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Does this law apply for students of all ages? Surely "sexually explicit" materials are a requirement for sexual education right? What am I missing?
If they are willing to go to such extremes to censor books how do they feel about the internet? The internet has a reach that is orders of magnitude greater than books, but I never hear about lawmakers attempting to shut down the internet or part of the internet. Is it just too decentralized to even attempt or is their pursuit of book censorship just for show to impress their followers?
If they are willing to go to such extremes to censor books how do they feel about the internet? The internet has a reach that is orders of magnitude greater than books, but I never hear about lawmakers attempting to shut down the internet or part of the internet. Is it just too decentralized to even attempt or is their pursuit of book censorship just for show to impress their followers?
$4 million is a lot of money for a library and completely unnecessary in current economic conditions
Unfortunately, one of the primary political parties is actively waging war on education and information.
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> The proposal, approved close to midnight by the House Budget Committee, would cut the entire $4.5 million in state aid that libraries were slated to get next year. The proposed library cut, along with other changes to the state’s roughly $50 billion budget, will now head to the full Missouri House. What does this mean for libraries? $4.5 million can't have been enough to fund a statewide library network so presumab…
It's Missouri, so I highly doubt the money is equally distributed among libraries. You can see where aid goes here: https://www.sos.mo.gov/library/development/stateaid/default And then you can look up or estimate the total spend for each of those community's libraries. Likely this means approximately nothing for most suburban, urban, and exurban/college town/resort town/etc. library systems. Those communities can eas…
According to some cursory searches, Washington State (where I live) has 2,500 libraries for 7.7 million people and Missouri has somewhere between 171 and 400 libraries for 6.1 million people.
At some point the horse dies and the stick is no longer motivational.
As a european that frequently discusses political topics with people from the US, I recall times when conservatives over there were all about "small government" and "freedom of speech" and how they would literally fight for those rights (that's what the second amendment was written for in their eyes). Where are those people today? Why are they not more vocal? Or were these values always just a veneer for something el…
When you hear talk about the establishment versus populist wings of the GOP, this is what's being referred to.
What is the best argument for allowing elementary school children to read about sexaul intercourse?
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If you hold that book up to the same standards it probably has be banned too right? Lots of sexually explicit content in that one. Edit: Instead of downvoting maybe do a little research first? Here's a story about a lawsuit in Utah aiming to remove the bible from schools based on the same silly grounds they are banning other books: https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/03/22/utah-parent...
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It's Missouri, so I highly doubt the money is equally distributed among libraries. You can see where aid goes here: https://www.sos.mo.gov/library/development/stateaid/default And then you can look up or estimate the total spend for each of those community's libraries. Likely this means approximately nothing for most suburban, urban, and exurban/college town/resort town/etc. library systems. Those communities can eas…
You are probably right that it is not evenly distributed. But this seems entirely on-brand for a state like Missouri. How many libraries have been ruined by these antics already? According to some cursory searches, Washington State (where I live) has 2,500 libraries for 7.7 million people and Missouri has somewhere between 171 and 400 libraries for 6.1 million people. At some point the horse dies and the stick is no…