LIBRARIES: What is 'smut' anyway?
I KNEW IT! I just knew, when the legislature passed legislation banning books for children, I knew they would come right back to restrict books for everyone. Now books that contain “smut” will be locked up to be checked out after signing under scrutiny of a camera (under regulations being considered by the board of CLN). What is “smut” anyway, any reference to sex explicit or implied, hetero or homo? I don’t think I’ve read a novel in the past several years that someone out there wouldn’t consider smut. I think some of these book-banners don’t read books, certainly not novels!
Once the protections for freedom of the press and speech are violated whoever is in power will prohibit political and historical material.
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