Texas Students Push Back On School Book Ban:'Stop The Censorship' - All In - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Chris Hayes: “These Texas students organized a backlash to the backlash, reasserting their right for open inquiry and critical thinking in their education.” Aired on 01/26/2022.




Hannah-Jones: Book Bans, Anti-CRT Laws ‘Not The Sign Of A Healthy Democracy’ - All In - MSNBC

Nikole Hannah-Jones: ”A healthy society does not ban ideas and it does not ban books.” Aired on 01/26/2022.

[SheltieLover]

1. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

[Rhiannon12866]

2. This unilateral censorship in schools has got to stop

These zealots are even coming up with their own deluded reasons to ban what used to be classics. Children should be encouraged to read and become aware of actual history and different points of view. I cringe to imagine the effects of this RW censorship on this generation of children.

[SheltieLover]

3. Thankfully, students are speaking out against this insanity!

[L. Coyote]

4. In the age of the internet, like book bans are even going to work!

They just draw attention to the banned books.

[patphil]

5. Banning a book has always been the best way to make it popular with teens.

And, in this digital age, it's impossible to prevent teens from accessing any of the books on the banned lists. They can be obtained as either a digital download, or a hard copy purchase from places like Amazon. They then get circulated among the student body outside the control of those who would ban them.

The real problem is that, if left unchecked, censorship becomes a control mechanism for many different aspects of life, not just books, as can be seen in the recent attempts to "white wash" the long history of racism in America.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. That is one excellent point. Are students reading print books these days?

Or are they accessing them online - without censorship?

[cbabe]

7. My theory is since lynching is out, next best

thing is ‘lynch’ books about ‘those people’.

Thoughts?

[colsohlibgal]

8. Proud Of Them!

The Nazis famously burned books. Now the far right is headed in that direction.

As Aldous Huxley’s famous quote goes, “facts don’t cease to exist because they are ignored”.

We have to resist this fascist movement with all we have.

[brewens]

9. I wonder if there's any way someone could make all banned books available online? They would have

to raise some money or find sponsors. So, banning books could be just like making sure every student that wanted would get a free copy.