Newport Public Library 📚 banned books staircase.

The mural was created by artist Gary M. Herd of Kraken Studios as part of Banned Books Week celebrations.

#Art #Artwork #Artist

@Natasha_Jay All these books are banned?? Where?
@scheichsbeutel
I cannot say, but I suspect from school libraries and school reading lists in certain states of the US
@Natasha_Jay @scheichsbeutel If someone bans 1984, they should really take a little pause and ponder the morality of the choices that lead them to such a decision. (And read the book. Or reread the book if they'd read it previously and forgot its message.)
@ozzelot @Natasha_Jay Or Fahrenheit 451 or Animal Farm or ... It's simply outrageous doing so.
@scheichsbeutel @ozzelot @Natasha_Jay
I can't believe it was 19 YEARS AGO this month that I posted this video on YouTube: #BannedBooks #Fahrenheit451 #Irony #ReligiousNuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUq2d2OFRkk
Religious nuts in Texas seek to ban book about book banning!

YouTube

@MugsysRapSheet

Lemme guess: they banned the book, right? I mean, it's Texas. Of course they banned a book about book banning. 😒

@scheichsbeutel @ozzelot @Natasha_Jay

@IAmDannyBoling @scheichsbeutel @ozzelot @Natasha_Jay
Amazingly, the ban was short-lived (about two weeks.)

When the cameras went away, so did interest in the ban (and I suspect the family tired of being called idiots.) #BookBan