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I think that's a pretty biased misrepresentation of the facts. Florida is denying children access to those books by actively forcing teachers to not talk about
by jillesvangurp 2y ago
I think that's a pretty biased misrepresentation of the facts. Florida is denying children access to those books by actively forcing teachers to not talk about them (or educate kids about their content). Teachers in violation are at risk of being fired (several have been fired). Schools are being threatened with getting their funding cut. They are also forbidding libraries from having those books.
And of course, the list of books is getting pretty long and what's on that list is basically determined by a very small but vocal group of christian conservatives with uptight opinions on things like science, evolution, sexuality, and other things they insist are wrong/evil/dangerous.
So they are not technically banning anything. But they are punishing people that go against this nonetheless. Which makes it kind of a ban. It doesn't go as far as Nazi book burnings. But I have just about as much sympathy for the people that did as I have for those insisting e.g. Harry Potter must not be in a school library succeeding with that because the threats against teachers and schools are very real and these people wield a lot of power, apparently. Bullying teachers and librarians into complying with this seems to happen a lot in Florida. That's not banned at all and actively encouraged.
What's next Uncle Tom's Cabin? Oh wait that actually happened as well in some schools. Because these people also include some racists and xenophobes. You might call some of these people fascists even. And they just don't like being reminded of things like slavery.