"Conservative activists want to ban 400 books from a library — but they aren't even on shelves
After nine months on the job, the library director is quitting. "Nothing
in my background could have prepared me for the political atmosphere of extremism,” she said.
Aug. 23, 2022, 9:29 AM PDT
By Tyler Kingkade
For months, a group of conservative Christians have inundated the staff
and board of a public library in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with complaints
about books they didn’t want to see on the shelves.
Their list of more than 400 titles predominantly focuses on young adult books with LGBTQ characters, scenes describing sexual activity or
invoking the occult.
The only problem: None of the books are in the library’s collection.
Still, the activists in this town of 2,500 people wanted the books pre-emptively banned. They fumed that the library planned to join the American Library Association, a nonprofit trade organization known for fighting censorship that local activists falsely accused of “promoting pedophilia.” They started a campaign to recall four of the five library trustees over a policy against restricting access to controversial
books, putting up signs around town that read: “Our Mission is to
protect children from explicit materials and grooming.”
The fervor has become so heated that the library’s director is quitting after just nine months, citing a barrage of harassment that she said
made it impossible to do her job. Kimber Glidden, 51, a former bank
manager turned librarian, said the stress became so bad that she
developed a tic that makes her thumb quiver uncontrollably."
[snip]
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-activists-want-ban-400-books-library-arent-even-shelves-rcna44026
TB
On Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 8:16:33 AM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:
"Conservative activists want to ban 400 books from a library — but they
aren't even on shelves
After nine months on the job, the library director is quitting. "Nothing
in my background could have prepared me for the political atmosphere of
extremism,” she said.
Aug. 23, 2022, 9:29 AM PDT
By Tyler Kingkade
For months, a group of conservative Christians have inundated the staff
and board of a public library in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with complaints
about books they didn’t want to see on the shelves.
Their list of more than 400 titles predominantly focuses on young adult
books with LGBTQ characters, scenes describing sexual activity or
invoking the occult.
The only problem: None of the books are in the library’s collection.
Still, the activists in this town of 2,500 people wanted the books
pre-emptively banned. They fumed that the library planned to join the
American Library Association, a nonprofit trade organization known for
fighting censorship that local activists falsely accused of “promoting
pedophilia.” They started a campaign to recall four of the five library
trustees over a policy against restricting access to controversial
books, putting up signs around town that read: “Our Mission is to
protect children from explicit materials and grooming.”
The fervor has become so heated that the library’s director is quitting
after just nine months, citing a barrage of harassment that she said
made it impossible to do her job. Kimber Glidden, 51, a former bank
manager turned librarian, said the stress became so bad that she
developed a tic that makes her thumb quiver uncontrollably."
[snip]
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-activists-want-ban-400-books-library-arent-even-shelves-rcna44026
TB
Those who want to ban books, are never the "good guys"....
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