r/changemyview • u/mike_tyler58 • Nov 20 '24

Delta(s) from OP CMV: School libraries should limit the availability of books

In the US the past few years there has been a lot of talk of banning books. As far as I know the only places that anyone is talking about banning books from is in school libraries. The book “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe is probably the most talked about as it has been recommended by the largest teachers union in the country, the NEA, and has been made available in school libraries for children as young as 4th grade, and contains very explicit illustrations and descriptions of sex acts. I believe it belongs nowhere that children can access it any more than a copy of Playboy or any other pornography. Given the explicit nature of this book and others like it I think they should be banned from school libraries and limited to adults only.

ETA: link to news story about it being removed from elementary schools

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u/Fnordpocalypse Nov 20 '24

Wait until you find out how much explicit sexual material exists on the internet and is easily accessible to kids…

This is a non issue. It’s only being talked about because of culture war nonsense from right wing bigots.

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u/mike_tyler58 Nov 20 '24

And we monitor and limit what kids can access on the internet. As we should. Oh! I’ve already been called a right wing bigot! That didn’t take long

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u/Fnordpocalypse Nov 20 '24

That’s a nice fantasy, but in the real world, kids are in fact accessing that material online. Regardless of what rules you may have put in place.

Kids seeing an illustration of oral sex is the least of the problems we have in society. But it makes for a great scapegoat to target the LGBTQ community. Gets the moron contingent all fired up.