Almost as if it's not and has never been a fucking problem because librarians do their damn jobs.
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One key element restraining complaints: The law only allows parents of current students to challenge books.
And almost like the people who normally make challenges to books aren’t actually parents.
Yep. They've always been outside agitators. All those school board election spoilers too.
Challenge anything that’s even remotely religious.
This.
There has almost certainly already been a chilling effect from similar laws in Florida. Teachers cannot take chances: If they are fired for cause, they often have to move to another state to remain employable in their profession.
I read something about how the uncertainty in banning vague topics is actually more harmful than a list of banned material. It’s left up to the teachers discretion and they end up overly cautious because they want to keep their jobs.
I applaud Georgia for actually passing a law that makes sense.
There's no reason why anyone who isn't a parent of a current student should have any right to Object to books in a school's library.
They're already shitting up the public libraries with their senseless challenges.
I'm not sure this is applause worthy. Why do we need this in the first place (other than FUD about "large scale" indoctrination)?