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I wonder if this is somewhat misleading. The people ordering the books are generally skewed in one way politically. So there are objections to those books by s
by bruceb 4y ago
I wonder if this is somewhat misleading.
The people ordering the books are generally skewed in one way politically. So there are objections to those books by some on "the other side".
If the roles were reversed, the people ordering school library books skewed the other way, would not be surprised if the books listed and the people objecting would change.
- inanutshellus 4y agoI posit that the reverse wouldn't exist meaningfully. These become curated lists for liberal values because the umbrella of liberalism is, by definition, morally permissive compared to its labelled counterpart. In the context of these lists, truly banned books are those that a supermajority implicitly decides to "ban" by... not buying them for the library to begin with.
- kbelder 4y agoThat's true, but probably incomplete without a warning about the changing definition of liberalism. You're referring to classical liberalism, which is about free exchange of ideas. That doesn't map onto the modern left/right dichotomy.