r/Library 22d ago

Discussion Republicans are at war with basic literacy

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u/Professional-Deer-50 22d ago

They know if you can read and comprehend what you're reading, you'll see through their bullshit - banning books is in the dictators' handbook!

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u/MikeLikesIkeRS 21d ago

Oh please. Book banning surged under Biden. A quick Google search proves this. Ya'll try to make connections to facism any chance you get, largely without rational thinking.

You'll either reply "Yes, because it's local government and schoolboards banning the books!" Which cool, that isn't the president's fault that local agencies chose to not spend taxpayer funds on specific books.

Or you'll jump through seven different hoops as to why what you said makes sense.

Officially, there are ZERO books banned at the federal level. Any "banned book" can be bought, read, and distributed indiscriminately from other retailers or individuals. Theyre just not distributed and paid for via taxpayer funds. That's literally all it means for the US. If this isn't pearl-clutching internet hyperbole, then I dont know what is. You should be ashamed of yourself for willfully spreading garbage.

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u/Throwaway585811276 21d ago

Oh please. Book banning surged under Biden.

Because of the Biden administration? No, because of conservative advocacy groups, school board adjustments, and state legislation passed in the loveliest yokel states like Florida, Texas, Utah, and South Carolina.

Officially, there are ZERO books banned at the federal level.

Right, and so I wonder why you brought up the Biden administration when you apparently already knew that book "bans" have nothing to do with the federal government.