The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that would threaten librarians and other educators with criminal prosecution for possessing “obscene” material.
The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that would threaten librarians and other educators with criminal prosecution for possessing “obscene” material.
This is even dumber, since we have the internet now. Whatever these folks think kids are being exposed to by books, well uh, there’s some more stuff on the internet they might be worried about.
Censorship is ridiculous on all forms of communication. Kids will find it if they want to.
Of course, I’m pointing out the additional level of absurdity performed by the censors in this case