One resident toured the teen section and claimed 60% of the books were "witchcraft...
  • Stoneykins [any]@mander.xyz
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    2 years ago

    Idk who told conservatives about libraries but if we had just kept quiet about them they never would have even realized they still existed.

    Now they are complaining about libraries having books in them. They won’t be happy until they are empty concrete rooms. Such a pitiful shame they can’t see the objective value of libraries.

  • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    2 years ago

    I remember reading a gay coming-of-age book about a young man struggling to find *out who he was, and communicate that to his traditional father.

    I’m not even LGBTQ+, but that book was incredible, and I learned a lot from it…

  • rvd2k4@midwest.socialEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Reposting my comment from a while ago, with some edits:

    The library I work at has had Moms for Liberty attend several meetings demanding we withdraw books that are against their beliefs, no specific titles, just a general demand. This would include anything on LGBTQ+, children’s books with rainbows, our Banned Books display, and anything promoting voting and civics education. More recently, they want us to stop holding some events, including adult focused events about race relations in the Midwest, and we should no longer host any programs funded by State and Federal grants. Lastly, they have said we need to stop allowing the staff from joining ALA or the state library association.

    If any of these restrictions or censorship upsets you at all, please attend a library board meeting and voice your support for the library. Some even let you write in. Groups like MFL make it a point to attend a lot of the meetings in hopes to get their way, and it’s working.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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      2 years ago

      Similarly, I attend my local govt meetings each month to stay informed on this kind of stuff TBH. Can’t have these groups stunting communities and local public services to align with their twisted beliefs

      As a side note… It is kinda depressing how my local community of 11k people only have at most 2 civillians besides myself attending the meetings. Do people really not care about where they live, and the local public services? The bus service here has almost been scrapped TWICE as one example, and right now a neighboring local govt is helping to pay for it for now. It won’t last for long, but you can be sure as heck people will complain when they’ve got to drive or uber into an already traffic clogged city due to the absence of public transit.

      Not enough people attend to make a case to keep services and things in a sane condition, compared to organised twisted groups who make convincing cases for the wrong things.

      • Zorque@kbin.social
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        2 years ago

        I think its often less about not caring, and more not having the energy, or not believing it would do any good.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 years ago

    At a board meeting in October, one angry resident claimed her personal survey of the teen section revealed 60% of the books were “witchcraft.” Another said Gillette’s library had become an “indoctrination center.”

    No one should listen to these lunatics. Sadly, they make it imperative that we pay very. Lose attention.

  • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Quick, save the kids ! They cannot know how to make babies ! it’s not, uh… natural ! or something

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        There are reasons for removing items from libraries. Most of which involve the item in question no longer being of utility to the community served by the library.

        “New discoveries have outmoded the understanding of the universe contained in this astronomy textbook.” is a valid reason to discard an older volume (or move it to special collections in the case of books that have historical significance).

        “This book is worn out beyond our ability to repair” is another. Ideally, it would involve replacing the book.

        Hell, even “We thought this book would be popular but no one checked it out. Oops. Let’s free up space for something the patrons are interested in reading.” Is a perfectly valid reason.

        “Some bigot doesn’t want anyone to read this book” will never be a valid reason.