Illinois set to become first state to end book bans – Politico

The impetus for the legislation came from newly elected Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, whose office oversees library systems and their funding - some $62 million to libraries around the state each year. “All these efforts to curb reading materials have absolutely nothing to do with books. They are about restricting the freedom of ideas that certain individuals disagree with and that certain individuals think others should have access to,” Giannoulias said.
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debtsor
3 years ago

This kind of stuff is really extreme. Blaming the “Proud Boys” for book banning is completely insane. Does anyone actually believe this crap? The other issue here, which is no one wants to address, is that the Young Adult/Teen at local libraries have gone completely insane and now, repulse and scare away normal kids. Normies no longer go to the library to browse books anymore. Recently, my son went to the town’s library with some friends, and they walked into the YA/Teen section the library and it was all ghey this, ghey that, pride flags and ghey/trans books everywhere. The… Read more »

Giddyap
3 years ago

Illinois Democrats Pass Bill To Cancel Free Speech Rights For Parents That Want Input On School Libraries

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