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1. pyuser+ab[view] [source] 2023-05-29 00:38:52
>>Anon84+(OP)
Yeah but “banning books” isn’t much of a thing. Even the ALA talks about “challenged books.”

And most of the controversy involves school libraries - although there are some exceptions.

This bill just doesn’t do much. I’m not opposed to it. I guess it might do a little good.

But it’s posturing by politicians.

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2. woodru+Xc[view] [source] 2023-05-29 00:55:28
>>pyuser+ab
> And most of the controversy involves school libraries - although there are some exceptions.

This is splitting hairs: removing books from school libraries is a de facto ban on those books. Neither the article nor law implies that "book ban" in this context means anything other than "school book ban."

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3. Burnin+de[view] [source] 2023-05-29 01:11:28
>>woodru+Xc
According to [1] There are about 130M published books in the world.

So by your definition, does a school library with 13k books ban 99,99% of all books?

[1]

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4. woodru+Se[view] [source] 2023-05-29 01:16:41
>>Burnin+de
You missed a link.

No. Not stocking a book because it's physically impossible to stock all books in the world is not the same as banning it.

The ALA's statement[1] is clear, and IMO common-sense: proscribing or removing content for doctrinal reasons is the problem.

[1]: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/librarybill

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