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The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that would threaten librarians and other educators with criminal prosecution for possessing “obscene” material.

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[–] FenrirIII 84 points 9 months ago (5 children)

What happened to freedom of speech? Personal accountability? Basic fucking parenting?

[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Let's not pretend censorship is new. People who are old enough remember Tipper Gore and Frank Zappa arguing over music censorship.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is even dumber, since we have the internet now. Whatever these folks think kids are being exposed to by books, well uh, there's some more stuff on the internet they might be worried about.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Censorship is ridiculous on all forms of communication. Kids will find it if they want to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Of course, I'm pointing out the additional level of absurdity performed by the censors in this case

[–] FlyingSquid 6 points 9 months ago

It goes way back before that.

1873 in fact.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock_laws

[–] foggy 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

yeah Frank Zappa released an instrumental album with "Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics" on it in response.

[–] iquanyin 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

the oligarchs who run the country don't want those things...

[–] afraid_of_zombies 1 points 9 months ago

They don't give a shit. No one with any money cares if a 15 year old is jerking it. This is Christianity plain and simple.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Authoritarians want to watch us poop and have intercourse. They also want to count how many times we masturbate. That is the authoritarian sickness.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Authoritarians want to watch us poop and have intercourse. They also want to count how many times we masturbate. That is the authoritarian sickness.

[–] KnightontheSun 28 points 9 months ago

More apt is that knowledge and learning is a threat to "their" particular brand of democracy. So let us hassle and hobble libraries (with the ultimate goal of shutting them down) under the pretext of "obscene material".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Freedom! DEMOCRATS are Cancelling things!

[–] Yewb 12 points 9 months ago

"Hey we have this commercial library opening up you can read books by the chapter renting each chapter is really inexpensive."

I can see the writing on the wall.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

¿Gender Que?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Funny that the association was founded in 1876 when that's the century being emulated by banning "obscene" material.

[–] afraid_of_zombies 1 points 9 months ago

In that case the Bible and all other religious books should be banned.