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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't hate if a parent wants to control what his/her child reads. I do hate if a parent wants to control what every kid reads. So if a parent goes to the library and tells their kid, hey you can't read Cujo, it's too scary for you...I'm good with that. But if that parent went to the library and said, hey no one can read Cujo, it's too scary...yeah, I got a problem with that. There are few things I truly hate more than book banning.[/quote]

I feel like OP and others have tried to make this about book banning, but it's really clear from the anecdote that this parent was not trying to ban any books. She just didn't think a book was appropriate for her specific kid.

Only really ridiculous people support book banning. I know such people exist and have been politically empowered in recent years, but no thinking person wants to literally ban books. Parents wanting to be thoughtful about what books they expose young kids to is pretty normal though.[/quote]

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