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US book bans and attempted bans rise as efforts extend to public libraries (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This has nothing to do with cost. It's just conservatives trying to oppress minorities. Same as always.

It isn't new, but it gets more aggressive as the decades pass, it seems.

[โ€“] SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

My point was that if nobody was interested in reading these books then libraries would not be buying them.