#waronbooks — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: USPol, sheriff combs school library looking for "obscene" books
An Idaho sheriff visited a school library last April on a fishing expedition, looking for "obscene" books.
He had to be informed of what graphic novels are, and about how libraries let students check out books.
The right-wing #WarOnBooks continues.
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West Virginia GOP Passes Deranged Bill That Could Put Librarians in Jail
https://newrepublic.com/post/179132/west-virginia-republicans-house-bill-librarians-jail
West Virginia Republicans are taking the war on books to the next level.
#GOP #WarOnBooks #LibrariansTargeted #Fascism #PoliticizingKnowledge #FascistSupport #ExploitableLabor #ChristoFascism #DestroyingHumanity #Enshittenment
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I remember being an elementary school #teacher, back in the day -- ordering #books from the Scholastic Book Club out of my own pocket, picking titles and authors I remembered fondly, and offering them for check-out to students who wanted something extra to read.
If I were #teaching today in #DeSantis #Florida, I would be facing #felony prosecution.
https://popular.info/p/florida-teachers-told-to-remove-books