Okay, I'll bite: why were they banned?
Banning books from a public library is prima facie bad, so each one would need to have a pretty compelling argument articulated for why it wasn't.
What if "why they were banned" isn't a good reason for banning information from a public library?
It's an annoying abuse of language. "Banned Books" has historically meant people are getting arrested for possessing the books or stores are being prevented from selling it or publishers are being prevented from producing it.
This is essentially a clickbait title for "People disagree about what is age-appropriate content for a public school to provide to children".
The linked censorship search portal [0] lets you filter by "# Count of Challenges at Public Libraries" > 0.
>The report also found that challenges are becoming more coordinated and politically driven: 92% came from pressure groups, decision-makers or government officials, compared with 72% in 2024. By contrast, 2.7% were attributed to parents and 1.4% to individual library users.
So this isn't librarians, parents or even neighbours deciding something isn't appropriate.
The article also seems to refer to libraries in general, as opposed to school libraries alone, except on a specific paragraph.
jazz9k•1h ago
The Liberals are kings of banning books and censorship. A few years back, previously purchased e-books were censored with a new version because it was 'offensive' and big tech companies regularly blacklist conservative authors and people on social media.
Until we can admit these truths, I'm not sure I care about these book 'bannings'.
jaapz•50m ago
You guys should care books from either side of your political spectrum are being banned!
marpstar•46m ago
ImPostingOnHN•35m ago
IMHO it doesn't make for particularly interesting or pleasant discussion. But you're free to not care about what you don't care about, and free to provide (or not) any explanation or pretext for it.
0 – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO