“The First Amendment is a double-edged sword,” library director Josephine Tucci said. “And it’s being used as a sword right now. Instead of a right, it’s used almost as a weapon to silence other people."
This is sooooooo disingenuous. No one is ‘banning’ books. Parents simply don’t want their children exposed to grooming and pornography. Parents who want to expose their children to groomer material can go to the bookstore or buy it off Amazon. See how easy that is!
Since no library can buy every book, choices will have to be made. The only question is who makes the choices? No 1st Amendment involved at all.
Librarians and school boards seem to believe that they are empowered to make all choices and if somebody objects, FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED!!
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
This is sooooooo disingenuous. No one is ‘banning’ books. Parents simply don’t want their children exposed to grooming and pornography. Parents who want to expose their children to groomer material can go to the bookstore or buy it off Amazon. See how easy that is!
Since no library can buy every book, choices will have to be made. The only question is who makes the choices? No 1st Amendment involved at all.
Librarians and school boards seem to believe that they are empowered to make all choices and if somebody objects, FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED!!