> >> You haven't heard about the book bans? The info is out there, have a look.

> > Aside from some "third party" rubbish,

> What third parties do you speak of?

Project 2025, talking heads on the Internet, etc.

> > the only (not) bans I have heard about, or seen any information on, are
> > groups trying to make sure that their kids' school libraries are age
> > appropriate for their kids' age and not adults.

> Oh yeah, I'm on board. I don't think school libraries need to have porn on the
> shelves.

> Of course we both know that is not happening.

Except it was.  When Dale was here, he and I had a discussion about this.
Someone posted a list of books that were on a "hit list," and he and I both
agreed that some of them verged on porn and didn't need to be in public
schools.

A school system in the NE US even admitted as much.  A parent attempted to
read passages from a book from his elementary school aged kid's school
library at a board of education meeting.  The board cut him off stating
that "reading pornography" during a meeting was not allowed.

"Pornography" was their word, not the parent's.

> Book bans are indeed all the rage in some places today.

Where in the USA are books being outright banned, where you cannot get a copy
of said books anywhere anymore?

> > Now, I am aware of a leftist movement a few recent years back where they
> > protested and protested and got some Dr. Seuss books effectively banned.
> > Is that what you are talking about?

> Is Dr. Suess banned? No.

The books in question are no longer published and you cannot find them on
offer any more. Internet sites won't allow used copies to be sold.  Unless you
can find them at a rummage sale, they are no longer available -- which is what
"effectively banned" means.

> Six of Dr. Suess's lesser know works are no longer published because of racist
> imagery.

Whether or not the imagery was racist was very questionable.  The publisher
had previously changed some of the language to better meet today's
standards, but ultimately at least one of the books was banned for
containing a picture of a Chinese character wearing a traditional Chinese
outfit.

That is where the rub really is.  If China doesn't like something, it has
to go away.  In China, even though he was a major character in the movie,
images of actor John Boyega (who is black) had to be shrunk or completely
removed from movie posters and ads for Star Wars The Force Awakens.
(Sources - The Guardian, CNN, Variety).  Disney caved to the CCP and did
that so they could make money showing the movie in China.

TikTok shadowbans black creators for the same reason as TikTok is a Chinese
company and therefore counts the CCP as one of its owners.  Per a PBS
special a couple of years back, this shadowbanning extended to the US
TikTok platform as well (presumably to keep China happy).

Google "TikTok shadow ban black people" to read about it.

 Nothing racist there. 

> Do you find that "leftist"?

Leftist generally don't like it when you bring up China being a reason that
certain forms of racism are tolerated while other, non-racist things get
labeled "racist."


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