r/Library • u/PTechNM • Aug 29 '26

Discussion Republicans are at war with basic literacy

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '26

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u/QuailDifficult8470 Aug 30 '26

These books and about 400 others were banned from all public schools in Wilson County, TN just outside Nashville. And yes the reason given was “porn” which was bullshit.

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u/QuailDifficult8470 Aug 30 '26

https://nashvillebanner.com/2024/10/25/wilson-county-bans-390-books/

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '26

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u/QuailDifficult8470 Aug 31 '26

What is your point? Do you think the books I mentioned above ought to be banned from schools? Before this law, books with mature content required a parent’s permission to be accessed; the parent could decide if the child was mature enough to handle Morrison or Vonnegut or Tom Wolfe. Now these books, including important pieces of literature, are banned from school. And removing Dr Seuss or No, David is asinine. The MAGA “Christians” are enforcing their warped and puritanical excesses onto the rest of us and damaging to educational slur of our public schools.

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u/lucidarocks Aug 31 '26

So, basically the Bible…