Moms For Liberty San Diego Library Protest
A pair of tweets suggested that two “Moms For Liberty” members protested books at a San Diego library — and created a new example of the “Streisand Effect” in action in the process.
A pair of tweets suggested that two “Moms For Liberty” members protested books at a San Diego library — and created a new example of the “Streisand Effect” in action in the process.
Yes, Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb” was banned at a Florida school in May 2023, per Miami-Dade Schools.
A May 2023 PEN America analysis of “book ban” requests found that most were filed by just eleven people.
A screenshot of a tweet calling libraries “liberal grooming centers” was attributed to right-wing Rep. Clay Higgins and shared to Imgur.
Social media discourse focused on the purported ban at a Florida school of a film about racism.
Book bans are taking over schools as part of a broader right-wing censorship campaign, following on the heels of school board takeovers — but there are ways to fight back.
Palin may have only asked “rhetorically,” but right-wing operatives after her have moved far beyond that.