In high school, my history teacher that specialized in World War 2 had a quote that he said was the only thing he wanted us to remember from his class if we have to remember something: "When they start firing librarians and banning books, you're in the beginning of a dictatorship. Librarians are the guardians of free speech and the first lines of defense against a dictator, which means they're also the first to fall." This shit happening now is terrifying.

@kylegonewild

10 күн бұрын

@@VladLad "We must simply remember that conspiracy theory I've bought into could also be responsible" is not as convincing as you think weirdo. The only modern political ideology that calls for "all institutions to be subrverted" as you put it are extremist anarchists and primitivists.

@Tricklarock

10 күн бұрын

@@VladLad PARTLY TRUE?! This has to be the biggest non-statement that I have ever read!!!!!

@gaawwly.godjesusdude1881

10 күн бұрын

@@VladLad one should also recall that "cultural Marxism" is just a retreaded Nazi conspiracy theory

@gaawwly.godjesusdude1881

10 күн бұрын

@@VladLad just your friendly neighbourhood reminder that "cultural Marxism" is just a retreaded conspiracy theory invented by the NSGWP

@dennisbecraft1303

10 күн бұрын

​@Tricklarock Expand on that a bit please, or yours closely resembles a nonstatement at least to me. Vlad stated quite a bit (that I agree with, by the way). TIA

Former librarian chiming in here. There are adult, teen and children's areas on the public library. If you believe your children are seeing these books and checking them out, where the F*CK were you? You are supposed to be there with your kids. Or did you just dump them off and expect someone else to take care of your children and their moral upbringing?

@SamW-Imagrownup.

10 күн бұрын

Well said!!

@katiekane5247

10 күн бұрын

Bravo 👏

@Lia-zw1ls7tz7o

10 күн бұрын

I bet they're in the libraries of the real groomers - you know: the clergy.

@B3Band

10 күн бұрын

I literally never brought my parents to the library once in my entire life. Who are these weirdos going on family trips to the library? I usually went to the library after school. Why would my parents be there?

@AndiNewtonian

10 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly!

If you don't want your kids to accidentally find an adult book in the adult section....then supervise your kids when youre at the library

@elgordo2162

3 күн бұрын

EXACTLY!? This was going through my head the whole time. If they're old enough to be there alone and have phone like most kids do these days, just like they said, you have bigger problems!

@CheezMonsterCrazy

3 күн бұрын

@@elgordo2162 The reason that logic is lost on advocates of book bans is because they are (mostly) aware that protecting children is not one of their goals. Their goals are the control of information, the sowing of division, and the aggregation of local political power for religious conglomerates. The same people who want to ban these books fund and participate in organizations that actively and publicly protect real child predators; and promote physical and psychological abuse towards women and children under the guise of religion.

@MorganBondelid

2 күн бұрын

@@CheezMonsterCrazy 💯💯💯 Precisely as you said. See also, early warning signs of fascism.

@poopyfartboi

2 күн бұрын

That requires too much thought for cuckservatives

@AWindy94

15 сағат бұрын

As a mom, FUCKING THIS 👏

Folks, if you are moved by this, PLEASE APPLY TO JOIN YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY BOARD. As a library worker for over 20 years, the power is often held by the library board. Libraries are passionate about creating space for community. Libraries remain a place for any person who wants to find information, community, and just be.

@brokenrecord3523

6 күн бұрын

These are appointed positions. How would one run?

@yellowhousecafe

6 күн бұрын

@@brokenrecord3523thank you for pointing out my error. You’re absolutely right. Library board trustees only need to watch for openings and apply. I was thinking of school boards to protect school libraries.

@thehoneydeev

6 күн бұрын

@@brokenrecord3523let’s google it. I didn’t know either

@mindwolf80

6 күн бұрын

I already filed to run this year!

@dlcs1406

6 күн бұрын

This is where the politics begin.🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

Quick lil PSA: Library funding is partially based upon the amount of people with a library card. If you get a library card for your local library, even if you never go, you’re helping out the community

@searose6192

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for that tip. Is it possible to cancel your library card?

@GuyfromtheWAN

10 күн бұрын

@@searose6192 dont need to, theyre free anyway

@hitopstl

10 күн бұрын

This is very important. Boosting

@shawncusack2066

10 күн бұрын

Circulation numbers help too. Having a card helps, but they give out funding based on it actually being used as well.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley

10 күн бұрын

I have a card and my library now offers eBooks. I'll try to rent more books now that I know it helps them. My local libraries do book sales a few times a year, selling books for cheap, and they make it a whole event with games and food trucks. I've always wanted to go but I'm vehicle-less at the moment. So, renting more books it is!

As a librarian at a public library that is dealing with this crap, I can say it's terrifying. I'm glad it's getting more press. Stay safe, everyone.

@beth8775

10 күн бұрын

I hate that you are dealing with this insanity, but as a library patron, I thank you for your service to the community at large.

@crowdedcar

10 күн бұрын

🙋 librarian in AR. Our children's programmer was called a Jezebel by one of our state reps because of a pride display (she sees it as a compliment lmao)

@michaeldougherty6036

10 күн бұрын

Unironically; Thank you for your service. 🫡

@Oomzilla

10 күн бұрын

Are you a librarian? What's your experience, it sounds like a nightmare for you guys. Librarians here study librarianship. I feel like Luddites are taking over. And it's actually getting dangerous. I really feel for you guys. Libraries save children. Take care.

@Tishpak

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for all you do. You should not have to endure this for your service to the community.

My favourite part of this piece is the Byronstone Boars gaslighting

@DerHalbe

8 күн бұрын

We see what you did there. @rintye6606

@scaper8

6 күн бұрын

The _Bradston Beagles_ joke was easily the highlight of the episode, that's for sure.

@yolandag8436

5 күн бұрын

I think he made it clear that it has always been the Berenstain boars with the "ai" not "ei"

@tonyad291

5 күн бұрын

I was thinking he's a little late to the mandela joke, but he kept delivering it in a refreshing way! 😅

@manymystics

5 күн бұрын

Damn I legitimately remember it as the Borgenstein Bengals

Librarian here: the answer to one parent, or even 10 parents, trying to ban a book they wouldn’t want their child to read is simple (though not easy to implement because people are idiots). “Don’t check out the book then. You can avoid it that easily. Oh and if you’re worried they’ll see it somewhere else because a friend checked it out? Not the library’s problem. The library is not your child’s parent.” In addition, the library does not exist to shelter people from information but to provide people with information. The library is neutral. The library is not a judge.

@susanivy3619

4 күн бұрын

You're speaking truth here, but how can they stop, where will they get their boogeyman from? All authoritarians, with the help of those who bring them to power, need a boogeyman to hate. It's in the "Authoritarianism For Dummies" handbook. What? Your library's copy hasn't been returned since 2016? I'd buy a new one, no way is Trump going to return it, he believes paying library fees "are for Iosers".

@susanivy3619

4 күн бұрын

You're speaking truth here, but how can they stop, where will they get their boogeyman from? Every authoritarian, and those who help him to power, needs a boogeyman to hate. It's in the "Authoritarianism For Dummies" handbook. What? Your library's copy hasn't been returned since 2016? I'd buy a new one, no way is tRUMP going to return it now, he thinks paying a library fee is "for Ioserz".

@robinhouston788

4 күн бұрын

Of course you have a pride flag in your profile. A librarian who pushes that anti-civilization garbage, what an absolute shock.

@CheezMonsterCrazy

3 күн бұрын

Parents aren't the ones behind the book bans, though they are instrument. Its largely a concerted effort from well funded religious groups looking to consolidate power within local and state governments. Even if there are plenty of movements not directly funded or organized by these groups, they are mostly just a single degree removed from them; having been spawned from their online disinformation campaigns. Its the same groups that are worming their way into school boards, city councils, and state legislature, as the barrier for entry to those seats of power are far lower than the federal government, where they have been losing sway to corporate interests with deeper pockets for decades. They still have their slimy tentacles in there too, but its harder to keep their minions in such public facing seats because they require people of unsound mind to work in their interest rather than those motivated purely by greed.

Christopher Titus had the best attack on book banning. "When you ban a book from the library, you're not telling your child what they can't read. You are telling my child what they can't read. "

@kyallon1213

10 күн бұрын

That’s the whole point. It’s to fuck with other people, not to benefit themselves.

@searose6192

10 күн бұрын

What objection do you have to reshelving? Parents who want their kids to read these books can walk in to the library and walk out with the book in their kids hands without any extra difficulty. The benefit is parents who don't want their kids to read these books can safely let their kids roam the *children's section* and enjoy pulling books down to read without supervision.

@jiffyangel_

10 күн бұрын

​@@searose6192 So if a kid wants a book about puberty, they'll need to walk through the adult sex section? Seems much better

@darkorion69

10 күн бұрын

@@searose6192 So we need to protect parents who prefer not to supervise their children in public? And we are going to call that freedom instead of parental burnout leading to potentially risky choices? I guess it is more about parents getting a short break than protecting those children then?

@h0lly_blue

10 күн бұрын

@@searose6192 I hope you realize your playlists are public

John oliver may not be pregnant but he always delivers

@probablyapigeon

10 күн бұрын

*air horn sounds*

@izzybel9682

10 күн бұрын

john oliver mpreg??? 😳😳😳???

@vxicepickxv

10 күн бұрын

​@@izzybel9682I am both terrified and intrigued by this idea.

@brandonlm0125

10 күн бұрын

He always delivers because any other option is illegal.

