Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED.george.th23.org!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Censorship of books in libraries Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:48:30 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:48:30 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="george.th23.org:2600:3c00::f03c:94ff:fe8e:234e"; logging-data="1133498"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 2178 Lines: 28 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A graphic novel adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale was withdrawn due to 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 read them, thank you. You and I have similar opinions on censorship. I wanted to see if anyone else cared about the issue of censorship by punishing librarians using the criminal code.