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They should write a report on why it needs to be banned with examples given from the books.
I'm tired of people just giving opinions without actually citing examples.
"Ban this book because bad" is not only lazy but often nowhere near accurate to what the books even talk about. >

Nah, this is one of those things that tickles the jollies of liberals but would be ineffective in real life, like everything the Church of Satan does.
The problem isn't the irony of them banning books they haven't read. The problem is them banning books that don't align with their political agenda. 
I don't care if they've read the book or not. >

Get enough people exposed and actually reading the thing they "hate" is actually a very effective way of combating said problem, if not impractical. :/ >

This might makes sense if they respected books. Book banning of this scale indicates a profound lack of respect. >

Yeah, I agree. Of course, these parents would never do that, though. >

Hey, your name is very cool! <3 >


I was just listening to John Green talk about one of his books being banned and its just so apparent that those people have never read more than 2 or 3 lines of his book before calling it "porn".

What book are you talking about?
Are people literally trying to have it banned, or just not have it stocked in school libraries for inappropriate age groups? >

Found the person who wants to ban books. >

I don't think any book should be banned, but there are books that are inappropriate for a school library (especially for Elementary and Junior High School). For example, if people want to spend money to buy Mein Kampf that's up to them but it should never be stocked in a public (or school) library. >

It's easy to make political book banning sound reasonable when you simply replace the book with Hitler's book.
Least favorite thing Reddit does: swap out the actual thing we're talking about for Hitler instead of debating the actual thing we're talking about. >

If I'm not for banning Hitler's book, literally one of the worst books ever written, only preventing it from being stocked in public libraries, what is the likelihood I am for banning any books? >

Idk if you're understanding my point, but just because there exists a book that most people would agree should be banned (Mein Kampf) doesn't mean we also must accept that any given other book is OK to be banned as well. 
That's why it's annoying. We know what books Florida wants to ban. Debate whether or not you think those books should be banned. We're not debating whether to ban Mein Kampf. >


Idk if you're understanding my point, but just because there exists a book that most people would agree should be banned (Mein Kampf) doesn't mean we also must accept that any given other book is OK to be banned as well.

I don't think you get my point is the problem.
I don't think any book should be banned. You're free to read any books you buy with your own money. Book publishers should feel no pressure to stop printing books, and book stores should feel no pressure to stop carrying books.
With that said, the content of books does impact whether it is appropriate to carry in a public library, or in the library of a school. Similar to ratings on movies, there are books that are not appropriate for children in elementary school, others that are inappropriate for junior high school, and some that are inappropriate for high school. 
A lot of controversy about books recently is due to books showing up in elementary school libraries that would be controversial in a high school. They contain content that, if it were in a movie, would guarantee a R or NC-17 rating. Parents are justifiably angry that books containing text and images of blowjobs are in schools where the vast majority of students are under the age of 10.