@OGNoNameNobody

10 күн бұрын

O⁷

My son and I lived in my car for 2 years. One of the first things we did was get library cards. We couldn’t have made it without the resources at the time… We used their computers and printer to make his resumé. Charged our phones, used their wifi to stay in touch with his attorney and our family and friends. We read more during those 2 years than over the previous decade. We made the most of that dreadful time.

@prooveditt4839

7 күн бұрын

Did either of you read gender queer?! You should get it and read it together, there's many illustrations. That's what's being discussed.

@MaeLSTRoM1997

6 күн бұрын

I hope circumstances are better for you now

@AlisVolatPropiis

6 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story. Glad you are resourceful and hope that dreadful time is long gone and you’re both in a much better place!🥰

@Weirdkauz

5 күн бұрын

Big up for getting through together! ❤

@Ropetrick6

4 күн бұрын

​@@prooveditt4839We should ban the Bible from public libraries. Infinitely more explicit and corruptive than any book you've mentioned.

The library is pretty much the last place left in the universe where you are allowed to exist without generating profit. That's enough reason to keep them.

Libraries are one of the last spaces we can hang out without expectation of buying anything. Libraries are a treasure.

@JoeRitze

10 күн бұрын

I can't tell you how many times I pull my wallet out as my daughter walks up to the counter with a bunch of books and movies in her hand... We go all the time and I still forget that I don't have to pay when we leave. Even when I get a bunch of blu-rays. I love that place so much. Support your local libraries folks!

@kitcoffey7194

10 күн бұрын

And also use the damn restroom usually without having to ask for a key or code. We need more places like that, and more public restrooms in general.

@tioswift3676

10 күн бұрын

@@kitcoffey7194most libraries I’ve been in have a lock for the bathroom

@jonsnoek2344

9 күн бұрын

I would suggest it's even better, you're supposed to take as much advantage of all the free services as possible.

@aratosm

9 күн бұрын

You're a consumer, no need to for free places. If you want to go somewhere that's free, look for a job.

"if they are alone in the library, then they probably have a phone. Which means that my library is the least of your concerns." Truly beautiful

@thedreflacko

9 күн бұрын

That's so stupid. Library should still be an appropriate environment for underage kids. Just because they have a phone it automatically dismisses that? There's also drugs and prostitutes in the world oh but let me compare that to the library. Such a dumb argument and whoever defends that is dumb too

@richardprice5978

9 күн бұрын

"if they are alone in the library, then they probably have a ( my iPhone-3 16.5~yo-and-up/got-driver-license ~ or laptop i got as a adult/newlyweds, my childhood Christian/lds/Jewish home-2000's didn't have computers/DSL-or-broadband ( school/business/shared-families-home-based, limited speed DSL* and tracker's-etc aka being spied-on ) or cell-phones*, as there was concern about obscenity's-etc and the expenditures/$$$ ) phone. Which means that my library is the least ( TV ad's/other public sources and or new's/slander/slangs-etc in the 90's and or late night broadcasts-antenna/free show'd cracks ,but not the full real experience's ) of your concerns." Truly beautiful yep getting internet and traveling and or moving around-after-19yo~ by myself and later on ( unhealthy/happy, yes we could have probably salvaged it, but all parts weren't there better self's 😉 unfortunately, my part was using my grandpa's/1950's as example's and stubbornness/conversion therapy try's, and fear of enforcement and or retaliation social or governmentally ) monogamous-married, let me find out my identity 🌈 thank's jonn-O yes i could ( teenage/pre-25yo me, was homophobic/rainbow-hunter/preaching 🤦🏻‍♂ sorry my bad ) and still could use heathy and or more-balanced ( my mind isn't always around ( actually i found im on the ACE spectrum, but lower level ) sexual activity, sometimes im relationship-on talks and friendship's aka life-partner's ) media example's of being queer and or polly+marriage ( happiness ever after, instead of being the failed couple/triangle-tropes ) 🤠🤠🤠 / 👰👰👰 or 👰🤠👰 or 🤠👰🤠

@balinorgryffudd2963

9 күн бұрын

If you have a kid with a smart phone and they are taking it to any bathroom and you the parent are not in there with them, the library is none of your concern because the kid is in to much "worse" on their phone.

@NismoR34Drift

7 күн бұрын

That's the thing that truly gets me. I'd be willing to make a solid bet that none of these parents keep track of the stuff their kids do online - what TikToks they watch, their Google history, KZread channels they sub to, who they'r DMing on Instagram etc. Yet there's a *possibility* that there's a *book* in a place these same kids probably *never even go to begin with* - oh, the horror! As long as little Johnny or Suzy have their iPhone or iPad and leave Mommy and Daddy the hell alone, they can continue on their moral outrage parade towards content that may or may not even exist in their local libraries.

My dad was a single dad, trying to raise three little girls in the 70s. I was so thankful for libraries when I hit age 11, 12.....I found all I needed to explain the embarrassing parts of life without having to put my exhausted father through the horror of having to explain it all to me. I was also able to show my younger sisters when their time came to go through the changes. A lot of the books that helped me so much are probably on these banning lists. Very sad that kids don't get to learn about their own bodies in privacy with this wing of the Christian Taliban policing everything.

@therideneverends1697

3 күн бұрын

Ive never understood why people find religious moral objections a justifycation for not letting someone know how their own body works. i dont care what your religious book of choice has to say about it thats a violation of not only the kids trust but their fundamental right to know what THEIR OWN BODY DOES. The number of women i know who woke up in a pool of blood and thought they where genuinely dieing, or made a panicked sprint from a school bathroom stall to the nurse on the verge of tears thinking it was a medical emergency is actually shocking, like you presume their mothers had similarly horrific experiences, wouldent you want to not pass that down

@lisaahmari7199

2 күн бұрын

❤​@@therideneverends1697

If they want to ban books because of their sexual content, shouldn't they start with the bible first?

@carlosvazquez2984

3 күн бұрын

Hah. They would never

@pamelacass9642

3 күн бұрын

Yes. It's violent and against women and only has two chapters titled with women's names. Eve was blamed for the ills of the world when Adam had been directed to just say NO.

@cthulhupthagn5771

2 күн бұрын

Ooo found the edgyboi

@tomcoop9750

Күн бұрын

Context matters

People in 1877: *people in 2024 will have flying cars!* 2024: *Fahrenheit 451.*

@jeepliving1

10 күн бұрын

Some people won't get the reference since _Fahrenheit 451_ is often on the list of books to be banned. Book banners ignore irony.

@laurendoe168

10 күн бұрын

People in 1877 - WTF is a car?

@searose6192

10 күн бұрын

How is it Fahrenheit 451 to reshelve something from the children's section to elsewhere in the library?

@jwishin

10 күн бұрын

@@searose6192it’s 451 for the children i guess

@anarchium_wellsquest

10 күн бұрын

the general sentiment of the right is to fuck with the classifications of lots of books @searose6192

I'm a retired librarian. As part of my function, I have evaluated challenges to materials. It is the responsibility of the parents of minors to review materials a minor borrows. It is not the responsibility of library staff to censor a minor's choices, regardless of reading level or content. We serve ALL who come through our doors.

@personanongrata6981

10 күн бұрын

And that is why transgender and gay erotica must be allowed in primary school libraries!!!

@benzaiten933

10 күн бұрын

it's also especially important for young adult to have a source to learn about topics they might be too embarrassed to talk with their parents, namely sex and gender identity, especially if their parents pretend to be 'good' evangelicals.

@CrypticCocktails

10 күн бұрын

Thank you, I am grateful for all the books I “shouldn’t have read” in the 80’s

@PerfectAimPoseidon

10 күн бұрын

I'm a parent myself and the number of parents I see that expect others to teach/parent their kids is wild.

@barthollevoet4018

10 күн бұрын

Our profession has criteria for weeding and for assigning books to a certain audience. If patrons question those criteria, they are still free to choose not to check out the book in question. But that is as far as it goes. They do not get to do our job just like I don't get to barge into bakeries and start kneeding dough just because I didn't care for the crompouce.

When I first arrived in the US in 1999, the local Public Library in Brooklyn (near Ft. Hamilton St.) helped me get my first job in a startup in Southern California. I used the library's computer to write my first resume and send it over. LIBRARIES must be kept free!

I had a friend whose parents stopped educating her in 6th grade so she could become a housewife that took care of them when they were old. The library was the only place she was allowed to go unsupervised when she was 16. She self-studied for the SAT and the librarians helped her get through all the legalities that freed her when she was 18.

Work in the Library here in Minnesota, it hasn't been that bad but sometimes it can be. People did keep stealing John Oliver's book to stop it from being read so we ordered a ton of them to flood the area in response. I am responsible for that and am proud.

@seanmoreno5694

8 күн бұрын

Love it

@lisaahmari7199

8 күн бұрын

Hero!

@gretamurphy3704

8 күн бұрын

Bravo! 💙🎉

@BAuclairImagery

8 күн бұрын

Honestly, full *chef's kiss* at the irony of how count-intuitive their theft is.

@godwantsplastic

7 күн бұрын

Do you have William s Burroughs books in your library?

I was raised by a crazy controlling and abusive conservative christian parent that refused to let me listen to non christian music or any consume any media including books(besides the Bible), trying to convince me I was going to hell if I read Harry Potter books or god forbid anything that taught me about my changing body. The Library was a safe haven for me. I would spend hours after school there just reading and reading because it was my only escape from my awful home life and I don’t know how I would’ve survived as a child without it. It was the only way I could learn anything about the real world. People need this access to information, it’s so so important. I wish people would take their personal/religious beliefs and keep it their damn selves.

