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At least you could have come up with the things liberals do ban to make it worth reading. instead you made a stupid claim.

Quote: rxwine

Liberals ban books all the time is what you said. Not even close. So sad for you.

You said conservatives are banning books and did not even give one example. You are the sad one.

Duffman’s lazy ass is capable of googling “banned books” lists. He will find some probably banned by liberals but way more likely from conservative interests.


But which category does he think most of these challenges are from, liberals or conservatives?

But just for the record, from the American Library Association

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 729 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2021. Of the 1597 books that were targeted, here are the most challenged, along with the reasons cited for censoring the books:

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, and because it was considered to have sexually explicit images
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, profanity, and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted for depictions of abuse and because it was considered to be sexually explicit
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references and use of a derogatory term
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Banned and challenged because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicit
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
Reasons: Banned, challenged, relocated, and restricted for providing sexual education and LGBTQIA+ content.
Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
Reasons: Banned and challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.


Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020
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The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 156 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2020. Of the 273 books that were targeted, here are the most challenged, along with the reasons cited for censoring the books:

George by Alex Gino
Reasons: Challenged, banned, and restricted for LGBTQIA+ content, conflicting with a religious viewpoint, and not reflecting “the values of our community”
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
Reasons: Banned and challenged because of author’s public statements, and because of claims that the book contains “selective storytelling incidents” and does not encompass racism against all people
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, drug use, and alcoholism, and because it was thought to promote anti-police views, contain divisive topics, and be “too much of a sensitive matter right now”
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Reasons: Banned, challenged, and restricted because it was thought to contain a political viewpoint and it was claimed to be biased against male students, and for the novel’s inclusion of rape and profanity
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Banned and challenged for profanity, sexual references, and allegations of sexual misconduct by the author
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
Reasons: Challenged for “divisive language” and because it was thought to promote anti-police views
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Reasons: Banned and challenged for racial slurs and their negative effect on students, featuring a “white savior” character, and its perception of the Black experience
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Reasons: Banned and challenged for racial slurs and racist stereotypes, and their negative effect on students
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Banned and challenged because it was considered sexually explicit and depicts child sexual abuse
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Reasons: Challenged for profanity, and it was thought to promote an anti-police message


Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2019
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The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 377 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2019. Of the 566 books that were targeted, here are the most challenged, along with the reasons cited for censoring the books:

George by Alex Gino
Reasons: challenged, banned, restricted, and hidden to avoid controversy; for LGBTQIA+ content and a transgender character; because schools and libraries should not “put books in a child’s hand that require discussion”; for sexual references; and for conflicting with a religious viewpoint and “traditional family structure”
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Reasons: challenged for LGBTQIA+ content, for “its effect on any young people who would read it,” and for concerns that it was sexually explicit and biased
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss, illustrated by EG Keller
Reasons: challenged and vandalized for LGBTQIA+ content and political viewpoints, for concerns that it is “designed to pollute the morals of its readers,” and for not including a content warning
Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg, illustrated by Fiona Smyth
Reasons: challenged, banned, and relocated for LGBTQIA+ content; for discussing gender identity and sex education; and for concerns that the title and illustrations were “inappropriate”
Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack, illustrated by Stevie Lewis
Reasons: challenged and restricted for featuring a gay marriage and LGBTQIA+ content; for being “a deliberate attempt to indoctrinate young children” with the potential to cause confusion, curiosity, and gender dysphoria; and for conflicting with a religious viewpoint
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, illustrated by Shelagh McNicholas
Reasons: challenged and relocated for LGBTQIA+ content, for a transgender character, and for confronting a topic that is “sensitive, controversial, and politically charged”
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Reasons: banned and challenged for profanity and for “vulgarity and sexual overtones”
Drama written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier
Reasons: challenged for LGBTQIA+ content and for concerns that it goes against “family values/morals”
Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
Reasons: banned and forbidden from discussion for referring to magic and witchcraft, for containing actual curses and spells, and for characters that use “nefarious means” to attain goals
And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson illustrated by Henry Cole
Reason: challenged and relocated for LGBTQIA+ content

Quote: rxwine

Duffman’s lazy ass is capable of googling “banned books” lists. He will find some probably banned by liberals but way more likely from conservative interests.


But which category does he think most of these challenges are from, liberals or conservatives?

*YAWN*

Plenty are banned by liberals. And liberals usually want to ban the classics. Conservatives more want to not have kids reading about gay themes at a young age. IOW, they do not wand kids reading adult content. Liberals do not want them reading "Of Mice and Men."

If you had something in your life besides worrying about "conservatives" maybe you would have a life.

Quote: AZDuffman

*YAWN*

Plenty are banned by liberals. And liberals usually want to ban the classics. Conservatives more want to not have kids reading about gay themes at a young age. IOW, they do not wand kids reading adult content. Liberals do not want them reading "Of Mice and Men."

If you had something in your life besides worrying about "conservatives" maybe you would have a life.

This is a quintessential Duffman post.

When faced with irrefutable facts, he just speaks in generalities and refuses to cite any sources or give specifics. Then throws in a little name calling for good measure.

Minneapolis is allowing public noise at all times as long as it's religious oriented.

Quote:

The new ordinance adds language specifying that sounds created by bells, chimes, carillons, amplifying equipment, or sounds associated with religious worship” are exempt from being noise violations as long as they last only six minutes within any one hour and no more than an hour within any 24-hour period. The new ordinance removes the 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. time restriction for all such forms of sound creation.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254124/minneapolis-becomes-first-large-us-city-to-allow-islamic-prayer-calls-over-speakers

I read about somebody's trip to the middle east one time and there was a description of waking up in Cairo and hearing the call to prayer and this really being special on their trip.

I can relate to that, must be really cool!

But I have to say it's the last thing I'd ever want to hear in my own neighborhood

Quote: rxwine

Minneapolis is allowing public noise at all times as long as it's religious oriented.



https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254124/minneapolis-becomes-first-large-us-city-to-allow-islamic-prayer-calls-over-speakers

Sounds like you are getting all worked up over nothing. It appears they are just clarifying the law because bigots complain about church bells being briefly rung or hearing brief organ music from the windows.

Quote: AZDuffman

Sounds like you are getting all worked up over nothing. It appears they are just clarifying the law because bigots complain about church bells being briefly rung or hearing brief organ music from the windows.

At 3am in morning? It just proves religious freedom could be any kind of made-up nonsense.