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transscribe9468@literature.cafe to Banned Book Club@literature.cafe · 2 days ago

Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment

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Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment

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transscribe9468@literature.cafe to Banned Book Club@literature.cafe · 2 days ago
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Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment.
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Six months ago, Anthony Aycock wrote a piece for this website called “How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America” in which he detailed a case working …
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    How about Amazon. How can they be allowed to sell all sorts of people’s point of views?

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      Because they make money while doing it. Schools, to a conservative, do not produce anything of value and hence are suspect.

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      You said the key word. Sell.

      Libraries help the poor.

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      They gave money to the ballroom.

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      Damn, never heard that take before. Love to see that get traction.

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        I sure hope they’re not selling to the poor or something terrible like that.

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