Nope, I'm saying they're probably not already in school libraries and therefore can't have been recently removed from school libraries thereby qualifying for this list. Can you name one that does qualify, rather than hand waving about something that's only in your imagination?
Of course it does - the article makes a big deal about books banned [1] by parents/politicians, but turns a blind eye to books banned by librarians themselves. I refuse that framing.
[1] 'Banned' meaning not using taxpayer money to make them available to schoolchildren.
But if they don't carry it, it can't have been removed from the libraries, and therefore couldn't qualify for this list. Weird insight into someone's mind that they would bring up Hustler in a discussion about school libraries.
This is the most Hacker News thread ever. Endless comments from people who didn't read the article, the criteria, and in some cases apparently the title, leaping in to shout about how these books aren't banned.
Really? I think you should get reported and banned for this comment.
...By which I mean people should be free to speak about it and to vote it in whatever way they deem. See, the words we use have meanings, and stretching them to benefit our agenda is a shitty thing to do.
Love how they drop this news right before everyone goes away for the xmas holidays and it kicks in right as you come back. Or before you come back if you live outside the US.
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