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Missouri could jail librarians for lending 'age-inappropriate' books

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From The Guardian:
A Missouri bill intended to bar libraries in the US state from stocking “age-inappropriate sexual material” for children has been described by critics as “a shockingly transparent attempt to legalise book banning” that could land librarians who refuse to comply with it in jail.

Under the parental oversight of public libraries bill, which has been proposed by Missouri Republican Ben Baker, panels of parents would be elected to evaluate whether books are appropriate for children. Public hearings would then be held by the boards to ask for suggestions of potentially inappropriate books, with public libraries that allow minors access to such titles to have their funding stripped. Librarians who refuse to comply could be fined and imprisoned for up to one year.
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Banning books has never worked. Does this guy think that libraries are lending out Playboys to small children? How dare children learn about identity, tough issues, or existentialism apparently. I am willing to bet this man has not read a book or been to a public library in at least 20 years if at all. How do you read Slaughter-House Five and think this is way too obscene for even teenagers to read?

Missouri once again really not helping the dumb illiterate bible-thumping hillbilly stereotype of the Southern US. Even my high-school library had a solution for the few books that some may actually find inappropriate (e.g. the graphic novel Blue is the Warmest Colour which contains nudity and LGBTQ themes) without actually removing access, the librarian would just keep them behind the counter and only loan them out to students would actually benefit from them or were mature enough to read them and they shouldn't have had to do that.
 
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Carjosse said:
From The Guardian:


Banning books has never worked. Does this guy think that libraries are lending out Playboys to small children? How dare children learn about identity, tough issues, or existentialism apparently. I am willing to bet this man has not read a book or been to a public library in at least 20 years if at all. How do you read Slaughter-House Five and think this is way too obscene for even teenagers to read?

Missouri once again really not helping the dumb illiterate bible-thumping hillbilly stereotype of the Southern US. Even my high-school library had a solution for the few books that some may actually find inappropriate (e.g. the graphic novel Blue is the Warmest Colour which contains nudity and LGBTQ themes) without actually removing access, the librarian would just keep them behind the counter and only loan them out to students would actually benefit from them or were mature enough to read them and they shouldn't have had to do that.
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They should start with the Bible. That’s an age inappropriate book.5648AEB2-3190-49E1-8D38-4D856418FFA9.jpg
 
Hatuey said:
You can't spell Christianity without superiority and colonialism.

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You say that like it’s a bad thing
 
Carjosse said:
From The Guardian:

Banning books has never worked. Does this guy think that libraries are lending out Playboys to small children? How dare children learn about identity, tough issues, or existentialism apparently. I am willing to bet this man has not read a book or been to a public library in at least 20 years if at all. How do you read Slaughter-House Five and think this is way too obscene for even teenagers to read?

Missouri once again really not helping the dumb illiterate bible-thumping hillbilly stereotype of the Southern US. Even my high-school library had a solution for the few books that some may actually find inappropriate (e.g. the graphic novel Blue is the Warmest Colour which contains nudity and LGBTQ themes) without actually removing access, the librarian would just keep them behind the counter and only loan them out to students would actually benefit from them or were mature enough to read them and they shouldn't have had to do that.
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It's a bill, not a law.

Should it become a law, it will be challenged and struck down.

:shrug:
 
Carjosse said:
From The Guardian:


Banning books has never worked. Does this guy think that libraries are lending out Playboys to small children? How dare children learn about identity, tough issues, or existentialism apparently. I am willing to bet this man has not read a book or been to a public library in at least 20 years if at all. How do you read Slaughter-House Five and think this is way too obscene for even teenagers to read?

Missouri once again really not helping the dumb illiterate bible-thumping hillbilly stereotype of the Southern US. Even my high-school library had a solution for the few books that some may actually find inappropriate (e.g. the graphic novel Blue is the Warmest Colour which contains nudity and LGBTQ themes) without actually removing access, the librarian would just keep them behind the counter and only loan them out to students would actually benefit from them or were mature enough to read them and they shouldn't have had to do that.
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Meanwhile...Missourian children are watching porn on the Internet...at the library.
 
I don't think anyone on the left is seeing the irony here, but I'm just going to state that it's not a law. It's a bill and should it get proposed, then it most likely wont go far.
 
