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As a North Carolina mom, I am appalled that the legislature is attempting to take such action to limit students access to literature. Access to literature by diverse voices representing different cultures, view points, histories, and tragedies promotes critical-thinking and empathy. Librarians are trained experts in developmental appropriate materials and I strongly encourage parents to be informed about the content of the books your children read, from school libraries or elsewhere, that is where the decision to limit access should be made. Not by political players and interest group funded committees that often request banning based on out of context quotes and misinformation.
Logan supported: Stop the Book Bans in North Carolina. Hands Off Our Libraries!Banning books regardless of how bad the ideas in them could be is against free speech along with gives credibility to the book that's banned. Libraries and Museums should be protected at all costs as culture and free ideas are the foundations of being American.
Jesse supported: Stop the Book Bans in North Carolina. Hands Off Our Libraries!My kids deserve the chance to read books my wife and I deem appropriate, that includes most of the books that you want banned. Let kids read. If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, right?
Kasey supported: Stop the Book Bans in North Carolina. Hands Off Our Libraries!Please, if I don’t want my kids to read certain books, I can address that with them. I DO NOT have the right to make that decision for anyone else. Instead of being scared of exposing children to thought provoking books that encourage them to think, it would be more beneficial to address an issue that definitely harms children -guns.
Jana supported: Stop the Book Bans in North Carolina. Hands Off Our Libraries!Most of the bans include the removal of my students' heritage and culture. To remove history and the people who were and still are affected is to wipe away their existence. Everyone's story matters especially if it is history we should make sure will not be repeated. Every Book, its reader! Every book in a library should find a reader, maximizing the use of the library's resources. Libraries should strive to connect every book with its potential reader, ensuring each book is used to its full potential, creating life-long learners.
Jovanna supported: Stop the Book Bans in North Carolina. Hands Off Our Libraries!The most important investment a society can make in its people is in the education of the people. We in the U.S. are already some of the most uneducated people in the world. That is not something inherent in us, but something being done to us. This is why we are so easily manipulated by the ruling class.
If we want to achieve our greatest potential, we have to prioritize the education of every person in the nation, the young, the old, and everyone in between.
There's only one, bipartisan class of people that fears an educated working class, and as George Carlin said, you ain't in it. An uneducated population is easy to exploit and easy to control.
We are in a class war, whether we like it or not, and the most valuable tools we have are our education and our solidarity with one another.
Read the books you've been taught to fear, as our youth are doing now, even if they do end up banning them all. Sharpen your mind and your spirit. This rotten U.S. empire is crumbling, and the increasing repression by the state is only a sign of its weakness, never its strength. A great man once said the U.S. empire is a paper tiger. Don't let it scare you into submission.
Samuel supported: Stop the Book Bans in North Carolina. Hands Off Our Libraries!Banning books is not going to stop anyone- in fact, especially for teens, it’ll make them even more appealing!
Reading ALL kinds of books teaches thinking, which is definitely needed in these times!
Kathleen supported: Stop the Book Bans in North Carolina. Hands Off Our Libraries!Book bans just erase the queer and black communities, we should be uplifting their voices, not banning them.
Victoria supported: Stop Book Bans! Support Samuels Library.Banning of LGBTQIA+ books is just absurd. The banning of books in general is just absurd. I get things like "Mein Kampf"(I hope I spelled that right), but that's a multi-national ban, not just some library ban. There are plenty of books that are banned for seemingly no reason. I've seen Harry Potter be banned for the religious reasons of "there's witchcraft and wizardry". Like what else do you expect? He goes to a normal school and then some guy who killed his parents dies? No, there has to be a plot. And mind you, not everyone is religious. I've also seen "Hop On Pop", a bloody Dr. Seuss book get banned for "racist portrayal", just because the eyes of people on one page are skewed to look Asian. It's a children's book! Another book banned is "Fahrenheit 451" for the "discussion of drugs" Well guess what, drugs are real, and they're scary. They're not just some fantasy we can't think of. And besides, we even learn about it in school. Let's ban school, while we're at it. So to ban LGBTQIA+ books is an obscene thing to do because I feel like it's the least of concerns on what children should be reading. It's expressive. It's their choice. People banning these books are just Republicans, and their view isn't the only one that matters. People in this community aren't "Woke crazies", they're people. One of them is someone I love. Does this make me biased? Sure. But I know that even before I started dating, I would have written the same thing. Now, I just have more experience with the wonderful people in the community. Heck, I'm considering being in the community itself. Stop banning LGBTQIA+ books. If you want your kids to not know about these people, then shove them inside their rooms and never let them see the light of day again. Because this community is growing. And your kid will see it, one way or another. LGBTQIA+ books don't harm anyone. If anything, it makes life a bit better. Better because we have experts write about things we're considering. As if we have someone on our side, even if nobody else is.
PEYTON supported: Halt Unjust Banning of Books by LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC AuthorsBanning books, specifically LGBTQIA+ books is completely absurd. There have been books that have been banded for things such as drugs and violence. But guess what, this is real world stuff and you can't just ban items that talk about it. We can't baby people and hide the truth, sometimes people have to face the harsh reality of life. It's scary and at some point it's going to happen whether you like it or not. This includes LGBTQIA+ its going to happen, you can't stop it so you might as well get used to it.
KENZIE supported: Halt Unjust Banning of Books by LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC AuthorsYou’re not alone — a community of supporters is ready to back you.
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