicting a rape. The high school library decided >>>>> it was in violation of the law and withdrew it. >>>>> >>>>> Looks like the right is winning. What books are censored on the >>>>> left? >>>> >>>> I've posted an article at least three times in the last month >>>> detailing a whole raft of conservative books censored by the Left. >>>> I can't be bothered to go look it up again for a fourth re-post. >>> >>> I'm not looking it up, either, but iirc it was the instance of a >>> liberal bookstore that promoted itself as carrying books of all >>> persuasions, then caved to the censorious demands of clientele. At >>> the very least, the left-leaning store voiced briefly the virtues of >>> free speech ...which heresy a right-leaning store would've strangled >>> at birth. >> >> Bullshit!!! Flagrant, unadulterated BULLSHIT! >> >> Those of us on the right have a LOT more respect for free speech than >> most of those on the left. We aren't the ones that are bending over >> backwards to suppress free speech like the recent Hate Speech law in >> Scotland that J. K. Rowling has so bravely challenged or the Online >> Harms Bill that Trudeau is trying to inflict on us in this country. > >Oh, for fuck's sake. Banning books, banning drag shows, banning rainbow >flags, banning the words "climate change", Don't Say Gay bill, trying to >force Disney because they didn't like what they said. None of which have happened. Big Lie noted. Get back to us when you have a real argument to make. -- "Rhino, when do I say things I *can't* back up with citations of fact? Go ahead... go and find something I stated as fact that you don't think I can back up." -- FPP --