@mammawlee

9 күн бұрын

My life was no,where as terrible as yours, but there were many, many times books kept me sane I am sorry that you must hate the BIBLE. It's a pretty good book

@douglasboyle6544

9 күн бұрын

This is the main reason why people want to find reasons to cut funding to libraries. Like in the story John cited, they didn't cut funding as a warning, they cut funding because they knew it would ultimately doom the library. And one less library is one less place someone can be exposed to something other than the controlled world of the church.

@ittapupu7406

9 күн бұрын

@@mammawlee"you must hate the BIBLE" Hey troll, kindly point out where that was stated.

@gljames24

9 күн бұрын

​@@mammawleeThe bible really isn't that great. The story is endlessly meandering, it's full of sexual things like god killing a man for pulling out of his widowed sister-in-law, references to donkey emissions, and incest, and it's completely inconsistent especially at the beginning where there are literally two creation myths that conflict with each other for when things were first created.

@ArchOwl

9 күн бұрын

⁠@@gljames24 the bible is also the source of progressive movements like the social gospel and the inspiration of leaders like martin luther king, desmond tutu, and franklin d. roosevelt. i understand why you said what you did, but i think you disagree more with the christians than christianity itself.

I'm so grateful my mom always said "read whatever you want and just come see me if you have any questions about what you've read." I grew up with an open mind. I made my own decisions when a topic was "too much" for me for whatever reason (my "icky" books are the HORROR genre - no one discussed taking them off the shelf!). Thanks for all you do John.

@hannahg.8572

4 күн бұрын

Exactly! This is such a bizarre cultural attitude - anything to do with sex is somehow considered bad and wrong, but horrific violence is somehow fine by comparison? I'd think a boob would be less traumatizing than the mutilated animals or literal undead you might find in horror books. It's more important to teach kids responsible behavior than to control their lives for them. As pointed out in the video, most of these kids probably have access to the internet and all the nastiness that can be found there, or are watching violent movies or playing violent video games - reopening the age-old discussion of, just because we're exposed to an idea, doesn't mean we'll be directly influenced to imitate that. The "Dungeons and Dragons is encouraging satanism" of decades ago has today become "books on the struggles of puberty or queer themes will groom my child and/or make them gay". Also - what's up with banning books on farting or that include butts? Nothing about those is inherently sexual. If farting books are bad influences, what about farting parents? A mouth can be involved in sexual acts, but we're not censoring books and movies that include images of mouths or the actions of eating or speaking. Looking back, I loved the Captain Underpants books as a little kid, I bet they would have liked to ban those in a heartbeat.

@ETXAlienRobot201

3 күн бұрын

@@hannahg.8572 excellent points. i can say the older adults in my family don't appreciate the captain underpants books, as well. and yep, i read them as a kid, too. as for the bizarre cultrual attitude, it's not entirely bizarre. as pointed-out, this is primarily the conservatives. namely, the christian conservatives. many of whom have openly and proudly accepted the label "christian nationalist". these types are all about oppression. and the entire faith is no stranger to this. as an example, the crusades. they also are trying to deny the very existence of society/religion before their own or even that the atrocities carried-out in the name of "god" ever happened. many of my own family are conservative, i was being raised that way. i'm 'supposed' to be christian, but there are a few reasons i'm actually agnostic. i know how the mentality works. while i flipped a 180 to it, there's still parts deeply seated in my mind that i have to fight-off. hate and hyprocrisy. that's all it is. now, not all christians or conservatives are like this. even my family isn't near as bad as some of these others. but it's sure getting hard to not blanket label them "evil" or "ignorant", because try as you might, reason and appealing to their humanity typically doesn't work. i know this from experience. the farting and butts is probably a combination of what happens when you try to apply blanket censorship, and yes, there genuinely are parents who'd rather the content not be accessible to kids. [or anyone] also : libraries are just the tip of the iceburg. their platform has a name, and it was symbolized by a certain red-colored flag. they do need to be stopped. america by the day is being converted into a f-scist autocracy. pretty clear what the end goal is... and as for the blonde woman who was just so 'offended' by that 'obscene' book : i point my finger and shout, "SNOWFLAKE!". >:D welp, wonder if this comment will get shadow-banned.... and oh, on violent content versus adult content: if you haven't, watch "This Film Is Not Yet Rated", the documentary about the MPA[A]'s rating board and standards [rather, lack thereof] for how content is rated. glorifying violence and war while decrying s- is very much an agenda. fair warning, while censored, a lot of s- content is depicted as various directors/producers/etc... go into details about how that content is rated by a double-standard. the absurdity of how the ratings board functions is almost comedic! my favorite part was when the appeals board member identities were exposed. the trailer is great, too :P

This is like a parent trying to ban grocery stores from selling peanuts because their kid has a peanut allergy.

I'm not saying it's ironic but it appears conservatives who hate being called stupid, try consistently to take down every place where people can educate themselves.

@zogar8526

10 күн бұрын

That is intentional. Republicans have been killing our education system for decades. All while making their voters think it is good. All because they know educated voters don't vote republican.

@AskanHelstroem

10 күн бұрын

It's easier to keep people thinking what u want them to think, when there is no opposing opinion. A certain guy, with a weird mustache knew darn well what could happen, in that case... But Charlie Chaplin was a darn smart man, so he warned the society about that other guy...

@BigBossBernie

10 күн бұрын

@@AskanHelstroem just hink back to European middleages when books were written in Latin specifically to keep the knowledge from peasant.

@ctsean

10 күн бұрын

If everyone is stupid, then no one is.

@Zelousfear

10 күн бұрын

You know that the world's knowledge isn't held in limited books at limited places right? They served their purpose and have been replaced by Kindle, audibl and chromebooks.

The people who say they're opposed to a nanny state the loudest sure are quick to run to get the gov't to decide what books young people can read.

@0Clewi0

10 күн бұрын

Because that's not a nanny state, it's a god intended christian state /s

@TheHornetSchool

10 күн бұрын

Right wingers thrive on hypocrisy

@dwainpannell8366

10 күн бұрын

They don't see the irony

@elka_shmelk

10 күн бұрын

right they don’t wanna be under anyone’s control and yet are constantly asking for more control to be imposed over them lmao. who are they fighting when the ppl working the hardest against their own interest are themselves??

@Andrea-ys1gv

10 күн бұрын

Sounds more like they are trying to decide what books anyone can read. To my understanding, it isn’t about moving books deemed inappropriate for children to another section, but to completely remove it from anyone.

Who are all these kids that just can’t be stopped from reading and keep wandering into libraries by themselves?

@dusklunistheumbreon

8 күн бұрын

Those darn roaming bands of first graders!

@shodospring

5 күн бұрын

Me. My first library was near the park, and I could bike to it. The next one (bigger) was still bicycling distance. In high school I started going to the big downtown library (2 buildings) for a school paper, aand never quit - every day I bussed downtown, hung out in the library, and took the last bus home - where supper was waiting. Apparently my parent trusted me. (It was a safer time, 1960's)

@user-cp9yo4jk9b

4 күн бұрын

all the kids being neglected by loser Christian parents

Libraries should modify challenge policies by requiring that the book be read and a basic STARS test on the content be passed before you can submit a challenge. Half the people submitting requests are illiterate so that would resolve most of the problem.

I’ve struggled with addiction and homelessness on and off, and let me tell you, when society treats you like trash and you have nowhere else to go on a cold day, I have always felt 100% welcomed at my city’s libraries ❤ the library is so much more than books to so many people. As long as you are respectful and quiet, I have never been turned away. Ever.

@barthollevoetkbr961

10 күн бұрын

We don't usually turn anyone away as long as we can help it and they behave. Unfortunately, some public libraries have fallen victim to (city) marketing and will ask homeless people who make their beds in front of or nearby the main entrance to leave.

@MrXHCx

10 күн бұрын

This is a sad world

@leiajiang7877

10 күн бұрын

Last time i went to one, a lady came in screaming and yelling conspiracies and obsenity at staff. As if thats probably better for kids.

@Jedi_Vigilante

10 күн бұрын

In a world that is also more and more online, public libraries often provide the ONLY free internet access possible. That doesn't seem like much, but the vast majority of jobs (including entry-level jobs that is the max most homeless people will be able to access) DEMAND an online application for any position. They also require multiple means of rapid communication, which can be simulated with an email account and various free text communication services. Remove public libraries, and you remove one of the necessary tools for homeless people to improve their situation and no longer be homeless. Libraries and gyms are PIVOTAL to homeless people who need access to the internet and showers. One of my best friends went from penniless and homeless to owning his own small business because he begged for enough to get a gym membership and frequented his local public library to find and apply to jobs online. If there hadn't been a public library, he'd still be penniless and homeless...

@asmrtpop2676

10 күн бұрын

@@leiajiang7877what does that have to do with OP tho

The more I hear about these public library controversies, the more I get sad. Not just because of how LGBTQ people are having their work treated, but also because I am reminded how there are many Americans who don’t really subscribe to our nations values of freedom of speech/expression, as long as they aren’t personally affected.

@stellviahohenheim

10 күн бұрын

shut up

@Leith_Crowther

10 күн бұрын

Let’s be real, no one believes in freedom of speech. We probably agree that it’s not legal for me to issue a request or an order to kill somebody, and we probably agree that’s a good thing. So freedom of speech is a good starting point, just like freedom of any other action, but then you narrow and limit that freedom based on more important factors like the health and well-being of society. Cishet supremacists also have THAT part right, they’re just wrong about which freedoms to limit and which values are more important than freedom. I get you’re trying to be a good ally, but you don’t need a premise so weak as freedom of speech to do it from. There are already better reasons to be against right-wing censorship.

