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[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, it’s Alabama. You cant expect someone to actually read the title and plot of a book if the author is so “Gay” when there’s so much sister fucking to do!

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it’s Alabama. You cant expect someone to actually read

You're welcome

[–] jimbolauski@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The irony of getting your jimmies rustled because you didn't read the article while claiming others can't read.

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No rustled jimmies here, I just have always held a strong dislike of the South.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 year ago

Kirsten Brassard, Gay’s publicist at Groundwood Books, said the episode sends a “hateful message” coming from a public library,

“This proves, as always, that censorship is never about limiting access to this book or that one. It is about sending the message to children that certain ideas — or even certain people — are not worthy of discussion or acknowledgment or consideration,” Brassard told the news outlet.

Preach!

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

i mean that's basically as stupid as the real filter

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Then it’s a shitty library.

Cataloging is an important job and a real librarian takes it seriously. Whether they create the catalog or get records from somewhere else, it should be triple checked and have hands on it at least twice.

More importantly, we don’t censor or classify/rate books.

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

we don’t censor

Well that's not very Christian of you, is it?

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 14 points 1 year ago

Reminds me of the time the Scunthorpe problem reared its head in a conservative newspaper and sprinter Tyson Gay was autocorrected to Tyson Homosexual 😄

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Read Me a Story, Stella (explicit) - Feat. Marie-Louise Gay

[–] Countmacula@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

If they could read, I’m sure they’d be mad.

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Republicans are such fragile little traitor bitches.

[–] HububBub@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

"mistakenly" is carrying a lot of weight there.

[–] jimbolauski@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I see no one RTFA, the book was electronically flagged, and removed from the review list after the mistake was uncovered.