Yep, it's that time of the year again when the American Library Association sponsors our freedom to read whatever the hell we want. It's become cause celeb for some. The scourge of everything that's wrong with our country for others.
Here's my issue. Make as many books available as the damn library can afford. Don't tell me what I can and cannot read or what I can or cannot let my kid read. And I won't do the same to you. Period.
For a much longer, well-reasoned and civil response, check out Jamie LaRue's response to a book challenge.
The 12-Year-Old Who Shot a Confederate Colonel
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John Lincoln Clem ran away from his home in Newark, Ohio, and joined the
Union Army as a drummer boy. He was supposedly nine years old. I’ll flag
that up...
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I could not have put it better myself.
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