I’m Pretty Sure This Is An Annual Thing

Let’s encourage all Book shops to do this 👇 pic.twitter.com/TKumgRl35G

— Judith DM (@tricoter) January 29, 2022

But thanks for noticing.

My favorite is seeing Fahrenheit 451 on the table. Topped only by the mother who came to the bookstore when I was working there and asked if there was an audio version available for her daughter. (Only later did it occur to me that her daughter might have been dyslexic, or even visually impaired. She did make it seem her daughter had simply given up on reading, though.

Just a reminder of the inherent tension between (1) the imperative to give parents a voice in what their children are taught and (2) many parents being small-minded, vacuous morons. It’s not solvable, it’s a thing about being human. https://t.co/vQcjiEKK9c

— LesserHat* (@Popehat) January 29, 2022

The bookstore is a reminder these books aren’t actually banned, which is why I find the practice so foolish( i.e., the vacuous morons don’t win this battle, but they’ve already won the war). I will add that apparently nobody tried to ban Uncle Shelby’s ABZ’s. That would mean war!