Two things: 1) All of the claims about progressive cancellation cited here have been thoroughly discussed and proven to be logical fallacies - a lot of strawmanning and overgeneralizing going on.
For example: "They ordered -- I KID YOU NOT! -- all books on school library shelves published before 2010 to be weeded out because they might not adhere to DEI principles. This would mean, for example, *Little Women*!" But did it include *Little Women*? Is there any evidence of this board or any other applying DEI principles like this? (Answer: no, there isn't.) And the whole bit about right-wing banning isn't so bad because it drives sales but left-wing banning is bad because of social media pile-on: no. Left-wing visibility is made up of individuals. Right-wing attacks and bans are organized by groups who attempt to pass laws. One is action taken by people for themselves; the other is action taken by organized groups for others. Here's an article about one legal contest among many: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wbaltv.com/article/state-board-education-reverse-harford-decision-remove-flamer/69269111__;!!KGKeukY!1PVOjrzMNHDJ_lLreLlRD95g15TgphJSRzM5kDZkLJGT_LIN_JaIWUJC-wOZERAbWWPfGO9yDEN83VfSljvdvTbfKM2a$ Here's an article about a group dedicated to banning books: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bookriot.com/what-is-take-back-the-classroom/__;!!KGKeukY!1PVOjrzMNHDJ_lLreLlRD95g15TgphJSRzM5kDZkLJGT_LIN_JaIWUJC-wOZERAbWWPfGO9yDEN83VfSljvdvYh7wTo2$ Here's an article about author Jean Kwok speaking to a school board in Doylestown, PA, against book bans - I highly recommend watching the video: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/southeastern-pa/award-winning-author-makes-case-for-central-bucks-school-board-to-keep-books-on-shelves/article_abc52652-d8d5-11ed-a9d0-2b990a3ba194.html__;!!KGKeukY!1PVOjrzMNHDJ_lLreLlRD95g15TgphJSRzM5kDZkLJGT_LIN_JaIWUJC-wOZERAbWWPfGO9yDEN83VfSljvdvSHxLLAp$ 2) Isn't AJL supposed to be a non-political space? I understand that librarianship is inherently political on many levels, but the email I'm replying to is such a blatantly political personal opinion. It does not belong in this space. Dainy Bernstein *ey/they*
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