@POTATOEMPN

10 күн бұрын

Rules for thee but none for me

@WackadoodleMalarkey

10 күн бұрын

Misery loves company

@aaronwhite1786

10 күн бұрын

And they're doing it all by attacking people who are often volunteers or underpaid working at a public library that does so much public good. Every town I've lived in, getting a library card has been one of the first things I've done. I get constant reading material, and a lot of libraries offer a lot of other great public services on top of the usual books and literacy efforts. The one I live near now opens their doors so the homeless can come inside and get shelter from the weather, often with a free food truck outside for them to get a decent meal before starting their day. A lot of them offer services for free like 3D printing and internet access for people who can't afford them. It's sad to see places that do so much work that people can enjoy at no cost get attacked by ignorant people wrapped up in the latest faux controversy peddled by right wing media.

It amazes me how much I learn about America by watching John Oliver even though I live here.

"God, the Rod, and Your Child's Bod" was written by a pastor from the church I grew up in... my parents fully believed it. Edited to Add: Never hit my son (now 20) and don't see him suffering the "loss." Also I'm now an athiest.

@saschamayer4050

4 күн бұрын

Good for you and your son! 👍

Librarians standing up to would be censor-bullies are nothing short of heroes. They deserve our recognition, support, and protection.

@brandonlm0125

10 күн бұрын

I wonder if they also pulled that one book that talks about the daughters getting their dad drunk to have sex with him.

@philippebrehier7386

10 күн бұрын

@@brandonlm0125 Are you talking about the Bible, this book that a tiny minority of Christians have read from the first page to the last?

@FriendOfTrashPandas

10 күн бұрын

I haven't finished the whole video yet, these items may still get a mention, but this isn't the first or even second time in my memory that librarians in the USA have been heroic. After 9/11, when the patriot act passed, the brand new Department of Homeland Security was going around to libraries demanding membership lists along with checkout histories, so they could cross reference them with books and materials they found concerning and make lists of people to investigate. Librarians all over the country refused to hand over records to the feds. Not every single one, but enough that it was a big deal. During Occupy Wall Street, librarians built a temporary library at the NYC encampment. Like, temporary structures with framing and tarps where books were shelved and made available to protesters. Librarians are absolute rock stars in my book (pun accidental)

@judeu

10 күн бұрын

@@brandonlm0125 You know I feel like the only way to stop, or at least to slow down, this idiotic movements is to join them banning books... and start with the bible. For every shocking quote that they spit out give them one from there. Bonus points: get them riled up them by reading from there before they realize what you're quoting.

@jasonrollins8217

10 күн бұрын

​@philippebrehier7386 hey don't insult America Christians most beloved coffee table decoration. Wait it's a book?

As a librarian, my boss once gave me the rule "everyone should be able to find one book in the library that offends them". Then there was a politician in the local government (he wasn't even a local) who called us liberals for a man coming to speak to one of the local libraries who later became a Democrat candidate for governor. That guy spoke for free, but the local government person (who I call the potato) still used it as an excuse to cut funding as much as possible. He finally got the boot, and the South Central Wisconsin library system is finally recovering.

@oskarmartin6486

10 күн бұрын

Glad to hear the SCWLS is doing better now.

@MettMagier

10 күн бұрын

Are local politicians that petty and bigoted in the U.S.?

@sexmonkeygaming

10 күн бұрын

@@MettMagierall politicians.

@anellawrites

10 күн бұрын

FYI. Librarians are like rock stars to me.

@librarianseth5572

10 күн бұрын

@@MettMagier They can be

One thing John didn’t mention is the best way to support your library is to get a library card. You don’t even have to use it. Just having one gets the library more funding. The more library card that are given out the more funding they receive

That line "the last two letters trying to make a new alphabet. " So good! 😂😂😂

As somebody who works in a library, conservatism has forver lost me. There will be no point in my life where I believe that banning books that offend their extremely delicate sensibilites is valid.

@youmongrel

10 күн бұрын

And these same Christian fundamentalists will defend Trump for being a perverted adulterer who lusts after his own daughter, because these are kingly things to do.

@justinskywalker

10 күн бұрын

And the irony is lost when they turn around and call those on the other side "snowflakes"

@rubiconnn

10 күн бұрын

These kind of people are simply too dumb to understand anything that isn't their narrow world view. The amount of damage that lead poisoning has done to older generations is baffling.

@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491

10 күн бұрын

Nothing delicate about these soviet tyrants

@uweschroeder

10 күн бұрын

It always starts with banning books. We've been there before when books burned in large heaps. Didn't turn out so well.

I never comment on KZread, but I'm so moved by John's outpouring of support, that I feel compelled. I am a public librarian in a relatively conservative county on the East Coast. I am fortunate to work in a role that doesn't come into direct contact with these kinds of challenges day to day, but as a member of the librarian profession, I feel threatened and demoralized whenever I hear of stories like these from across the country, and I hear them a lot. I am also a member of the LGBTQ+ community, so people attacking my colleagues in order to push people like me out of public view is truly crushing. Last year, I read Gender Queer for the first time, and I cried because I felt like I really understood myself and like I'm not alone, perhaps for the first time. I wrote to the author personally to thank em and to pledge my support for the book as a librarian. Obviously, Gender Queer and books like it are not for kids. I blushed repeatedly, and I'm in my late 20s. But if I had had access to a book like this as a teenager, my mental health would have been that much better for that much more of my life. When I am at the desk, I place holds for patrons on books by Tucker Carlson and Mark Levin. I do so respectfully, as if these are any other books, even if the contents fly in the face of everything I stand for, because that is my duty as a librarian. We are among the frontline fighters against censorship. I haven't read those conservative books, and sure, the back covers tell me “everything I need to know.” But it's not my place to decide what complete strangers read, just as it is not the place of these serial book-challengers. As John said, we are under threat. I hide my employee badge when I go outside on my lunch break because I am afraid of the community I have pledged to serve. Please help us fight these battles. We are your libraries. Your voices matter. And I am filled with gratitude to John and his incredible staff for covering this ongoing issue and getting the word out there. Thank you, Mr. Olliver. (It has always been spelled with two Ls; your memory deceives you....)

@xzonia1

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for serving those who do not (but should) respect you with respect. It is a rare thing these days. ♥ Ah yes, two LL's. 😂

@ChrisLunde

10 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for your valuable work! I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for my local public library growing up.

@Junosensei

10 күн бұрын

The library has been such an important resource for me growing up and now I utilize their extended science databases when I do research. Thank you for the world of work you do for your community. So many people appreciate you.

@towanda1067

10 күн бұрын

The library has always been one institution I respect. It basically helped to shape who I am today because I had the right to read what I wanted to. I will fight to protect that institution. And I get your concern. I am a retired teacher. About 5 years before I retired, I asked my mom, “When did I (as a teacher) become the enemy?”

@kemouse

10 күн бұрын

"books by Tucker Carlson and Mark Levin" Now those are books that should be banned! hahaha!

As someone who works in a library, I can honestly say that I appreciate your deep dive, your support, and you public outcry on the BS we're going through.

Libraries are a national treasure. Protect them and support them. Always.

@prooveditt4839

7 күн бұрын

I say that about children. Libraries are just buildings

@ScorpionViper1001

5 күн бұрын

Number of children harmed by libraries: 0

I make a point to go to my library once a week. I am currently unemployed, and don’t have money for books. It has made me keep up my reading and makes me appreciate them being there. I saw a man with special needs and the librarians talked to him so caringly.

@inquisitorbacon8170

10 күн бұрын

This whole argument about libraries just shows that conservative parents don't want to actually parent, they want the world to do it for them. It's so sad that they're going after public libraries and even making these false allegations.

@HLBear

10 күн бұрын

When I was an under employed single mom to a young child, one of my joys was going to the library for a few hours to use the computer for free. I could study, read the news, and, of course, check out books to read together. It was so nice.

@jomama3849

10 күн бұрын

Get a job ya bum, our taxes shouldn’t go to freeloaders

@thomascrowne5167

10 күн бұрын

As a person who was at one time homeless and unemployed public libraries were a Godsend.

@heathernks8

10 күн бұрын

I also go to library about once a week. I like to check out the newest DVDs since I cut my cable & have never had Netflix, hulu, etc. While working as a Behavioral Therapist with kids on the Spectrum last year, I also noticed how well our young learners were treated by the staff. The library is my sanctuary and it has been since I was a girl😌

I like the fact that my local libraries celebrate Banned Book Week by having the most frequently challenged books on displays in their central areas.

@Avioto

10 күн бұрын

Huge W

@mickymickle2764

10 күн бұрын

AWESOME library/librarians!

@AbsentWithoutLeaving

10 күн бұрын

Yep, ours too. And of course, if you ban a book, you can bet it's the first thing kids will be on the look-out for.

@olly389

10 күн бұрын

My high school library even had that, it was awesome

@grif0716

10 күн бұрын

@@AbsentWithoutLeaving Only if it gets a lot of press. The simplest way to ban a book or idea is just quietly don't order it. Libraries have limited space. This means there are often big gaps in the collection. For example, few books on Islam but shelves of Christian content. There will be little fantasy but a ton of romance and thrillers. If these conservative towns had half a brain they would just quietly not order things and wait for patrons to push for it. In most small towns you would be able to limit the YA content very easily just by point at your limited shelf space and look at all these other books teens are checking out every week with long hold lists.

Thank you! As a library worker, I appreciate this. Funny about the Berenstain Bears! For any LGBTQ+ curious, try a digital card where you can check out e-books or audiobooks, even at a library outside of your city but w/in the state. I won't say where I work, but our Director and our whole system is all about equality and 1st amendment rights.

