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Bad news. The world is x-rated Your kid can see whatever they want at most public libraries. Most libraries don’t censor internet connections. Constant survei

Bad news. The world is x-rated Your kid can see whatever they want at most public libraries. Most libraries don’t censor internet connections. Constant surveillance and a lack of trust by authority figures is something far more concerning and damaging than seeing a naked person.

pfarrell 4y ago
A naked person is fine. A naked person is R rated compared to what is available.
- pyuser583 4y ago
  I’m not worried about nudity. Nudity gets flagged fast. I’m worried about toxic content: there’s really, really toxic stuff on children’s social media. Stuff telling kids they’re stupid if they don’t get straight As, they’re ugly if they don’t look like super models, and will die of starvation if they don’t get into a FAANG. Every type of toxicity you find on adult social media exists on children’s social media. That’s what worried me.
  - the_only_law 4y ago
    You might as well just take them out of school because I promise you their peers can and will be even more “toxic” than that in person.
heavyset_go 4y ago
> Your kid can see whatever they want at most public libraries. Most libraries don’t censor internet connections. Don't worry, the "think of the children" line of rhetoric has already invaded library systems, and books are getting banned and libraries are shutting down[1][2][3][4][5]. [1] https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-27/school-librarians-vilified-as-the-arm-of-satan-in-book-banning-wars https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-27/school-lib... [2] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/10/lgbtq-books-library-mi-defunded-jamestown/8323736001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/10/lgbtq-... [3] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-dakota-considering-ban-sexual-lgbt-centric-library-books https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-dakota-considering-ba... [4] https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/ https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor... [5] https://time.com/6211350/public-libraries-book-bans/ https://time.com/6211350/public-libraries-book-bans/
crummy 4y ago
> Your kid can see whatever they want at most public libraries. I feel like there is way, way worse stuff on the internet than at any public library I've been in. Is this not the case?

pfarrell 4y ago

A naked person is fine. A naked person is R rated compared to what is available.

pyuser583 4y ago
I’m not worried about nudity. Nudity gets flagged fast. I’m worried about toxic content: there’s really, really toxic stuff on children’s social media. Stuff telling kids they’re stupid if they don’t get straight As, they’re ugly if they don’t look like super models, and will die of starvation if they don’t get into a FAANG. Every type of toxicity you find on adult social media exists on children’s social media. That’s what worried me.
- the_only_law 4y ago
  You might as well just take them out of school because I promise you their peers can and will be even more “toxic” than that in person.

heavyset_go 4y ago

> Your kid can see whatever they want at most public libraries. Most libraries don’t censor internet connections. Don't worry, the "think of the children" line of rhetoric has already invaded library systems, and books are getting banned and libraries are shutting down[1][2][3][4][5]. [1] https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-27/school-librarians-vilified-as-the-arm-of-satan-in-book-banning-wars https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-27/school-lib... [2] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/10/lgbtq-books-library-mi-defunded-jamestown/8323736001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/11/10/lgbtq-... [3] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-dakota-considering-ban-sexual-lgbt-centric-library-books https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-dakota-considering-ba... [4] https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/ https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor... [5] https://time.com/6211350/public-libraries-book-bans/ https://time.com/6211350/public-libraries-book-bans/

crummy 4y ago

> Your kid can see whatever they want at most public libraries. I feel like there is way, way worse stuff on the internet than at any public library I've been in. Is this not the case?