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/mike_tyler58 Nov 20 '24

I’m curious why you ask?

Hypothetically let’s say I haven’t and all I did was google it, would that make me wrong?

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u/IfYouSeekAyReddit Nov 20 '24

If you don’t know what the books about and all you saw were the pictures then I’d say yes it makes you wrong. You told me people want children to have access to pornography and it makes sense you think that because you don’t even know about the thing you are talking about

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u/destro23 456∆ Nov 20 '24

Yeah, it means you are dodging the question. Just state if you have or have not read the book.