Hatuey said:
Your political positions are garbage. Now run along, nobody cares.

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No, my positions are based off of the reality of human nature, yours are garbage.

Colonialism built great societies. Bitching about it causes massive decline in societies
 
EMNofSeattle said:
No, my positions are based off of the reality of human nature, yours are garbage.
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Yikes, no it isn't. It's tiki torch fun time language. I don't care for it. Nobody does.

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EMNofSeattle said:
No, my positions are based off of the reality of human nature, yours are garbage.

Colonialism built great societies. Bitching about it causes massive decline in societies
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Ah, the sweet, fetid stench of rank historical illiteracy.

Bracing.
 
Seems about right, certain folk on the right are scared of education and learning and would like to punish unauthorized learning with jail time.

lol
 
Hatuey said:
Yikes, no it isn't. It's tiki torch fun time language. I don't care for it. Nobody does.

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You think the world would be better if the majority of humanity lived pre-industrial lifestyles in primitive civilizations?
 
EMNofSeattle said:
You think the world would be better if the majority of humanity lived pre-industrial lifestyles in primitive civilizations?
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Your morose interpretation of history only impresses the cucks who listen to Ben Shapiro. Move along my guy, you've lost credibility in the real world.

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Hatuey said:
Your morose interpretation of history only impresses the cucks who listen to Ben Shapiro. Move along my guy, you've lost credibility in the real world.

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So I take that as a yes.

If you’re issuing commands in a discussion you’re the one who looks weak.
 
Ikari said:
Seems about right, certain folk on the right are scared of education and learning and would like to punish unauthorized learning with jail time.

lol
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It has nothing to do with learning. Reading sexually explicit content as a minor is something the government needs freely allow.

Do you think theaters not selling minors tickets to R-rated movies is wrong?
 
EMNofSeattle said:
You say that like it’s a bad thing
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It is. Unless you're an avowed monarchist who despises our nation and should be living in North Korea.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
So I take that as a yes.

If you’re issuing commands in a discussion you’re the one who looks weak.
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You can take it as whatever you want, my guy. You have a morose interpretation of history blinded by religious zealotry. It's garbage.

Nobody cares for it.



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Hatuey said:
Your morose interpretation of history only impresses the cucks who listen to Ben Shapiro. Move along my guy, you've lost credibility in the real world.

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Not sure how much of a fan EMN is of Shapiro, given that EMN is an avowed monarchist. Shapiro is an authoritarian, so I guess thats progress of a sort.
 
Obscurity said:
Not sure how much of a fan EMN is of Shapiro, given that EMN is an avowed monarchist. Shapiro is an authoritarian, so I guess thats progress of a sort.
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Shapiro is a defender of all things colonial. his essential argument being that if it wasn't for the greatness of Judeo-Christian expansion and colonization, whatever that means to him, everyone else would live in huts. The problem is that people had created civilizations across the world long before Christianity or Judaism showed up.

EMN has the same argument. Whatever he thinks the results of the society are, and they're positive, never negative, validate the zealotry.

Yay for garbage internet arguments.

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Hatuey said:
Shapiro is a defender of all things colonial. his essential argument being that if it wasn't for the greatness of Judeo-Christian expansion and colonization, whatever that means to him, everyone else would live in huts. The problem is that people had created civilizations across the world long before Christianity or Judaism showed up.

EMN has the same argument. Whatever he thinks the results of the society are, and they're positive, never negative, validate the zealotry.

Yay for garbage internet arguments.

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I know he's a warhawk, I guess I can't tolerate the perpetual wedgie voice long enough to deduce his sickening embrace of colonialism.
 
Obscurity said:
I know he's a warhawk, I guess I can't tolerate the perpetual wedgie voice long enough to deduce his sickening embrace of colonialism.
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Shapiro only hates colonialism for Jews and Christians. Everyone else is just a product of winners and losers or Judeo-Christian values being superior. It's convenient as an argument. If you are a Christian being killed in the ME, it's all about the horrors of radical Islam, and how they want to take over the world. If your ethnic group gets subjugated for centuries by Christians or Jews, well, that's just history, no relevance today, and it's got winners and losers and facts don't care about your feelings.

I wish I could be that big of a money whore, but I don't need money that badly. Shapiro listeners are cucks.

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