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What should we call it when you may know of a specific book but be unable to access it through any path available to you? Banned makes sense to me as shorthand

What should we call it when you may know of a specific book but be unable to access it through any path available to you? Banned makes sense to me as shorthand though sure it's not quite exactly accurate. Suggest me an alternative? EDIT: This was a sincere and I thought pretty neutral question but I have clearly touched a nerve with this. Everyone seems to be having a great time.

Levitz 10mo ago
Non-stocked by schools? That's literally what is happening. Prevented to be stocked? Library removed? What should we call it when you can legally acquire the book, read and share it with other people with no concern from the law or authorities whatsoever? Do you think the correct word for this is "banned"?
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like_any_other 10mo ago
We have, broadly speaking, two groups deciding which books to make available to children using taxpayer money - the voters/parents/elected officials, and unelected librarians. If one of those groups decides to withhold a book from schoolchildren, it's fine and not a ban. But if another does the same, then it's a ban. Or am I completely wrong, and Jared Taylor's "White Identity" is available in every school library, explaining its absence from "banned" book lists?
- drcongo 10mo ago
  You are wilfully wrong.
  - like_any_other 10mo ago
    So Jared Taylor's "White Identity" is available in most school libraries?
    - IAmBroom 10mo ago
      No, your strawman has nothing to do with the article's content.
      - like_any_other 10mo ago
        Of course it does - the article makes a big deal about books banned [1] by parents/politicians, but turns a blind eye to books banned by librarians themselves. I refuse that framing. [1] 'Banned' meaning not using taxpayer money to make them available to schoolchildren.
        drcongo 10mo ago
        Make your own list then, instead of having toddler conniptions about this one.
School-Cotton 10mo ago
> What should we call it when you may know of a specific book but be unable to access it through any path available to you? "Unavailable" ?

Levitz 10mo ago

Non-stocked by schools? That's literally what is happening. Prevented to be stocked? Library removed? What should we call it when you can legally acquire the book, read and share it with other people with no concern from the law or authorities whatsoever? Do you think the correct word for this is "banned"?

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like_any_other 10mo ago

We have, broadly speaking, two groups deciding which books to make available to children using taxpayer money - the voters/parents/elected officials, and unelected librarians. If one of those groups decides to withhold a book from schoolchildren, it's fine and not a ban. But if another does the same, then it's a ban. Or am I completely wrong, and Jared Taylor's "White Identity" is available in every school library, explaining its absence from "banned" book lists?

drcongo 10mo ago
You are wilfully wrong.
- like_any_other 10mo ago
  So Jared Taylor's "White Identity" is available in most school libraries?
  - IAmBroom 10mo ago
    No, your strawman has nothing to do with the article's content.
    - like_any_other 10mo ago
      Of course it does - the article makes a big deal about books banned [1] by parents/politicians, but turns a blind eye to books banned by librarians themselves. I refuse that framing. [1] 'Banned' meaning not using taxpayer money to make them available to schoolchildren.
      - drcongo 10mo ago
        Make your own list then, instead of having toddler conniptions about this one.

School-Cotton 10mo ago

> What should we call it when you may know of a specific book but be unable to access it through any path available to you? "Unavailable" ?