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On top of all the extremely valid points about the ad-driven cognitive friction inherent to modern device usage: print books can’t get yoinked off my shelf because a rich person with political connections wants that.

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> print books can’t get yoinked off my shelf because a rich person with political connections wants that.

Yes except where rich people fund political book-banning groups to do that.

ref: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/books/book-bans-libraries...

With respect, this is just propaganda. That is not about banning books, that is about keep certain kinds of books out of school libraries. School libraries already kept other classes of books. This reminds of when Gavin Newsome or Pink tried to claim conservatives states banned "To Kill a Mocking Bird," which was not only untrue but it was the case that in their foolishness, they did not realize California banned the book, if anything.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gavin-news...

> That is not about banning books, that is about keep certain kinds of books out of school libraries.

Keeping unliked books out of school libraries by banning them - that is about banning them. I feel propaganda isn't the best label for what is an accurate portrayal.

source: parent of 5 FL school kids

You are free to buy those books in Florida and give them to your kids. They are no more banned than other forms of pornography. Again, liberals like Gavin Newsome made this claim ironically about “To Kill a Mockingbird.” It is so interesting for liberals to hold to this view. It really is an 80/20 or 90/10 issue once the facts of this situation are revealed.

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