alt Hacker NewsIt is censorship if those books are not included for a specific reason.
“We aren’t including this book in the library because we don’t have space for every book.” <—— not censorship
“We aren’t including this book because we don’t think it’s appropriate for kids to learn about trans people.” <—- censorship
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bluescrn • today at 4:18 PM
> “We aren’t including this book because we don’t think it’s appropriate for kids to learn about trans people.” <—- censorship
Removing books from public libraries (not just schools) because we find criticism of certain ideas around gender to be offensive <-- definitely censorship
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buellerbueller • today at 1:29 PM
Since there are no libraries with space for every book (ever), then there is no censorship?
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Playboy was never in school libraries either, basically because children aren't adults.
Isn't this basic curation and child protection, not censorship?