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> If people really want to read things like that, then the publicly funded local liberal should carry them. Do US libraries typically offer books that glorify

> If people really want to read things like that, then the publicly funded local liberal should carry them. Do US libraries typically offer books that glorify 9/11? (I mean the second 9/11 of 2001, not the first of 1973.)

aliqot 4y ago
If they did there is a protected right to carry such materials. These same draconian censorship rules removed Maus, a kids book, from libraries.
- josephcsible 4y ago
  > Maus, a kids book If Maus were rated according to TV standards, there's no way it'd get less than TV-14. Unless you think shows rated TV-14 can be kids' shows, I think that disqualifies it as a kids' book.
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > If Maus were rated according to TV standards, there's no way it'd get less than TV-14. Unless you think shows rated TV-14 can be kids' shows, Are 14 year olds adults?
    - raarts 4y ago
      No, but 8 year old are kids too and Maus is definitely not for them.
    - xbar 4y ago
      In the world of fiction, they are very decidedly YA. So, yes.
- DuskStar 4y ago
  Pretty sure the Maus case was on no longer using it in the syllabus. It was still in the library.
  - pseudalopex 4y ago
    The board voted to remove it from the curriculum. But they removed it because they thought it was inappropriate for adult supervised 8th graders. Leaving it in a library where younger children could read it alone would be strange. How do you know it was still in the library? I checked 3 articles. None said.
    - MichaelCollins 4y ago
      The school board doesn't run the public library. You can search the local library's catalogue here, to confirm they do have Maus: https://tenv.agverso.com/?cid=TENV&lid=FISHER https://tenv.agverso.com/?cid=TENV&lid=FISHER
      - pseudalopex 4y ago
        No one said public library. Schools have libraries too.
- mechanical_bear 4y ago
  Maus might be a “comic” (graphic novel) but isn’t really a “kids” book.
MichaelCollins 4y ago
> Do US libraries typically offer books that glorify 9/11? I don't know the titles of any such books to search for, but my local public library has several books by notorious holocaust denier David Irving. So probably they wouldn't have a problem with a pro-9/11 book either. edit: I didn't read the thread carefully, looks like Cato already pointed this out.
cato_the_elder 4y ago
> Do US libraries typically offer books that glorify 9/11? I don't know any such books. If you have a specific one in mind, I will check to see. But they do carry 9/11 truther books [1], which often claim that it was "an inside job" or "a hoax" or something. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_truth_movement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_truth_movement

aliqot 4y ago

If they did there is a protected right to carry such materials. These same draconian censorship rules removed Maus, a kids book, from libraries.

josephcsible 4y ago
> Maus, a kids book If Maus were rated according to TV standards, there's no way it'd get less than TV-14. Unless you think shows rated TV-14 can be kids' shows, I think that disqualifies it as a kids' book.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > If Maus were rated according to TV standards, there's no way it'd get less than TV-14. Unless you think shows rated TV-14 can be kids' shows, Are 14 year olds adults?
  - raarts 4y ago
    No, but 8 year old are kids too and Maus is definitely not for them.
  - xbar 4y ago
    In the world of fiction, they are very decidedly YA. So, yes.
DuskStar 4y ago
Pretty sure the Maus case was on no longer using it in the syllabus. It was still in the library.
- pseudalopex 4y ago
  The board voted to remove it from the curriculum. But they removed it because they thought it was inappropriate for adult supervised 8th graders. Leaving it in a library where younger children could read it alone would be strange. How do you know it was still in the library? I checked 3 articles. None said.
  - MichaelCollins 4y ago
    The school board doesn't run the public library. You can search the local library's catalogue here, to confirm they do have Maus: https://tenv.agverso.com/?cid=TENV&lid=FISHER https://tenv.agverso.com/?cid=TENV&lid=FISHER
    - pseudalopex 4y ago
      No one said public library. Schools have libraries too.
mechanical_bear 4y ago
Maus might be a “comic” (graphic novel) but isn’t really a “kids” book.

MichaelCollins 4y ago

> Do US libraries typically offer books that glorify 9/11? I don't know the titles of any such books to search for, but my local public library has several books by notorious holocaust denier David Irving. So probably they wouldn't have a problem with a pro-9/11 book either. edit: I didn't read the thread carefully, looks like Cato already pointed this out.

cato_the_elder 4y ago

> Do US libraries typically offer books that glorify 9/11? I don't know any such books. If you have a specific one in mind, I will check to see. But they do carry 9/11 truther books [1], which often claim that it was "an inside job" or "a hoax" or something. [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_truth_movement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_truth_movement