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Jilly_in_VA

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Mon Feb 21, 2022, 09:20 AM Feb 2022

Virginia school forced to apologize for library sign protesting book bans

A Virginia high school apologized for placing a sign reading “Stuff Some Adults Don’t Want You to Read” among a display of books in its library as a number of schools and communities have debated the teaching or banning of books that address subjects such as sexual orientation and race.

The sign was displayed in the library at Langley High School in McLean, Va. In photos posted on Twitter, it could be seen in front of a display of books including “Roots of Racism” and “Maus.”

The sign provoked strong reactions online.

“This sign from Langley HS in Fairfax County. Wrong on so many fronts,” Pat Herrity, a member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, tweeted on Tuesday.

“[Fairfax County Public Schools] doubling down on their big FU to parents. This display was for a rising 8th grader parents night. What books a library holds is debatable, but this is just ‘nah nah!’ childishness,” Carrie Lukas, president of the Independent Women’s Forum, a conservative activist group, tweeted a day earlier.

https://www.wric.com/news/education/virginia-school-forced-to-apologize-for-library-sign-protesting-book-bans/
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Reich wing snowflakes got their fee-fees hurt again....

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Virginia school forced to apologize for library sign protesting book bans (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 OP
Once again the right wants to punish people for speaking the truth. Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2022 #1
What a bunch of weak minded Dr. Shepper Feb 2022 #2
Fascism at its finest. PittBlue Feb 2022 #3
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