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Yeah…I found myself in a M4L feeder group in Louisiana. They were openly looking for people to read books to “look for inappropriate material.” A lot of the people in the group were either parents or teachers.

When my book was banned in Kentucky, I flew in to speak at a city council meeting. After, every person in the room came up to me one by one to whisper that secretly they're on my side. If they communicated, they'd know the only ones who wanted books banned had driven in from Ohio.

Underrated

As a librarian I can confirm this is usually the case.

They sound like this guy. "It's not right for kids to read. Soon they'll start getting IDEAS and THINKING ..."

Unfortunately, the people in charge of anything "nationwide" are the people that want the books banned

That too, but reading opens minds and I'd say they could use some of that.

American kids are graduating HS with 6 to 8th grade reading levels hell I’d let them read porn if it upped their reading time. These parents don’t go to PTA meetings or parent teacher conferences only get on the angry bandwagon. If a group has the words liberty or patriot or heritage run

They’re not concerned parents; they’re fucking Nazis

or their 47yo crotch goblins are edgelord incels still firmly ensconced in their parents basements-with mummy still doing their skidmarked laundry! 🤢🤮

Maybe someone should ask them what they're afraid of and what's the last book they actually read.

Concerned parents educate and talk with their children. They do not just decide to ban books based on personal prejudice. How will children learn if we do not give them ideas to think about and conversations to help them think??

You can be sure that these "concerned parents" never read one of the books they want to ban.

Also for cleaning up vomit, a perennial need in schools

Wow! Good point

Ask if they're "evangelical" or "born again" christians & you'll get that "yes" you've been seeking.

This has changed the way librarians tactically deal with book challenge requests. Many libraries are implementing policies where you have to live in the area, be willing to sign your whole name to the challenge which becomes a public record, and *have a child* if you say it's unfit for children.

“…the divorce…” Don’t presume only one with this demographic.

Unfortunately protecting the kids is one of the key narratives back to Comstock.

It should, but too often the people who benefit politically from book banning are in the position to make the rules about book banning.

This has become such a big issue where I live that they had to make an amendment stating you can only submit one book for review a year unless you have kids in the school system. One guy submitted the bible in protest to make a point. That’s about the time the rule was updated.

Nazis banned books. Republicans ban books. They are both afraid of knowledge and the truth.