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West Virginia House passes bill allowing prosecution of librarians (www.newsandsentinel.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/usnews@beehaw.org
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Honest question: what is so dangerous about children seeing nudity / sex in media? I understand that it could skew their perception of what reality is like, but I think a good book is often better at realistically depicting this kind of stuff than what they would find on the internet when the legal sources have dried up.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    If they know what it is, they can identify what is happening if some of these adults behind this movement are trying to take advantage of them. With a fifth of the state population meeting the definition for illiteracy and the whole of it being #47 for education in the country, it's not exactly surprising that the voters (writ large) aren't familiar enough with how libraries work to prevent being duped into supporting this.

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