When I was 12, my parents suggested I read a book from a recovered drug user, which included explicit content of taking drugs, s3x and prostitution, alongside everything degrading and disturbing. They wanted me to read it as a cautionary tale and it certainly helped me not want to ever get involved in any of it. By reading, we get educated. These people want to ban books about two penguin dads and others like that, claiming this type of content is inappropriate for children. How ridiculous is that? Learning about reality through books is a safe and educational way to prepare for real life.

I’m 22 and autistic. I had no sexual education in school. There was no expectation on how my body worked, how other people’s bodies worked, how to cope with my emotions or other folks. I was left 100% in the dark. This is already awful for any kid but even worse for one with zero friends who struggles with understanding his own body, and has a hard time communicating. I was lucky enough to figure out how to sort through google and get what I needed. I found factual information because I found finding factual information extremely fun. Most 13 year olds are not cross referencing sources to make sure they’re not learning propaganda. I saw plenty of kids all the way from middle to high who only knew misconceptions or straight up lies like girls don’t feel sexual attraction, tampons make you loose your virginity, girls can hold their periods in, guys can’t feel any emotion of any kind towards other guys or they’re gay, the list goes on and on. This isn’t even considering the fact that restricting these books leave children more vulnerable to assault. These books teach kids what healthy and appropriate relationships are like. If you refuse to give kids access to these books, you are throwing them to ACTUAL predators. These fools blame librarians as if they aren’t teaching their kids that anything about their body is secret and whatever an adult their parents like is the law. They’re asking for their kids to be assaulted.

@jtt8237

10 күн бұрын

These folks assault their own kids. It’s all by design. Wife and daughter are property etc.

@eroraf8637

10 күн бұрын

Greetings, fellow autistic young adult!

@UrUsoBu

10 күн бұрын

Good on you mate. Hate to tell you and you probably know, the cruelty is the pount. Republicans, religious leaders, poluce offocers stationed in schools want to throw those kids to predators and are found at an unusually high rate compared to other professions to be predators.

@angelabennett8245

10 күн бұрын

I didn't know what menstruation was until I started when I was 13. My parent threw a belt and pad at me. I didn't know how to use it, and do not remember who showed me.

@clubcyberia8572

10 күн бұрын

if drivers education was taught like sex education, it would be a 3 day class on how to take the bus. and 2 days would be "how to safely put on a seatbelt" even though public transit dont have seatbelts.

The demonization of public libraries is giving "Fahrenheit 451". If you need help understanding this reference, go to your public library.

@godlaster3182

7 күн бұрын

ROFL i played Fahrenheit 451 on Commodore 64 way back in the day before i found out it was a book

@12x2richter

5 күн бұрын

I went, but apparently all their copies were burned.

@Weirdkauz

5 күн бұрын

We need to become a book each, just in case...

@sabertoothkim

5 күн бұрын

In b4 Moms for Liberty starts calling for Farenheit 451 to be banned from public libraries, on the basis that its drug-related, death-related, and tonally dark content is obscene and must be kept out of reach of children at all costs.

@BankaiFever

4 күн бұрын

Bruh that’s one of the most popular books in history, you ain’t elite

11:45 When Oliver was saying that there are books which are targeted at teens and which contain more-mature content, I was expecting him to say something like "which is why they exist, why they are crucial, and why libraries should have them". We, as a society, need those books. People need access to them.

As a librarian in a library that is under attack, thank you!

I have a foster teen (16.5 yo young lady) who came to stay with me Dec 21st of last year. She was an hour+ away from family, friends, and on winter break for 2+ weeks before starting at a brand new high school. I brought her to my local library's teen loft for a gaming night over winter break. The librarian was so gracious and the teen left that night with a half dozen new friends at her new school and continues to go to the loft at least once a week. Eternally grateful she has a safe space full of compassionate people.

@Levittchen4G

8 күн бұрын

That's so awesome! You and the librarians have given her a gift for life

@khunt5336

8 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for fostering a teen. I was frequently taken out of the home and as I aged up, it became harder and harder to find a place to stay.

@cozmothemagician7243

8 күн бұрын

My mom was an emergency foster care provider for many years. IIRC around 110'ish kids over the years. Some for as short as 2 days, some for over a year. I had sisters and brothers of every age, race, creed, and disposition. If I believed in a deity I am sure that you would be blessed. Thank you for your dedication to helping a young adult in a difficult time in their life. May the flying spaghetti monster give you unlimited garlic bread O_o

@bethsojourner6798

7 күн бұрын

​@@cozmothemagician7243Can I meet the flying spaghetti monster? 😅😅😅

@patrickbertlein4626

7 күн бұрын

That is awesome, probably changed the course of her life. Your friend group at that age determines everything.

I suspect the people fighting to remove books and prosecute librarians are the people who never go to the library, ever.

@kellychuang8373

7 күн бұрын

You can be right on that among other things like they support laws against homelessness and hostile design bills. Among other things these types attack and also Karens are in those and are looking into that rich life or what the ultra wealthy are into or in those expensive and water intensive golf courses.

@jondunmore4268

7 күн бұрын

That is exactly right. Also - they've never read a book without pictures cover-to-cover.

@kellychuang8373

7 күн бұрын

@@jondunmore4268 Also can say thanks for the response on that as well.

@OscarLangleySoryu

7 күн бұрын

They think reading is for children (literally- it’s funny but true).

@nickjacobs8507

6 күн бұрын

A child doesn't need access to reading graphic or pornographic content in school.

23:50 …the Cabo hat I got from “muy caro, PENDEJA”. That was spot on! This whole episode should have been named the pendejos

The hand gesture that accompanies "...(the Bible summary) told me all I needed to know" is visual perfection.

@stephanieebarr1

2 күн бұрын

That was magical.

@shiweizhang-eq1ju

2 күн бұрын

well ints

When I was a kid I was a very high-level reader. In early middle school I had finished every book in the YA area that interested me and naturally started branching out into the adult books. My parents honestly were terrible at helping me find books because they were too focused on “reading level” and ignored “interest level.” My little brother and I were also regularly in the library unattended. The natural result of this was that I checked out and read an erotica book. Like the point of this book was the erotica. I was so young and sheltered I didn’t even know what sex was. Do you know what happened? I went to the librarian on my next visit and asked why these icky books were here. I was worried about my little brother, who was also an advanced reader. The librarian explained that the library didn’t believe in censorship, but agreed that me and my brother should probably avoid those books. She helped me find us book lists and explained that “romance” books shelved in the adult area are meant for adults. I was in no way harmed by this, in fact I learned a lot about media literacy that I hadn’t been taught in my sheltered upbringing. Basically I didn’t HAVE to be prevented from accessing books that weren’t appropriate for me. When I encountered it I knew it wasn’t for me and was happy to have adults point me towards the books that I wanted to read. My parents were the ones inadvertently pushing me towards inappropriate material. Librarians were the ones who knew that my “college level reading ability” didn’t mean I was ready for 1984. It just meant I could decipher the words in it.

@jayspeidell

10 күн бұрын

I also started reading adult books before puberty and checked out some really wild ones from the library unknowingly. I remember Jaws being a surprisingly horny book.

@karengerace7506

10 күн бұрын

Keep in mind your reading appreciation is unusual. Many less intelligent kids, teens rarely go to a library. This book removal by conservatives is Communist

@jeanneganrude8549

10 күн бұрын

I love your memories of those library visits and how helpful librarians are. I remember those days when something titillating seemed so naughty. 😂 ps my cat’s name is Boyo ~

@VeretenoVids

10 күн бұрын

I was also a high level reader and read just about everything I could get my hands on. I read a lot of books with sex scenes that made me have to go find the books that could explain what all was going on. (I had some vague idea of sex but not all the details.) This was pre-internet and the encyclopedias were a gold mine for someone like me. I surely got into stuff that was a bit over my head, but it sure taught me a lot about how humans can behave. My parents weren't inattentive, just didn't believe I was reading anything "wild" because I was mostly into history stuff. Surprise! I turned out to be a reasonable human being.

@dionysus9876

9 күн бұрын

This is such a great explanation. Thank you for sharing your story!

I'm a public library worker and I'm soon finishing a master's program in Information Science: Thank you John and everyone that works on the show for this segment!

@hello7032

10 күн бұрын

Hell yeah!

@frozenheart7133

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for your service ❤

@bobbyhendley3084

10 күн бұрын

Congrats on the upcoming degree! No small accomplishment there! All the best to you.

@user-zo2vw2oe9y

10 күн бұрын

Congratulations. Whatever type of librarianship you select, it is a most rewarding experience.

@sharonhawkes7389

10 күн бұрын

Congratulations, Adam! You will be the next generation to stand for the freedom to read. I promise it will be frustrating and rewarding, but never boring!

I was “ raised by wolves “, my local library in South Sacramento CA. was my favorite place on earth. I got to escape the insanity in my home, read of others and how they lived in this big world, much different from myself, but sometimes the same. This let the 7 yr old me know I wasn’t alone, and growing up, I could go anywhere (else). And I did. Thank god for libraries.

Turns out your phone is the Golden Ticket to that "sweet sugary treat."

I live in Florida and have been trying to collect as many of the banned books as possible to put in my yard's library box. We call it the Prohibition Library.

@user-er3ri6sc3j

9 күн бұрын

Central Florida here Lake Morton.

@staudinga

8 күн бұрын

Hell yeah! Fight the power!

@samcyphers2902

8 күн бұрын

Does it also serve alcohol?

