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Originally Posted by Hollow Man
They can go and try to "edit" Huckleberry Finn, and see how that goes over.
We're only a small step away from outright banning this stuff.
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There's actual, current, accelerating bannings and banning advocacy to get worried about, primarily of books dealing with LGBTQIA+ identities and race and racism.
https://www.ala.org/news/press-relea...book-bans-2022
"The American Library Association (ALA) today released new data documenting* 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. The unparalleled number of reported book challenges in 2022 nearly doubles the 729 challenges reported in 2021.
A record 2,571 unique titles were targeted for censorship, a 38% increase from the 1,858 unique titles targeted for censorship in 2021. Of those titles, the vast majority were written by or about members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people of color."
This climate of book banning has come hand in hand with violent threats to public and school libraries and librarians.
https://www.ala.org/news/press-relea...inst-libraries