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New California law prohibits public libraries from banning books (www.ksby.com)

submitted 1 week ago by CyberpunkLibrarian@lemmy.ml to c/libraries

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[–] UrLogicFails@beehaw.org 8 points 1 week ago

The concept of banning books has always been ridiculous to me. Even if you don't agree with what's in the book, just... don't read it...?

Banning books only serves to control the actions of others, so I applaud this law for protecting Californians from bigots looking to control them.

It is also worth noting that this article points out that half the censored books had marginalized communities as their subjects. If you really want to piss off one of these book banning bigots, be sure to read books from marginalized authors; and make sure your legislature knows you don't approve of book bans.