Tag Archives: Intellectual Freedom
Protecting Innocence
Megan was five years old when her innocence began to unravel. What started as “approved” school reading led to pornography addiction, online predators, and devastating consequences. Her story exposes how trusted institutions failed—and why parents can no longer afford to look away.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Pornography
Tagged American Library Association, Antonin Scalia, Banned Books Week, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville, Ginsberg v. New York, Intellectual Freedom, Justice Scalia, Library Bill of Rights, Mahmoud v. Taylor, Tinker v. Des Moines, U.S. Supreme Court
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Annoyed Librarian Takes ALA to the Woodshed
On Oct. 3, 2008, the Washington Post covered the story of some high school students in Virginia who attempted to expose the “book banning” activities engaged in by their high school librarians who censor virtually all resources that express conservative perspectives on homosexuality. The librarians offered the usual embarrassing defenses for their censorship of ideas, trying futilely to mask their utter hypocrisy regarding censorship.
Perhaps the weakest and most embarrassing justification proffered was that conservative books would make “gay students ‘feel inferior’ ” which is another way of saying that ideas are controversial. I hate to break it to library …
Posted in Education
Tagged Annoyed Librarian, Banned Books Week, Intellectual Freedom
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