Censorship battles’ new frontier: Your public library

[KarlKemp]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/17/public-libraries-books-censorship/

[salawat]

I remember the days where book bannings were met with somebody setting up a table outside with multiple copies of the books on the ban list.

Swear I'm bout to start doing something similar if I don't see anyone else do it.

[cato_the_elder → salawat]

Although I share your anti-censorship sentiment, but I think you probably have an overly idealistic view on how book selection for public libraries works.

It's easy to make a long list of non-obscure books which you can be almost certain you won't find in your local public library.

FWIW, my own doesn't even have a subscription to a non-abridged version of a good online dictionary, but they have all of the books by Ibram X. Kendi (and multiple copies of some).

[cato_the_elder]

> Llano County, where nearly 80 percent of the majority-White population voted for President Donald Trump

> The all-female board is overwhelmingly White and Republican, records show.

Yeah, we know, the Post is overwhelmed by the fact that the board of a public library in a very Republican county is mostly Republican.

And the fact that it's 100% female is exempt from being overwhelming, apparently.

[bediger4000]

Subtitle: "Conservatives are teaming with politicians to remove books and gut library boards"

What's all this about freedom of speech, again? And whose freedom are we considering?