Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban | State has ordered 13 books by seven authors, six of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and library

silence7@slrpnk.net · edit-2 3 months ago

Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban | State has ordered 13 books by seven authors, six of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and library

snow_bunny@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Implementation guidelines say that banned materials must be “legally disposed of” and “may not be sold or distributed”.

So, a book burning. Got it.

unalivejoy@lemm.ee · 3 months ago

What about abandoning them in a heavy traffic area?

Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

The book burners?

Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 3 months ago

Sounds like those author’s free speech is being tread on.

Etterra@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

For Republicans it only counts when it’s their own free speech. After all, their psychology is “I get to tell you what to do but you don’t get to tell me what to do.”

Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee · 3 months ago

They love the original Nazi book burning. They destroyed decades of research into human sexuality, homosexuality, and transgenderism.