As a based public library director, this is a dangerous precedent to set though. I think transparency is important, but to push it to fines and prison time isn't the way. It's dangerous. I agree kids should not be exposed to these things, but providing transparency for the parents would have been a better first step. Just my two cents.
I know there is an agenda. My point is transparency should be th extent of it. There is a collection development policy that all libraries should have and a process for challenging books. You need accountability but I think prison time is a bit extreme.
How do books sneak in there? When do parents know what books are being considered? When does the challenge occur? No one has been put in jail yet, but that they can be may produce enough fear and accountability that they police themselves.
Right now they feel like victims, and they are righteous in sneaking in grooming books to young children. Parents are the enemy in their eyes. What right do they have to curtail what we are doing? They are used to going underneath the radar.
It's called purchase orders, catalogs and similar. Sure, some will continue to try to push the envelope. However, I still don't think prison threats are a good idea. When the pendulum swings the other way, then what? Censorship to this degree is a dangerous precedent. That's all my point is. Personally and professionally I am against these degenerate types of materials. However, there are concerns about strict parameters.
As a based public library director, this is a dangerous precedent to set though. I think transparency is important, but to push it to fines and prison time isn't the way. It's dangerous. I agree kids should not be exposed to these things, but providing transparency for the parents would have been a better first step. Just my two cents.
There is a grooming agenda and they are not transparent with the parents. They are not accountable to anyone and they fear very little.
I know there is an agenda. My point is transparency should be th extent of it. There is a collection development policy that all libraries should have and a process for challenging books. You need accountability but I think prison time is a bit extreme.
How do books sneak in there? When do parents know what books are being considered? When does the challenge occur? No one has been put in jail yet, but that they can be may produce enough fear and accountability that they police themselves.
Right now they feel like victims, and they are righteous in sneaking in grooming books to young children. Parents are the enemy in their eyes. What right do they have to curtail what we are doing? They are used to going underneath the radar.
It's called purchase orders, catalogs and similar. Sure, some will continue to try to push the envelope. However, I still don't think prison threats are a good idea. When the pendulum swings the other way, then what? Censorship to this degree is a dangerous precedent. That's all my point is. Personally and professionally I am against these degenerate types of materials. However, there are concerns about strict parameters.