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Judge tells TX county to return banned books to library, county shuts down library instead
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:35 am
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:35 am
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Officials in a Central Texas county are gearing up to close its public libraries after a federal judge in Austin ordered them to return banned books to shelves.
Driving the news: Elected commissioners of rural Llano County, a little over an hour's drive northwest of Austin, are convening a special meeting Thursday about whether to "continue or cease operations of the current physical Llano County Library System," per the posted meeting notice.
The county, with a population of 22,000 people, operates three libraries, with nine full or part-time employees, not including the library director.
The big picture: The move would be a sharp escalation in the nation's ongoing book wars, which are a proxy for battles about the teaching of LGBTQ+ issues and race.
Catch up quick: Addressing an ongoing lawsuit brought last year by county residents who oppose the book bans and allege a "literary witch hunt," U.S. Judge Robert Pitman in a preliminary injunction in late March ordered Llano County officials to return at least a dozen books to library shelves that had been removed in 2021.
The books include "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak, "Freddie the Farting Snowman," by Jane Bexley, "It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health" by Robie Harris, and a history book about the KKK.
At least two librarians have either been fired or resigned in protest over the book ban.
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Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:37 am to saintforlife1
Freddie The Farting Snowman? WTF?
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:38 am to saintforlife1
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county shuts down library instead
Thats a win for the libs. It's what they want.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:39 am to saintforlife1
U.S. Judge Robert Pitman
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:40 am to saintforlife1
Austin is a cancer that us Texans must fricking remove or it will infect ALL of Texas.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:41 am to saintforlife1
Look, I may not like the subject matter of some of these books (the farting snowman does sound intriguing, though), but I don't go for book bans. It's just too Joseph Goebbels for my liking.
This post was edited on 4/12/23 at 10:42 am
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:41 am to Lsuhoohoo
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Thats a win for the libs. It's what they want.
How so. I see it as less "smut" available to kids and nine less government employees.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:41 am to loogaroo
I would have just accepted the books, and checked them out, then misplaced them. Sorry, but "Teaching Toddlers Felatio" isn't available. Maybe try, "Goodnight, Moon," instead, you pervert?
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:42 am to saintforlife1
Why not just ignore the order?
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:42 am to TheFonz
Porn has always been banned in the libraries around here and no one ran around screaming about book burning.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:43 am to saintforlife1
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proxy for battles about the teaching of LGBTQ+ issues and race.
Liars.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:44 am to saintforlife1
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Addressing an ongoing lawsuit brought last year by county residents who oppose the book bans and allege a "literary witch hunt,
Wonder how many residents actually feel this way.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:46 am to saintforlife1
Appointed by: Barack Obama
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:47 am to saintforlife1
Looks captivating.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:47 am to idlewatcher
Wait till the find out Chaucer wrote about a man kissing a man on his butthole in Canterbury Tales....
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:52 am to TheFonz
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This post was edited on 4/14/23 at 10:38 am
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:58 am to TigerIron
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Porn has always been banned in the libraries around here and no one ran around screaming about book burning.
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A book "ban" means you can't sell or have a book. A public library chooses what books to stock, if it chooses not to stock a book that isn't banning it. The problem is most librarians stock the wokest books they can find and promote them heavily. Or at least that's the case at my local library
Fair enough to both of you. Thanks for the feedback.
This post was edited on 4/12/23 at 11:00 am
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:01 am to saintforlife1
Throughout history Capitals have been moved to new locales. It is time!!
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:02 am to loogaroo
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U.S. Judge Robert Pitman
You can tell those lips have been around a cock
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:02 am to Timeoday
Do we even need libraries anymore in the US? The advent of the internet has really made them obsolete.
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