[rpsw]

Filtering content sounds like doublespeak for banning to me. The title is Top 52 Banned Books: The Most Banned Books in U.S. Schools, how is it that inaccurate?

[zzzeek]

because that would suggest something very bad is happening in the US and the HN party line is "this is nothing unusual, typical woke [1] panic attack over nothing, now please get back to your HN job of trying to win VC money"

[1] https://paulgraham.com/woke.html

[everdrive]

At least in my mind it's unfair because the books are not in any way banned. Anyone can get them. They're more available than perhaps any time in history. The school's decision not to stock them may merit criticism, but the books are hardly "banned" in the traditional sense of the word.

[charlie90]

Curation is not banning.

[UncleMeat]

This is explicitly not curation.

[rpsw]

The point the OP made was specifically to call out what they deemed as doublespeak of the word ban. I made no comment on why any given book is justifiably banned or "filtered".

[worik]

> I certainly wouldn’t want my children getting exposed to books that normalise trans ideology, for example.

If you had a trans child?

Trans yourself?

[zzzeek]

> I certainly wouldn’t want my children getting exposed to books that normalise trans ideology, for example.

fortunately "trans ideology" is a nonexistent boogeyman made up by whatever vile youtube videos or FOX news you're watching, so there's no worry about such books existing

[aaroninsf]

No, it is not lol.

You are literally spouting right wing book banner talking points.

"Suitable for children." Uh huh. According to your pastor.