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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keeping books out of ES and MS is NOT banning books IMO. If you prevent them from being printed or published, that is banning books.[/quote]

I agree - and Republicans have *never* tried to prevent any book from being printed, published, or sold.  Liberals, otoh, were outraged when Target sold “Irreversible Damage” by Abigail Shrier and demanded they take it off their shelves - which Target did, temporarily.

[b]Republicans simply don't want sexually explicit books in school libraries.[/b]Not sure how you can argue with that when you can easily borrow them from any public library or order them from Amazon to share with your kids.  [/quote]

Then why are books regularly challenged that deal with racism, sexism, bullying, gay marriage, and non-explicit LGBTQ content?

Even when there’s no explicit sexual content, Republicans will claim there is, because they define the very existence of gay people as deviancy.  Any mention of homosexuality, any depiction of same-sex parents, and the Moms for Liberty types immediately jump to “perverts!! what are they doing in bed?”  Notice how they don’t do that for the thousands and thousands of heterosexual people depicted in books.  Shouldn’t we be challenging the Berenstain Bears? Just what are Mom and Pop Bear doing in bed together? They’ve had sex at least twice and presumably share a bed, which makes them offensive role models for children.

If you find that weird and gross, you’ve just identified the hypocrisy behind automatically challenging LGBTQ content.

As for “just order it from Amazon!”, for many kids, the school library is their only way to access books.  Not all kids can afford to buy books.   Not all kids live within walking distance of a public library.  That’s a flimsy rationalization that allows people to feel good about blocking access to representation for the kids who need it most.  It’s important for kids to see themselves reflected in books.  It’s important for young people to feel empowered about who they are.  It’s important for young women to understand and take ownership of their bodies. Taking these books out of school libraries sends a loud and clear message: “You don’t matter, your questions don’t matter, and your struggles don’t matter.  Keep quiet. Society wants you erased.”

This forum is full of posts whining about how white men feel hated and persecuted, but they’re not the ones being scrubbed out of libraries.[/quote]

Again - wanting *sexually explicit books* - like "Gender Queer," "Lawn Boy," et al - out of school libraries doesn't equate to removing books with two moms/dads.  And sorry, but if you think books like the titles just mentioned belong in our school libraries, I will continue to protest against them.  There is no world in which graphically sexual books need to be available to my kids.  If you like to share those "stories" with [b]your own[/b] kids, feel free.  [/quote]

These sexually books that you're railing about have only ever shown up in a handful of libraries nationally.  These are isolated incidents.  There's no "the Dems" here for you to point a finger at.    And in some of those libraries there wasn't even an entry in the card catalog or record of the book having been procured before "Moms for Liberty" magically found within just minutes of looking.

So I personally think this whole thing is about 98% manufactured hit job and 2% bad judgement by a handful of libraries.  [/quote]

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