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1. aidenn+7f[view] [source] 2023-05-29 01:20:14
>>Anon84+(OP)
So if I donate a pornographic novel to an elementary school in Illinois, besides being an asshole, have I put them in a position of having to circulate it or lose funding?
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2. jojoba+cG[view] [source] 2023-05-29 06:14:36
>>aidenn+7f
No, but if a library worker decides to put pornographic books on children's shelves you can't force them to remove it.
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3. aidenn+Su1[view] [source] 2023-05-29 14:29:29
>>jojoba+cG
Thanks for engaging my extreme example on its own terms. If that's what this law actually does, I'm kind of okay with that. I trust a random librarian's judgement far more than any law passed by grandstanding politicians in order to stir up anger.
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4. jojoba+KK2[view] [source] 2023-05-29 23:09:20
>>aidenn+Su1
Well your trust is misplaced.

https://www.kcrg.com/2023/05/19/this-book-is-gay-iowas-loomi...

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5. aidenn+KD4[view] [source] 2023-05-30 16:01:18
>>jojoba+KK2
I'm not sure what your point is (or if you read my comment correctly). I definitely think that letting librarians make the decision is better than a law that bans all books with depictions of sex from all grades. I have read this specific book and I would have been on the side of allowing it in high-schools, but not junior highs. However, I can see how a reasonable person would disagree with me, and the most prurient parts of chapter 9 are no more titillating than my junior high sex-education class, which I recall as being less titillating than looking at pictures of topless women in National Geographic, and that was definitely available in the library.
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