A Longwood mom who refused to return four Gossip Girl-inspired library books because she objected to their content brought them back to the public library Thursday.
Tina Harden, who had withheld the books since the fall of 2008 to keep young readers from seeing them, said she returned them not because of criticism she received but because she had made people aware of the issue through media attention...
Harden owes $85 in fines but hasn't paid them. She said she's hoping the library will waive the fines.
"It's not that I lost the books or I didn't feel like turning them in," she said. "I want us to work together. Hopefully they have the same goals as I do."
Where on God's green Earth did these people get the impression that they have the right to decide what books go on PUBLIC library shelves? Or that it's ok to just steal books that they don't want their children to read? Was there some sort of break-out meeting at the latest Tea Party convention on how to get around the first amendment? (umm...it's early, please don't tell me if free speech really applies here)
The silver lining to this story?
"After an article about Harden appeared in Thursday's Orlando Sentinel, a man donated replacement books to the library and several others told the library they planned to send checks or books to replace the ones Harden was keeping."
...and the library system is refusing to waive the fines. Yay librarians!
1 comment:
The GOOD thing about these book banning idiots is that there are usually a lot more sane people in the community willing to fight the idiocy.
I don't know anything about the Tea Partiers involvement (willful ignorance) but I do know that Glenn Beck and his 912 Project is behind a lot of the current removal efforts. The Idiot King and his minions.
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