@user-er3ri6sc3j

8 күн бұрын

@@samcyphers2902 Books with 🍻 beer. Beerleggers.

@annmarieknapp

7 күн бұрын

That's awesome!!!!

As a German this kinda rings some alarming bells

@formalbug5716

10 күн бұрын

What's wild to me is that conservatives call us fascists for not letting them be mean to gay people, yet completely justify stuff like these book bans.

@jasonrollins8217

10 күн бұрын

​@formalbug5716 while also doing demonstrations in nazi symbols and screaming about cleansing. Because they hate books so they do not know the symbols they wear or the words they say. The TV fox just told them to and not question.

@chrischika7026

10 күн бұрын

@@formalbug5716 you are though. funny how your hate speech laws are back firing when it comes to criticizing Israel. in your country being anti zionist is literally antisemtic. Got to love the irony

@ianriggs

10 күн бұрын

As an American who even generally knows what happened in Germany, it all seems like it's happening all over again. This is how it all started. History is repeating itself. And we wonder why the politicians that support this kind of shit have followers wearing Nazi apparel 😞. Just like the saying, those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it

@h0lly_blue

10 күн бұрын

@@chrischika7026 sir this is a library

I worked at a library’s learning lab. They are basically maker spaces with sewing machines, podcasting studios, photography studios, 3D printers, iMacs with creative suite, and more. It’s pretty amazing.

I'm so happy to see libraires lending out random items. Borrowing a nice telescope or fishing pole sparks interest can be a pivotal moment for kids who don't have access to them.

A German philosopher, Henrich Heinz, stated ""where they burn books, there eventually they burn people." He wrote this in early 1900's. Edit: it was 1821. The same thing is now happening in the US.

@josecipriano3048

10 күн бұрын

Don't give these people ideas. Many are looking forward to it, but for the time being books is all they can burn.

@joycej9415

10 күн бұрын

​@@josecipriano3048I am sure they are already looking forward to it!

@elius1548

10 күн бұрын

Quick correction: The quote was from Heinrich Heine’s 1821 novel Almansor. However, the quote is often associated with 1900s Germany for obvious reasons.

@archstanton6102

10 күн бұрын

@@elius1548 Thank you for the amendment

@13699111

10 күн бұрын

I agree with your comment

When I was a kid, my parents let me check out any books I wanted from the library, but they were also interested in what I was reading. They asked me about the books I was reading and what I thought of them. They also told me about books they were reading and what they liked about them. Basically, my family just really liked books and talked about them a lot. When you want to know what's going on in someone's life and in their head, talking is the main way you find out.

@JohnGraves1985

10 күн бұрын

Your parents were doing their job as parents, unlike these people who want others to do it for them.

@dietotaku

10 күн бұрын

yes but then they'd actually have to spend time with their children and listen when they talk, instead of treating them like handbags that they take to church so they can convince themselves they'll spend eternity in paradise no matter how shitty they are on earth.

@Techydad

10 күн бұрын

The problem is that this is too hard for some people. They just want to ban anything they think is bad and have someone else do that. Of course, if someone else then decides to ban something these parents think is good - like, say, the Bible for too much sex and violence - then they get outraged.

@barthollevoetkbr961

10 күн бұрын

I guess what those parents who want to ban books are really afraid of, is parenting, which comes with having your ideas challenged by your child. I read Stephen King horror novels at age 12. I didn't get them from the library, but I had a lot of older siblings and there were always all manner of books lying around the house. My parents (lifelong subscribers to The Best of Reader's Digest, which got me into reading) worried about my choice of literature, but instead of asking me about it, they asked my school teachers. One of them, the school librarian iirc, simply said: "Trust your child's judgment. If it's not suited for him, he'll put it down" and that was that. Later I heard the same take from Mitch Hedberg: "any book is a children's book if a child can read". In conclusion (I knew there was a point to this): if people can believe "guns don't kill people", why can't those same people believe "books don't morally corrupt children"? (I turned out kind of allright btw. Just can't be bothered to touch another King novel with a ten foot pole).

@AbsentWithoutLeaving

10 күн бұрын

@@Techydad - I don't think these people necessarily are doing all this banning because they actually think these items are evil. I think it is simply their joy to lord it over others. I'm guessing many of them don't even avail themselves of the library at all. I mean, if you haven't read the book yourself, how am I going to take you at your word that it's evil?

"They might have access" is a hilarious argument in a country where most households own guns

@ETXAlienRobot201

3 күн бұрын

how about the actual hate speech they preach towards: non-whites, non-christians, [sometimes] jews, non-conservatives, non-straights, etc.... that's even better. if there's anything the kids don't need to be exposed to for their entire lives is their "strong opinion" about how basically some people aren't people.

Fahrenheit 451 was supposed to be a science fiction, not a documentary.

@shodospring

5 күн бұрын

The cool thing is that not only the fireman but his boss has a whole collection of banned books for himself.

A family member of mine works in a public library as a volunteer. She is retired, nearly 80 and lives alone after her husband died. The library gives her a safe place to interact with other people and keeps her busy. She actually helps organize a bunch of free social events, lectures and classes for people of all ages. Many of the visitors to the library during the day are other seniors or people who live alone, the library is their only source of social interaction. Forcing libraries to shut down because you object to some books that may or may not be in that library deprives these people of an important part of their lives. Bottom line, if you don't like a book, don't read it. No one is forcing you or your child to read it.

@Kaede-Sasaki

7 күн бұрын

Even if the books are threatened for removal, isn't there a constitutional challenge to the local court that could issue a stay until they hear the case?

@leigel3

7 күн бұрын

The people that are shutting them down believe that a church should be the only community center.

@mumlee4807

7 күн бұрын

@@leigel3 Fifty years ago the church was the community center. But things change and life goes on. The libraries where my children grew up with were and have become safe community centers for youth and teens. Parents - teach your children respect and they will not be intimidated or disrespectful of other people's lives. Those books you want to have removed can be a source of understanding, and yes, respect for what is different but very real. And for heaven's sake, if you don't want your children in the adult section, that is YOUR business to address.

@TruthrConsequences

7 күн бұрын

Freedom is jeopardized by those who believe their morality is fundamentally threatened by your Liberty. "Originalists" are charlatans for the Religious Right.

@catatonicbug7522

7 күн бұрын

I thought libraries were where you went to stay away from socialization, since you're not supposed to talk inside them.

For those confused about the seed library: speaking for my library, they aren’t checked out and it’s not expected that they get returned. It’s just called that because it’s in a library and there’s a variety that can be browsed and taken for free. Seeds can also be donated by patrons. It’s meant to encourage gardening and gardening can be a communal activity which, as a public service for the community, we like to promote.

@regionalflyer

10 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😂

@Sparks2030

10 күн бұрын

Just bring back some of the vegetables and fruits you grow from the seeds to the library. To feed the poor in your community. Just a thought.

@elhior23

10 күн бұрын

For those that are confused I am wondering how they can tie their shoes or even dress themselves.

@jaxmader7309

10 күн бұрын

​@@elhior23 I was confused about how someone can "check out" something that isn't reusable like seeds are. I guessed that the phrasing of "checked out" was incorrect, but I didn't know for sure

@ullrich

10 күн бұрын

That's actually a really cool idea!

John is spot on exposing American idiocy. And funny is that the real idiocy is founded in “conservative values.” I guess even the puritan pilgrims landing in Plymouth would not have imagined this craziness to be present in this “holy” land 400 years later.

I love libraries and librarians are some of the best people. When I was a kid, there were times when things were bad at home and I was also being bullied at school. I just now flashed back to a time when, during lunch breaks, I would hide out in the library from the bullies. The librarian had me help organize the card catalog (oh, the 80s lol) ... I'm sure she was just giving me something to do so I would feel useful. Just a little side story but seriously, we must protect our libraries and librarians at all costs!!

I am an American living and working in China. My first year here, the history teachers in our school taught out of a government approved textbook. That is, a Western textbook that, on a few pages, censors had blacked out certain unacceptable sentences (by hand, no less!). By my third year, foreigners weren't allowed to teach history or literature at all, and the books we used up to that point were outright banned. It never ceases to frustrate me that the things that I like least about China are usually the same things I like least about America.

@crazygamerbp

10 күн бұрын

Agreed, it never ceases to amaze me how the "free-est people on earth" can't comprehend the simplest consequences of their actions, not realizing this kind of backwater ass thinking was the exact principles our country was founded against. Every day I'm saddened by how these ignorant folks try to ruin what my family has fought for. The people of this country need mental help and education desperately; otherwise, this kind of rhetoric will only get worse. Look at how our house speaker talks right now and tell me if our representatives are backing a secular nation fucking disgraces.

@dark14life

10 күн бұрын

It's wild how Repubs accuse Dems of being "communist" and "fascist" while they literally follow the communist/fascist playbook of banning any freedoms they don't like.

@Felix-op1rw

10 күн бұрын

@@crazygamerbpNot an american but i would say most of these people know the consequences but they actually want a christian country. They dont want a secular state. The banning of lgbtq books is just the first step. If they could they would already ban islamic or secular books too but they would lose support for the banning of lgbtq books. Same with abortions first dont say you want it banned then give it to the states and later ban it nationwide.

@TheeAntiChris

10 күн бұрын

@@crazygamerbp I wholeheartedly agree. They’re destroying what Americans have spent so long trying to fight for and protect. It’s sickening. Taking away things they don’t agree with for everyone, as if we should all have the same beliefs and mindset is outright wrong.

@utkarsh2746

10 күн бұрын

Both countries are basically the same. China's "capitalism" also includes caveats like the government deciding who can and cannot own social media. Both places the rights of an individual against the State is basically laughed out of the Supreme Court. Exactly how do Americans think they're different from China?

