UPDATE: What books did Sarah Palin want to ban from library?
And the hits just keep on coming! I only say that because the story about Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin wanting to ban certain books from the library has taken root and is garnering more attention across the internet (especially the blogosphere). I wrote about it in this post, and generally felt disgusted that someone would want to actually deny the pubic specific books because that person found the books objectionable to his/her beliefs.
Then, this evening as I was blindly surfing the web, I came across a list of books Palin wanted removed from the public library. I emphasize the word "public" because that’s what is important – a public library that is supposed to serve the public, including people of all beliefs and creeds. If a book is found offensive by a person, then don’t check that book out!
You can read more on Palin’s views on this post from librarian.net. But the real meat is the actual list. Now, I have no way to verify that these are really the books she wanted banned. They are the "usual suspects" though, that is, books that always appear to be targeted for the chopping block by one person or another.
I should mention that the list comes from a commenter on the blog, so it’s very hard to verify the validity of the list of books that Palin wanted banned. I’m going to do some more research and see if I can find trustworthy source to see if the list can be verified. More to come as events warrant…
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