logoalt Hacker News

Aurornistoday at 3:42 PM1 replyview on HN

A family we know got swept up in the "banned books" movement. They repost banned book content on their Instagram and even got T-shirts with witty sayings about supporting banned books.

They bought some books for their kids from a banned books list thinking they were "banned" for thought-control reasons, but opened one up to find an illustrated guide to using mobile phone apps to find partners for anonymous hook-ups and a guide to following through with it.

The book clearly wasn't appropriate for their young children, so they hid it away. Now we joke that they've also banned the book.


Replies

amanaplanacanaltoday at 5:07 PM

A lot of books are getting banned from schools because they mention gay characters or other "woke" content. Not at all the same thing.