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> first they came... If they "came for" all the books in a particular library, you (as a parent) could check the book you wanted out from another library, or b
by SlickNixon 4y ago
> first they came...
If they "came for" all the books in a particular library, you (as a parent) could check the book you wanted out from another library, or buy it from a bookstore, or download it from a sketchy drive link you find on google, or recover it from an airdrop of literary material dropped into your occupied zone.
These books are "banned" in the same way that Starbucks red cups are "banned" in July.
- halfmatthalfcat 4y agoWith opinions like these, it's hard to not see how the American experiment is slowly rotting from the inside out.
- Dalewyn 4y ago
- SlickNixon 4y agoNo. The verbiage "banned" is disingenous and you know it. Like "defund Planned Parenthood" vs. "defund the police"* it's just word games. *picking a side here will be left as an exercise to the reader
- trinovantes 4y ago> If they "came for" all the books in a particular library The "came for" was a reference to the holocaust [1]. It starts with books in this library but OP was implying these people will escalate to a total book ban. And when books are burned, humans will soon follow [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_... [2] https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/where-they-burn-books https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/where-they-bu...
- SlickNixon 4y agoYes I understood the reference, it was neither subtle nor obscure. The premise of the argument is weak, not the conclusion.
- nicolas_t 4y agoThe point of libraries is to give access to children who don't necessarily come from privileged family to a diversity of opinions. Removing books from libraries shape what information those children can access. Saying that parents can go to a bookstore or to another library misses the point.
- hgfhgfdhg 4y ago
- nosianu 4y agoThat may or may not be the case, but the discussion is not about changing what books are on the recommendation list, but about books getting banned from libraries. Recommendations are very different from bans of something even being available. Something not getting recommended in class does has no influence on its availability in the library.
- detaro 4y agoI don't think anyone is calling for libraries to only stock the "recommended California reading list"
- lelanthran 4y ago> The point of libraries is to give access to children who don't necessarily come from privileged family to a diversity of opinions. Removing books from libraries shape what information those children can access. Big deal. We already shape opinions by having a vocal minority successfully shout down dissenting opinions. From the article it's hard to tell whether this is from a vocal minority of the libraries target audience, or a majority opinion.
- Litost 4y agoYour comment about "having a vocal minority successfuly shout down dissenting opinions" reminds me of this article I just read by Nassim Taleb (Skin in The Game) which covers "how once an intransigent minority reaches a tiny percentage of the total population, the majority of the population will naturally succumb to their preferences:" https://nassimtaleb.org/2016/08/intolerant-wins-dictatorship-small-minority/ https://nassimtaleb.org/2016/08/intolerant-wins-dictatorship...