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I keep seeing book banners framed as concerned parents. I've talked with dozens of political operatives who ban books, not a single one of them has been a parent of a child in said district. If they have offspring at all, they're 47 years old, and have been no contact since the divorce.

Ryan Estrada

@ryanestrada.com

They refer to themselves as concerned parents because if they admit that super PACs are paying them to utilize their boredom and bigotry for political and financial gain, the super PACs will stop funding them.

15/6/26, 11:12 pm20 reposts163 likes

Ryan Estrada

@ryanestrada.com

23 June

lol at the anti-library activist loudly refuting this thread by saying parents don't ban books. I know you don't read, but at least read your own screenshot in your own tweet. That's literally what this thread says. Interesting the parts he DOESN'T refute.

jessamyn

@librarian.bsky.social

24 June

This has changed the way librarians tactically deal with book challenge requests. Many libraries are implementing policies where you have to live in the area, be willing to sign your whole name to the challenge which becomes a public record, and *have a child* if you say it's unfit for children.