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Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books for mentioning ‘butt and fart’ (www.theguardian.com)

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Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books for mentioning ‘butt and fart’

Conservative-dominated court restores books denounced by officials as ‘pornographic filth’ to school libraries

An appellate court has ruled that Texas cannot ban books from libraries simply because they mention “butt and fart” and other content which some state officials may dislike.

The fifth US circuit court of appeals issued its decision on Thursday in a 76-page majority opinion, which was written by Judge Jacques Wiener Jr and opened with a quote from American poet Walt Whitman: “The dirtiest book in all the world is the expurgated book.”

In its decision, the appellate court declared that “government actors may not remove books from a public library with the intent to deprive patrons of access to ideas with which they disagree”.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 months ago (1 children)

An appellate court has ruled that Texas cannot ban books from libraries

We now live in a world where a news article needs to contain this line. (and this is far from the only recent example)

Think about that.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah.. The jury's still out on whether or not this is the darkest timeline, but it's definitely the stupidest 🤦

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This timeline went off the rails somewhere between The Berestein Bears and Sinbad's genie movie.