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The "Invisible Library" dataset is free to download. It contains detailed information on book bans by school district across the United States up to June 2022.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A massive "oh no, anyway" moment. The only reason people are so enraged over this is because they need propaganda to throw at their opponents. Nobody making an honest argument believes that every school must carry every book available to them. It's entirely normal for every library to remove things from it's collection, especially so when that library is designed to serve a specific community such as a school.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same bot fascist who posted in another thread. Either you're ruZZian or you're extremely dumb (or trolling). Books shouldn't be banned, only a fascist says that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure this poster is not a bot. There are plenty of people out there who sincerely believe, shall we say, things that are factually incorrect. There are also tons of trolls. Could be either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's not the topic at hand. Books are being explicitly banned for their content, we're not talking about books that got worn out over the years