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I'm not for banning any books, but with that said, Stephen King has some very fucked up books, like the one where the 10-year-olds have a spontaneous orgy at the end of It.
Yea. There has to be some kind of balancing act. I don't know what the right answer is. My wife is a teacher and we spar over this sometimes. I lean towards not banning but she claims the resources just aren't there to vet and manage check-out. She concedes that if there were more resources and staff available then it wouldn't be an issue.
This does bring up a good question though: Should access be
The last time I posed this question I got dogpiled on Lemmy but I feel like people are really not thinking through the consequences. And if you can't, then you should really pause and think about it.
There are pros and cons for each stance. I just don't think it's that simple as many here want it to be.
Edit : to be clear, Im not pro-banning. I'm just musing online hoping to hear other perspectives. I'm not offended if you down vote, but I was hoping to hear more your opinion.
I sincerely think that access to books should never be restricted, I think even stuff like Mein Kampf should be available, just that for kids, there should be guidance to help digest it, both for Stephen King and Mein Kampf. So if you ask me, it should be completely unrestricted, but moderated, so if you check out Mein Kampf, you get a free mandatory lesson on the Holocaust.
I guess I got downvoted since one of those US dipshits did something stupid, and my opinion on it was more nuanced than "lol, idiot".
The idea of this super moderated availability of books sounds super great when you write it out like that. But there aren't even enough teachers around to teach the bare minimum. I don't know how you imagine that would be manageable.
Side point. If Mein Kampf should be accessible, do you think so should all the hate speech and misinformation everyone tries to ban from social media ?
To your first point, I'm just saying that the problem politicians created by defunding education is not going to be solved by politicians banning books.
On the other thing, should it be available? Yes. Should it be blasted in your face at the expense of everything else without context? Hell no. Imagine if Fox News was only available with live fact-checking, it would not be nearly as effective.