My mom is a library manager, and I have just felt sympathy for her during this whole episode 😢 it's so much more important than people realize, it's a safe place for people looking to escape abuse, it's an internet provider for those in need, and it helps people with more than just books. We live in Oklahoma and because I'm in school we rely entirely on her income right now so the attack on libraries and librarians could literally ruin us both.

@HadenMadderly

10 күн бұрын

It really seems like these folks just don't use libraries. Ask any frequent patron who looks young enough to "know computers" and I bet they have a story about an elderly person asking for help printing important forms, submitting an application online, or whatever else. "It's all on the internet" as an argument against libraries really is ridiculous.

@barthollevoetkbr961

10 күн бұрын

She must be exhausted when she gets home after work.

@jeanneganrude8549

10 күн бұрын

Hug your mom a lot and tell her how important she is to all those who live to learn ~

@michaeladkins6

9 күн бұрын

Oklahoma is unfortunately in the running for the most backward state currently. We dont get the recognition Alabama does. But, were in the hunt.

When I was a Kid, I snuck to the 'adult' section of the libary and read Time Life: The illustrated history of World War II. How I love the 80s...

I wonder how many of these challenges would be made if they had to include a 500-1000 word essay explaining WHY it is being challenged with cited sources as well as evidence to the damage this book has caused

@DerHalbe

8 күн бұрын

Uhm, that’s an easy one, NONE. Those arguments would end in „It’s god’s demand. He has spoken to me.“ 😅

One of the funniest things about book looks is that the logo “BL” is commonly used online in comics/literature to indicate “boy love.” The irony

@takeoats

10 күн бұрын

They should change it to GL... good looks....;-J

@one-onessadhalf3393

10 күн бұрын

Or they could change it to Your Actual Online Indicator of how appropriate books are

@elizabethquinn8362

10 күн бұрын

@@one-onessadhalf3393 YES! Omigod that made me laugh so hard :D

@carterfrvr

10 күн бұрын

@@takeoats GL is the acronym for girl love!

@sexy0rthrus

10 күн бұрын

I bet they must have a blast googling themselves lmfao.

Libraries are some of our oldest public institutions. They're so important that Uncle Sam recognized their need to exist before he recognized the need for health care regardless of ability to pay. These people who are trying to ban books are misguided at best and actively malignant at worst.

@Zelousfear

10 күн бұрын

But not enough that "Uncle Sam" included a post office and roads but not a library, interesting.

@incalescent9378

10 күн бұрын

We are way, way past the 'misguided.'

@Cooz.

10 күн бұрын

Some books don’t belong in libraries. If they talk about gay sex and how to have sex, yeah that isn’t educational. That’s why we have teachers and parents. Pretty soon porn magazines will be looked at the same way.

@h0lly_blue

10 күн бұрын

@@Zelousfear what are you even talking about Casey

@sea_triscuit7980

10 күн бұрын

​@@Zelousfearliking your own comment doesn't help anything. We know it's you haha 😂

Another masterpiece! They should just give him the Emmy right now in advance.

Why is nobody talking about the fact that the "Child Trafficking for Dummies" book was in its 3rd edition 🤣

@ETXAlienRobot201

3 күн бұрын

to be fair, it flashes by for like a second and isn't as noticeable as the bartinstick brains gag.

I’m an assistant librarian (currently working towards my degree), and one instance that stands out to me was when the mother of a seventh grade girl was asking specifically for “older realistic fiction”. They had already selected “Bridge to Terabithia”, which y’know, awesome, it’s a classic! When they asked my help finding more, I asked if the daughter had read any Judy Blume yet. Holy shit it was like I opened the gates of hell. Mom immediately whips out her phone & pulls up Common Sense Media (a site our own library site provides a link to in the parent’s resources btw) and tells me how “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” has “highly sexual content” and “kids don’t need to be exposed to that”. Ok, two things: -You have a daughter in 7th grade. That’s the exact demographic whose experiences that book was meant to speak to. Is your plan to not let her know anything about her own body until it happens? Way to recreate plot points from “Carrie”, mom. -You already chose “Bridge To Terabithia”. The message your sending to your daughter is that you aren’t bothered by the concept of a girl her age falling into a creek, snapping her neck & drowning to death, but you ARE bothered by the concept of a girl her age getting her period and having questions about what’s happening to her own body.

@johnqpublic4012

10 күн бұрын

One of my top 10 picks is the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter. Sixty years and still relevant, now more than ever. "Never associate with idiots on their own level, because, being an intelligent man, you'll try to deal with them on their level--and on their level they'll beat you every time." - Yul Brynner quoting Jean Cocteau

@katherinegannett

10 күн бұрын

My younger daughter absolutely hated "Bridge to Terabinthia" when it was required reading in her 7th grade class in the mid-to-late 1990s. "It's the most infuriating book, ever, Mom. It's so stupid." I don't remember her reaction to reading Judy Blume (if she ever did), but "Bridge to Terabinthia" comes up in conversation often nearly 30 years later and always with a visceral hatred for the story.

@user-zo2vw2oe9y

10 күн бұрын

As a retired supervising librarian, I would suggest that the girl's parent was monitoring her child's reading. Judy Blume obviously was not the author for this parent and maybe her child. Seeing the parent had already selected a title she thought was okay you might have done a reader's advisor type interview. Success in your career.

@pollytiks3885

10 күн бұрын

Sounds like it was a setup, since she had so specific a request.

@EndPoliticalCorruption

10 күн бұрын

Regarding your last point, this has been obviously so since at least the 80s, where pop culture movies glorified and mainstreamed conflict (guns, explosions, death), but it was the presence of "dirty language" or nudity which got people riled up (and bumped a movie's MPAA rating higher). Horrific brutality and death? No problem. An exposed titty or someone says "Fuck"? OMG, won't someone think of the children!

“We don’t want our kids reading these books” dude your kid has a phone connected to the internet, I’d be more scared if my kid opened Reddit

@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819

10 күн бұрын

Yet those same parents have no problems with KZread Kids.

@0Clewi0

10 күн бұрын

Better than roblox

@RHCole

10 күн бұрын

​@@0Clewi0 Reddit is better than Roblox how?

@Dude-pb5ft

10 күн бұрын

Knowledge is what they fear. It tackles their beliefs and they are afraid of children asking them questions, they have no answer for,but some book might. They want to stay in control of their children and it shows. Power to Knowledge!✊️

@huubvelthuis8988

10 күн бұрын

these people dont read. they dumb as fuck. there is nothing to gain here.

I was "homeschooled" like John Oliver's homeschooling segment, and I only survived because I had access to the Public Library

I worked at a convention in Lancaster, PA the weekend before Easter. One of our hotels was next to the Lancaster Public Library. That hotel needed to be evacuated because the library received bomb threats and had a suspicious package left in front of it (it turned out to be a box of coloring books). This was because of a pride event with a story hour happening there. Next month, my orchestra is playing at an auditorium that is near that city's library, at the same time as a city-wide Pride event being held at that library. Many of our orchestra members are LGBTQIA+. Part of me is happy that the pride event is happening so close to our event, but part of me still has that little bit of worry after what happened in Lancaster. Restricting libraries restricts knowledge availability for those who can be most in need of it. And it's changed from being a quiet ground to a battleground. Because it's a lot harder to control people when they're armed with knowledge.

For anyone wondering, the bird he has at the end isn't a sandhill crane, but instead a grey crowned crane.

@linneathesystemsdruid308

10 күн бұрын

Thanks! I knew it wasn’t a sand hill because they live around here and I see them semi regularly. But I’m not familiar enough with birds outside my area to recognize most

@alejandracervantes7837

10 күн бұрын

I never knew that. You must be a bird expert to know it. 😺

@mattsmith1318

10 күн бұрын

You know it's hard to Taxidermy a sandhill crane if even John Oliver can't find one😂

@Dead_Kerbal

10 күн бұрын

Nerd!..

@pryingeyes1551

10 күн бұрын

The Sandhill Crane was challenged by confused parents and banned at John's local library. That was the best he could do.

I worked in a library once. A lot of those older patrons were checking out westerns and romance novels. These book bans would have a much bigger impact on older people trying to read their romance novels than it would on kids.

@user-cp9yo4jk9b

4 күн бұрын

we can only hope, old people are more likely to get involved in local politics so maybe this issue solves itself that way

@clueless_cutie

4 күн бұрын

@@user-cp9yo4jk9b The old folks checking out romance novels at a public library are not the demographic leading the charge against books. They're lonely and seeking socialization thru fantasy and a thirds space like the library. You know damn well an ultra conservative elderly person wouldn't be caught dead openly checking out a saucy romance novel. They buy that shit on their kindle, then yell at the young people for being sluts for reading the same thing in print.

@shiweizhang-eq1ju

2 күн бұрын

023

Being surprised that cutting funding would result in a closure of the library is pretty on brand. For a lot of conservatives, the idea that actions have consequences is a novel idea. At least for them, they're pretty on board with the idea that their actions have consequences for other people.

@ETXAlienRobot201

3 күн бұрын

ikr! so glad i unsubbed from the mindset...

I love libraries! Some of my favorite memories are taking my children to our local library when they were small. I was unemployed for several years during the great recession. It was our go to. Story time. Music performances. Arts and crafts. Legos. Blocks. Puzzles. I came so often all the librarians knew me and my kids by name…even years later when I visited after I moved away. It was my Cheers. To all the librarians…thank you for all you do.

