Save the Kids! Imprison Librarians!

 If the Republicans want stability, then keep people from getting ideas, and the best way to keep the people ignorant is to band books when they are schoolchildren.

Republicans weigh bill that would imprison librarians who refuse to pull books about LGBTQ people:

Over in North Dakota, Republicans are racing to ban even more books. As reported by the Associated Press, Mike Lefor, who serves as House Majority Leader, introduced HB 1205 seeking to ban books with “sexually explicit” content from all public libraries in the state. Not just keep them out of young adult sections. Not just exclude them from certain programming. Not just from school libraries. Ban them from public libraries, period.

And yes, that “sexually explicit” includes depictions of gender identity and sexual orientation. The measure proposes up to 30 days imprisonment for librarians who don’t remove such books from libraries if the bill becomes law. Folks could also face a $1,500 fine and a Class B misdemeanor. 

Yes: Republicans are openly trying to censor books in public libraries and trying to imprison librarians over it.

Stability is stagnation, and ignorance is a form of stability.

People need to be asking this question: who benefits from these kinds of laws? Not the children, for all the Republicans try to make that case. Ignorance benefits only those whose power would be threatened by the people being fully informed.

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