this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
113 points (100.0% liked)
Technology
37727 readers
612 users here now
A nice place to discuss rumors, happenings, innovations, and challenges in the technology sphere. We also welcome discussions on the intersections of technology and society. If it’s technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.
Remember the overriding ethos on Beehaw: Be(e) Nice. Each user you encounter here is a person, and should be treated with kindness (even if they’re wrong, or use a Linux distro you don’t like). Personal attacks will not be tolerated.
Subcommunities on Beehaw:
This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Why does it even matter if there are books that aren't in the school library? It's not like there's no way a student could read a certain book just because it's not inside the school. This is as pointless as arguing about which restrooms people can use. People on both sides get all worked up and upset, but at the end of the day a student can read a book even if it's not in the school and anyone can use any restroom. My mom used to go in the men's room all the time and nobody ever took any issue with it. I've read tons of books that weren't in my school library. In fact, almost every book I've ever read wasn't in my school library.
This is a very short sighted view of the situation at hand.
The banning of books and literal re-writing of history in certain states should be concerning for anyone who realizes what a dark road we're headed down.
it's like watching the rise of the third reich in real time.
Literally
It's not about protecting the children nor has it ever been
The books aren't "banned". They're just not in the school. These arguments are meant to distract from the real issues of concern that are going on. But, like I said, it doesn't matter, so I'm not going to argue about it.
Hey guess what. Your experience doesn’t represent everyone’s experience.
That depends on how much access kids have to a different library, and I'd argue that traditionalist moral censorship is not going to stop there.
[I was privileged enough to have easy access to any book I wanted without needing to rely on the school library so it won't be a problem for people like me. It only prevents poor students and students with controlling parents from obtaining the books excluded from the school library so I don't care.]
[Also, the literal laws making it a crime for people to use the bathroom they are comfortable with have never impacted me so I don't care about that either.]
[Why are we wasting time and energy on issues that don't impact me personally?]
An impressive level of narcissism.