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**MicroWave** @MicroWave@lemmy.world · Apr 1

Apr 1

MicroWave @MicroWave@lemmy.world

Rightwing groups across US push new bans to limit ‘obscene’ books in libraries

https://lemmy.world/post/27650679

lemmy.worldRightwing groups across US push new bans to limit ‘obscene’ books in libraries - Lemmy.WorldSummary Rightwing groups across the US are driving a wave of legislation to restrict books in school and public libraries, targeting content deemed “sexually explicit” or “obscene,” often affecting LGBTQ+ and race-related titles. Texas leads with 31 bills and 538 book bans in the 2023–24 school year. Proposed laws, like Texas Senate Bill 13, shift book selection power from librarians to parent-led advisory boards. Critics, including librarians and legal scholars, warn these efforts amount to censorship, risk violating First Amendment rights, and reduce access in underserved communities.

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**catloaf** @catloaf@lemm.ee · Apr 1

Apr 1

catloaf @catloaf@lemm.ee

I heard there’s one book in there that talks about a pair of sisters who get their father drunk so they can take turns raping him. Are they banning that one?

**Thekingoflorda** @Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world · Apr 1

Apr 1

Thekingoflorda @Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world

wow, the bible is fucked up.

**blaue_Fledermaus** @blaue_Fledermaus · Apr 1 *

Apr 1 *

blaue_Fledermaus @blaue_Fledermaus

The Bible doesn't portray it as a good thing, and considers their descendants cursed.

A large portion of the Bible is: "here's all the ways people can be nasty, don't be like them".

edit: I seem to have missed the context of book bannings...

**prole** @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · Apr 1

Apr 1

prole @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone

But do you know what it does portray as a good thing? Slavery!

**blaue_Fledermaus** @blaue_Fledermaus · Apr 1

Apr 1

blaue_Fledermaus @blaue_Fledermaus

Also no. It allowed servitude to pay off debts, but all debts were supposed to be forgiven after 7 years, and so it was strictly limited.

Where do you think the ideas that all humans are equal and deserve equal rights that reduced slavery in modern times come from?

**FurtiveFugitive** @FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee · Apr 1

Apr 1

FurtiveFugitive @FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee

Not that I think anything in the Bible can be taken at face value, but especially numbers and doubly so, the number 7.

World created in 7 days. Forgive others 7 times or 70*7. Etc etc. There’s no reason to believe the law of the land was literally a 7 year limit on slavery.