This is not just a few rogue FL citizens trying to ban books. This is spearheaded by the Florida government itself. The education commissioner is Anastasios Kamoutsas, appointed by DeSantis. Given that a culture war is a great way to market yourself to voters, expect appeals.

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guywithahat 3 days ago | parent [-]

Maybe, but at the same time there is a serious issue with adult/sexual content in fictional books with no real historical or scientific value. Saying kids have to have access to books about how to perform bj's is a losing argument. If a parent wants their kid to have access to such books they should buy them themselves (although I'd like to think CPS would give them a ring), and we shouldn't conflate what's obscene for an 6 year old to what's obscene for a 30 year old

	▲	Vegenoid 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Saying kids have to have access to books about how to perform bj's is a losing argument. This isn't the argument, which is why it didn't lose. The argument is that the law was too broad and banned books that have long been considered to have great literary value. Did you see the list of books that have been banned as a result of this bill in the article? The bill does not allow consideration of literary value (a.k.a. the rest of the book, and its role in history), it only considers some sexual content in the book in isolation. It also applied to the entire school system, these books were being banned from high school libraries.
	▲	const_cast 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Maybe, but at the same time there is a serious issue with adult/sexual content in fictional books with no real historical or scientific value. Is there? Because I've heard this and everytime it's been an hallucination. And also text on a page is not sexual. Its true that literary classics like "Kite Runner" include rape. But that's not a sexual book. Is there actual, literal smut on school library shelves? Almost certainly not. Its not a problem of sexual content, but rather a cultural problem of extreme prudism and purity culture, coupled with religious extremism.