On one side you get abstract arguments about "freedom" but no specifics. You get no specifics because the specifics are mostly bad, like taking bodily autonomy away from women.
In this case, white parents took offense at a book about a romance between two minority children at a relatively recent time in history that makes readers think about society not being done with the work of dismantling racism. There is not a way to defend that. It is about racists being made uncomfortable. There are not two sides to that, except to engage in whataboutism.
On one side you get abstract arguments about "freedom" but no specifics. You get no specifics because the specifics are mostly bad, like taking bodily autonomy away from women.
In this case, white parents took offense at a book about a romance between two minority children at a relatively recent time in history that makes readers think about society not being done with the work of dismantling racism. There is not a way to defend that. It is about racists being made uncomfortable. There are not two sides to that, except to engage in whataboutism.