Hey conservatives! You are not the only parents. I *want* my kids to read controversial & banned books. I want them to get up close & personal with experiences outside their own WASPy middle-class upbringing. I want them to be uncomfortable & make up their own minds.
So tell your own kids what they can read, but hands off the school library, and hands off the public library, or you infringe on *my* parents rights to raise educated, empathetic kids.
Can schools control what you have on your own home bookshelf ?
@zleap Even if I could afford to buy all the books my kids want to read (my son is at 240 and counting this year, so I'd be broke quickly), it's not just about me. It's also about my neighbour Patricia, who is a single mom just trying to make ends meet. Her son Jeremy is 13 and is figuring out that he might not be straight. Jeremy needs a place where he can go that's safe for him to explore what's going on in his life whether his mom knows or not. Conservatives want to take that away from him.
Good point, this shouod not be happening in the worlds largest economy and what is mean to be a place of freedom and democracy.
