Today in “conservative extremists hellbent on pushing censorship agendas while simultaneously crowing about freedom and free speech,” parents are going many-a-step forward from banning school libraries’ physical books and are now trying to remove entire ebook collections wholesale.
A new report from NBC News paints a terrifying picture of school districts forced to concede defeat to moms and dads who get all squirmy and uncomfortable whenever someone suggests a fast-food chain that isn’t Chick-Fil-A. In one instance, a school superintendent outside of Nashville, Tennessee shut down the 40,000 student district’s whole e-reader system for a week in April, after a parent went through the “library available on her kindergartner’s laptop and found books supporting LGBTQ pride.”
