Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 18:34:16 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Censorship of books in libraries Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <17c4b72567149412$90$3553870$c2d58868@news.newsdemon.com> <20240409165532.00005caa@example.com> <17c4bae516f719f9$46079$3331670$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com> Content-Language: en-US From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 64 Path: ...!news.misty.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.hasname.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:34:16 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3696 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17c4bd72414fa3fc$3$170192$48d50260@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 4108 On 4/9/2024 6:11 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > On Apr 9, 2024 at 2:47:31 PM PDT, "moviePig" wrote: > >> On 4/9/2024 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: >>>>> On Apr 9, 2024 at 11:27:13 AM PDT, ""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 A graphic novel adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale was withdrawn 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. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://apnews.com/article/book-bans-libraries-lawsuits-fines-prison-0914fa6cbb2a99b540cbbd28a38179b4 >>>>>> >>>>>> 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. >> >> How conservative and liberal book bans differ amid rise in ... >> ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos >> https://abcnews.go.com › story > > Oh, goody! A leftist media outlet is going to give me another lecture on how > "it's different when we do it". Btw, I notice you found it necessary to delete the short excerpt from the article. Speaking of 'banning' and such...