My mother is an assistant librarian in a conservative NC county; the amount of idiocy they have to deal with every single week is insane.

@mcjecca

10 күн бұрын

This is why I have a MLIS and believe passionately in the role of libraries, but could never work in a public library. Between the fact that they're being asked to serve as de facto social workers and the right wing nut jobs, I couldn't handle it.

@FrankHeuvelman

10 күн бұрын

Yeah, that's the problem you'll get when you maintain the best educational system in the world. A system that produces leaders by the thousands. We, the rest of the world, are sooo jealous. You lucky, lucky bastards!

@d1boundkj

10 күн бұрын

It’s finally completed: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fmuW0pt_cbyTiqg.htmlsi=7K1Tv7xFY4xkgoKZ

@Camazotz-kz9wr

9 күн бұрын

@@FrankHeuvelman What?

@FrankHeuvelman

9 күн бұрын

@@Camazotz-kz9wr Yes.

Thanks for pointing out that most of the book banners have never actually read the books. When I bring this up people always ask why they should have to read a whole book when parts of it are objectionable. People don't understand why context matters. I also work in public libraries. Thanks so much for covering this issue!

@erinl4512

10 күн бұрын

The entire Christian approach to their own Holy Book is taking shit out of context so

@capital_L283

10 күн бұрын

​@@erinl4512 lol so true I wish I could like it twice

@Tricklarock

10 күн бұрын

Context, nuance, etc, are words that are definitely not in the vocabulary of 'those people'!!!

@bkzone8

10 күн бұрын

I was going through the comments wondering if and when I would see any about how few book banners actually READ the book they are trying to ban! Thank you!

@spiralentree737

10 күн бұрын

Ive had an argument and the response was “I don’t have to read it” like what the heck is wrong with people

Honestly seeing this rash of book banning makes me deeply appreciative of the fact that growing up I had a mother who once handed me Slaughterhouse Five and said "You should read this, it's banned in some places."

@ScorpionViper1001

7 күн бұрын

Slaughterhouse Five frequently gets ban attempts even in the current crop of the ones happening today.

@prooveditt4839

7 күн бұрын

Did she hand you gender queer? Bet not, cause you would see things differently

@asamlos

7 күн бұрын

@@prooveditt4839 Buddy, I *am* genderqueer. I came out about a year or so after she handed me that book. If she had handed me that book, it probably would've made things easier on the both of us - me on feeling safe to come out and her on understanding being trans. As it is, we've worked through the whole thing in the intervening 11 years (it took her about 3 to get used to the idea), but a book like that at my disposal when I came out would have made our lives infinitely better.

@ScorpionViper1001

6 күн бұрын

@@prooveditt4839 You think Slaughterhouse-Five has less sexuality than Gender Queer? You've never read that book have you?

@prooveditt4839

6 күн бұрын

@@ScorpionViper1001 correct I have not read it. Homo eroticism is not my thing. If you can't read it aloud at a PTA mtg then children shouldn't be reading it

I did not have these informational books when I was in puberty. If I had, I think my life would have been much different.

I’ve just moved from a very lucrative career working in software engineering to work at the local public library because I believe so strongly in libraries and I’m fortunate enough to be able to make this kind of move.

@fieldweber9943

10 күн бұрын

I did too - I left my law librarian position to become a public Children’s Librarian. I acquired a K-6 Teaching Credential & a Master in Education in Curriculum Development. Although very dedicated to providing early education enrichment, due to this censorship crisis I retired early, heartbreaking. 😢

@fionalilly543

9 күн бұрын

Thank you both for this. I'm a teen and growing up, the library was one of my favorite places to be. I'm in college now, and I cannot even remotely afford to work for a nearby library. What you do is so important and I hope one day to be able to assist in a similar manner.

As a library worker and future Librarian: Media coverage like this is rare but incredibly important... thank you for your advocacy and thank you for giving a little bit of humor to this nightmare :) Support your local library!

@ThatNorwegianBiker

10 күн бұрын

What’s the difference between a library worker and a librarian?

@Serioustrawberry

9 күн бұрын

@@ThatNorwegianBiker Job titles vary but typically, a ‘librarian’ holds a master’s degree. They are trained to handle most logistical and technological demands of maintaining a library system. Library workers vary quite a bit as well but we typically do customer service and physical tasks.

Physicist here. If we were to ban all books that might cause someone mental anguish of any kind, I couldn't learn for my courses.

Here invested as an ex-Librarian who currently works from the Library.

It's not the librarian's job to monitor your children. Thank you to the keepers of knowledge, who dedicate their careers to making knowledge available to all.

@kellychuang8373

9 күн бұрын

Yeah you said it and with times now with the inflation, wars, climate change and well really a whole lot of bad news there's a lot of those out there. Like some groups that I can tell that are like that is PTC (Parents Television Council), Karens and 1 Million Moms among who knows what others and also if you don't know may want to give them a Google and KZread as well.

@Library_Hunter

9 күн бұрын

I can't agree more!

@genuineappeal3458

9 күн бұрын

majority of people no longer read ... libraries are truly obsolete for the mass

@NB_Strikers

9 күн бұрын

@@genuineappeal3458go visit one of…it always has people and activities going on

@manicmuffin

9 күн бұрын

​@@genuineappeal3458 if you bothered to watch a full minute into the video, you'd know libraries are more than just books.

My parents didn't want me reading certain things my friends were allowed to read. You know how they dealt with it? By monitoring what I checked out instead of trying to get it banned. I'm now a librarian and refuse to censor or limit what any person can check out. Its my job to give the information asked for and not assume what someone wants it for or limit it because of their age.

@genuineappeal3458

9 күн бұрын

creepy people are reading to children ... this will not end well

@Camazotz-kz9wr

9 күн бұрын

@@genuineappeal3458 What lol?

@thugpug4392

9 күн бұрын

​@@genuineappeal3458I agree. It happens every Sunday in Churches across the nation.

@Firgof

8 күн бұрын

@@thugpug4392 They even have targeted sessions where they separate the kids out and leave them unsupervised with teenagers!

@genuineappeal3458

8 күн бұрын

@@Camazotz-kz9wr drag queen story hour is creepy

"You know ... Filth!". 😂 I honestly choked on my food and expelled some shawarma out my nose. @11:11

Literally the ONLY reason I have a continuous subscription to Max is JOHN OLIVER! Don’t ever hold back and please please please do NOT STOP being you. Thank you for all the laughs and information you are sharing with the world 👍🏼🙏😂

I am the Director/Librarian of a small gem of a library in the Adirondacks. The Executive Director of our library system, which has 54 libraries, keeps us informed about all the things you spoke of and helps libraries in our system deal with these very situations. Keeping our policies up to date, for these kinds of challenges is extremely important. As you said, John, libraries are needed now more than ever and we need communities and everyone to help support libraries. Thanks, John ❤

@cozmothemagician7243

8 күн бұрын

I live in Schenectady atm. But I have lived in smaller towns in the area. Thank you for your dedication.

@Kaede-Sasaki

7 күн бұрын

Even if the books are threatened for removal, isn't there a constitutional challenge to the local court that could issue a stay until they hear the case?

@technopoptart

6 күн бұрын

i needed books and libraries so much when i was young. you weren't my librarian but i still thank you for your hard work

A person was talking about how libraries are essentially a thing of the past and I had to explain the amzing feat of the library system and how we should fight to expand it. Its the most amazing resource that we get as americans. We can't lose it.

@hexonyou

10 күн бұрын

so in this glorious future of his that doesn't need libraries, I'm assuming no one is also homeless or poor and in need of free learning resources, internet access, safety... Right?

@AssBlasster

10 күн бұрын

It's a nice quiet place to study, do computer work, or just read a book too. My local one has a nice 2nd story balcony with a view of a new park now

@Revelwoodie

10 күн бұрын

The most common talking point I hear is that it's a waste of tax dollars because "everything is on the internet now." The overwhelming majority of books have never been digitized and do not exist on the internet in any form. The same is true of music, movies, and every other kind of media or art.

@senatorsparky

10 күн бұрын

The fact that it is an essential public good is exactly why right wingers are trying to eliminate it.

@MB-rn4ul

10 күн бұрын

@@Revelwoodie Well, I think most recorded and published music and movies are digitalized.

At 0:43, that specific telescope is called the Orion Starblast 4.5" sold by Orion Telescopes and Binoculars. (If you were curious.)

@DerHalbe

8 күн бұрын

#TelescopeFacts

@therideneverends1697

3 күн бұрын

You know i was actually, did not expect to see this in the comments 20 min later, Thanks!

My Mom was awesome. When I was 10yrs old she came into my room, told me the book she was holding had been banned from the high school library. She and tossed me a copy of "Catcher in the Rye" and told me to read it.

@ZMB-on5ub

9 күн бұрын

Having gotten part-way through thst one I'm gonna say the ban wasn't a bad idea. Boring af. Maybe emo was just bigger when I was in HS. Had a release valve.

@mb1287t

9 күн бұрын

​@ZMB-on5ub i think the point here is that books can be banned for all sorts of reasons. Banning that one was a good idea because boring af. The suicide at the end just made it kind of difficult to follow. With america's robust mental healthcare system that sort of complex reasoning is no longer necessary.

@mcmosfet2856

8 күн бұрын

And then you went on to kill John Lennon? /s

@RefugeeKLicious

8 күн бұрын

Catcher in the rye is a hugely overrated book. Hated reading it in high school

@SeppelSquirrel

8 күн бұрын

I read Catcher in the Rye willingly as a teenager and I'm going to have to chime in that it was one of the most boring reads I've ever experienced. Nevertheless, I will fight for its right to exist.