Should any books be banned from school libraries? Why is it important for students to read certain books in school?

As a capitalist, and a cynic, I say: “Bravo. Well played. You convinced people that you were a victim of ‘the other side,’ and got them to send you money as a result. Honestly, very well played.”

And, once news of its banning made it to social media, don’t you think that some people would buy copies of it, just for spite?

And the people who made those books knew exactly what they were doing. They wanted their books to be banned in school libraries. Why? Because there’s no such thing as bad publicity. The echo chamber social media did their advertising for them, once their books were banned, and they laughed all the way to the bank.

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I’m going to include a drawing of two teens engaging in oral sex in my “young adult” book, send it to schools, wait for them to ban it, then make a fuss on social media. People will buy extra copies of my book, just to spite the evil “book banners,” without questioning or caring why the book was banned. Brilliant!

Parents who know why the book was banned: Why are you so adamant about trying to show these things to other people’s children?

The book I’m talking about, by the way, has been in display right in the front of the “young adult” section at my local Barnes and Noble ever since it started being banned in schools a few years ago. It really is a genius marketing strategy for the book’s author and publisher. Had everyone just ignored the page with the illustration of one teen giving oral sex to another teen, this book would have been just another forgotten book in a sub-genre of books targeted to a specific group of people. By adding something that they knew would get it banned in schools, the author and publisher were able to gaslight a lot of people into suddenly caring about their book and, hopefully, buying more copies of it. They were able to convince people that buying the book was a part of the “culture war” and somehow “sticking it” to those evil red state book banners.

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That’s the big brouhaha over certain books lately. When people complain about some books being banned, they rarely mention why those books are being banned. For some books, it’s because they feature graphics of people engaging in sex. (You know… pornography.)

But, again, the focus should really be more on why some people seem to really, really want other people’s kids to be exposed to, especially graphically, adult material.

Also, “banning a book from a school library” is not the same as “banning a book.” No one is telling your children that they can’t read it. They’re just telling you that you need to provide it to your children, and let other parents make the same decision for their own kids.

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“Controversial” authors aren’t “controversial” for nothing. It’s often better for their bottom line.

Suppose Andrew Tate wrote a book about “how to keep your woman in her place,” and sent a copy, free of charge, to ever public school in the country. Suppose, too, it was full of illustrations of “women being put in their place.” Would you demand that it be banned from your child’s school?

Should any books be banned from school libraries?

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Anyway, while pornography is the most obvious example of a book that shouldn’t be allowed in school libraries frequented by children, it’s not the only example. There are also books with graphic depictions of real crime scenes, books that promote racism or sexism or hatred in general, books that explain how to create weapons, etc…

Of course.

Person who is perfectly free to show their own child whatever book they want to: You are wrong for banning this book from the school library.

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At what point would you realize that by demanding that the book be banned, you just played your part in Tate’s marketing strategy? You did his promoting for him.

Pornography is the obvious example here. Rather than arguing about why porn should be banned in school libraries (I’m assuming here we’re talking about schools that cater to children, and not adult learners), the better question would be why some people think that porn should be made available to children.