#fightfearmongering

Banning Calvin & Hobbes in Monroe County, TN. As this county is in my station's viewing area I'm highly tempted to show up with a C&H book in my satchel and wearing my dad's C&H necktie for any weather presentations I'm invited to present. What have I got to lose? I'm already being asked to sign waivers/agreements in some areas of Georgia that say that I will not present "propaganda" of any sort to the students. Trouble is, many folks equate #climatechange with indoctrination or propaganda. If this keeps up I may not be giving a lot of presentations in the semi-near future.

"The mere existence of fear is also a prerequisite for something of incredible value in the fight against fascism: courage. For courage is what ultimately emerges when we overcome fear, when panic turns to calm, and fear itself turns to unwavering resolve."

“A blanket content-based prohibition on materials, rather than one based on individualized curation, hardly expresses any intentional government message at all. Slapping the label of government speech on book removals only serves to stifle the disfavored viewpoints,” he wrote. While parents have the right to object to “direct the upbringing and education of children,” the government cannot then “repackage their speech and pass it off as its own.”

Because every time there is a requirement to actually read the books, #bookbanners lose" - @EveryLibrary

#FightCensorship #FightIgnorance #FightFearmongering #FightMisinformation #UniteAgainstBookBans #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead