The book is "Shut Up! The Bizarre War that One Public Library Waged Against the First Amendment," by Megan Fox and Kevin DuJan.
Here is the book teaser on YouTube:
So? What do you think? Tell us in comments below.
NOTE ADDED 16 MAY 2016:
You know how librarians decry censorship (yet no book's been censored since 1963) and complain (rightly) about parents who challenge school books they didn't read first? Well, in yet another double standard, that doesn't stop them from attacking the authors and their book before it is even published. They oppose people seeing the dirty laundry they created and perpetuated. And it doesn't stop them from the censorship of comments supportive of the book and its authors. So they literally make things up to deride people then censor anyone who defends, as I did, in this case.
Here's a perfect example, with my comments censored, and the derision starts right in the title:
NOTE ADDED 16 MAY 2016:
You know how librarians decry censorship (yet no book's been censored since 1963) and complain (rightly) about parents who challenge school books they didn't read first? Well, in yet another double standard, that doesn't stop them from attacking the authors and their book before it is even published. They oppose people seeing the dirty laundry they created and perpetuated. And it doesn't stop them from the censorship of comments supportive of the book and its authors. So they literally make things up to deride people then censor anyone who defends, as I did, in this case.
Here's a perfect example, with my comments censored, and the derision starts right in the title:
- "Creationist Homeschool Mom So Oppressed by Porn-Loving Librarians She Wrote a Book About It!," by Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette, 12 May 2016.
NOTE ADDED 26 MAY 2016:
Here the link to buy the book. I bought five.
See also:
- "Orland Park Public Library Subject of New Book About Censorship," by John Kraft, Illinois Leaks (Edgar County Watchdogs), 22 May 2016.
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